Re:Some corals regrow after 'fatal' warming
by alluro2 on Thursday October 10, 2019 @10:15AM
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I don't think anything can speak favorably about our impact on endangered species...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recently_extinct_mam...
That first graph sure is dramatic....
Re:Some corals regrow after 'fatal' warming
by nitrogen on Thursday October 10, 2019 @01:19PM
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The vast majority of that first graph happened more than 1000 to 10000 years ago. Attention to endangered species seems to have only started 50 to 100 years ago.
But you are right that our impact on endangered species is poor; only 28 species have recovered out of ~2000 listed in the US (according to the Wikipedia page for the Endangered Species Act of 1973).
But can we save humanity from destroying our own habitats? That's why environmental measures for cleaner oceans, air, and living conditions matter. It's for us, and the other dying inhabitants of earth will benefit from this too.
Edit: Okay, yes we've saved endangered species before. When I was growing up, Brown Pelicans were endangered along California's coast and we turned that around. But we won't save all the frogs, and we didn't save the northern white rhino. That's my point.