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[Tømpson]

I do not deny this. What I also don't deny is that the earth constantly undergoes temperature changes where some animals go extinct.

40 percent of the earth's population lives on plankton. Plankton needs very specific temperatures to survive.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=phytoplankton-population

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[!Trinick]

Plankton? Now they're the one thing I would expect to survive, that was a bad choice on your behalf, mate.

There's trillions of them. Do you know how fast things evolve when there's trillions of them? I'll give you a hint: very. We're not going to run out of air because the air temperature is rising.

[Tømpson]

Plankton? Now they're the one thing I would expect to survive, that was a bad choice on your behalf, mate.

There's trillions of them. Do you know how fast things evolve when there's trillions of them? I'll give you a hint: very. We're not going to run out of air because the air temperature is rising.

Let me read you the article name: "Phytoplankton Population Drops 40 Percent Since 1950" That's called not evolving fast enough.

[Rykuta]

Not to mention the website forced me to stare at an ad before giving me the article, this implies non-professional information; since apparently hair care products are important to plankton.

[!Trinick]

Continuing what Rykuta said, it doesn't cite anything. Also, you clearly don't understand how evolution works. Do you think every existing organism spontaneously adapts? Of course the population is going to shrink -- all the ones that can't handle it will die. Then the ones that can handle it will continue breeding, increasing the population again.

[Fredulus]

evolution doesn't happen as fast as the climate is going to be changing
for example, his plankton population drops by 40% in 60 years deal
evolution takes millenia not decades

[!Trinick]

It depends on the sample size. In this case, evolution is easily plausible for plankton. There's many different species which can all live at different temperatures, as the ones who can't handle the increase die off the ones that can will breed.

In laboratories, evolution can be observed in test tubes. Pathologists study the evolution of microorganism pathogens that infect humans. Evolution can happen over a short period of time.

[Tømpson]

There's many different species which can all live at different temperatures

I've already explained to you that this is wrong.
Here is what I believe to be the study:

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[Jaxx]

I've already explained to you that this is wrong.
Here is what I believe to be the study:

http://www.80-www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_31/issue_3/0478.pdf

Tardigrades.

[!Trinick]

I've already explained to you that this is wrong.

No you haven't. You linked me to a stuffty article that I can't take anything away from because it doesn't cite anything. Citation isn't only important in school, it's important so I can brown townyze the sources of your article's information and tell you why it's wrong.

Your article mentions that most of the death occurred in arctic regions, where the water is colder. Organisms from outside this arctic region will move in to fill the spot of them in the ecosystem as the water becomes warm enough for them.

[Gojira]

How in the hell did this stray from a discussion about a tax increase to a discussion about loving global warming of all things?

[!Trinick]

That study you linked is about the clear-water phase of fresh water lakes.

[Tømpson]

That study you linked is about the clear-water phase of fresh water lakes.

What the forget?

Tardigrades.

It's obviously linked you to the wrong article, let me look for a better source.

[!Trinick]

What the forget? It's obviously linked you to the wrong article, let me look for a better source.

Huh, ironic. It's titled "Phytoplankton control by grazing zooplankton: A study on the spring clear-water phase" so I figured that was what you intended to link.

[Rykuta]

How in the hell did this stray from a discussion about a tax increase to a discussion about loving global warming of all things?

The magic of politics.