Why all the concern?
Yesterday was a beautiful day here, and I got out and about enjoying it. Maybe I overdid it though, as I was stiff and sore for my last PT session today. Nevertheless, I graduated so I don't have to see the torture lady anymore :-) Anyway, talking to a neighbor yesterday he asked me what my book was about. I started to explain that the book was literary eco-fiction, and before I got into a synopsis of the storyline he changed the subject. I feel like a leper among the alternate reality neighbors here.
Why all the concern/denial about environmental change?
Maybe understanding the simple facts of life will shed some light.
We exist in Earth's no-waste, closed loop system, perpetuated on the basis of life fueled by life. For this system to function, predators to pathogens stabilizing populations for balance, trophic dynamics, detritivores, and decomposers breaking down wastes to essential elements for new life are all necessary. As environments change over geological time, the continuum of physical life within this system depends on the evolutionary process of natural selection adapting life forms.
The root problem we face is that with our weedy species seriously altering the biosphere and diminishing biodiversity in an eye-blink of geological time, we are effecting extreme changes in the environment within our life spans to our increasing detriment. Microorganisms tend to be capable of a relatively fast rate of evolution, whereas multicellular animals like ourselves are less successful due to the increasing complexity of cellular interactions.
With the weight of our evolutionary baggage, are we capable on the whole of wise choices going forward?
Why all the concern/denial about environmental change?
Maybe understanding the simple facts of life will shed some light.
We exist in Earth's no-waste, closed loop system, perpetuated on the basis of life fueled by life. For this system to function, predators to pathogens stabilizing populations for balance, trophic dynamics, detritivores, and decomposers breaking down wastes to essential elements for new life are all necessary. As environments change over geological time, the continuum of physical life within this system depends on the evolutionary process of natural selection adapting life forms.
The root problem we face is that with our weedy species seriously altering the biosphere and diminishing biodiversity in an eye-blink of geological time, we are effecting extreme changes in the environment within our life spans to our increasing detriment. Microorganisms tend to be capable of a relatively fast rate of evolution, whereas multicellular animals like ourselves are less successful due to the increasing complexity of cellular interactions.
With the weight of our evolutionary baggage, are we capable on the whole of wise choices going forward?
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