KN,
I think one day we are going to control ourselves right into extinction or near extinction as we don't know what our 'control' will lead to. There used to be an old commercial that went "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature." Well, I think we are going to learn that the hard way.
Here's the thing, getting off of this rock requires playing with nature.
Planets that can support an earth-like environment are about as common as honest diamond dealers, and absolutely none of them will be ready made for human habitation. Learning how to tinker with a global scale environment is a necessary step for establishing a colony intended to live on another world world rather than just be there.
That stated, I really really wish we could save the initial climate experiments for a dead world rather than this one.
Edited: daishain on 21st Aug, 2017 - 11:02pm
Diverse landscapes are more productive and adapt better to climate change. Ecosystems with high biodiversity are more productive and stable towards annual fluctuations in environmental conditions than those with a low diversity of species. They also adapt better to climate-driven environmental changes. These are the key findings environmental scientists made in a study of about 450 landscapes harboring 2,200 plants and animal species. Source 3g.
And yet again I have to ask, why did they study this? I mean, this seems like simple common sense to me. One would assume a more diverse environment would be better able to adapt to climate driven environmental changes. I say that because it simply makes sense that there are more species to take spread the impact over and more species to help the environment adapt.