Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is vastly overestimated ( phys.org ) 17 points by pseudolus 1 hour ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments help zhivota 8 minutes ago [–] I had always assumed this, and my idea of nature bouncing back was more on the millions of years time scale as evolution would result in the refilling of empty ecological niches. All that said I still think we should just extinct disease carrying mosquitoes. reply Kichererbsen 4 minutes ago | parent [–] > All that said I still think we should just extinct disease carrying mosquitoes. The modern version of Carthage should be destroyed. reply Consider applying for YC's Winter 2027 batch! Applications are open till November 2. Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact Search: