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Scientists deliver ‘final warning’ on climate crisis: act now or it’s too late
(www.theguardian.com)
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We're in the middle of a mass extinction event, with rapidly worsening weather patterns, on the verge of ecological collapse, and you're worried about the messages framing because it's fear mongering? We have a very good reason to be afraid, we should be directing it into drastic action. Get mad, don't stay positive, there's no reason to look on the bright side. Heads need to roll, we don't need to hug it out and hope for the best.
The world won't end, but humanity will if things don't change
Isn't mass deaths sort of a prerequisite for being in a mass extinction event? How the hell can you say we are in the middle of one when nothing has happened yet. You just sound stupid and needlessly exaggeratory
The Holocene/Anthropogenic Extinction
"The contemporary rate of extinction of species is estimated at 100 to 1,000 times higher than the background extinction rate, the historically typical rate of extinction (in terms of the natural evolution of the planet); also, the current rate of extinction is 10 to 100 times higher than in any of the previous mass extinctions in the history of Earth. One scientist estimates the current extinction rate may be 10,000 times the background extinction rate, although most scientists predict a much lower extinction rate than this outlying estimate.Theoretical ecologist Stuart Pimm stated that the extinction rate for plants is 100 times higher than normal."
"In The Future of Life (2002), Edward Osborne Wilson of Harvard calculated that, if the current rate of human disruption of the biosphere continues, one-half of Earth's higher lifeforms will be extinct by 2100. A 1998 poll conducted by the American Museum of Natural History found that 70% of biologists acknowledge an ongoing anthropogenic extinction event."
60 Percent of Global Wildlife Species Wiped Out
You sound willfully ignorant and in denial