@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 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-up152arrow-down13
arrow-up149arrow-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.st@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoPaywall, but I assume they mean extinct in the wild
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink4•4 months agoSure…but that’s well outside the vocabulary of the average US news reader.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 months agoMaybe if they saw it being used they’d learn it
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink0•4 months agoYes, they mean extinct in the wild. You can get access to this and all other Washington Post gift links with registration
minus-square@Nurglelink4•4 months agoWeird bratty tone aside, they didn’t expect anyone to signup they were responding to the fact it wasn’t paywalled.
Paywall, but I assume they mean extinct in the wild
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.
Maybe if they saw it being used they’d learn it
Yes, they mean extinct in the wild. You can get access to this and all other Washington Post gift links with registration
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Weird bratty tone aside, they didn’t expect anyone to signup they were responding to the fact it wasn’t paywalled.