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Yay, humans! Wait..., what? No!!!
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The next mass extinction is in progress, and we’re the cause.

 

New research confirms that the next mass extinction is in progress, and we're the cause. There’s been little doubt that humans have been severely altering the planet and reducing biodiversity, but it has been unclear how many species go extinct under normal circumstances, without human influence.

It’s counter-intuitive, but some of the largest increases in biodiversity occurred in the immediate aftermath of these mass extinctions. With so many losses, the opportunities increased for new species to branch out and adapt to different habitats and ecological roles.

A 1989 paper by D. Jablonski raised the possibility that certain groups of species diversify (radiate) after a mass extinction because they possess particular characteristics that are useful for surviving the event itself and the immediate aftermath, not because of any longstanding evolutionary success.

If Jablonski is correct that successful species are not the always most likely to survive, then humans might have some cause for alarm.  Our tenure on Earth is short, but we are definitely a successful species; so successful that we are now regrettably driving everything else extinct. If radiation following an extinction event is tied to the event itself, then species that are resistant to human actions should be the big winners this time around. 

Yay, humans!

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Wait..., what? No!!!

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In the discussion between Barak Obama and David Attenborough the crucial point that was made was that despite everything we try to do to prevent species extinction, land, sea and air pollution, global warming /climate change etc etc the main problem lies in over population. 7 billion today and predicted to reach 11billion by 2100

The ever increasing number of people's demands upon this planet is such that eventually there will simply be too many to provide resource security for everyone and it is quite conceivable that one day war will be fought over access to fresh water, food and resource supply

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Why resort to a destructive war when we can just be a little more selective in who we allow to live?

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Time to follow China's one child policy.

/dusts off hands

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