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'Closer than people think': Woolly mammoth 'de-extinction' is nearing reality — and we have no idea what happens next (www.livescience.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/can-bringing-back-mammoths-stop-climate-change-180969072/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

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