Study: 6th mass extinction already underway -- and we're the cause

[Old Rocks]

If we're truly seeing the 6th great extinction...Well, humanity will have to use every drop of our energy to save its own ass.

Exactly. Yet the numbskulls cannot see the connection between our own survival and that of the other species that inhabit this planet with us.

 

[RKMBrown]

We are the first apex species capable of understanding the damage we are causing.. it's a shame so many people don't care.

The Earth's sixth mass extinction is already underway — and humans are the driving force behind it, according to a new study.

"Recent extinction rates are unprecedented in human history and highly unusual in Earth's history," according to a study published Friday in the journalScience Advances. "Our global society has started to destroy species of other organisms at an accelerating rate, initiating a mass extinction episode unparalleled for 65 million years."

Researchers used "extremely conservative assumptions" to determine extinction rates that prevailed in the past five annihilation events. Still, they found the average rate of vertebrate species lost over the past century was up to 114 times higher than normal.


USA TODAY

13 species we might have to say goodbye to in 2015


For example, about 477 vertebrate species have gone extinct since 1900, according to the study. Based on previous extinctions, only nine species would have been expected to die off in the same time frame had it not been for mankind's involvement.

"The number of species that have gone extinct in the last century would have taken ... between 800 and 10,000 years to disappear," the study reported. "These estimates reveal an exceptionally rapid loss of biodiversity over the last few centuries, indicating that a sixth mass extinction is already underway."

The previous five mass extinctions happened well before mankind walked the Earth, and are believed to have been mainly caused by natural disasters, such as asteroid impacts and volcanic eruptions.

The last mass extinction happened some 65 million years ago, killing off the dinosaurs. Overall, each mass extinction event has rid the planet of up to 96% of its species each time.

An elephant splashes at sunset in the waters of the Chobe river in Botswana Chobe National Park, in the northeastern part of the country on March 20, 2015. African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warn. (Photo: Chris Jek, AFP/Getty Images)


In the past few decades, several animal species have been labeled extinct, including the Chinese paddlefish, Yangtze River dolphin, Pyrenean ibex and western black rhinoceros.

Study 6th mass extinction already underway -- and we re the cause

Yawn.

 

[imawhosure]

Anyone who believes this nonsense is probably younger. We have heard for the last 75 years we were going to run out food, energy, this, that, and the other. We also heard Al Gore tell us we were all going to drown by a year or two ago, California was going to be in the ocean, and it was all our fault.

These people prey upon you, period! Some of the people who claimed we would all be starving by the mid 80s, are the same people trying to convince you we will be starving in 10 years. And of course, the libs hope you won't look it up because then their whole scare tactic loses steam.

The United States can feed 3/4 of the world. The United States can supply 2/3 of the worlds energy needs if needed. And so, as long as you keep control of your country, it is highly unlikely you will starve, or run out of energy within your, or your childrens lives. If they use coal, they can go for (gasp) 400 years!

And so, the real question is...........when are they going to want to un-United States of America all of us? That is up to you young people, but if you listen to the libs, it might be sooner than you think!

 

[Old Rocks]

Ah so, Mr. imawhosure, it is all a plot to un-United States the United States? Disappearing species in Europe, Asia, South America, and here in the US are all plots to 'un-Unite' the states? Perhaps you can explain to us just how that is?

And I doubt that you are older than I am. Born in '43, raised mostly in extremely rural Eastern Oregon, and interested in science all of my life.

 

[imawhosure]

Ah so, Mr. imawhosure, it is all a plot to un-United States the United States? Disappearing species in Europe, Asia, South America, and here in the US are all plots to 'un-Unite' the states? Perhaps you can explain to us just how that is?

And I doubt that you are older than I am. Born in '43, raised mostly in extremely rural Eastern Oregon, and interested in science all of my life.

OK, I will prove my point. Mr Old Rocks, what is your personal opinion why Californians now do not have enough water for their needs? Is it

1. Global warming?

2. Because we made some species extinct?

3. Or because of trying to save a species of fish, we weren't allowed to put the proper dams and aquifers in place because we might upset their habitat?

 

[Billy_Bob]

We are the first apex species capable of understanding the damage we are causing.. it's a shame so many people don't care.

The Earth's sixth mass extinction is already underway — and humans are the driving force behind it, according to a new study.

"Recent extinction rates are unprecedented in human history and highly unusual in Earth's history," according to a study published Friday in the journalScience Advances. "Our global society has started to destroy species of other organisms at an accelerating rate, initiating a mass extinction episode unparalleled for 65 million years."

Researchers used "extremely conservative assumptions" to determine extinction rates that prevailed in the past five annihilation events. Still, they found the average rate of vertebrate species lost over the past century was up to 114 times higher than normal.


USA TODAY

13 species we might have to say goodbye to in 2015


For example, about 477 vertebrate species have gone extinct since 1900, according to the study. Based on previous extinctions, only nine species would have been expected to die off in the same time frame had it not been for mankind's involvement.

"The number of species that have gone extinct in the last century would have taken ... between 800 and 10,000 years to disappear," the study reported. "These estimates reveal an exceptionally rapid loss of biodiversity over the last few centuries, indicating that a sixth mass extinction is already underway."

