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What is mass extinction? Will you encoun...

What is mass extinction? Will you encounter one such extinction in the near future? Enumerate the steps to be taken to prevent it.

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The Earth has experienced quite a few mass extinctions due to environmental ca A mass extinction occurred about 225 million years ago during the Permian, where shallow water marine invertebrates disappeared.
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