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Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology[a] or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study their interactions with each other and their environments (their /c/paleoecology. Read more...

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Smithsonian's Paleobiology website
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Plants struggled for millions of years after the world's worst climate catastrophe (www.sciencedaily.com)

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Great quote: "The term 'recovery' can be misleading" says Dr Chris Mays, Leader of the Mass Extinction Group at University College Cork, "forests recover eventually, but extinction is forever."

I jumped to the assumption this would be about the PETM, the most recent and best understood catastrophe, but of course the one mentioned was far worse. We're exceeding both at the rate of change so far, so that doesn't bode well.