The previous five mass extinctions happened well before mankind walked the Earth, and are believed to have been mainly caused by natural disasters, such as asteroid impacts and volcanic eruptions.

The last mass extinction happened some 65 million years ago, killing off the dinosaurs. Overall, each mass extinction event has rid the planet of up to 96% of its species each time.

An elephant splashes at sunset in the waters of the Chobe river in Botswana Chobe National Park, in the northeastern part of the country on March 20, 2015. African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warn. (Photo: Chris Jek, AFP/Getty Images)


In the past few decades, several animal species have been labeled extinct, including the Chinese paddlefish, Yangtze River dolphin, Pyrenean ibex and western black rhinoceros.

Study 6th mass extinction already underway -- and we re the cause

A paper which includes all animals over the last 500 plus years, 467 of which died or became extinct prior to 1890. Most of these were Island animals where man brought other species in on ships which were so invasive that they killed those other animals.

Global warming isn't killing them... Man and his foot print as he reached around the globe in ships caused many of them, but not all of them.

In short we have a paper which draws a conclusion from evidence that clearly shows it false. Now mix in that most people wouldn't know how or why it happened and mix in alarmist drivel/lies... whala instant crisis... And not a shred of evidence to prove that warming had anything to do with them...

The paper is pure hype.. Propaganda at its finest...

 

[Crick]

You've already been corrected on these points but you willfully repeat your errors.

1) The central thesis of the paper is not that the "6th great extinction" is being caused by global warming. It is that it is being caused by humans.
2) The rate of extinction since 1900 is conservatively 468/9 or 52 times as high as the background level.

Modern rates of vertebrate extinction were much higher than a background extinction rate of 2 E/MSY. Among the vertebrate taxa evaluated by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 338 extinctions have been documented since 1500 [“extinct” (EX), Table 1]. An additional 279 species have become either “extinct in the wild” (EW) or listed as “possibly extinct” (PE), totaling 617 vertebrate species summed over the three categories. Most extinctions have occurred in the last 114 years (that is, since 1900; Table 1).

A is highly conservative, B is only conservative

We emphasize that our calculations very likely underestimate the severity of the extinction crisis because our aim was to place a realistic “lower bound” on humanity’s impact on biodiversity. Therefore, although biologists cannot say precisely how many species there are, or exactly how many have gone extinct in any time interval, we can confidently conclude that modern extinction rates are exceptionally high, that they are increasing, and that they suggest a mass extinction under way—the sixth of its kind in Earth’s 4.5 billion years of history.

Our analysis emphasizes that our global society has started to destroy species of other organisms at an accelerating rate, initiating a mass extinction episode unparalleled for 65 million years.

65 million years... hmm... that would be the KT event, the impact of a 7 mile wide bolide at Chicxulub off the Yucatan coast; the event that exterminated the dinosaurs.

If the currently elevated extinction pace is allowed to continue, humans will soon (in as little as three human lifetimes) be deprived of many biodiversity benefits. On human time scales, this loss would be effectively permanent because in the aftermath of past mass extinctions, the living world took hundreds of thousands to millions of years to rediversify.

Yah... nothing to worry about. Everything is fine. You can take Billy Bob's word on it.

 

[Liminal]

We are the first apex species capable of understanding the damage we are causing.. it's a shame so many people don't care.

The Earth's sixth mass extinction is already underway — and humans are the driving force behind it, according to a new study.

"Recent extinction rates are unprecedented in human history and highly unusual in Earth's history," according to a study published Friday in the journalScience Advances. "Our global society has started to destroy species of other organisms at an accelerating rate, initiating a mass extinction episode unparalleled for 65 million years."

Researchers used "extremely conservative assumptions" to determine extinction rates that prevailed in the past five annihilation events. Still, they found the average rate of vertebrate species lost over the past century was up to 114 times higher than normal.


USA TODAY

13 species we might have to say goodbye to in 2015


For example, about 477 vertebrate species have gone extinct since 1900, according to the study. Based on previous extinctions, only nine species would have been expected to die off in the same time frame had it not been for mankind's involvement.

"The number of species that have gone extinct in the last century would have taken ... between 800 and 10,000 years to disappear," the study reported. "These estimates reveal an exceptionally rapid loss of biodiversity over the last few centuries, indicating that a sixth mass extinction is already underway."

The previous five mass extinctions happened well before mankind walked the Earth, and are believed to have been mainly caused by natural disasters, such as asteroid impacts and volcanic eruptions.

The last mass extinction happened some 65 million years ago, killing off the dinosaurs. Overall, each mass extinction event has rid the planet of up to 96% of its species each time.

An elephant splashes at sunset in the waters of the Chobe river in Botswana Chobe National Park, in the northeastern part of the country on March 20, 2015. African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warn. (Photo: Chris Jek, AFP/Getty Images)


In the past few decades, several animal species have been labeled extinct, including the Chinese paddlefish, Yangtze River dolphin, Pyrenean ibex and western black rhinoceros.

Study 6th mass extinction already underway -- and we re the cause

The real lie about global climate change, the truth most likely being suppressed.......the effects of global climate change are much worse than what we've been led to believe. And it's already too late to prevent the consequences, we are headed on a trajectory toward the complete collapse of civilization as we know it.

 

[imawhosure]

We are the first apex species capable of understanding the damage we are causing.. it's a shame so many people don't care.

