Then there is a mass die-off.
The Mongolian gazelle had a mass die-off in the 1980s, for instance.
Where strong winds bring this water nearer to the surface, there are mass die-offs of marine life.
A European insect, carrying a European fungus, has lately caused a mass dying of the American beech tree.
It's worth keeping in mind just how many birds there are when thinking about so-called mass die-offs.
The UK protests include a mass "die-in" outside parliament to protest at the impact of welfare cuts.
"If steps aren't taken, there will be a mass die-off in the near future," he said.
Mass death and mass dying seem no barrier to moral envy, as we might recall if we remember the Greatest Generation mania of the nineties.
It is we, Homo sapiens, who will join the myriad other species disappearing in this mass dying, unless we radically change our relationship with nature.
Researchers worry about a mass die-off of bats, which help control the populations of insects that can damage wheat, apples and dozens of other crops.
HUTCHINSON--Richard Ashton 1930-2012 Richard Ashton Hutchinson (Dick) of Vineyard Haven, Mass died peacefully at home, surrounded by family on February 1 , 2012after a brief battle with cancer.
