It would be great to have a crystal ball to see what the Earth would look like at warmer temperatures. Or colder ones for that matter. I live on the high desert in one of the nation's driest states. If the Earth got warmer, would we return to the great ground water and lush rain forests that New Mexico once enjoyed?
And natural disasters result in some interesting stuff. I recently tuned in on a documentary of Mt. Saint Helens revsited 32 years after the explosive eruption in 1980. The forests are coming back thick and healthy. The wildlife is returning as plentiful as before. And Spirit Lake is teeming with trout and other game fish and other aquatic life. Before the eruption it was half as big and twice as deep and was clear and beautiful and almost sterile having almost no aquatic life at all.
The Earth has done a fantastic job of creating and sustaining life everywhere, even in the most unhospitable environments. And because we humans have the capacity to choose HOW we will adapt to our circumstances, I suspect we will do just fine even if we have to adjust to a changing climate and Mother Earth will take care of the rest as she has always done.
And natural disasters result in some interesting stuff. I recently tuned in on a documentary of Mt. Saint Helens revsited 32 years after the explosive eruption in 1980. The forests are coming back thick and healthy. The wildlife is returning as plentiful as before. And Spirit Lake is teeming with trout and other game fish and other aquatic life. Before the eruption it was half as big and twice as deep and was clear and beautiful and almost sterile having almost no aquatic life at all.
The Earth has done a fantastic job of creating and sustaining life everywhere, even in the most unhospitable environments. And because we humans have the capacity to choose HOW we will adapt to our circumstances, I suspect we will do just fine even if we have to adjust to a changing climate and Mother Earth will take care of the rest as she has always done.