Comment on Trying to reverse climate change won’t save us, scientists warn
floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 weeks agoAnd to those who say “well, the Earth will bounce back”: we’re much closer to the end of Earth’s ability to support life than to the beginning. Earth doesn’t have endless time to evolve new kinds of creatures. We could be doing damage from which Earth never recovers.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
That’s not a good argument… this is such a small blip, the earth has been much hotter and colder then now and will stabilize again before it’s eventually destroyed.
To me, the better argument is simply: Wouldn’t you like there to be humans or soem sentient beings that remembered you in the future? Maybe not you specifically, but the culture and art that you contributed to?
AA5B@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Right, Earth will be here, life will find a way …… but cock roaches and jelly fish can’t read