The Earth's sixth mass extinction is already underway — and humans are the driving force behind it, according to a new study.

"Recent extinction rates are unprecedented in human history and highly unusual in Earth's history," according to a study published Friday in the journalScience Advances. "Our global society has started to destroy species of other organisms at an accelerating rate, initiating a mass extinction episode unparalleled for 65 million years."

Researchers used "extremely conservative assumptions" to determine extinction rates that prevailed in the past five annihilation events. Still, they found the average rate of vertebrate species lost over the past century was up to 114 times higher than normal.


USA TODAY

13 species we might have to say goodbye to in 2015


For example, about 477 vertebrate species have gone extinct since 1900, according to the study. Based on previous extinctions, only nine species would have been expected to die off in the same time frame had it not been for mankind's involvement.

"The number of species that have gone extinct in the last century would have taken ... between 800 and 10,000 years to disappear," the study reported. "These estimates reveal an exceptionally rapid loss of biodiversity over the last few centuries, indicating that a sixth mass extinction is already underway."

The previous five mass extinctions happened well before mankind walked the Earth, and are believed to have been mainly caused by natural disasters, such as asteroid impacts and volcanic eruptions.

The last mass extinction happened some 65 million years ago, killing off the dinosaurs. Overall, each mass extinction event has rid the planet of up to 96% of its species each time.

An elephant splashes at sunset in the waters of the Chobe river in Botswana Chobe National Park, in the northeastern part of the country on March 20, 2015. African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warn. (Photo: Chris Jek, AFP/Getty Images)


In the past few decades, several animal species have been labeled extinct, including the Chinese paddlefish, Yangtze River dolphin, Pyrenean ibex and western black rhinoceros.

Study 6th mass extinction already underway -- and we re the cause

The real lie about global climate change, the truth most likely being suppressed.......the effects of global climate change are much worse than what we've been led to believe. And it's already too late to prevent the consequences, we are headed on a trajectory toward the complete collapse of civilization as we know it.

Really? Really, lol! The only thing that will collapse us is Nazism, Socialism, Communism, economic collapse, or a rock from space. You people are extremely pathetic trying to stir the pot so everyone ignores what is really going on.

Are you telling all of us that even though humans formed during the great ice age, with modern technology, we can't survive a little heat, water, or ice?

You really are a fearmonger, and I admire your political acumen, although you are still pathetic, lol.

You can try, and try, and try, but if all goes well in 2016, you are a post toasty for another 25 years. Do us all a favor and take Socialist with you!

 

[Liminal]

We are the first apex species capable of understanding the damage we are causing.. it's a shame so many people don't care.

The Earth's sixth mass extinction is already underway — and humans are the driving force behind it, according to a new study.

"Recent extinction rates are unprecedented in human history and highly unusual in Earth's history," according to a study published Friday in the journalScience Advances. "Our global society has started to destroy species of other organisms at an accelerating rate, initiating a mass extinction episode unparalleled for 65 million years."

Researchers used "extremely conservative assumptions" to determine extinction rates that prevailed in the past five annihilation events. Still, they found the average rate of vertebrate species lost over the past century was up to 114 times higher than normal.


USA TODAY

13 species we might have to say goodbye to in 2015


For example, about 477 vertebrate species have gone extinct since 1900, according to the study. Based on previous extinctions, only nine species would have been expected to die off in the same time frame had it not been for mankind's involvement.

"The number of species that have gone extinct in the last century would have taken ... between 800 and 10,000 years to disappear," the study reported. "These estimates reveal an exceptionally rapid loss of biodiversity over the last few centuries, indicating that a sixth mass extinction is already underway."

The previous five mass extinctions happened well before mankind walked the Earth, and are believed to have been mainly caused by natural disasters, such as asteroid impacts and volcanic eruptions.

The last mass extinction happened some 65 million years ago, killing off the dinosaurs. Overall, each mass extinction event has rid the planet of up to 96% of its species each time.

An elephant splashes at sunset in the waters of the Chobe river in Botswana Chobe National Park, in the northeastern part of the country on March 20, 2015. African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warn. (Photo: Chris Jek, AFP/Getty Images)


In the past few decades, several animal species have been labeled extinct, including the Chinese paddlefish, Yangtze River dolphin, Pyrenean ibex and western black rhinoceros.

Study 6th mass extinction already underway -- and we re the cause

The real lie about global climate change, the truth most likely being suppressed.......the effects of global climate change are much worse than what we've been led to believe. And it's already too late to prevent the consequences, we are headed on a trajectory toward the complete collapse of civilization as we know it.

Really? Really, lol! The only thing that will collapse us is Nazism, Socialism, Communism, economic collapse, or a rock from space. You people are extremely pathetic trying to stir the pot so everyone ignores what is really going on.

Are you telling all of us that even though humans formed during the great ice age, with modern technology, we can't survive a little heat, water, or ice?

You really are a fearmonger, and I admire your political acumen, although you are still pathetic, lol.

You can try, and try, and try, but if all goes well in 2016, you are a post toasty for another 25 years. Do us all a favor and take Socialist with you!

Some people are evidently a little too stupid to realize how tenuous human civilization really is. What do you suppose will happen if California has another year of drought? No doubt you have some technological solution in mind to prevent the collapse of the industrial agriculture that provides about 40% of this nation's fruit and vegetables.

