What happens next? A short burst of mammoth steaks followed by re-extinction.
“You are alive again, no need to thank us. Now go out and play, it’s winter and 40°C, you’ll love it!”
Bringing them back for extinction just so we can make sure they suffer before going extinct again by us.
There are countless species going extinct as I’m typing this bullshit.
Bringing back mammoths could have a sizable positive impact on arctic ecosystem AND climate change.
It sounds like a far fetched idea but this article is talking in details about this theory.
Right. Cuz the fastest and better way to stop this planet from a climate disaster is bringing back mammals from extinction while we are busy exterminatig all other life on the planet.
Sounds like pure hubries
The technology being developed to bring back an extinct species could be used to ensure extinction is no longer a possibility.
I really think you missed my point. And if not, please explain how it can undo all the damage that causes current extinctions
I do acknowledge that the planet is fucked and making a wooly mammoth will not in any way address the root causes of that. The point I’m making is that if this is developed and perfected there is hope for a path back to biodiversity as long as humans get their shit together and unfuck the planet.
I know that the glass is way beyond half empty, I have to remember that there is a little water left or else all I’m left with is despair
I feel you my friend…
Where the fuck are they going to live? The climate is rapidly warming and these are ice age creatures.
What happens next? A wave of even worse disregard for things.
After all, if we can bring back the mammoth, who cares if we off <insert species here>, they’ll just bring it back next rotation. /s
The genetic science is cool, the consequences of the science are non-existent. The consequences of using them as bio-engineering agents is obviously an open question, but a distraction at this point of time since governments around the world have no appetite for environmental science that doesn’t directly make someone money.
As for “what happens next,” it either becomes commercially viable and wolly mammoths are seen as mundane and numerous in the next few decades, or it becomes a one-off like Dolly the sheep and the herd population of woolly mammoths stays <10 plus maybe a few zoos.
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
