Welcome to the Species Threats page
very incomplete presentation - you do the research
So far I can think of only two species threats. Other suggestions are
welcome. Andrew Atkinson suggested climate change but I'm not convinced
that there's anything on the horizon there that the human race wouldn't
adapt to, at least some of us. But there are two dangers that seem to be
serious threats to the survival of the species and, avoiding that, major
threats to any imaginable lesser degree. Carl Sagan was hip to this and he
will be remembered here later. For now, here are the big two as seen by
cuke.com on
5/05/04. - DC.
Species Threat Number 1:
Accidental or Otherwise Caused Nuclear War Between the US and
Russia and nuclear weapons in general.
Species Threat Number 2:
Strike from an asteroid
or comet
Species Threat Number 3:
Global Warming - various prior comments and links in cuke.com's
Current Events section.
(Okay, I give in - I'm convinced it's possible. Like Stephen Hawking
said it's a threat to the species if for instance it brought on sulfuric
acid rain all over the earth and stuff like that. - dc)
10-09-09 -
Obama wins Nobel
Peace prize.
Wow. Rather than receiving this award for what he's
done, it's obviously encouragement for the direction
he's turned to - to eliminate nuclear weapons being the most significant,
but for more than that. They mentioned global warming attitude shift as
well. Maybe this is a proper approach in these times of
serious threats to the survival of our species. By this I mean that
it's not unreasonable to think there's not much time for action and why
not use the award to applaud promising intentions. Now I hope there's more movement toward holding his feet to the fire
to reduce the damage of our foreign policy and other threats to world
peace and species survival. - dc
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