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Sixth extinction, rivaling that of the dinosaurs, should join the big five, scientists say
American Association for the Advancement of Science ^ | 16 April 2015 5:15 pm | Eric Hand

Posted on 04/16/2015 10:10:24 PM PDT by Utilizer

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Crikey. Another extinction event occurred without us being the cause of it. What are the odds. /sarc :)
1 posted on 04/16/2015 10:10:25 PM PDT by Utilizer
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To: SunkenCiv

Not sure if this is your main interest mate, but “Ping”. :)


2 posted on 04/16/2015 10:11:22 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
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To: Utilizer

And Helen Thomas survived them all, even the ones she caused.


3 posted on 04/16/2015 10:15:41 PM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Utilizer

Nonsense. Mere speculation—prove it. Classical evolutionary theory postulates 95% of all species are already extinct. Which species are you talking about? These theories and their adherents recycle themselves, they need an audience to sell their fish oil to and a job. Nonsense.


4 posted on 04/16/2015 10:19:04 PM PDT by Fungi (So you think you know anything about evolution? Think again.)
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To: Utilizer
Clapham thinks the Capitanian is probably 30th or 40th in the hierarchy of extinctions, not sixth.

One thing is certainly clear, extinction events are common and regular even if they are not all global in scale. Life forms come and go and it will happen again.

5 posted on 04/16/2015 10:42:15 PM PDT by TigersEye (STONE COLD ZOMBIE SCOURGE)
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To: TigersEye; MinuteGal

“One thing is certainly clear, extinction events are common and regular even if they are not all global in scale. Life forms come and go and it will happen again.”

Implied is we humans are a life form.


6 posted on 04/17/2015 1:17:38 AM PDT by flaglady47 (The useful idiots always go first)
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Implied by logic, that is a certainty, but I didn’t infer it by design. I take for granted that most people would consider humans a life form.


7 posted on 04/17/2015 1:58:55 AM PDT by TigersEye (STONE COLD ZOMBIE SCOURGE)
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To: TigersEye

Seven posts and no one’s blamed George W. Bush yet.

That’s gotta be some kind of record.


8 posted on 04/17/2015 3:44:43 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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Life forms come and go and it will happen again.

Except for spotted owls, peebles jumping mice, and delta smelt.

9 posted on 04/17/2015 6:10:29 AM PDT by kitchen (Though much is taken, much abides; ...)
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To: TigersEye

We are in a spiral galaxy and we go round and round the black hole. We are bound to bump into something now and then.


10 posted on 04/17/2015 10:46:36 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Arm_Bears

I think homophobic Christian pizza shop owners may be responsible for this tragedy.


11 posted on 04/17/2015 1:10:08 PM PDT by TigersEye (STONE COLD ZOMBIE SCOURGE)
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Thanks Utilizer. Since this is coming out of the UK, without yet looking at it closely I'll jump to the conclusion that this is some kind of global warming / no sudden extinctions nonsense from the Church of Darwin.



12 posted on 04/17/2015 1:18:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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Thanks Utilizer. Since this is coming out of the UK, without yet looking at it closely I'll jump to the conclusion that this is some kind of global warming / no sudden extinctions nonsense from the Church of Darwin.

13 posted on 04/17/2015 1:18:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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A massive amount of these extinctions is simply the wholesale import of pests and rival plants across the world.
Think brown snakes in the tropics, zebra mussels in the Great Lakes, snakes in Florida, transplanted crops plus their diseases and pests around the world.
The end result will be a loss of genetic diversity as many niche species are replaced by hardier international varieties. But the result will also be a more stable ecosystem as niche species that can’t adapt are replaced by those that can, except for those areas where people don’t live, farm or modify.


14 posted on 04/17/2015 2:03:12 PM PDT by tbw2
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That’s why when liberals worry about extinction it’s such a nonsense argument. That’s the history of the world and who decides which species living at what time period are OK to save?


15 posted on 04/17/2015 6:32:01 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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Exactly! It appears to be an inevitable cycle of life on this planet. Like ocean tides rising and falling there is nothing anyone can do about it. It’s hard to make an objective case that it’s either good or bad. So far life in general has survived them all. Our challenge is to not make the list of losers when the next big event comes along.


16 posted on 04/17/2015 6:48:07 PM PDT by TigersEye (STONE COLD ZOMBIE SCOURGE)
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To: tbw2

That did not work so well for the Irish, a couple of hundred years ago.


17 posted on 04/17/2015 9:23:34 PM PDT by patton (The GBU45. Delivered in 30 minutes, or its free.)
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To: SunkenCiv; All

No, this about a 260 mya extinction event at the end of the Captian. I wanted to Google this because I thought that 260 mya was the great Permian extinction, but my computer is doing funny things and I could not see Google.


18 posted on 04/18/2015 1:32:02 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: Impy

Impy is funny.


19 posted on 04/18/2015 10:20:00 PM PDT by Yollopoliuhqui
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Helen Thomas jokes are beyond an old chestnut at this point but if even one person laughed.... ;)


20 posted on 04/18/2015 10:36:14 PM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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