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Tsunami May Have Seeded a Fungal Outbreak in Pacific Northwest (www.scientificamerican.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Is it wrong to assume that climate change has already done us in (the majority of us anyways), and we are now just catching up to how bad we really are screwed?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 9 months ago

When mammals encounter an invasive pathogen, they increase their temperature to assist with the response to eliminate the danger, often requiring only 2-3C above their steady state average. Maybe we aren't actually causing climate change and Earth is just fighting off the human infection.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I already believe it. Humanity had a good run though.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nah, we drove 70% of all species to extinction since we took our first steps. Fuck humanity.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I mean, it was our first try. Next time we'll get them all

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Hopefully we lose to the dolphins.