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17. "Life on Earth" - not all of it, possibly not most of life as we know it today
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 05:09 PM
Jul 6

I'm only an amateur naturalist, but know that one of the major concerns of rapid climate change and ecosystem destruction, is that most species cannot adapt fast enough, and many could become extinct unless humans act to protect them. (because we damned sure won't act to slow down the ecosystem upheaval that is extincting them)

To the extent humans survive, for a while we may preserve a few charismatic species like monarch butterflies, a bird or two (sorry, ivory-billed woodpecker), maybe a couple species of whales. Eventually humans will say fuck it and put all their* energy to try to save themselves. ( *their : because I hope to be dead before it gets THAT bad. It's a reasonable expectation. )

Meanwhile, the non-charismatic species are fucked. Well mostly they are already. Some life will survive, and presumably evolution will start over again.

Sad picture, isn't it? I walk out in my garden most days and I am easily captivated by something "new" (to me) every day. The beauty of a spider's web, or a bug that I haven't seen before, or an interesting plant I haven't looked at closely before. To think much of this diversity will disappear because most humans are completely clueless, and most who aren't clueless are careless or actively out to destroy.

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That went... 2naSalit Jul 5 #1
Poles dweller Jul 5 #2
Thankfully that's not possible and just a crackpot theory NickB79 Jul 6 #21
Ok sure dweller Jul 6 #23
I remember when the markodochartaigh Jul 7 #26
Glad Europe is funding this--can't be shut down by an EO Bayard Jul 5 #3
Fuck dalton99a Jul 5 #4
And the Orange Anus will do absolutely nothing about it. SunSeeker Jul 6 #6
Say what you will about the Orange Anus BWdem4life Jul 6 #14
He absolutely has the power to prepare us for the effects of climate change. SunSeeker Jul 6 #15
Honestly, if this is real, there's not much left to do to stop it NickB79 Jul 6 #22
Lethal wet bulb temperatures markodochartaigh Jul 7 #27
I'm not a climate scientist. But I do know enough Dr. T Jul 6 #5
That's friggin' funny. Tell him he needs to read the bible himself instead of zoning out to some Joel Olsteen. LT Barclay Jul 6 #10
Did you skip "Job"? nt intrepidity Jul 6 #12
No why? LT Barclay Jul 6 #13
Agreed on "we are fucked.." There was a post yesterday on one of the climate theorists who had c-rational Jul 7 #29
Does that mean BidenRocks Jul 6 #7
Whatever dissolved itself in the water. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 6 #19
Any geological evidence for what has actually been the consequences for when it's happened in the past? cstanleytech Jul 6 #8
This is scary as hell. highplainsdem Jul 6 #9
"...bringing with them heat and carbon dioxide (CO₂ ) that had been trapped for centuries." LudwigPastorius Jul 6 #11
Life on Earth will adapt to the new climate. Dr. T Jul 6 #16
"Life on Earth" - not all of it, possibly not most of life as we know it today RandomNumbers Jul 6 #17
Figures. Xavier Breath Jul 6 #18
A doubling of CO2 would be utterly catastrophic NickB79 Jul 6 #20
KnR Hekate Jul 7 #24
3 days later and still not on many websites or news outlets. C Moon Jul 7 #25
Here is a very interesting video by markodochartaigh Jul 7 #28
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