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gvstn

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5. That is true too.

Reply to Agnosticsherbet (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 21, 2015, 02:24 PM

Oct 2015

The coral reefs are all dying.

I worry about if we are going to lose fish as a source of protein. I used to wonder why we could get to the moon but not explore the deep oceans. Maybe that is a good thing since we seem to do so much damage to the places we conquer.

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Scientists find link between comet, asteroid showers and mass extinctions [View all] Agnosticsherbet Oct 2015 OP

Interesting gvstn Oct 2015 #1

I don't know where we are in that range. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2015 #2

We are killing off everything that we are scared of and some gvstn Oct 2015 #3

It isn't fear. We act like a red tide, and our effluent is killing off everything. Carbon dioxide is Agnosticsherbet Oct 2015 #4

That is true too. gvstn Oct 2015 #5

We're at the midpoint between peaks starroute Oct 2015 #7

Thanks for doing the math. gvstn Oct 2015 #8

So, nothing to worry about there for another Flying Squirrel Oct 2015 #6

Thank you also for doing the math! gvstn Oct 2015 #9

The last mass extinction was caused by a comet 12,900 years ago Ichingcarpenter Oct 2015 #10