← Back to context Comment by ilt 13 hours ago And will give way to many which thrive or evolve to thrive in hotter climates? 22 comments ilt Reply netcan 11 hours ago In human time scales, the species which thrive will tend to be the adaptive generalists. Evolution takes time. ygjb 13 hours ago It's gonna take a minute (on a geological timescale) for the ecosystems to be able to reliably sustain megafauna again. gameman144 13 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 13 hours ago Because evolution is slow and the climate change is going fast. 14 replies → thrance 12 hours ago Sure, in a few million years. gilrain 7 hours ago Not at the pace of change we’ve chosen to accept, no. wahnfrieden 13 hours ago It’s game over for a very long time napierzaza 12 hours ago [dead]
netcan 11 hours ago In human time scales, the species which thrive will tend to be the adaptive generalists. Evolution takes time.
ygjb 13 hours ago It's gonna take a minute (on a geological timescale) for the ecosystems to be able to reliably sustain megafauna again. gameman144 13 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 13 hours ago Because evolution is slow and the climate change is going fast. 14 replies →
gameman144 13 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 13 hours ago Because evolution is slow and the climate change is going fast. 14 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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