Word: speciesism
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Some scientists call the modern era the sixth mass extinction that is taking place, Davis said, and so the study “gives us a very strong shot in the arm about thinking in an evolutionary way about which species are going to decline to climate change.?...
He added that for a number of years, evolutionary biologists have stood on the sidelines when it comes to addressing how species are responding to climate change, and that their research sends a different message.
“I don’t want to be pompous here, but I think it’s the dawning of a new age about species loss and climate change,” Davis said.
It wasn't until the last decade or two that more attention was given to these forests of the sea. Vessel groundings, coastal construction, pollution and climate change have all severely affected and continue to have a detrimental impact on sea life around the world, with more and more coral...
Years later, that disturbing case is having some equally unsettling repercussions in Papua. Dr. John Manangsang, who admits the case was an extreme one, has drafted a new bill that would legalize implanting microchips into HIV-infected people deemed to be purposefully infecting others with the life-threatening virus. "The...