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> We're on the verge of a mass species extinction event

No, we're really not. Climate change due to carbon emission is real, but we'll reduce our carbon emission "in time" to avoid extinction level increases and/or adapt to the environment more drastically if we miss that target.

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Actually, we are in the middle of a mass extinction event:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction

I assumed the comment was about human extinction -- apologies if that was mistaken.

I assumed that's what you meant and the grandparent poster may have meant the same too. But, it's worth remembering that humanity as a species may not be especially immune to the same conditions that are decimating other animal populations and reducing biodiversity in the last 100 years.

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