• the_q@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    Why? How about focusing on preventing more extinctions instead of some Jurassic Park bullshit.

    • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
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      23 hours ago

      IIRC, the primary reason we’re even going with this route is that one of the primary things stabilizing the arctic permafrost was actually the presence of snow-wading megafauna changing the rate of heat dissipation in high-wind tundras. So, they’re trying to bring the wooly mammoth back to try to keep more permafrost around.

      ETA: Here’s the company actually saying this is the primary reason for doing it. Its about restoring the biodiversity loss from humans being an all-around virus for the last 10000 years.

    • Alteon@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      We already know how to prevent more extinctions. Better environmental laws, more green spaces, better conservation efforts, less suburban sprawl, etc. You know, things that will never happen.