a little pondering here……………
Global warming is one of the major problems facing society today and there are many theories surrounding it. Whilst I agree pollution and burning of fossil fuels contributes greatly to our changing environment ,as well as the release of methane gases from melting icebergs, to go along with over population(which are all under man’s control),there is the fact of climate evolution which many overlook. Since it’s beginning earth’s climate(as well as it’s physical stature and life forms)has been in a constant state of evolution. Man’s pollution and resulting factors only serves to speed up this process which normally occurs over hundreds of thousands of years.
Having said such, a life form survives till it has reach it’s potential and is replaced by a life form better suited for the resulting environment.
I think it would be interesting to see in 100,000 years how life will have evolved and what impact they would have on their environment moving forward.
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Interesting. I read an article recently about our greenhouse emissions and the effect they might be having on Earth’s natural cycles. Apparently (so the article says) we may have delayed the next ice-age cycle by 10,000 years or more.
Cockroaches are a very durable species and have shown to adapt thus far to most any environment. Having said such, life evolves , and humans (as they have for over a million years)will evolve and adapt to the existing environment. Whilst this species of human may have similar characteristics as present day humans, there will be the necessary changes in the human physical character that will aid them to live and prosper. Tis but one’s opinion.
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This theory depends largely on whose argument one chooses to accept. Their are valid arguments on both sides of this issue with some scientist even suggesting this may speed up the next ice age. One thing for certain, global warming destabilizes the atmosphere leaving much uncertainty as to what one can expect weather wise. Scientist speculate an ice age occurs about every 100,000 years and it’s been 10,000 since the last one.
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The way we’re going i suspect our successors will be the cockroaches. After all they seem to be able to put up with aniything
Being as no one can know for certain the future, rendering everything theoretical, one theory is as valid as another , and I also believe man will rise to meet this crisis.
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Rise to the challenge? Man?…..You poor deluded person
Having faith in something most always appears delusional, but the history of the species is they always find a way to survive. Whilst there exists a “dark” side to the species, perseverance is definitely one of it’s strong points. If not for the will to grow and the ability to adapt, the species would have perished 100’s of thousands of years ago. No matter one’s impression of man, his/her history(while @ times leaves one wondering)speaks for itself.
You may be more correct than I, but I prefer to hope that we will work on pollution of the air and water which is doable and we can have an immediate benefit. In the perspective of the universe, it may not matter at all what happens to this planet and all the matter and energy will just go somewhere else, but it matters to me what happens no, so I want us to stop some polluting. I do little, but I do recycle and make some efforts.
Yes, this is but another of the human follies, drilling for such a volatile gas /any such substance knowing one can never be in control of all possible problems which may arise. When drilling into the earth there are so many variables, making it impossible to completely contain.
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What about the Methane gas leak in California since this past October,, That has released more than 79,000 metric tons of methane gas to date,, Has evacuated thousands of residents in the immediate area and MIGHT have it plugged by late March.
By the beginnig of the 20th century worlds polpulation was about 1.7bil. today 6.5bil.
Private plus traffic didn’t exist. Amount of livestock was minimal to the amount we have today. The emission on methan gas nearly didn’t exists.
And so on, and so on…….
I don’t know what human beings have their brains for???
So basically we all know that we are slowly poisoning our home planet, possibly affecting the earths climate cycles, and cannot control our expansion in terms of population, which all indicates a grim future. I have enough faith in the human race to believe that we will survive, but we may have to learn some hard lessons along the way. The point made about cockroaches is a good one though – nature is completely indifferent to us – if we disappeared next year and left the planet ruined, nature would just shrug her shoulders and get on with the evolution of whatever is left. We are tenants on this planet, not its owners, and we’ve been here for the merest blip of earths history. Our fate is in our own hands.
Yes that’s the nature. Just think of a scorched forest where new life will start again after a break.
And those hands couldn’t catch a ball if their lives depended on it…..And they do
I wasnt aware melting icebergs released methane to any great extent.