Comments on: Species Census: Yes, the 6th Mass Extinction Is Happening Now

By: benjamindavidsteele

benjamindavidsteele — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 04:34:37 +0000

Going by these comments, we don’t have to worry about ignorance and indifference going extinct any time soon.

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:27:46 +0000

Miss 12 year old, 6 years or less? Thats not a realistic approach at all, unless there is a nuclear war that destroys most of life on Earth. It will take MUCH longer than 6 years for us to go extinct, I think it will take at least 5-9 centuries be before Humans go extinct if we keep going on the same path, as well as decline in reproduction enough to allow our extinction to become a more likely possibility. However, due to the fact that we are the dominant species and have a population of around about 7 billion people, that is highly unlikely scenario, but its still possible.

By: JWS

JWS — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:29:43 +0000

Miss 12 years old has a point.

By: Miss 12 year old

Miss 12 year old — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:53:43 +0000

We will actually be extinct a long time before that because we are destroying the earth by driving cars and running air conditioning all day long. It is us the people who are destroying earth every one knows that but no one thinks about it. I f we don’t change we won’t be on earth much longer. No one is doing anything about it because the think it is good what they are doing by driving to work every day and earning money. The truth is that we are greedy and our greed is blinding us. Did you know that 20 percent of deaths around the world are cause by us poluting the air and water. We need to change and if we don’t we will all be extinct in the next 6 years or less.

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By: gail

gail — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:01:48 +0000

Good god, how did you people end up in this discussion? Shouldn’t you be in Bible study? The reason we care about biodiversity is twofold. The first reason is selfish: Because the more species we have on earth, the larger our pool of resources for developing medical treatments for human diseases. Related to that: animal and plant life are interconnected. Without bees, you don’t get fruit. Without soil insects, you don’t get vegetables and grains. To put it simply, and simplistically, when species start to die out, it wreaks havoc with things we care about: climate, food, and human health.
The second reason we should care is altruistic: Because mankind has had a big hand in decimating some of these populations. It’s an ethical challenge. You god people ought to know something about ethics, right? It never ceases to amaze me how so many bible thumpers are morally challenged.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:41:24 +0000

Well the final mass-extinction event will happen in a few million years when the sun destroys the Earth.

At no point in Earths life did any creature on it have a chance of surviving it, until Humans came along.

So anyone that says we are destroying Earth is very short-sighted and a moron, we have in fact given the Earths species a chance to survive passed the destruction of the planet. We will be saving (ALL) species from certain extinction.

The question is how many species can we take with us and unless someone is willing to build a spaceship the size of Earth with self-contained ecosystems for every habitat, im afraid the bad news is some will be lost.

Now as some one pointed out we are all transient, will die and others will use the same raw material and live. How much of the planet do we need to use to save it.

If we save 1 species (ourselves) we at least continue the legacy of Planet Earth and we can reproduce any and all creatures we have DNA for etc (hopefully, technology letting).

So yes petrol is bad, CFCs is bad, hanging is bad, forraging for meals is bad, nuking each other is bad, but we have grown passed these. We are getting better all the time.

Scientists have been recording DNA for a long time now, keeping samples etc, all this is for a reason.

So I do not worry about species going extinct today, when we as a race will SAVE an entire planet.

Perspective people.

By: James E.

James E. — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:47:40 +0000

I always find it strange when people talk about if we should meddle in mother nature.

Like #21: “Nature endures through it’s own design without human assistance, and so why should we prepare to react to some prediction of massive extinctions, if our involvement begins to usurp even Natural Law?”

Its like they feel we exist outside of nature and this Natural Law. We are all part of nature and everything we do is natural since we came from this universe. I am not saying that everything we do is correct or that we are not capable of making this planet less hospitable or even un-inhabitable. Just that the argument that it is not natural has no bearing.

By: s

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:47:47 +0000

hmmm… Ali is on a spamfest. and i think he’s been smokin’ something funky too. Oil and gas a lubricant for the earth’s crust? Thanks Ali – that was one of the funniest comments I’ve read in a while.

Laughter is the best medicine.

oh…and #12 – since you are advocating we as a species should all die off, how come you have posted here and not blown your brains out? Lead the way for the rest of us. lol

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:13:29 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrLMdnWQsWA

:::No Scientific Explanation::: Millions of Seashells apearing every day on Clifton beach, karachi, Pakistan.
Just Last year in March 2009 ” Dolphins Beaching ” happened here on Pakistani Beaches.
Wat is surprising is that not a single private TV channel has covered this huge Event, No discussion forums on this Topic.
Not to mention there are large numbers of Earthquakes happening all around the world in the year 2010.
My thought is that all these Events are Signs of Great fluctuations in Earth’s Magnetic Field…
This magnetic field fluctuation is happening due to the loss of Lubricant of Oil and Gas inside Earth’s Crust.
Oil and Gas acts as Lubricant for Earth’s Crust Movement. Now that we have taken out so much Oil and Gas. Earth’s Layers have lost this lubricant and as a result we will observe much bigger more devastating Mega Earthquakes… just like Grand Canyon(Mega Earthquakes created Grand Canyons)
Electric Cars and Maglev Electric Turbines and Maglev Train, are the way of the future… if we want to save ourselves and humanity and future generations