Posted on 04/29/2022 5:32:29 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Marine animals could die off at a level rivaling the biggest mass extinctions in geologic history if people don’t curb greenhouse gas emissions.
That’s the takeaway from a study published Thursday in the journal Science, which found that many ocean creatures could face conditions too warm and with too little oxygen to survive if we don't turn things around. The more warming, the fewer species are likely to survive, the results show.
The new analysis applies what the research team previously learned about the "Great Dying" 252 million years ago — when more than two-thirds of all marine life in the Permian Period went extinct — as well as other historic extinctions to today’s climate projections. Under a high emissions scenario, the results were disturbing.
The new models suggest Earth could approach Permian levels of marine extinction by 2300 if emissions continue to increase.
Previous work from the team behind the new analysis revealed runaway global warming and a loss of oxygen in the ocean to be the causes of the Great Dying. Their model’s results matched patterns paleontologists had observed in Permian fossil records, giving it credibility.
Scientists knew from prior studies of fossilized teeth that surface temperatures during this period soared about 10 degrees Celsius in the tropics, leading many sea animals to go extinct. The researchers suspected volcanic eruptions triggered the changes, so they modeled those conditions.
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The progressive mind is devoid of reason and fact. They cannot answer simple questions - "Did man cause the last ice age? Did man cause it to stop? What other things could cause those wild swings in climate?"
good example of why models are not science.
I cancelled my streaming services, effective November.
And then he had sex with Whoopi Goldberg.
His decisions are garbage.
So they quit believing in evolution? No adaptations ? No natural selection?
Idiots!
I wonder if these scaremongers look under their beds at night for the boogeyman?
women and minorities hardest hit....
That's not fish.
Humans predicted to die off by millions if they keep reading and believing this garbage.
So who was driving cars 252 million years ago during the “Great Dying?”
I look at this as an opportunity to enjoy already cooked seafood before we all die. Bring, the pic-a-nic basket with butter, a bottle of wine, a tablecloth and a bib and we can party.
WOW, how much and how often does someone have to smoke meth to come up with crap like this?
20 years ago the lying fear mongering loons said we’d all be dead by now.
LOL.
(What is it?)
How did those massive extinctions of the past happen with no manmade emissions?
The ocean is falling The ocean is falling ... Oh wait, I mean The sky is falling I mean The sky is falling
Bullshit
The sky is falling, the sky is falling.
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