‘Heat dome’ probably killed 1bn marine animals on Canada coast, experts say

Re:‘Heat dome’ probably killed 1bn marine animals on Canada ... by netcan on Thursday July 08, 2021 @12:53PM (#27774650)

“The nerdy ecologist part of me is excited to see what will happen in the coming years,” said Harley. “But most of the rest of me is kind of depressed by it. A lot of species are not going to be able to keep up with the pace of change. Ecosystems are going to change in ways that are really difficult to predict. We don’t know where the tipping points are."

It might actually be quite fascinating to document the butterfly effect from this die-off. If you keep an aquarium jar, the unpredictability of booms & busts triggered by die offs are really interesting.

Damage is how we think of it, because it's detrimental to us or things we care about. To the ecosystem, it's change.

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Re:‘Heat dome’ probably killed 1bn marine animals on Canada ... by supercanuck on Thursday July 08, 2021 @02:46PM (#27776186)

exactly, when we cook food, we're not damaging it we're just making various foods easier to consume.

Maybe this global warming, climate change is just like cooking food.

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