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Actually "life" isn't going to be just fine - we're going to lose a lot of biodiversity along the way too, and the less we do to prevent warming, the more we'll
by mhandley 7y ago
Actually "life" isn't going to be just fine - we're going to lose a lot of biodiversity along the way too, and the less we do to prevent warming, the more we'll lose. But my question wasn't about the big picture - it was about the specifics of permafrost thawing.
- taneq 7y agoWe're always losing a lot of biodiversity, and we're always gaining more through evolution. That's how it works. I'm not trivialising the current mass extinction event. It's not great. But pinch points like these have a way of producing some of the best performing creatures we've ever seen.
- sandworm101 7y agoWe will one day gain new biodiversity, but not on human timescales. Evolution moves far far slower than climate change. We are going to loose many things.
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoAs has happened many times in the Earth's past. The great thing about the process of "life" is that it doesn't give a shit about humans, no matter how important we may think we are. Sadly we're in for a very big wake-up call. At least the dinosaurs had ignorance on their side.
- sandworm101 7y agoLife may survive as a concept, but few people want to live in a world populated by jellyfish and cockroaches. The cute, cuddly megafauna (whales, snow leopards, humans etc) certainly do care about what we do to this planet. I'm on the side of the snow leopards and really do not care a jot about the jellyfish. The argument that "life shall be OK" is a delay tactic, a reason to procrastinate the coming nightmare.
- taneq 7y agoTrue, and that's precisely what I was talking about. We've rocked the boat. We're likely to fall out, as are a bunch of other species. Not everyone will, though.
- honestoHeminway 7y agoBest performing - against humans.