[extropy-chat] Extinctions

[Damien Sullivan]

On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 03:50:43PM +0200, Anders Sandberg wrote:
> Damien Sullivan wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 03:55:26AM +0200, Anders Sandberg wrote:
> >
> >> Besides, have anybody calculated how we rate compared to K/T and Perm? I
> >> think we still are within the normal noise rate of species/megayear?

> > More like 100-10,000 times the normal rate.  Possibly comparable to K/T,
> > especially if things go on.

http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2006/07/unchecked_globa.html

"Jim Hansen predicts that unchecked global warming would push at least
50% of the worlds' species out of their survival zones."

-xx- Damien X-)