Occasionally you read in the news that parasite x, plant y or animal z has been found in country abc which shouldn’t be the case and causes problems.
This is often a result of the ongoing climate change, increasing travel and global trade that allows many species to enter into new regions.
Because of the lack of natural predators or competitors, these new species can become locally dominant and replace established species.
My questions: what is the end game?
Will global biodiversity decline significantly to a few “core” species that are flexible in multiple climate zones or environment?
Or will the native species adapt or evolve further?
The end game is to become perfectly adapted to their environment, at which point changes may slow way down, like with sharks or cockroaches. If new niches open up (like a local species going extinct), existing species will fill the gap and adapt to it, becoming new species over time, eventually competing with everyone else like usual.
I guess the ultimate ultimate goal is to expand across the galaxy and eventually escape the death of the universe, but in the short term, its being well adapted to the local environment.
very interesting point. i’ve had lots of interesting discussion with people about it recently. do you think it’s possible? or is the heat death inevitable.
i’ll comment my opinion below (if you want to) but i want to hear yours first.
Escape Heat Death? I’m just trying to get past Tuesday.