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It's good to read about these kinds of studies. Ecologists typically don't seem to account for evolution in their models for global warming. Nature is excellent
by cryptica 6y ago
It's good to read about these kinds of studies. Ecologists typically don't seem to account for evolution in their models for global warming. Nature is excellent at adapting to changes. If there is a surplus of anything, certain specimens will benefit from this surplus and nature will adapt and balance things out.
- lightgreen 6y agoIt might take 100000 years to achieve the balance which will be quite different balance (eg all people die and Earth populated with giant crocodiles), but technically yes, nature will adapt and balance things out.
- cryptica 6y agoI disagree about this. Populations can evolve rapidly within a few decades if the selection pressures are significant enough. If you look at the farming industry, there are many examples of evolution happening very quickly due to artificial selection pressures. Within a few decades, cows evolved to produce much more milk, chickens evolved to grow faster and produce large amounts of eggs, fruits evolved to have smaller seeds, grow faster and look better. Artificial selection pressures created by humans have a way of greatly speeding up evolution.