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Extinctions At Highest Rate Ever
This is a May 16th article that discusses the mass extinctions we have seen globally in the last 35 years. The rate of extinctions is currently 10,000 times what is considered normal by scientists and we haven't seen an extinction rate like this since the dinosaurs disappeared.
The cause? Humans. For you who doubt it, the most interesting statistic in the article is that since 1960 the human population has doubled while animal populations have declined by 30%.
How can this be stopped? By not destroying natural habitats. We want to go into national parks and wildlife areas and drill, drill, drill for oil and we think this is fine because it won't hurt anything. Yes it will. It will hurt the biodiversity of this planet that is probably already damaged beyond repair.
Look at the coral reefs and rain forests that are dying out and destroyed, all due to humans. We need coral reefs and rainforests, they support thousands, if not millions of species some that could provide cures for diseases, yet in another article I read the second largest rainforest in the world is expected to be 50% of its former self by 2020.
So whether its via global warming that many still don't believe in, or via loss of the planets species, that we absolutely need to support food chains and thus ourselves, we do need to conserve and change our mass consuming life styles. Maybe you don't believe in global warming, but you can not dispute the loss of important species to this planet and their importance to us.
:)...:)....:)...is that more your speed???
We are all doomed!!! Since the end of the last ice age the planet as been warming. Not due to humans due to mother nature and the natural cycle. The earth is kind of recycling itself...... and as it does all spiecies (humans icluded) will become extinct. Unfortunately we can do nothing to stop it. Fourtunately it is a slow process. Best enjoy your time while we are here.
While I think we are not doing the planet any favors Roberta I do not think we are doomed, I think we need to change our choices we are making and make our lifestyles "smarter" and cleaner, get more for less, become more efficient and things will take care of themselves.
I think we are doomed Buffaloboy. I have no problem living "smarter" but in the end the final result may be the same...fortunately we will not be here to suffer. The global temps are rising..it is inevitable. Once they rise high enough to ruin what we have created they will fall again..low enough to put us into another ice age which is what will cleanse the planet. Another ice age. Then they cycle will continue. Who lnows what will be here next, we won't be here to see it. So why I am here I am going to work to make this planet better. I am not going to rely on others to make it better for me.