> Eco-systems are fragile, any attempt so far to create a stand-alone biosphere that I know about has failed.
From another perspective, the earth's ecosystems are robust. Life on this planet has yet to become extinct, despite the universe's "trying" several times. When one species declines, another takes its place. One ecosystem declines, another increases.
Isn't this just the Lion King, the Circle of Life and all that?
Life will continue, that's for sure. Even a nuclear wipe-out will very likely not erase all traces of life from Earth.
Keep in mind that humans are also just a single species and with global air travel and enormous numbers we're setting ourselves up for a pandemic. Nature loves large numbers of well connected individuals in close proximity.
And the way we're using anti-biotics could come back to bite us.
I too am highly disturbed by the loss of ecosystems. I'm just describing the reality of what the planet is becoming & will probably continue to become. Very sad, but quite possibly true.
In reality, we could all probably continue to live on a planet that has just 20 or so species left.
Everything else, we'll have to describe to children with stories.
From another perspective, the earth's ecosystems are robust. Life on this planet has yet to become extinct, despite the universe's "trying" several times. When one species declines, another takes its place. One ecosystem declines, another increases.
Isn't this just the Lion King, the Circle of Life and all that?