 

[Slyhunter]

We are the first apex species capable of understanding the damage we are causing.. it's a shame so many people don't care.

The Earth's sixth mass extinction is already underway — and humans are the driving force behind it, according to a new study.

"Recent extinction rates are unprecedented in human history and highly unusual in Earth's history," according to a study published Friday in the journalScience Advances. "Our global society has started to destroy species of other organisms at an accelerating rate, initiating a mass extinction episode unparalleled for 65 million years."

Researchers used "extremely conservative assumptions" to determine extinction rates that prevailed in the past five annihilation events. Still, they found the average rate of vertebrate species lost over the past century was up to 114 times higher than normal.


USA TODAY

13 species we might have to say goodbye to in 2015


For example, about 477 vertebrate species have gone extinct since 1900, according to the study. Based on previous extinctions, only nine species would have been expected to die off in the same time frame had it not been for mankind's involvement.

"The number of species that have gone extinct in the last century would have taken ... between 800 and 10,000 years to disappear," the study reported. "These estimates reveal an exceptionally rapid loss of biodiversity over the last few centuries, indicating that a sixth mass extinction is already underway."

The previous five mass extinctions happened well before mankind walked the Earth, and are believed to have been mainly caused by natural disasters, such as asteroid impacts and volcanic eruptions.

The last mass extinction happened some 65 million years ago, killing off the dinosaurs. Overall, each mass extinction event has rid the planet of up to 96% of its species each time.

An elephant splashes at sunset in the waters of the Chobe river in Botswana Chobe National Park, in the northeastern part of the country on March 20, 2015. African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warn. (Photo: Chris Jek, AFP/Getty Images)


In the past few decades, several animal species have been labeled extinct, including the Chinese paddlefish, Yangtze River dolphin, Pyrenean ibex and western black rhinoceros.

Study 6th mass extinction already underway -- and we re the cause

The real lie about global climate change, the truth most likely being suppressed.......the effects of global climate change are much worse than what we've been led to believe. And it's already too late to prevent the consequences, we are headed on a trajectory toward the complete collapse of civilization as we know it.

Really? Really, lol! The only thing that will collapse us is Nazism, Socialism, Communism, economic collapse, or a rock from space. You people are extremely pathetic trying to stir the pot so everyone ignores what is really going on.

Are you telling all of us that even though humans formed during the great ice age, with modern technology, we can't survive a little heat, water, or ice?

You really are a fearmonger, and I admire your political acumen, although you are still pathetic, lol.

You can try, and try, and try, but if all goes well in 2016, you are a post toasty for another 25 years. Do us all a favor and take Socialist with you!

Some people are evidently a little too stupid to realize how tenuous human civilization really is. What do you suppose will happen if California has another year of drought? No doubt you have some technological solution in mind to prevent the collapse of the industrial agriculture that provides about 40% of this nation's fruit and vegetables.

grow it somewhere else.

 

[HenryBHough]

Enough with the "happy talk".

Now, somebody tell us how a mass extinction would NOT save the planet?

 

[Liminal]

We are the first apex species capable of understanding the damage we are causing.. it's a shame so many people don't care.

The Earth's sixth mass extinction is already underway — and humans are the driving force behind it, according to a new study.

"Recent extinction rates are unprecedented in human history and highly unusual in Earth's history," according to a study published Friday in the journalScience Advances. "Our global society has started to destroy species of other organisms at an accelerating rate, initiating a mass extinction episode unparalleled for 65 million years."

Researchers used "extremely conservative assumptions" to determine extinction rates that prevailed in the past five annihilation events. Still, they found the average rate of vertebrate species lost over the past century was up to 114 times higher than normal.


USA TODAY

13 species we might have to say goodbye to in 2015


For example, about 477 vertebrate species have gone extinct since 1900, according to the study. Based on previous extinctions, only nine species would have been expected to die off in the same time frame had it not been for mankind's involvement.

"The number of species that have gone extinct in the last century would have taken ... between 800 and 10,000 years to disappear," the study reported. "These estimates reveal an exceptionally rapid loss of biodiversity over the last few centuries, indicating that a sixth mass extinction is already underway."

The previous five mass extinctions happened well before mankind walked the Earth, and are believed to have been mainly caused by natural disasters, such as asteroid impacts and volcanic eruptions.

The last mass extinction happened some 65 million years ago, killing off the dinosaurs. Overall, each mass extinction event has rid the planet of up to 96% of its species each time.

An elephant splashes at sunset in the waters of the Chobe river in Botswana Chobe National Park, in the northeastern part of the country on March 20, 2015. African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warn. (Photo: Chris Jek, AFP/Getty Images)


In the past few decades, several animal species have been labeled extinct, including the Chinese paddlefish, Yangtze River dolphin, Pyrenean ibex and western black rhinoceros.

Study 6th mass extinction already underway -- and we re the cause

The real lie about global climate change, the truth most likely being suppressed.......the effects of global climate change are much worse than what we've been led to believe. And it's already too late to prevent the consequences, we are headed on a trajectory toward the complete collapse of civilization as we know it.

