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Earth isn't in trouble, but we are. Earth will continue on and we'll end up as a minor footnote in the history of the planet.
by werdnapk 4y ago
Earth isn't in trouble, but we are. Earth will continue on and we'll end up as a minor footnote in the history of the planet.
- LeifCarrotson 4y agoThe anthropocene will be visible in every history of the planet as one of the most rapid changes in every geologically and archaeologically observable metric, on the scale of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. The asteroid may vanished in a massive conflagration, but people don't talk about it because that particular lump of space rock went extinct, they talk about all the other changes that came about as a result of its admittedly short time in our atmosphere and ecosystem.
- conductr 4y ago> observable metric By who though? Our entire existence could very well be a tree falling in an empty forest.
- Dylan16807 4y agoBy whoever is making the footnotes.
- MisterSandman 4y agoCitation needed. It really depends on the geological time scale you're talking about. Geoscientists are still in debate of whether the Anthropocene should be added as it's epoch - yes, humans have had an impact, but it's hard to concretely state that the impact will be noticeable enough that another species would demarcate our existence as such.
- DesiLurker 4y agoNo earth is, there are things on the planet besides us and inanimate objects. There is a whole biosphere that we are destroying for small incremental gains. this is a very human-centric viewpoint. So what if a particular action does not improves standard of living for humans if it impacts billions of other species and breaks delicate ecosystems. Honestly I am at a point where I dont care as much about human prosperity (think higher levels of maslow's hierarchy of needs) as about saving the biosphere.