silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 months agoIn a first, sea-level rise drove a cactus to extinction in U.S. The Key Largo tree cactus is first plant of its kind to go extinct in the United States from sea-level rise, scientists say.wapo.stexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkIn a first, sea-level rise drove a cactus to extinction in U.S. The Key Largo tree cactus is first plant of its kind to go extinct in the United States from sea-level rise, scientists say.wapo.stsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoExtirpation is the correct word for this occurence
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoSure…but that’s well outside the vocabulary of the average US news reader.
Extinct means nowhere.
Extirpation is the correct word for this occurence
Sure…but that’s well outside the vocabulary of the average US news reader.