Really? Really, lol! The only thing that will collapse us is Nazism, Socialism, Communism, economic collapse, or a rock from space. You people are extremely pathetic trying to stir the pot so everyone ignores what is really going on.

Are you telling all of us that even though humans formed during the great ice age, with modern technology, we can't survive a little heat, water, or ice?

You really are a fearmonger, and I admire your political acumen, although you are still pathetic, lol.

You can try, and try, and try, but if all goes well in 2016, you are a post toasty for another 25 years. Do us all a favor and take Socialist with you!

Some people are evidently a little too stupid to realize how tenuous human civilization really is. What do you suppose will happen if California has another year of drought? No doubt you have some technological solution in mind to prevent the collapse of the industrial agriculture that provides about 40% of this nation's fruit and vegetables.

grow it somewhere else.

Better get started on that right away then, since it's going to take many years to replace the agricultural infrastructure already in place. How many years before new fruit trees are productive? Any ideas about that? Even vegetables can take years, asparagus, for example, take seven years from planting to production. Better start now, because you'll be paying twice as much for food in few years.

 

[imawhosure]

We are the first apex species capable of understanding the damage we are causing.. it's a shame so many people don't care.

The Earth's sixth mass extinction is already underway — and humans are the driving force behind it, according to a new study.

"Recent extinction rates are unprecedented in human history and highly unusual in Earth's history," according to a study published Friday in the journalScience Advances. "Our global society has started to destroy species of other organisms at an accelerating rate, initiating a mass extinction episode unparalleled for 65 million years."

Researchers used "extremely conservative assumptions" to determine extinction rates that prevailed in the past five annihilation events. Still, they found the average rate of vertebrate species lost over the past century was up to 114 times higher than normal.


USA TODAY

13 species we might have to say goodbye to in 2015


For example, about 477 vertebrate species have gone extinct since 1900, according to the study. Based on previous extinctions, only nine species would have been expected to die off in the same time frame had it not been for mankind's involvement.

"The number of species that have gone extinct in the last century would have taken ... between 800 and 10,000 years to disappear," the study reported. "These estimates reveal an exceptionally rapid loss of biodiversity over the last few centuries, indicating that a sixth mass extinction is already underway."

The previous five mass extinctions happened well before mankind walked the Earth, and are believed to have been mainly caused by natural disasters, such as asteroid impacts and volcanic eruptions.

The last mass extinction happened some 65 million years ago, killing off the dinosaurs. Overall, each mass extinction event has rid the planet of up to 96% of its species each time.

An elephant splashes at sunset in the waters of the Chobe river in Botswana Chobe National Park, in the northeastern part of the country on March 20, 2015. African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warn. (Photo: Chris Jek, AFP/Getty Images)


In the past few decades, several animal species have been labeled extinct, including the Chinese paddlefish, Yangtze River dolphin, Pyrenean ibex and western black rhinoceros.

Study 6th mass extinction already underway -- and we re the cause

The real lie about global climate change, the truth most likely being suppressed.......the effects of global climate change are much worse than what we've been led to believe. And it's already too late to prevent the consequences, we are headed on a trajectory toward the complete collapse of civilization as we know it.

Really? Really, lol! The only thing that will collapse us is Nazism, Socialism, Communism, economic collapse, or a rock from space. You people are extremely pathetic trying to stir the pot so everyone ignores what is really going on.

Are you telling all of us that even though humans formed during the great ice age, with modern technology, we can't survive a little heat, water, or ice?

You really are a fearmonger, and I admire your political acumen, although you are still pathetic, lol.

You can try, and try, and try, but if all goes well in 2016, you are a post toasty for another 25 years. Do us all a favor and take Socialist with you!

Some people are evidently a little too stupid to realize how tenuous human civilization really is. What do you suppose will happen if California has another year of drought? No doubt you have some technological solution in mind to prevent the collapse of the industrial agriculture that provides about 40% of this nation's fruit and vegetables.

Unbelievable, really. The problem with California has been plainly spelled out before.......because of the left NOT allowing the infrastructure to be put in to save Salmon or some sort of fish, they are now going through this as they allow water out of the mountains to flow freely into the ocean.

Also, you have allowed through leftist policy, the population of California to grow almost 100% as illegals flock over the border for the last 30 years.

You people create a problem, then try and tell everyone mother nature did it. Um, no, you LEFTISTS did.

All leftists explain this...........how is it that Las Vegas is in the middle of the desert, but has plenty of water?

Here, let ME tell YOU! Because they built the infra structure, scorpions etc be damned. And as the area grows, they invest in MORE infrastructure to keep the water flowing, scorpions be damned!

Where does their water come from? Out of the mountains, just like Californias, but in California, the lefties decided to let it flow into the ocean. You guys are BRILLIANT!

Pathetic, ridiculous, and not to bright to boot. Scare mongering doesn't work, when you know what is really going on, lol.

Here is solution.....just stop being lefties, issue bonds to build infra structure, problem solved. Oh wait. You mean your illegals do not pay enough (nothing) in taxes to have a bond issue?

Guess what. NOT OUR PROBLEM!

 

[Liminal]

We are the first apex species capable of understanding the damage we are causing.. it's a shame so many people don't care.

The Earth's sixth mass extinction is already underway — and humans are the driving force behind it, according to a new study.

