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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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BastingChemina@slrpnk.net
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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/

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wondrous_strange@lemmy.world
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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

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