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As with changing temperatures, I don't think it's the fact that they're changing, but the velocity of these changes that's particularity worrisome. If a 1,000
by justinator 5y ago
As with changing temperatures, I don't think it's the fact that they're changing, but the velocity of these changes that's particularity worrisome.
If a 1,000 year old tree suddenly can't survive in the now new climate in the same location, that's a little bit more than curious.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoExactly. All life has a capacity to adapt, but it is mostly[0] constrained by lifespan. Individual organisms don't adapt - their type does, over time, through generations breeding and dying. But if the environment is changing faster than that - faster than what it takes to cycle through a couple generations - then the organism type won't ever be able to catch up. -- [0] - Excluding shenanigans like horizontal gene transfer, that are mostly relevant to bacteria and archaea.