▲ 274 ▼ Earth's sixth mass extinction is underway and "rapidly accelerating," study warns (www.axios.com) submitted 2 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments Earth's sixth mass extinction is already happening — and it is rapidly accelerating, researchers warned in a study out this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal.
[–] dojan@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (1 child) It’s possible but not profitable. It won’t happen. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's already happening. UN projections for population growth predict a population peak just shy of 11 billion in 2100, after which there's a slow decline. Things like vertical farming and cultured meat or meat substitutes should eventually be able to produce food more cheaply than conventional farming does. We just have to continue working on stuff we're already working on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) isn't it down to 10 billion? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago The source I dug up while writing that comment said 10.9 billion, but since these are projections they vary a bit depending on the assumptions that go into them. The important underlying point is that the line eventually goes back down again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's already happening. UN projections for population growth predict a population peak just shy of 11 billion in 2100, after which there's a slow decline. Things like vertical farming and cultured meat or meat substitutes should eventually be able to produce food more cheaply than conventional farming does. We just have to continue working on stuff we're already working on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) isn't it down to 10 billion? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago The source I dug up while writing that comment said 10.9 billion, but since these are projections they vary a bit depending on the assumptions that go into them. The important underlying point is that the line eventually goes back down again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) isn't it down to 10 billion? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago The source I dug up while writing that comment said 10.9 billion, but since these are projections they vary a bit depending on the assumptions that go into them. The important underlying point is that the line eventually goes back down again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago The source I dug up while writing that comment said 10.9 billion, but since these are projections they vary a bit depending on the assumptions that go into them. The important underlying point is that the line eventually goes back down again. permalink fedilink source parent