Life on Mars didn’t make it to the animal stage
The relationship between animals, the climate and ecosystems has long been known. This week French scientists (Sauterey, Charnay et al. 2022) said that microbial life on Mars may have created an ice age and wiped itself out. Life on Mars didn’t make it to the animal stage though. On Earth, animals (not plants) became the reason ecosystems could exist. It was the rise of animal life that ultimately stabilised Earth’s environment which eventually led to humans.
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Wildlife in the Balance
Wildlife has a huge and immeasurable impact on the stability, health and functioning of ecosystems. For this reason, humanity cannot survive without wildlife. Wild animals turn dust into soil, carbon
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