We've all heard the Green claims of increasing extinctions. Turns out to bull**** too.
EO Wilson's claim that 27,000 extinctions per year are happening is actually 16X too high.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/01/0...e-the-corpses/

4 01 2010
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach

Abstract

The record of continental (as opposed to island) bird and mammal extinctions in the last five
centuries was analyzed to determine if the "species-area" relationship actually works to predict
extinctions. Very few continental birds or mammals are recorded as having gone extinct, and none
have gone extinct from habitat reduction alone. No continental forest bird or mammal is recorded as
having gone extinct from any cause. Since the species-area relationship predicts that there should
have been a very large number of recorded bird and mammal extinctions from habitat reduction over
the last half millennium, I show that the species-area relationship gives erroneous answers to the
question of extinction rates

In article ,
"Eric Gisin" wrote:

We've all heard the Green claims of increasing extinctions. Turns out to
bull**** too.
EO Wilson's claim that 27,000 extinctions per year are happening is actually
16X too high.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/01/0...e-the-corpses/

4 01 2010
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach

Abstract

The record of continental (as opposed to island) bird and mammal extinctions
in the last five
centuries was analyzed to determine if the "species-area" relationship
actually works to predict
extinctions. Very few continental birds or mammals are recorded as having
gone extinct, and none
have gone extinct from habitat reduction alone. No continental forest bird or
mammal is recorded as
having gone extinct from any cause. Since the species-area relationship
predicts that there should
have been a very large number of recorded bird and mammal extinctions from
habitat reduction over
the last half millennium, I show that the species-area relationship gives
erroneous answers to the
question of extinction rates

Just you wait till the humans go.

You Tube;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBDgSsCxik8

a world w/o humans or governments
--
Hint; Enjoy the moment !

Eric Gisin wrote:
We've all heard the Green claims of increasing extinctions. Turns out
to bull**** too. EO Wilson's claim that 27,000 extinctions per year are
happening is
actually 16X too high.

So, you DO admit extinctions are increasing. lol