Fucked-up current events

grokit

well-worn member
I'm not the best thread starter; this one may get shut down even if it does take off. But wth, there is some fucked-up news happening that's not so weird and doesn't have anything to do with the election... directly at least. So this is yet another attempt at a current events/news thread, maybe discussion should be limited?

anyhoo...

World wildlife 'falls by 58% in 40 years'
By Rebecca Morelle Science Correspondent, BBC News

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Wildlife populations have declined by nearly 60% since 1970

Global wildlife populations have fallen by 58% since 1970, a report says.

The Living Planet assessment, by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and WWF, suggests that if the trend continues that decline could reach two-thirds among vertebrates by 2020.

The figures suggest that animals living in lakes, rivers and wetlands are suffering the biggest losses.

Human activity, including habitat loss, wildlife trade, pollution and climate change contributed to the declines.

Dr Mike Barrett. head of science and policy at WWF, said: "It's pretty clear under 'business as usual' we will see continued declines in these wildlife populations. But I think now we've reached a point where there isn't really any excuse to let this carry on.

"We know what the causes are and we know the scale of the impact that humans are having on nature and on wildlife populations - it really is now down to us to act."

However the methodology of the report has been criticized...

more:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37775622

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Tranquility

Well-Known Member
Everything that happens is natural, if we fail, it's because we're failures, if we win, it's because we're winners.

We've failed.
Disagree.

"We are as we repeatedly do, Excellence then is not an Act, but a Habit."
-Will Durant (Probably, some claim Aristotle.)

We are not a winner because we have won or a loser if we have lost. Just as we are not excellent merely because we did an excellent thing.

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kellya86

Herb gardener...
Disagree.

"We are as we repeatedly do, Excellence then is not an Act, but a Habit."
-Will Durant (Probably, some claim Aristotle.)

We are not a winner because we have won or a loser if we have lost. Just as we are not excellent merely because we did an excellent thing.

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We look at this and think, how stupid were we back then..
But in truth we are just as stupid now...
Asbestos Is an example of this...

And now possibly plastic causing untold harm to our oceans....

Im sorry @ataxian but we are far from civilized as a race....

We are still digging shit out of the ground to burn for energy....

We are primitive.....and nature will suffer as a result of our incompetence.....
 
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ataxian

PALE BLUE DOT
We look at this and think, how stupid were we back then..
But in truth we are just as stupid now...
Asbestos Is an example of this...

And now possibly plastic causing untold harm to our oceans....

Im sorry @ataxian but we are far from civilized as a race....

We are still digging shot out of the ground to burn for energy....

We are primitive.....and nature will suffer as a result of our incompetence.....
@kellya86 I stand corrected!

CANNABIS = CIVILIZED
VAPORISE = CIVILIZED

HOMO SAPIENS = NOT YET (maybe in a 1,000 years)?

This is what I mean!
GREEN ENERGY = CIVILIZED for some, other non-western countries are not ready.
 
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