extinction

• Despite their early near-extinction, the fecund utility fog easily filled all available niches. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 02 - February 2000
• Capitalism has inflicted deep wounds upon the Earth and is the persistent infection that must be eradicated to avert the sixth mass extinction, the ongoing torture and murder of billions of non-human animals, an acceleration of Climate Change, further economic collapse, mass starvation, severe shortages of potable water, perpetual resource wars, and a host of other catastrophic events. —  Countercurrents.org
• The days of finger pointing between network teams and application groups might be on the way to extinction, according to survey data recently ... —  Netflash
• (07 / 28 / 2008) A newly discovered species of monkey may already be threatened with extinction, according to a study published in the journal —  Mongabay.com News
• (09 / 03 / 2007) A number of rare livestock breeds face extinction, a prospects the weakens genetic diversity and could be the food supply at risk in some parts of the world, warns a new report from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). —  Mongabay.com News

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