Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button?

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Just something cheery for your evening! Yahoo News usually features Lindsay Lohan but there you go, the editor must be on vacation.

Mass extinctions have served as huge reset buttons that dramatically changed the diversity of species found in oceans all over the world, according to a comprehensive study of fossil records. The findings suggest humans will live in a very different future if they drive animals to extinction, because the loss of each species can alter entire ecosystems.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100902/sc_livescience/massextinctionthreatearthonvergeofhugeresetbutton

10 Species You Can Kiss Goodbye

http://www.livescience.com/animals/top10-species-kiss-goodbye-1.html

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1. It's "Asteroid Impact" night on the geek channels, FWIW.