Which ones are they? Warmth is good for life. Cold is what makes species go extinct.
Many new species are discovered every week.
There is no basis to your statement.
Doc on
January 31st, 2009
that is due to population, not warming
keltillos on
January 31st, 2009
Species are going extinct due to poaching, urban sprawl, pollution of water, habitat loss, use of DDT and other poisons, blocking of migration corridors, and loss of food supplies.
Menhaden have been fished to almost to extinction…and dozens of species will follow them when they are gone…which will happen in my grandmother’s lifetime.
Leading cause of extinction: Mankind.
Lawrence on
February 1st, 2009
“Record high” by what benchmark?
Your reasoning, again, is absent.
mt_zion_crusader on
February 4th, 2009
If my car is about out of gas, why does my dog keep getting stickers?
byderule on
February 7th, 2009
Dr Jello is becoming a master at making bland general statements,talking about having no basis ,this is almost funny.
But not only Climate changes are affecting animal populations ,Man is greatly responsible
Also The climatic changes are not 100% Natural any more ,we add a lot to it with desertification ,because of irresponsible agriculture,Over grazing and over pumping subterranean water supplies as well as deforestation and pollution.
LOSS OF HABITAT +CLIMATE CHANGE=EXTINCTION
Of the earth’s estimated 10 million species, 300,000 have vanished in the past 50 years. each years, 3,000 to 30,000 species become extinct.
A lot of human activity is speeding that up since we tend to overpower all the other species in one way or another.
Some reasons why animals are being wiped out ,in the forests are:
The hunting of exotic species for the consumer market
only about 10% of the animals caught survive
The hunting of animals for food by settlers
Forrest fires ,that have started because of slash and burning of forest ,to clear the land for farming, had gotten out of control
The loss of Habitat because the conditions have changed ,e.g less humidity because of surrounding farmlands ,or over pumping of rivers for human use(farming and utility)
Because of contamination of the waters ,
Expanding populations and expanding farming ,that has to keep pace with the expanding populations are very strong forces that encroach upon the rainforest’s
clearing them for farming and settlement areas .
In Mexico is a famous jungle that the Media has been trying to save for years
the Naturalists ,and the government ,keep watch .laws are made for protection the wild and to forbid logging.
TV put out a series of documentaries
there are campaigns in the News papers
and all of this has not made the slightest difference
Rainforest’s always are in third world countries and always in third world countries corruption and the need for money s highest
The jungle gets smaller by the day
more and more farmers move in .and burn the trees
It is an impossible situation
as long as there is poverty in these regions the destruction will continue
And the Animals will continue to be trapped ,as long as people keep buying the exotic animals
we must look for ways to improve economic situations on the edges of Nature .
———————————————————————————-
Trees are coming down all the time ,almost nightly
in My town ,trucks loaded with huge logs of exotic timber leave the mountains with permits bought from corrupt officials.
We can only guess at the exact amount but from my house we can see many bare patches on the mountains and the river is constantly muddy in the last 3 years ,because topsoils, without the protection of the forests , is washed into the rivers ,
This is just one place and this is happening all over Mexico ,the Market for the wood being the USA.
The Indians or local people would cut everything down and burn the forest to replace it with harmful short term farming killing the soil in no time
IN THE PAST
the Sahara used to be forests
Arabia ,Iraq ,Iran used to be fertile lands in biblical times
Ghengas Kahn burned all the forests here and filled the well with water and so turning vast lands into dessert.
the Spanish Armada deforested Spain
.the Phoenician fleet deforested Lebanon
Madagascar a botanic paradise is now destroyed
the exotic animals sold or killed ,the forest slash and burned for agriculture ,the coastal water polluted by topsoils washed from the denuded mountains by the rains.
Many countries in Africa (because of poverty and war as well as greedy farming )
Borneo
India ,China ,Mexico ,South Americas Amazon,Mato Grosso
because of the expensive timber,and expanding `populations
Europe because of civilization,USA,Japan because of overpopulation,
And now the quest for ethanol the bio-.gas is beginning to destroy more than anything else has in the past
CLIMATE CHANGE
Changes in Climate is affecting micro biological life and
the biggest changes so far are invisible at microscopic levels
many species are going extinct ,whilst others are becoming invasive.
This in turn affect everything that follows
the insects that live of that and then everything that depends on insects of both flora and fauna
vital links in the food chains are disappearing affecting other species further along in the chain
90% of the feral (wild) bee population in the United States has died out.
Recent studies in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have shown that bee diversity is down 80 percent in the sites researched, and that “bee species are declining or have become extinct in Britain.” The studies also revealed that the numbers of wildflowers that depend on pollination have dropped by 70 percent.
If bees continue to die off so would the crops they support and with that would ensue major economic disruption and possibly famine.
Bees are not the only pollinators but if these things are happening to bees we can bet on it that other insects are also in trouble ,on top of this many people are spraying for mosquito`s ,with drastic effects .