"Recent extinction rates are unprecedented in human history and highly unusual in Earth's history," according to a study published Friday in the journalScience Advances. "Our global society has started to destroy species of other organisms at an accelerating rate, initiating a mass extinction episode unparalleled for 65 million years."

Researchers used "extremely conservative assumptions" to determine extinction rates that prevailed in the past five annihilation events. Still, they found the average rate of vertebrate species lost over the past century was up to 114 times higher than normal.


USA TODAY

13 species we might have to say goodbye to in 2015


For example, about 477 vertebrate species have gone extinct since 1900, according to the study. Based on previous extinctions, only nine species would have been expected to die off in the same time frame had it not been for mankind's involvement.

"The number of species that have gone extinct in the last century would have taken ... between 800 and 10,000 years to disappear," the study reported. "These estimates reveal an exceptionally rapid loss of biodiversity over the last few centuries, indicating that a sixth mass extinction is already underway."

The previous five mass extinctions happened well before mankind walked the Earth, and are believed to have been mainly caused by natural disasters, such as asteroid impacts and volcanic eruptions.

The last mass extinction happened some 65 million years ago, killing off the dinosaurs. Overall, each mass extinction event has rid the planet of up to 96% of its species each time.

An elephant splashes at sunset in the waters of the Chobe river in Botswana Chobe National Park, in the northeastern part of the country on March 20, 2015. African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warn. (Photo: Chris Jek, AFP/Getty Images)


In the past few decades, several animal species have been labeled extinct, including the Chinese paddlefish, Yangtze River dolphin, Pyrenean ibex and western black rhinoceros.

Study 6th mass extinction already underway -- and we re the cause

The real lie about global climate change, the truth most likely being suppressed.......the effects of global climate change are much worse than what we've been led to believe. And it's already too late to prevent the consequences, we are headed on a trajectory toward the complete collapse of civilization as we know it.

Really? Really, lol! The only thing that will collapse us is Nazism, Socialism, Communism, economic collapse, or a rock from space. You people are extremely pathetic trying to stir the pot so everyone ignores what is really going on.

Are you telling all of us that even though humans formed during the great ice age, with modern technology, we can't survive a little heat, water, or ice?

You really are a fearmonger, and I admire your political acumen, although you are still pathetic, lol.

You can try, and try, and try, but if all goes well in 2016, you are a post toasty for another 25 years. Do us all a favor and take Socialist with you!

Some people are evidently a little too stupid to realize how tenuous human civilization really is. What do you suppose will happen if California has another year of drought? No doubt you have some technological solution in mind to prevent the collapse of the industrial agriculture that provides about 40% of this nation's fruit and vegetables.

Unbelievable, really. The problem with California has been plainly spelled out before.......because of the left NOT allowing the infrastructure to be put in to save Salmon or some sort of fish, they are now going through this as they allow water out of the mountains to flow freely into the ocean.

Also, you have allowed through leftist policy, the population of California to grow almost 100% as illegals flock over the border for the last 30 years.

You people create a problem, then try and tell everyone mother nature did it. Um, no, you LEFTISTS did.

All leftists explain this...........how is it that Las Vegas is in the middle of the desert, but has plenty of water?

Here, let ME tell YOU! Because they built the infra structure, scorpions etc be damned. And as the area grows, they invest in MORE infrastructure to keep the water flowing, scorpions be damned!

Where does their water come from? Out of the mountains, just like Californias, but in California, the lefties decided to let it flow into the ocean. You guys are BRILLIANT!

Pathetic, ridiculous, and not to bright to boot. Scare mongering doesn't work, when you know what is really going on, lol.

Here is solution.....just stop being lefties, issue bonds to build infra structure, problem solved. Oh wait. You mean your illegals do not pay enough (nothing) in taxes to have a bond issue?

Guess what. NOT OUR PROBLEM!

I see, so you favor letting the salmon runs dry up. The fishing industry on the west coast should be real happy about that.

 

[Katzndogz]

A massive war. Introduction of genocidal disease into the third world. Make the entire world a biodiversity park for the very rich and a few servants. Not too many servants. Most will be robotics with necessary repairmen.

 

[imawhosure]

We are the first apex species capable of understanding the damage we are causing.. it's a shame so many people don't care.
Study 6th mass extinction already underway -- and we re the cause

The real lie about global climate change, the truth most likely being suppressed.......the effects of global climate change are much worse than what we've been led to believe. And it's already too late to prevent the consequences, we are headed on a trajectory toward the complete collapse of civilization as we know it.

Really? Really, lol! The only thing that will collapse us is Nazism, Socialism, Communism, economic collapse, or a rock from space. You people are extremely pathetic trying to stir the pot so everyone ignores what is really going on.

Are you telling all of us that even though humans formed during the great ice age, with modern technology, we can't survive a little heat, water, or ice?

You really are a fearmonger, and I admire your political acumen, although you are still pathetic, lol.

You can try, and try, and try, but if all goes well in 2016, you are a post toasty for another 25 years. Do us all a favor and take Socialist with you!

Some people are evidently a little too stupid to realize how tenuous human civilization really is. What do you suppose will happen if California has another year of drought? No doubt you have some technological solution in mind to prevent the collapse of the industrial agriculture that provides about 40% of this nation's fruit and vegetables.

