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Quite a few of those things are simple accidents...
Forest fires can be good for the environment.
Extinctions were mentioned in the article and aren't really applicable.
Also,is there anywhere on earth where man's impact has changed the earth forever?
Right, preventable accidents that can cause serious harm, and in some cases render a large area uninhabitable by humans.
Forests can generally bounce back and in many cases benefit from a forest fire, but what if the fire destroys crops and kills cattle and makes the local water source unsafe for consumption?
Humans have altered the structure of many of the world's ecosystems. They have cut down forests, plowed soils, used rangelands to graze their domesticated animals, introduced non-native species to many regions, intensively fished lakes, rivers and oceans, and constructed dams. These relatively recent changes in the structure of the world's ecosystems have made them less resilient to further changes. Third, pollution, as well as other indirect effects of the utilization of natural resources, has also increased since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Why Can't Ecosystems Just Adapt? From Common Questions about Climate Change
So you think it's possible to be perfect in everything we do? That's a pipe dream. We aren't doing anything to this planet that it can't fix itself. Humans aren't going anywhere, we have this ability to ADAPT. Do you know what that means?
Yeah, ADAPT to these....
•Cholera: Cholera is a water-borne diarrhoeal disease affecting humans mainly in the developing world. It is caused by a bacterium, Vibrio cholerae, which survives in small organisms in contaminated water sources and may also be present in raw shellfish such as oysters. Once contracted, cholera quickly becomes deadly.
•Ebola: Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus and its closely related cousin - the Marburg fever virus - easily kill humans, gorillas, and chimpanzees, and there is currently no known cure. As climate change disrupts and exaggerates seasonal patterns, we may expect to see outbreaks of these deadly diseases occurring in new locations and with more frequency.
•Plague: Plague, Yersinia pestis - one of the oldest infectious diseases known - still causes significant death rates in wildlife, domestic animals, and humans in certain locations. Plague is spread by rodents and their fleas and alterations in temperatures and rainfall are expected to change the distribution of rodent populations.
Never drove thru the pre-emission controls LA Basin, did ya?
No permanent damage to the earth...right?
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