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@gardenman 

My question: if one were to be traveling in an area known for nuclear waste, would it be unusual to see that plants and trees were actually thriving vs looking dead or shriveled?

[hckynut]

@FLgardener 

Yes, it is evolution. 

hckynut

[SilleeMee]

What kind of evolution are we talking about here? ...biological, geological?? There are forces at work, whatever those might be, that change the characteristics of each. then there's interevolution where the evolution of one system changes the evolution of another....it's all connected.

[Ms tyrion2]

Evolution is not an accurate term as applied to climate change.

Evolution is the change in characteristics of a species over time . Over successive generations.

Climate change is not an adaptation of species. Changes occur naturally and changes occur due to the impact of humans. 

[RainCityWoman]

All you have to do is look at what the human race has done to rivers, air, oceans, lakes, streams, animals, crops, etc. Why would you not think we have had an effect on everything else. Measures were taken to clean up some of our environment, but slowly those measures are being thrown out so we can go back to polluting, all in the name of the almighty dollar. The attitude is who cares what happens to the next generations. I don't understand the attitude of "Let's use it all up, and then we'll worry." Yes, it's MY opinion. I stand by it.

[suzyQ3]

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@SahmIam wrote:

@suzyQ3 Though I may not always agree with what you post, I DO always find what you write to be well written, well thought out and thought provoking.

Would you mind expanding on your last post? Do you think that by making changes (faster? More dramatic? More specified in choice?) the evolution of the planet can be slowed down or changed vs what many see as the natural path it will take by replacing life as we know it with an entirely new one?

Edited for spelling.

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@SahmIam, since I don't think that evolution is the issue, your first question is a moot point for me.

And I don't see the "natural path" here. Certainly there are cycles that the earth goes through, but what we're seeing now and especially its rapid acceleration is not natural.

As for "replacing life as we know it with an entirely new one"? Hey, if we cause our own demise, I have no clue what might then occur. But I think that our demise would be predicated on the destruction of our planet.

What I read in most of the posts here is deflection and complacency, which worries me greatly.

[lovesrecess]

The climate is not within the control of humans. God put humans in charge of protecting the earth and every living thing...whatever He creates, we are to take care of. I think much of the hysteria about carbon footprint and glaciers disappearing, etc is based on junk science since much of it has already been disproved. We are, however, adversaries of the earth when we pollute the oceans and make the air so filthy. Actual climate change, I don’t see how we can control the weather. The seasons have always been with us..,it’s part of nature, and we need to respect Mother Nature at all costs.

[suzyQ3]

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@lovesrecess wrote:
The climate is not within the control of humans. God put humans in charge of protecting the earth and every living thing...whatever He creates, we are to take care of. I think much of the hysteria about carbon footprint and glaciers disappearing, etc is based on junk science since much of it has already been disproved. We are, however, adversaries of the earth when we pollute the oceans and make the air so filthy. Actual climate change, I don’t see how we can control the weather. The seasons have always been with us..,it’s part of nature, and we need to respect Mother Nature at all costs.

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@lovesrecess, it is mostly definitely not junk science. There are very few outlier people in this field who remain skeptical, and even they have to acknowlege the problem.

I have no doubt that 90 percent or more of the experts believe that unless we take steps to mitigate the adverse effects that we have caused, our planet and its inhabitants will suffer in a way that we can't even imagine.

[SeaMaiden]

No one knows....easy to blame it on SOMEONE or SOMETHING rather than to feel like it is out of our hands.....

human nature makes us think WE ARE SO DARN IMPORTANT

. ....when in reality we are not important at all.  

Like we control the planet Earth 😄😄😄😄😄......4.54 billion years old, with an error range of 50 million years.  

Man only 200,000 years on the planet.... easily a blink in time .....here one minute and gone the next in Earth time. 

[suzyQ3]

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@SeaMaiden wrote:

No one knows....easy to blame it on SOMEONE or SOMETHING rather than to feel like it is out of our hands.....

human nature makes us think WE ARE SO DARN IMPORTANT

. ....when in reality we are not important at all.  

Like we control the planet Earth 😄😄😄😄😄......4.54 billion years old, with an error range of 50 million years.  

Man only 200,000 years on the planet.... easily a blink in time .....here one minute and gone the next in Earth time. 

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This insistence that nobody knows and that people are just willy-nilly blaming our crisis on something rather than thinking that it is out of our hands -- Where do you and some others come up with this analysis? We are important. We are the stewards of our planet. We have the responsibility to heed FACTS and not just throw up our hands.

Do we approach disease like that? Do we say, oh, well, we can't control it? It's been here forever and we're just a flash in the pan?

There is no dearth of news, research, and facts about climate change. It would behoove us all to start paying attention.