extinction
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Under a +1.5 °C increase in global temperature, consistent with the Paris Agreement, Peak Glacier Extinction is expected around 2041, when about 2,000 glaciers disappear in one year.
From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2025
The statue was also daubed with graffiti during Extinction Rebellion demonstrations in 2020, for which an 18-year-old protester was given a £200 fine and told to pay £1,200 in compensation.
From BBC • May 6, 2025
The Hall of Extinction and Hope analogizes manmade climate change and habitat destruction to a slow-moving asteroid that has already obliterated species such as the passenger pigeon, dodo and great auk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2025
Will was a teacher and later worked for Extinction Rebellion UK before moving in with the community.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2025
“Hmm. Extinction is near? She looked up at him. “What’s yours say?”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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