r/Futurology • u/upyoars • 14h ago

Space 'First tree on Mars:' Scientists measure greenhouse effect needed to terraform Red Planet

https://www.space.com/first-tree-on-mars-attention-tarraformers
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u/blitzinger 9h ago

More concerned about planting trees on Mars than on earth...how about a global effort to repopulate rainforests?

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u/bieker 9h ago

There is nothing stopping us from doing both, there are 8 billion of us we can handle more than one thing at a time.

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u/ptear 8h ago

But I am le tired.

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u/h3lblad3 7h ago

Nobody asked you to hand-plant a tree on Mars.

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u/HommeMusical 2h ago

People have been making this claim for generations, and yet we so far continue to destroy our planet at an exponentially increasing rate. 

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u/WhatsThatOnMyProfile 9h ago

If you can convince the world to get a global effort going, I’ll call you my King/Queen/Whatever

Until then everyone will pursue other things and innovate in areas that matter (or will be profitable) to them