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PoindexterOglethorpe

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14. Everything that lives eventually dies.

Fri Jul 15, 2022, 09:28 PM

Jul 2022

It's sad, but it's the cycle of life.

I've been reading stuff about earlier mass extinctions on this planet. There have been times when 90% of all species died out. In earlier epochs life was VERY different, and it was the mass extinctions that allowed this planet to get to the conditions that eventually resulted in us. And yeah, while we are doing a lot of stupid damage, the current extinctions aren't even remotely close to the mass extinctions of earlier times.

One book to read is A Natural History of the Future by Rob Dunn. I know I've read at least one other, but can't recall the title or author at present. Sorry. However, if you Google "Mass Extinctions" you will find several books that look interesting.

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Once thought to be basically immortal, sequoias are now dying in droves [View all] Nevilledog Jul 2022 OP

See them while you can, I guess . . . . hatrack Jul 2022 #1

Bristlecone Pines, also ancient trees, are dying by the 1,000s in the mountains above Death Valley hatrack Jul 2022 #2

Maybe groves of sequoia can be started in places that aren't so rainfall-challenged? FakeNoose Jul 2022 #3

Michigan NickB79 Jul 2022 #7

"Parking Lot" by Joni Mitchell: SCantiGOP Jul 2022 #4

If you're going to quote the lyrics, please quote them correctly. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #13

No big deal, but SCantiGOP Jul 2022 #19

I'm old enough to remember when that song came out. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #21

We just can't have nothin! Chainfire Jul 2022 #5

K & R x 1000 Duppers Jul 2022 #6

Canary in the coalmine. Maybe our species will pay attention to this one... Lancero Jul 2022 #8

No they won't Rebl2 Jul 2022 #10

That's the evidence-based conclusion**nm misanthrope Jul 2022 #16

Fuck SalviaBlue Jul 2022 #9

+1, uponit7771 Jul 2022 #22

We humans sometimes really mess up badly. Imagine ...we are at least partly KPN Jul 2022 #11

A little knowledge Botany Jul 2022 #12

Oh, knew about the fire part but not the clouds/fog part. electric_blue68 Jul 2022 #18

Everything that lives eventually dies. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #14

Sequoias Actually Need These Fires... GB_RN Jul 2022 #15

"These fires" are not what the trees need . . . . hatrack Jul 2022 #17

Dammit, reality is moving closer to Silent Running HuskyOffset Jul 2022 #20