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Scientists say planet in midst of sixth mass extinction, Earth's wildlife running out of places to live
CBS ^ | JANUARY 1, 2023 / 7:29 | SCOTT PELLEY

Posted on 01/02/2023 1:55:07 PM PST by cuz1961

In what year will the human population grow too large for the Earth to sustain? The answer is about 1970, according to research by the World Wildlife Fund.

In 1970, the planet's 3 and a half billion people were sustainable. But on this New Year's Day, the population is 8 billion. Today, wild plants and animals are running out of places to live. The scientists you're about to meet say the Earth is suffering a crisis of mass extinction on a scale unseen since the dinosaurs.

We're going to show you a possible solution, but first, have a look at how humanity is already suffering from the vanishing wild.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: enviroment; fakescience; scottpelley; topmen; wwf
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To: cuz1961

just got back from a cross-country plane trip. I looked out the window and 95% or more is just forest or empty land until you get near a city.


81 posted on 01/02/2023 3:38:04 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: cuz1961

Just in, a video with Hayward and Ehrlich, worth the time.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/01/paul-ehrlich-and-me.php


82 posted on 01/02/2023 3:39:18 PM PST by Fungi
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Actually it’s natural selection.🤔


83 posted on 01/02/2023 3:39:21 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: cuz1961

No problem, the Chinese that today are 1300M will be reduced to 600 - 700 M in 2050 due to their age distribution.

But the decline will probably be faster https://www.reuters.com/world/china/more-chinese-women-delay-or-give-up-having-babies-after-zero-covid-ordeal-2022-08-08/


84 posted on 01/02/2023 3:40:28 PM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: LegendHasIt

Dang wrestlers.🤪


85 posted on 01/02/2023 3:40:36 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: cuz1961

Blah, blah, blah.

Give us money to “study it.” (”Study it” = write proposals for you to give us even more money.)


86 posted on 01/02/2023 3:42:51 PM PST by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: blackdog

So if it’s white all around and there’s snow on the ground just push your EV to make the wheels go round.


87 posted on 01/02/2023 3:52:15 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Fungi

Exactly. They’ve been spreading this catastrophism for decades now. It was doggerel then just as it is now.

I was fortunate to have a non-idiot professor in college when I took environmental science. He always told us global warming/hole in ozone/deforestation/species extinction was nonsense. I still can hear him saying to the class that “for every species that goes extinct, three new ones replace them.


88 posted on 01/02/2023 3:55:22 PM PST by Vaden (Real conservatives will not allow our wagon to be hitched to fascist Russia)
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To: Phoenix8

Bless your heart.


89 posted on 01/02/2023 4:06:23 PM PST by ohioman
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To: Fungi
Suck it up, Buttercup!

Evolve or DIE!!


90 posted on 01/02/2023 4:29:45 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I don’t have a number, and I won’t hazard a guess. I didn’t make the initial claim. We should be focused on getting off the planet, not quibbling over pronouns.


91 posted on 01/02/2023 4:33:22 PM PST by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Where are those ‘people’ from?


92 posted on 01/02/2023 4:34:51 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: EnderWiggin1970

We have all this WTAER on the planet, just begging to be populated!


93 posted on 01/02/2023 4:36:13 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: cuz1961

I’d say that we are running out of places for these scientists to live.
Get rid of them!


94 posted on 01/02/2023 4:41:19 PM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

This is EXACTLY what happens when the DHMO warnings are ignored!!

http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html


95 posted on 01/02/2023 4:42:51 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: adorno

Pfft!

Wild animals are cute, but what good are they?

Deer routinely try to kill people by playing in the roadway, Bears - well, I don’t have to tell you.

Canada geese - wild and GAINING places in our towns!


96 posted on 01/02/2023 4:54:05 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: cuz1961

Mass extinction events resulted in 75-95% of all species disappearing. I don’t think we’re even close to that, even including all the animals that died off after the last ice age ended.

That said, I have a hard time seeing 7 billion people living like I do without causing huge environmental problems.


97 posted on 01/02/2023 4:54:05 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: adorno

Pfft!

Wild animals are cute, but what good are they?

Deer routinely try to kill people by playing in the roadway, Bears - well, I don’t have to tell you.

Canada geese - wild and GAINING places in our towns!


98 posted on 01/02/2023 4:54:18 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Salamander

bingo


99 posted on 01/02/2023 4:55:20 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Redmen4ever

I’ve always wondered about BIOMASS.
Where does it come from?


100 posted on 01/02/2023 4:58:58 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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