silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year 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-square9linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squareprotistlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoPaywall, but I assume they mean extinct in the wild
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoSure…but that’s well outside the vocabulary of the average US news reader.
minus-squareVirtualOdour@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMaybe if they saw it being used they’d learn it
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·1 year 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-up4·1 year 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.
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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.