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-up199arrow-down16
arrow-up193arrow-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-squareJimmyBigSausage@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoRead the article. The plant is not extinct.
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·4 months agoPaywall, but I assume they mean extinct in the wild
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agoExtirpation is the correct word for this occurence
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·4 months agoSure…but that’s well outside the vocabulary of the average US news reader.
minus-squareVirtualOdour@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoMaybe if they saw it being used they’d learn it
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·4 months agoYes, they mean extinct in the wild. You can get access to this and all other Washington Post gift links with registration
minus-squareNurgle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoWeird bratty tone aside, they didn’t expect anyone to signup they were responding to the fact it wasn’t paywalled.
Read the article. The plant is not extinct.
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.