extinction
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The biggest risks to birds come from the climate: “Two-thirds of North American birds are at increasing risk of extinction from global temperature rise,” the society reported — a threat that wind power can ameliorate.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Like the asteroid associated with the K-Pg extinction, the impact described in Inferno is portrayed as powerful enough to penetrate deep into the Earth and reshape the planet itself.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
Just a few years ago, the industry had looked like it was on the brink of extinction after the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The birds were driven to extinction in the UK in the early 20th Century.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
What had begun as an initiative to put slavery on the road to extinction had been transformed into a decision to extinguish all federal plans for emancipation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing extinction
South America - Middle School
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