So much follows the insects in the food chains ,that we can expect a lot of very bad changes in the environment .
And now many animals are becoming sick because of changes in temperature ,
Only time will tell what is in store for us ,and that time is running now .
Everything is happening so fast it is not possible to monitor events any more
Trevor on
February 7th, 2009
Byderule has answered this for you - an expert on the subject. Leaves me nothing further to add other than the number of species that have died out this year is approx 25,441
vladoviking on
February 11th, 2009
Yes amazingly the numbers they use to calculate “extinction” include species they dont even know exist yet.
You do realize that 99.9% of all life that has existed on earth is extinct?
Dana1981 on
February 15th, 2009
Pretty simple - the planet is currently warming at a rate 20 times faster than when it naturally comes out of an ice age. That’s way too fast for species to adapt to.
Pretty radical for a “natural” change, I’d say.
kellie r on
February 17th, 2009
shut up and watch the science channel there is no such thing did you think the ice age would last forever….do you realize the earth used to be tropical???? did you know there is no such thing as santa,the tooth fairy or the easter bunny????
og0925go on
February 17th, 2009
Nature has been wiping out species for millions of years, just ask a dinosaur. Oh, you can’t. They are extinct. That was a pretty large scale extinction. Where was man then?
Species getting extinct is natural too. Whenever there is imbalance on this earth such things happen. As of today the imbalance is too many greedy humans.
Have you heard of viruses ?
helltoo on
February 21st, 2009
What are the examples of recent extinctions? The last I heard of was the Passenger Pigeon almost 100 years ago, because of over hunting.
Mentat on
February 22nd, 2009
Dr. Jello, animals, trees, and intire ecosystems adapted to the cold can’t survive continual heat. Sure, large animals adapt. But certian plants may die or not sprout. And with a food chain, that’s all it takes to devestate entire ecosystems.
Also, water cannot asorb as much oxygen when warm. That’s the biggest worry. Have you heard of thermal polution? It’s when factories and power plants heat up the surrounding water. They can be very clean, but heating the water to even what we still feel as cool can ‘deoxygenate’ the water enough to kill entire swaths of fish, and then the surrounding life.
And when water gets warm, it also promotes algae growth. And I could go on more.
bholeshankar07 on
February 23rd, 2009
Heat is the only driving force in the whole of the universe.
Imagine if the temperaature drops just 5 deg c.in the area u r living for whole month ! which speices disappeared near u ? do not believe the climate-mafia. just go out into the wild and have a look there. Plz note: tundra also has summer and winter cycles. no one is heating the sea/ocean to 60-70 c where the O2 absorption will decrease. rise of 1/2-1 c is just normal
Mahesh / MSc / India.
Which ones are they? Warmth is good for life. Cold is what makes species go extinct.
Many new species are discovered every week.
There is no basis to your statement.
that is due to population, not warming
Species are going extinct due to poaching, urban sprawl, pollution of water, habitat loss, use of DDT and other poisons, blocking of migration corridors, and loss of food supplies.
Menhaden have been fished to almost to extinction…and dozens of species will follow them when they are gone…which will happen in my grandmother’s lifetime.
Leading cause of extinction: Mankind.
“Record high” by what benchmark?
Your reasoning, again, is absent.
If my car is about out of gas, why does my dog keep getting stickers?
Dr Jello is becoming a master at making bland general statements,talking about having no basis ,this is almost funny.
But not only Climate changes are affecting animal populations ,Man is greatly responsible
Also The climatic changes are not 100% Natural any more ,we add a lot to it with desertification ,because of irresponsible agriculture,Over grazing and over pumping subterranean water supplies as well as deforestation and pollution.
LOSS OF HABITAT +CLIMATE CHANGE=EXTINCTION
Of the earth’s estimated 10 million species, 300,000 have vanished in the past 50 years. each years, 3,000 to 30,000 species become extinct.
A lot of human activity is speeding that up since we tend to overpower all the other species in one way or another.
Some reasons why animals are being wiped out ,in the forests are:
The hunting of exotic species for the consumer market
only about 10% of the animals caught survive
The hunting of animals for food by settlers
Forrest fires ,that have started because of slash and burning of forest ,to clear the land for farming, had gotten out of control
The loss of Habitat because the conditions have changed ,e.g less humidity because of surrounding farmlands ,or over pumping of rivers for human use(farming and utility)
Because of contamination of the waters ,
Expanding populations and expanding farming ,that has to keep pace with the expanding populations are very strong forces that encroach upon the rainforest’s
clearing them for farming and settlement areas .
In Mexico is a famous jungle that the Media has been trying to save for years
the Naturalists ,and the government ,keep watch .laws are made for protection the wild and to forbid logging.
