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Species that have more offspring faster would be better able to adapt. This current rate of change is not unusual(see my reply to lukastr0).
by ghastmaster 7y ago
Species that have more offspring faster would be better able to adapt. This current rate of change is not unusual(see my reply to lukastr0).
- tezzer 7y ago"not unusual" is a little facetious, don't you think? Vinther was studying a drastic loss of polar ice in reaction to a historical (unexplained?) sudden rise in temperature, and raising an alarm in light of our current warming.
- ghastmaster 7y agoI was not trying to be facetious. I think that since we have seen two similar rises in temperature in the last 10,000 years, it is very likely they have occurred relatively frequently in the past 145m years. I do not see how what he is studying is relevant here.
- tezzer 7y agoI'm reminded of an old mentor's saying: One is an anomaly, two is a coincidence, three is a pattern. I'd be interested to know the causes and the effects of the temperature rise that makes you think this one is no big deal. There is a lot of evidence to indicate it's a very big deal.
- ghastmaster 7y agoI would love to know the causes and effects as well. Given evidence is still lacking, and this article is regarding a study that has only been done once, I would like to see follow up studies to see a pattern arise in OA effects on this species.