Evolution Can’t Keep Up With Mammal Extinction

It’s going to take mammals at least three to five million
years to recover from the damage humans are doing to the planet.

Earlier this month, a daunting U.N. report laid out in no uncertain terms that humans need to drastically change the way we live, and fast, to avoid a major crisis — without a massive shift, more extreme weather, unlivable conditions, increased poverty and food scarcity are all in our not-too-distant future. The report also conceded that such change doesn’t seem likely. A week after the report, President Trump (who pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on climate change) reiterated that he doesn’t believe that climate change is man-made — contrary to the convictions of at least 97 percent of actively publishing climate scientists. The Trump administration enthusiastically supports the coal industry, one of the biggest culprits in carbon emissions, and has rolled back regulations, the opposite of what the U.N. report urged.

So, barring a miracle, it looks like we’re just going to have to watch as the planet loses coastlines and stable weather, and apparently we won’t even have coffee or beer to get us through it, as crops are threatened by draught and extreme heat, leading to shortages. But it won’t stop there.

Reads the story from Rolling Stone by Lily Dancyger - “Evolution Can’t Keep Up With Mammal Extinction.”