TV put out a series of documentaries
there are campaigns in the News papers
and all of this has not made the slightest difference
Rainforest’s always are in third world countries and always in third world countries corruption and the need for money s highest
The jungle gets smaller by the day
more and more farmers move in .and burn the trees
It is an impossible situation
as long as there is poverty in these regions the destruction will continue
And the Animals will continue to be trapped ,as long as people keep buying the exotic animals
we must look for ways to improve economic situations on the edges of Nature .
———————————————————————————-
Trees are coming down all the time ,almost nightly
in My town ,trucks loaded with huge logs of exotic timber leave the mountains with permits bought from corrupt officials.
We can only guess at the exact amount but from my house we can see many bare patches on the mountains and the river is constantly muddy in the last 3 years ,because topsoils, without the protection of the forests , is washed into the rivers ,
This is just one place and this is happening all over Mexico ,the Market for the wood being the USA.
The Indians or local people would cut everything down and burn the forest to replace it with harmful short term farming killing the soil in no time
IN THE PAST
the Sahara used to be forests
Arabia ,Iraq ,Iran used to be fertile lands in biblical times
Ghengas Kahn burned all the forests here and filled the well with water and so turning vast lands into dessert.
the Spanish Armada deforested Spain
.the Phoenician fleet deforested Lebanon
Madagascar a botanic paradise is now destroyed
the exotic animals sold or killed ,the forest slash and burned for agriculture ,the coastal water polluted by topsoils washed from the denuded mountains by the rains.
Many countries in Africa (because of poverty and war as well as greedy farming )
Borneo
India ,China ,Mexico ,South Americas Amazon,Mato Grosso
because of the expensive timber,and expanding `populations
Europe because of civilization,USA,Japan because of overpopulation,
And now the quest for ethanol the bio-.gas is beginning to destroy more than anything else has in the past
CLIMATE CHANGE
Changes in Climate is affecting micro biological life and
the biggest changes so far are invisible at microscopic levels
many species are going extinct ,whilst others are becoming invasive.
This in turn affect everything that follows
the insects that live of that and then everything that depends on insects of both flora and fauna
vital links in the food chains are disappearing affecting other species further along in the chain
90% of the feral (wild) bee population in the United States has died out.
Recent studies in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have shown that bee diversity is down 80 percent in the sites researched, and that “bee species are declining or have become extinct in Britain.” The studies also revealed that the numbers of wildflowers that depend on pollination have dropped by 70 percent.
If bees continue to die off so would the crops they support and with that would ensue major economic disruption and possibly famine.
Bees are not the only pollinators but if these things are happening to bees we can bet on it that other insects are also in trouble ,on top of this many people are spraying for mosquito`s ,with drastic effects .
So much follows the insects in the food chains ,that we can expect a lot of very bad changes in the environment .
And now many animals are becoming sick because of changes in temperature ,
Only time will tell what is in store for us ,and that time is running now .
Everything is happening so fast it is not possible to monitor events any more
Byderule has answered this for you - an expert on the subject. Leaves me nothing further to add other than the number of species that have died out this year is approx 25,441
Yes amazingly the numbers they use to calculate “extinction” include species they dont even know exist yet.
You do realize that 99.9% of all life that has existed on earth is extinct?
Pretty simple - the planet is currently warming at a rate 20 times faster than when it naturally comes out of an ice age. That’s way too fast for species to adapt to.
Pretty radical for a “natural” change, I’d say.
shut up and watch the science channel there is no such thing did you think the ice age would last forever….do you realize the earth used to be tropical???? did you know there is no such thing as santa,the tooth fairy or the easter bunny????
Nature has been wiping out species for millions of years, just ask a dinosaur. Oh, you can’t. They are extinct. That was a pretty large scale extinction. Where was man then?
Species getting extinct is natural too. Whenever there is imbalance on this earth such things happen. As of today the imbalance is too many greedy humans.
Have you heard of viruses ?
What are the examples of recent extinctions? The last I heard of was the Passenger Pigeon almost 100 years ago, because of over hunting.
Dr. Jello, animals, trees, and intire ecosystems adapted to the cold can’t survive continual heat. Sure, large animals adapt. But certian plants may die or not sprout. And with a food chain, that’s all it takes to devestate entire ecosystems.
Also, water cannot asorb as much oxygen when warm. That’s the biggest worry. Have you heard of thermal polution? It’s when factories and power plants heat up the surrounding water. They can be very clean, but heating the water to even what we still feel as cool can ‘deoxygenate’ the water enough to kill entire swaths of fish, and then the surrounding life.
And when water gets warm, it also promotes algae growth. And I could go on more.
Heat is the only driving force in the whole of the universe.
Imagine if the temperaature drops just 5 deg c.in the area u r living for whole month ! which speices disappeared near u ? do not believe the climate-mafia. just go out into the wild and have a look there. Plz note: tundra also has summer and winter cycles. no one is heating the sea/ocean to 60-70 c where the O2 absorption will decrease. rise of 1/2-1 c is just normal
Mahesh / MSc / India.