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Evolution might stop humans from solving climate change

Evolution might stop humans from solving clim

<p>Human culture has evolved to allow humans to extract resources and helped us expand to dominate the biosphere. But the same evolutionary processes may counteract efforts to solve new global environmental threats like climate change, according to a new University of Maine-led study published by a journal of the Royal Society.&nbsp;</p> <p>Tackling the climate crisis will require worldwide regulatory, technical and economic systems supported by strong global cooperation. However, this new study concludes that the group-level processes characteristic of human cultural evolution, will cause environmental competition and conflict between sub-global groups, and work against global solutions. Adapting to climate change and other environmental problems will, therefore, require human evolution to change.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Evolution might stop humans from solving climate change, researchers say

Hybrid talk on impacts of boats on alum-treated lakes set for Nov. 13

ORONO The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a hybrid talk, “Navigating Water Quality: Understanding the Impact and Perceptions of Boat-Generated Waves on an Alum Treated Lake in Maine” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 13. All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability […]