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Human use of fire has led to mass extinction
http://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/human-use-of-fire-has-led-to-mass-extinction[font face=Serif][font size=5]Human use of fire has led to mass extinction[/font]
4 March 2016
[font size=3]A new book on human evolution and climate has found human mastery of fire is leading to mass extinction of species at a level not seen since the age of the dinosaurs more than 60 million years ago.
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"It is irritating to see world governments including our own paying lip service to this because a climate change rise of as much as 2.5 degrees is absolutely inevitable," he said.
"We need to move as quickly as possible to non-carbon emitting energy production. The carbon we put in the air remains there for hundreds of years."
Co-author Dr Glikson said the human development of combustion in the 18th century led to a rapid change to the composition of the atmosphere, causing many species to die out.
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4 March 2016
[font size=3]A new book on human evolution and climate has found human mastery of fire is leading to mass extinction of species at a level not seen since the age of the dinosaurs more than 60 million years ago.
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"It is irritating to see world governments including our own paying lip service to this because a climate change rise of as much as 2.5 degrees is absolutely inevitable," he said.
"We need to move as quickly as possible to non-carbon emitting energy production. The carbon we put in the air remains there for hundreds of years."
Co-author Dr Glikson said the human development of combustion in the 18th century led to a rapid change to the composition of the atmosphere, causing many species to die out.
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