I hear folks saying bugs are dying off because of changes in the environment, but shouldn’t bugs be some of the best equipped to handle changes? I imagine they reproduce faster than humans, and so I’d think their genes could adjust faster as well. You’d think we’d be having a worse time than bugs as the environment changes?
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Adaptation takes time. It would be hard for a bug to adapt to climate change like seems to be happening right now. Humans on the other hand do not need to adapt. We have the ability to build habitats that protect us from most weather extremes. For the most part, in the modern era, weather itself is not going to kill off humanity. At least not for a while.
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