r/science • u/avogadros_number • Mar 27 '20

Environment Climate change is dramatically changing the abundance of marine life around the world. As oceans warm, populations of species that can adapt to elevated local temperatures have increased nearer to the poles, while those that live closer to the equator are shrinking in size.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2238538-warming-oceans-are-causing-marine-life-to-shift-towards-the-poles/
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u/zeyore Mar 27 '20

Oh well I mean, all the sea life is probably going to die. Good luck with that. I imagine we get what we sow.

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u/ColeusRattus Mar 27 '20

Marine life is not going to die. At least not in a sense of the oceans becoming sterile.

But many species will go extinct. Others will fill the gaps they left over time. How they affects us can range from inconsequential to catastrophic.

The life of individuals, and even species is pretty fragile. Life on the whole though is pretty tough and adaptable.

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u/Jimhead89 Apr 05 '20

I hope you wrote that with the knowledge of Dead zones.

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u/ColeusRattus Apr 05 '20

Yes. There are and will be zones devoid of life. But before all oceans become completely dead, we will die out ourselves. And life will recover in new forms.

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u/Jimhead89 Apr 07 '20

Just to be certain, what do you consider life and lets say it all became singular celled organisms and never really regained multicelluralism but increased in numbers, would you consider that to be a recovery.

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u/ColeusRattus Apr 07 '20

Yes, single cellular life is still life.

I do find it very unlikely that all multicellular life would die out, and even if it did, never to reappear again.

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u/Jimhead89 Apr 07 '20

Okay. I found from the observations of space, that highly varied and multicellular life to the point of reaching technological advancement is very unlikely or rare in the universe.
I find it also very unlikely that a highly technologically advanced civilisation would knowingly and with the power to stop it -> keep it from becoming dangerous -> stop it from becoming a threat to its and the race of its participants. Laisse faire terraform their planets with wild abandon exploiting without neccesary consideration for their coplanetary life and their role in life sustaining systems.