Earth's Sixth Mass extinction is underway, according to a study

Between Overfishing, deforestation, and mass loss of habitat the study contends that we're in the middle of a mass extinction:

Their key findings: Nearly one-third of the 27,600 land-based mammal, bird, amphibian and reptile species studied are shrinking in terms of their numbers and territorial range. The researchers called that an "extremely high degree of population decay."
The scientists also looked at a well-studied group of 177 mammal species and found that all of them had lost at least 30% of their territory between 1900 and 2015; more than 40% of those species "experienced severe population declines," meaning they lost at least 80% of their geographic range during that time.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/11/world/sutter-mass-extinction-ceballos-study/index.html

This coincides with an earlier study that states half of all species will be gone by the mid of the century

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/25/half-all-species-extinct-end-century-vatican-conference

Is there any way to reverse this or is humanity just a massive pile of shit?What do you think the future holds for the natural world, and is there anything we can do to stop deforestation/their loss of habitat?

Unfortunately it's going to have to get REALLY bad before the masses unit to try and improve things.

Originally posted by Robtard
Unfortunately it's going to have to get REALLY bad before the masses unit to try and improve things.

No, deniers will still think Jesus is coming back to take them to heaven. So they'll never feel the need to do anything about it.

Those people are almost as bad as the "the planet is in God's hands", which is just such a lazy, irresponsible and cowardly copout.

We need a 50 year moratorium on fishing. The fish have to replenish.

Scientists believe that mankind itself won't last long in the future due to combination of various factors.

Perhaps the ongoing extinction event will take us with it.

Fish do taste good though, I'm torn. Why did God make them so tasty?

Originally posted by Surtur
Fish do taste good though, I'm torn. Why did God make them so tasty?

ELEs and Mass Extinction Events are things I've posted about, before. They are very interesting to me.

Here are things I've posted about, before, regarding them:

Originally posted by dadudemon
And your sources?

What you are referring to in you post is called a “Mass Extinction”

Did you know that the “asteroid impact causes mass extinctions” is all theory anyway?

Dude, you were so ridiculously talking out of your ass. Did you honestly think you could get away with making things up as you go?

The largest mass extinction to ever occur was the Permian-Triassic extinction event. (Mass extinctions are also known extinction events...but you knew that because you obviously know everything about extinctions.) It killed, get this, about 96% of marine life and 70% of land species...hardly your "microbe-only" level of extinction. Even a 1% survival rate of the “macro-biological life” still leaves us with millions upon millions of organism still left alive.

And since you know so much about mass extinctions...you also know that one to NONE were due to asteroids (You know, the one at 65 mil Y.A.)...the asteroid theory is just ONE theory about mass extinctions...so are ice ages, so are plate tectonics...etc.etc. 6 mass extinctions? Where did you pull that from? Even the “top 5” that are so commonly referred to in the scientific community are no where even remotely close to you “microbe-only” survival rate.

Also, how long did it take these mass extinctions to occur? "only a few hours" as you astutely put it...right? WRONG!!! It took hundreds of thousands to millions of years for these extinctions to run their course. Since humanity is the most resilient species this planet has ever seen, why would we not have a successful survival rate compared to all other species in the Earth's history?

And tectonic plates at or near the core of the Earth? Get real dude. You are talking so far out of your ass that you are making John Kerry look good.

I found a nice article on mass extinctions and it should back up just about everything I said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_event

Originally posted by dadudemon
No offense to Stoic, but it's utter B.S.

There'd be such large amounts of algae discovered in period related sediments that it would be something that could be proven fairly easily.

For instance, there appears to be a layer related to the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event (commonly called the K-T Event), in some places, that can be correlated to what they believe was that major meteorite event. (For those not familiar with what I'm referring, the meteorite responsible for the mass extinction event associated with the dinosaurs.) This sediment layer is known as the K-T Boundry.

Back to the algae:

It would be VERY easy to detect a massive growth in algae and even derive the species responsible for a mass growth in algae. On top of that, we would also find atmospheric residue from atmospheric compositional changes. (More 02 in the air and things similar.) We could also find climate differences in the climes affected by the growth outburst.

That's probably just a few of the changes that we could detect with modern geological techniques.

This is how you can tell when an extinction hypothesis smells of B.S.

And, I highly doubt "many scientists" believe that algae caused mass extinction for the K-T event. 😐 It's probably one or two quacks.

You're being too nice here.

As far as the current ELE, this is what I had to say in 2016:

Originally posted by dadudemon
That's incorrect. The world would be a better place, as a whole, without humans. Why? Because, in my subjective opinion, and because we are the cause of the worst Mass Extinction Event in Earth's history, there is a net negative from human's continued existence on earth.

Looks like I don't have to type up lengthy posts, anymore. I just have to quote old posts. Truly pathetic.

Originally posted by ArtificialGlory
And made them so goddamn bony at the same time.

Proof that if God does indeed exist he's a dick.

Originally posted by Robtard
Those people are almost as bad as the "the planet is in God's hands", which is just such a lazy, irresponsible and cowardly copout.

Man may come and man may go but earth abides.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Proof that if God does indeed exist he's a dick.

King Kandy (I miss him) said he believed that God exists and is a malevolent entity. Makes sense if you add up the evidence from a certain perspective.

Fish becoming transgender from contraceptive pill chemicals being flushed down household drains

😆

I can't tell if that is also proof God is a dick or proof that he doesn't exist.

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