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Who is predicting a mass extinction event within our lifetimes? e: I'm aware of the Holocene extinction. And as far as I'm aware there are no credible predicti

by Camas 7y ago

Who is predicting a mass extinction event within our lifetimes? e: I'm aware of the Holocene extinction. And as far as I'm aware there are no credible predictions that Humans will share the same fate within our lifetimes, which the parent was implying.

rb666 7y ago
Science? It's already ongoing. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/09/completely-terrifying-study-warns-carbon-saturated-oceans-headed-toward-tipping https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/09/completely-terr...
zaarn 7y ago
No need to predict, the insects are going through a mass extinction event right at the moment.
MrGLaDOS 7y ago
Multiple groups are. Albeit for insects and coral reef, not for humans. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeting-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeti... https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/105/37/13736.full.pdf https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/105/37/13736.full.pdf
- makerofspoons 7y ago
  There are researchers starting to connect the dots on near-term human extinction. A good summary is 'The Uninhabitable Earth' by David Wallace-Wells: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans-annotated.html?gtm=top http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-...
JofArnold 7y ago
Not predicting; if you’re measuring the rate of extinction of species we are very much in it and to a degree that’s on par with the greatest extinction events in earths history. The only question here is whether we will survive: given our dependency on oxygen and food produced by natural processes that is by no means certain. Furthermore the length of “our lifetimes” isn’t clear any more due to advances in technology.
adrianN 7y ago
We're already in a mass extinction event and the effects of climate change are just slowly being felt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction
avip 7y ago
No one is predicting it because predictions are usually about the future.

by Camas 7y ago

rb666 7y ago

Science? It's already ongoing. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/09/completely-terrifying-study-warns-carbon-saturated-oceans-headed-toward-tipping https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/09/completely-terr...

zaarn 7y ago

No need to predict, the insects are going through a mass extinction event right at the moment.

MrGLaDOS 7y ago

Multiple groups are. Albeit for insects and coral reef, not for humans. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeting-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeti... https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/105/37/13736.full.pdf https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/105/37/13736.full.pdf

makerofspoons 7y ago
There are researchers starting to connect the dots on near-term human extinction. A good summary is 'The Uninhabitable Earth' by David Wallace-Wells: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans-annotated.html?gtm=top http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-...

JofArnold 7y ago

Not predicting; if you’re measuring the rate of extinction of species we are very much in it and to a degree that’s on par with the greatest extinction events in earths history. The only question here is whether we will survive: given our dependency on oxygen and food produced by natural processes that is by no means certain. Furthermore the length of “our lifetimes” isn’t clear any more due to advances in technology.

adrianN 7y ago

We're already in a mass extinction event and the effects of climate change are just slowly being felt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction

avip 7y ago

No one is predicting it because predictions are usually about the future.