Unbelievable, really. The problem with California has been plainly spelled out before.......because of the left NOT allowing the infrastructure to be put in to save Salmon or some sort of fish, they are now going through this as they allow water out of the mountains to flow freely into the ocean.

Also, you have allowed through leftist policy, the population of California to grow almost 100% as illegals flock over the border for the last 30 years.

You people create a problem, then try and tell everyone mother nature did it. Um, no, you LEFTISTS did.

All leftists explain this...........how is it that Las Vegas is in the middle of the desert, but has plenty of water?

Here, let ME tell YOU! Because they built the infra structure, scorpions etc be damned. And as the area grows, they invest in MORE infrastructure to keep the water flowing, scorpions be damned!

Where does their water come from? Out of the mountains, just like Californias, but in California, the lefties decided to let it flow into the ocean. You guys are BRILLIANT!

Pathetic, ridiculous, and not to bright to boot. Scare mongering doesn't work, when you know what is really going on, lol.

Here is solution.....just stop being lefties, issue bonds to build infra structure, problem solved. Oh wait. You mean your illegals do not pay enough (nothing) in taxes to have a bond issue?

Guess what. NOT OUR PROBLEM!

I see, so you favor letting the salmon runs dry up. The fishing industry on the west coast should be real happy about that.

I see, so you favor California have no water, then blame mother nature.

As long as everyone understands, the lack of water in California COULD have been avoided if not for left wing policies, and now they want to blame everyone else.

Once you understand this, all their whining becomes funny, because they did it to themselves; and then try and put forth the notion that the sky is falling in, and it is humans fault.

People should really read in history around the time of WWII, India was starving to death, so the United States sent an emissary there with a few plane loads of food to see how bad the situation was. He gets off the plane and even the workers at the airport were slightly under nourished, and he can see really squeamishly skinny people outside.

He and his party get into their vehicle to go into the city, and what do they find?!?!?!?!?! They find cows roaming the city in unfathomable numbers. 2,3, or 4 to every block along the then dirt roads. How could they be starving?

Simple, cows were sacred, that is how, at that particular time.

The moral is................you lefties made it in California, now you OWN IT!

You got your precious Salmon, and your precious illegals. You want the rest of America to look like you? Forget about it. Go ask Hollyweird for help.

 

[Slyhunter]

We are the first apex species capable of understanding the damage we are causing.. it's a shame so many people don't care.
Study 6th mass extinction already underway -- and we re the cause

The real lie about global climate change, the truth most likely being suppressed.......the effects of global climate change are much worse than what we've been led to believe. And it's already too late to prevent the consequences, we are headed on a trajectory toward the complete collapse of civilization as we know it.

Really? Really, lol! The only thing that will collapse us is Nazism, Socialism, Communism, economic collapse, or a rock from space. You people are extremely pathetic trying to stir the pot so everyone ignores what is really going on.

Are you telling all of us that even though humans formed during the great ice age, with modern technology, we can't survive a little heat, water, or ice?

You really are a fearmonger, and I admire your political acumen, although you are still pathetic, lol.

You can try, and try, and try, but if all goes well in 2016, you are a post toasty for another 25 years. Do us all a favor and take Socialist with you!

Some people are evidently a little too stupid to realize how tenuous human civilization really is. What do you suppose will happen if California has another year of drought? No doubt you have some technological solution in mind to prevent the collapse of the industrial agriculture that provides about 40% of this nation's fruit and vegetables.

Unbelievable, really. The problem with California has been plainly spelled out before.......because of the left NOT allowing the infrastructure to be put in to save Salmon or some sort of fish, they are now going through this as they allow water out of the mountains to flow freely into the ocean.

Also, you have allowed through leftist policy, the population of California to grow almost 100% as illegals flock over the border for the last 30 years.

You people create a problem, then try and tell everyone mother nature did it. Um, no, you LEFTISTS did.

All leftists explain this...........how is it that Las Vegas is in the middle of the desert, but has plenty of water?

Here, let ME tell YOU! Because they built the infra structure, scorpions etc be damned. And as the area grows, they invest in MORE infrastructure to keep the water flowing, scorpions be damned!

Where does their water come from? Out of the mountains, just like Californias, but in California, the lefties decided to let it flow into the ocean. You guys are BRILLIANT!

Pathetic, ridiculous, and not to bright to boot. Scare mongering doesn't work, when you know what is really going on, lol.

Here is solution.....just stop being lefties, issue bonds to build infra structure, problem solved. Oh wait. You mean your illegals do not pay enough (nothing) in taxes to have a bond issue?

Guess what. NOT OUR PROBLEM!

I see, so you favor letting the salmon runs dry up. The fishing industry on the west coast should be real happy about that.

The fishing industry can pay for it if they want it.

 

[Liminal]

The real lie about global climate change, the truth most likely being suppressed.......the effects of global climate change are much worse than what we've been led to believe. And it's already too late to prevent the consequences, we are headed on a trajectory toward the complete collapse of civilization as we know it.

Really? Really, lol! The only thing that will collapse us is Nazism, Socialism, Communism, economic collapse, or a rock from space. You people are extremely pathetic trying to stir the pot so everyone ignores what is really going on.

Are you telling all of us that even though humans formed during the great ice age, with modern technology, we can't survive a little heat, water, or ice?

