Posted on 01/15/2015 8:14:22 PM PST by PROCON
At the rate things are going, the Earth in the coming decades could cease to be a “safe operating space” for human beings. That is the conclusion of a new paper published Thursday in the journal Science by 18 researchers trying to gauge the breaking points in the natural world.
The paper contends that we have already crossed four “planetary boundaries.” They include the extinction rate; deforestation; the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; and the flow of nitrogen and phosphorous (used on land as fertilizer) into the ocean.
“What the science has shown is that human activities — economic growth, technology, consumption – are destabilizing the global environment,” said Will Steffen, who holds appointments at the Australian National University and the Stockholm Resilience Center and is the lead author of the paper.
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Yes, we are all going to die Ping.
Scientists like in those B movies ?
Yep, this place will soon be uninhabitable. I suggest all the Liberals leave immediately.
Nope, compared to theses scientists, the ones in B movie were real geniuses!
Carbon Dioxide : Plant Food, Human and Animal Exhale, Vital to life
Nitrogen: Plant food, Natural, Vital to life
Phosphorous : Again, Plant food, Natural to the planet, Vital
Yawn....
Can we get something more alien to the planet, like Meteors or Spaceships from Mars?
That will work just fine. All my saved money should be completely spent in about a decade.
That will work just fine. All my saved money should be completely spent in about a decade.
We’re obviously running out of ways to kill the planet. We need toput some more people on that.
This tripe was allowed to be printed in Science magazine. Another liberal sellout!
Somewhere, out there, along the roadside... an Indian weeps.
Apparently smokin’ something purty potent.
When it’s raining, I hope these 18 guys don’t look up with their mouths open.
Fortunately, we are nowhere near the planetary boundary for research grants. We can safely pour unlimited amounts of money into think tanks like the Stockholm Resilience Center without destabilizing the global environment any further.
Whatever happened to those pesky ozone holes?
Yes, there are billions and billions of human beings on earth right now, but we still only inhabit a small percentage of the earth. Some say that about 3% of the earth’s surface has been urbanized for living. We may want to explore floating cities.
ROTFLMAO, you owe me a new laptop!
Yes, the earth could fill up with people like a petri dish could fill up with bacteria.
On the other hand, there’s that CYA word “could” which indicates uncertainty.
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