Comments on: Extinction Cascade Effect http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/info2040/archives/2125 This is a supplemental blog for a course which will cover how the social, technological, and natural worlds are connected, and how the study of networks sheds light on these connections. Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:25:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: comenet http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/info2040/archives/2125#comment-1357 comenet Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:13:24 +0000 http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/info2040/archives/2125#comment-1357 <a href="http://comenet.org" rel="nofollow">Health and Healthcare</a> One of the largest problems facing environmentalists is that of cascade effects surrounding the possible extinction of one species or another. Especially when a “Keystone” predator Health and Healthcare

One of the largest problems facing environmentalists is that of cascade effects surrounding the possible extinction of one species or another. Especially when a “Keystone” predator

]]> By: Just when you thought the cornucopians had all gone away, Redditors channel the spirit of Julian Simon « Growth is Madness! http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/info2040/archives/2125#comment-1356 Just when you thought the cornucopians had all gone away, Redditors channel the spirit of Julian Simon « Growth is Madness! Thu, 17 May 2007 21:21:14 +0000 http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/info2040/archives/2125#comment-1356 [...] Have we been adapting so easily? Today we have accelerating climate change, dwindling fish populations, massive deforestation, species loss at rates not seen since the extinction of the dinosaurs, and a miles long list of other tragic ecological problems. We’ve done so much damage to the ecosystem that we’re looking at a changed world for centuries to come. We have, in fact, little idea what problems the future holds as cascade effects are likely to occur at points we can’t predict. We might ask, “Have we adapted at all?” [...] […] Have we been adapting so easily? Today we have accelerating climate change, dwindling fish populations, massive deforestation, species loss at rates not seen since the extinction of the dinosaurs, and a miles long list of other tragic ecological problems. We’ve done so much damage to the ecosystem that we’re looking at a changed world for centuries to come. We have, in fact, little idea what problems the future holds as cascade effects are likely to occur at points we can’t predict. We might ask, “Have we adapted at all?” […]

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