You really are a fearmonger, and I admire your political acumen, although you are still pathetic, lol.

You can try, and try, and try, but if all goes well in 2016, you are a post toasty for another 25 years. Do us all a favor and take Socialist with you!

Some people are evidently a little too stupid to realize how tenuous human civilization really is. What do you suppose will happen if California has another year of drought? No doubt you have some technological solution in mind to prevent the collapse of the industrial agriculture that provides about 40% of this nation's fruit and vegetables.

Unbelievable, really. The problem with California has been plainly spelled out before.......because of the left NOT allowing the infrastructure to be put in to save Salmon or some sort of fish, they are now going through this as they allow water out of the mountains to flow freely into the ocean.

Also, you have allowed through leftist policy, the population of California to grow almost 100% as illegals flock over the border for the last 30 years.

You people create a problem, then try and tell everyone mother nature did it. Um, no, you LEFTISTS did.

All leftists explain this...........how is it that Las Vegas is in the middle of the desert, but has plenty of water?

Here, let ME tell YOU! Because they built the infra structure, scorpions etc be damned. And as the area grows, they invest in MORE infrastructure to keep the water flowing, scorpions be damned!

Where does their water come from? Out of the mountains, just like Californias, but in California, the lefties decided to let it flow into the ocean. You guys are BRILLIANT!

Pathetic, ridiculous, and not to bright to boot. Scare mongering doesn't work, when you know what is really going on, lol.

Here is solution.....just stop being lefties, issue bonds to build infra structure, problem solved. Oh wait. You mean your illegals do not pay enough (nothing) in taxes to have a bond issue?

Guess what. NOT OUR PROBLEM!

I see, so you favor letting the salmon runs dry up. The fishing industry on the west coast should be real happy about that.

I see, so you favor California have no water, then blame mother nature.

As long as everyone understands, the lack of water in California COULD have been avoided if not for left wing policies, and now they want to blame everyone else.

Once you understand this, all their whining becomes funny, because they did it to themselves; and then try and put forth the notion that the sky is falling in, and it is humans fault.

People should really read in history around the time of WWII, India was starving to death, so the United States sent an emissary there with a few plane loads of food to see how bad the situation was. He gets off the plane and even the workers at the airport were slightly under nourished, and he can see really squeamishly skinny people outside.

He and his party get into their vehicle to go into the city, and what do they find?!?!?!?!?! They find cows roaming the city in unfathomable numbers. 2,3, or 4 to every block along the then dirt roads. How could they be starving?

Simple, cows were sacred, that is how, at that particular time.

The moral is................you lefties made it in California, now you OWN IT!

You got your precious Salmon, and your precious illegals. You want the rest of America to look like you? Forget about it. Go ask Hollyweird for help.

You righties are all apparently a little too slow to know how many Republicans have run California over the past few decades. You obviously don't know jack shit about anything that can't put into mindless political rhetoric.

 

[Liminal]

The real lie about global climate change, the truth most likely being suppressed.......the effects of global climate change are much worse than what we've been led to believe. And it's already too late to prevent the consequences, we are headed on a trajectory toward the complete collapse of civilization as we know it.

Really? Really, lol! The only thing that will collapse us is Nazism, Socialism, Communism, economic collapse, or a rock from space. You people are extremely pathetic trying to stir the pot so everyone ignores what is really going on.

Are you telling all of us that even though humans formed during the great ice age, with modern technology, we can't survive a little heat, water, or ice?

You really are a fearmonger, and I admire your political acumen, although you are still pathetic, lol.

You can try, and try, and try, but if all goes well in 2016, you are a post toasty for another 25 years. Do us all a favor and take Socialist with you!

Some people are evidently a little too stupid to realize how tenuous human civilization really is. What do you suppose will happen if California has another year of drought? No doubt you have some technological solution in mind to prevent the collapse of the industrial agriculture that provides about 40% of this nation's fruit and vegetables.

Unbelievable, really. The problem with California has been plainly spelled out before.......because of the left NOT allowing the infrastructure to be put in to save Salmon or some sort of fish, they are now going through this as they allow water out of the mountains to flow freely into the ocean.

Also, you have allowed through leftist policy, the population of California to grow almost 100% as illegals flock over the border for the last 30 years.

You people create a problem, then try and tell everyone mother nature did it. Um, no, you LEFTISTS did.

All leftists explain this...........how is it that Las Vegas is in the middle of the desert, but has plenty of water?

Here, let ME tell YOU! Because they built the infra structure, scorpions etc be damned. And as the area grows, they invest in MORE infrastructure to keep the water flowing, scorpions be damned!

Where does their water come from? Out of the mountains, just like Californias, but in California, the lefties decided to let it flow into the ocean. You guys are BRILLIANT!

Pathetic, ridiculous, and not to bright to boot. Scare mongering doesn't work, when you know what is really going on, lol.

Here is solution.....just stop being lefties, issue bonds to build infra structure, problem solved. Oh wait. You mean your illegals do not pay enough (nothing) in taxes to have a bond issue?

Guess what. NOT OUR PROBLEM!

I see, so you favor letting the salmon runs dry up. The fishing industry on the west coast should be real happy about that.

The fishing industry can pay for it if they want it.

Too fucking stupid for words.