Scientists say we're heading into a mass extinction event caused by humans

[baya]

I have been saying it for years, mankind is over populated... We need to shed numbers greatly..

Things we need to do
Birth control and lower birth rates, more planned births, less accidental, especially with young people

Kill a lot of criminals


That's a good start in reducing population

no, kill a lot of indian and chinese.

[Gods We Faked]

I'm not talking about killing shoplifters.

Your a typical bleeding heart,, rip apart someone's plan but have none of your own..

What do you propose we do for human overpopulation?

I apologize if I " ripped apart " your plan by suggesting killing people unethical. Seeing as humans are terribly inefficient I'd look at reducing human overconsumption and overexpansion. I can't imagine how many ridiculous solutions I would try before looking at depopulation.

[Bretty Poy32]

I dont believe in over population.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

I apologize if I " ripped apart " your plan by suggesting killing people unethical. Seeing as humans are terribly inefficient I'd look at reducing human overconsumption and overexpansion. I can't imagine how many ridiculous solutions I would try before looking at depopulation.

Over consumption of what though.. There is only so much water, food and land.. I don't worry about energy, because we should be able to harness renewable energy.. If we keep on reproducing at our current rates, we will run out of the vitals ie water, food, land

I dont believe in over population.

How can you not believe in it... We hunt deers and other animals to control population, but humans have no predators so eventually we will run out of space and food n water eventually...

[The Hammer]

Earth is headed for its sixth mass extinction

http://rt.com/usa/176180-earth-extin...angered-human/

The rapid depletion of Earths biodiversity indicates that the planet is in the early stages of its sixth mass extinction of life since becoming habitable 3.5 billion years ago, according to a new study published in Science.

Human activity, including a doubling of its population in the past 35 years, has driven the decline of animal life on Earth, the researchers concluded.

There has been a 25 percent average decline rate of remaining terrestrial vertebrates, and a 45 percent decline rate in the abundance of invertebrates. These losses will continue to have innumerable impacts on species that depend on the delicate balance of life on Earth for their own survival.

We tend to think about extinction as loss of a species from the face of Earth, and thats very important, but theres a loss of critical ecosystem functioning in which animals play a central role that we need to pay attention to as well, said Rodolfo Dirzo, lead author of the study and a biology professor at Stanford University.

Ironically, we have long considered that defaunation is a cryptic phenomenon, but I think we will end up with a situation that is non-cryptic because of the increasingly obvious consequences to the planet and to human wellbeing.

The Anthropocene defaunation, as some researchers have dubbed this era, is hitting large animals such as elephants, polar bears, and rhinoceroses the hardest, as these megafauna are the subject of some of the highest rates of decline on Earth. This trend matches previous mass die-offs of the Big Five extinction periods.

Megafauna usually have lower population growth rates that need larger habitat areas to maintain their populations, thus they are particularly affected by human growth and desire for their meat mass. Losses among these animals often mean dire impacts for other species that depend on them within an ecosystem.

Past studies have found that the loss of larger animals means rodents decline, as grass and shrubs proliferate and soil compaction decreases, all while the risk of predation also declines, Futurity.org notes. As rodent populations increase, so do the disease-transporting ectoparasites that come with them.

Where human density is high, you get high rates of defaunation, high incidence of rodents, and thus high levels of pathogens, which increases the risks of disease transmission, said Dirzo.

Who would have thought that just defaunation would have all these dramatic consequences? But it can be a vicious circle.

About 16 to 33 percent of all vertebrate species are considered threatened or endangered, the review found.

Invertebrate loss also has far-reaching ripple effects on other species. For example, the continued disappearance of vital honeybee populations across the globe will have bleak consequences for plant pollination, and thus on the worlds food production, as RT has previously reported.

Insects pollinate about 75 percent of the worlds food crops, according to Futurity.

Overall, of the worlds more than 71,000 species, 30 percent of them are threatened, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Based on this assessment - and without drastic economic and political measures to address the current die-off - the sixth mass extinction could be cemented by 2400 A.D., University of California, Berkeley geologist Anthony Barnosky told Harpers magazine.

Solutions to the die-off are complicated, the study posits, as reducing rates of habitat change and overexploitation of lands must come through regional and situational strategies.

"Prevention of further declines will require us to better understand what species are winning and losing in the fight for survival and from studying the winners, apply what we learn to improve conservation projects," said Ben Collen, a lecturer at the University College of London and a co-author of the study. "We also need to develop predictive tools for modelling the impact of changes to the ecosystem so we can prioritize conservation efforts, working with governments globally to create supportive policy to reverse the worrying trends we are seeing."

[BKM-2010]

^I'm so 'scared' by these scientists. Global warming, Asteroids, Nuclear wars etc. Yawn.

Over consumption of what though.. There is only so much water, food and land.. I don't worry about energy, because we should be able to harness renewable energy.. If we keep on reproducing at our current rates, we will run out of the vitals ie water, food, land



How can you not believe in it... We hunt deers and other animals to control population, but humans have no predators so eventually we will run out of space and food n water eventually...

Overpopulation is a myth. Calm yourself down.

[BostonGuy]

I have been saying it for years, mankind is over populated... We need to shed numbers greatly..

Things we need to do
Birth control and lower birth rates, more planned births, less accidental, especially with young people

Kill a lot of criminals


That's a good start in reducing population

Are you willing to not have children for the sake of pop control?

[MrTambourineMan]

All of you throw yourselves from the nearest bridge and I'll repopulate the planet.

[Sweet Pea 50]

[The Hammer]

World Population Chart

This shows most countries for example India, Brazil, Indonesia and Nigeria are rapidly increasing in population but a few others like Russia and Japan are actually slowly decreasing. USA is increasing slowly, but mainly from immigration.

Overall world population is rapidly increasing.