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Megafauna Extinction Due to Climate
jvchamary writes "Most biologists believe that Earth is currently undergoing its sixth mass extinction. The cause? Human activity, either directly (e.g. the Dodo) or indirectly (e.g. the Amazon rainforests). The disappearance 30,000-45,000 years ago of the Australian megafauna, large animals such as the marsupial lion, is often attributed to hunting by Aboriginal settlers. However, recent research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that it was more likely a shift in climate, rather than hunting, that caused the over-sized organisms to die-out (via Nature and the BBC)."
Well then, there's only one solution to the problem The United States needs to reduce consumption, but 'developing countries' like China and India, well, we'll just let them go and continue developing. Any millenia now, they'll catch up.
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I'm ever amazed at how much so-called "intelligent" people on this forum swallow the human-induced climate change idea. This is more a socio-cultural cliques than a real science. It's no different than any other knitting group it just happens to be made up of people who stroke each other's academic egos. Sit up on your fence, scoff logic, and let the man at the gate conduct his litmus test before you accept an argument. The beauty of truth is, it doesn't change. Yeah, that's another ridiculous notion our Nuevo-scientist must come to grips with. Some things just are.
Idiots.