you have to love science

[dustin_P74]

the title says it all, you have to love science
http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/07/sci...greatest-lake/

[sen5241b]

Yet another in a voluminous list of examples of evolution taking place within our life times.

[Bifferwine]

That lake and the fish within it are very closely studied, because scientists have been able to track their evolution into multiple species and document it so well. It is well known that in order for evolution to occur, something has to force the animals into changing. Unfortunately, as this article points out, those forces are now man-made pollution and environmental degradation. Many species won't be able to cope with these human-caused pressures and will simply go extinct (i.e. penguins and polar bears, whose habitats are disappearing faster than any other place on earth).

[dustin_P74]

Originally Posted by Bifferwine

Many species won't be able to cope with these human-caused pressures and will simply go extinct (i.e. penguins and polar bears, whose habitats are disappearing faster than any other place on earth).

like how sarah palin, got the rubber dodo bird award for not helping to protect the environment so polar bears dont go extinct. http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/n...ward_Palin.jpg

[yote]

Originally Posted by dustin_P74

like how sarah palin, got the rubber dodo bird award for not helping to protect the environment so polar bears dont go extinct. http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/n...ward_Palin.jpg

Every thing eventually goes extinct.Weathers its by natural selection or some other cause.Something has to go so something else can adapt and grow.Thats just the way it works.
Why point the finger at one when we all have a hand in it?

[dustin_P74]

well you could atleast help make them last longer

[cthegame]

How fast are they evolving? Shouldnt this process take much much longer?

[Bifferwine]

Originally Posted by yote

Every thing eventually goes extinct.Weathers its by natural selection or some other cause.Something has to go so something else can adapt and grow.Thats just the way it works.
Why point the finger at one when we all have a hand in it?

To me, that's akin to saying, "Everyone dies. So why does it matter if a thug down the street stabs a 25-year old to death, that person was going to die anyways, be it from a stabbing at 25 or from old age when they turn 95." One is natural, one is not. Why shouldn't we do all we can to prevent the unnatural extinctions that are human caused? I believe it is our moral obligation to prevent such unnatural and human caused extinctions. Yes, everything will go extinct eventually, but that doesn't mean that it's okay if it's by the hand of man.

[yote]

Hence the "Why point the finger at one when we all have a hand it".Never said it was right,just said thats how it is.
Its going to take every country,state,city,town,family,and person on this planet to turn things around.

[sen5241b]

Originally Posted by yote

Every thing eventually goes extinct.Weathers its by natural selection or some other cause.Something has to go so something else can adapt and grow.Thats just the way it works.
Why point the finger at one when we all have a hand in it?

This fails to take into account that the rate of extinction has greatly increased in modern times due to activity of humans.