Word of the day: “defaunation” - the loss of animal populations & species across all forms of disappearance; from extinction to…

2018-10-07 IFTTT, Twitter, RobGMacfarlane

Word of the day: “defaunation” - the loss of animal populations & species across all forms of disappearance; from extinction to extirpation to decline in abundance. #LexiconForTheAnthropocene
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— Robert Macfarlane (@RobGMacfarlane) October 7, 2018

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