← Back to context Comment by ilt 11 hours ago And will give way to many which thrive or evolve to thrive in hotter climates? 21 comments ilt Reply netcan 9 hours ago In human time scales, the species which thrive will tend to be the adaptive generalists. Evolution takes time. ygjb 10 hours ago It's gonna take a minute (on a geological timescale) for the ecosystems to be able to reliably sustain megafauna again. gameman144 10 hours ago Given that we support megafauna today, could you explain why? Legitimately asking, since I don't see a reason they couldn't adapt just as well. gdupont 10 hours ago Because evolution is slow and the climate change is going fast. 13 replies → thrance 10 hours ago Sure, in a few million years. gilrain 4 hours ago Not at the pace of change we’ve chosen to accept, no. wahnfrieden 10 hours ago It’s game over for a very long time napierzaza 10 hours ago [dead]
netcan 9 hours ago In human time scales, the species which thrive will tend to be the adaptive generalists. Evolution takes time.
ygjb 10 hours ago It's gonna take a minute (on a geological timescale) for the ecosystems to be able to reliably sustain megafauna again. gameman144 10 hours ago Given that we support megafauna today, could you explain why? Legitimately asking, since I don't see a reason they couldn't adapt just as well. gdupont 10 hours ago Because evolution is slow and the climate change is going fast. 13 replies →
gameman144 10 hours ago Given that we support megafauna today, could you explain why? Legitimately asking, since I don't see a reason they couldn't adapt just as well. gdupont 10 hours ago Because evolution is slow and the climate change is going fast. 13 replies →
In human time scales, the species which thrive will tend to be the adaptive generalists. Evolution takes time.
It's gonna take a minute (on a geological timescale) for the ecosystems to be able to reliably sustain megafauna again.
Given that we support megafauna today, could you explain why? Legitimately asking, since I don't see a reason they couldn't adapt just as well.
Because evolution is slow and the climate change is going fast.
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Sure, in a few million years.
Not at the pace of change we’ve chosen to accept, no.
It’s game over for a very long time
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