[Coral-List] Geologists and deep time

[Dennis Hubbard]

BOC:

You asked the wrong geologist.

Climate change has been a major driver of evolution in the longer run and
human population over the past .05% of Earth history.

Dennis


On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:25 AM, boc <boc at aquafact.ie> wrote:

> As a neontologist, I asked a geologist what he thought of climate change
> effects. His reply "Not much"...hmmmm.
> BOC
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Peter Sale
> Sent: 18 September 2013 22:14
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Gene Shinn re Reef Reminiscences
>
> Hey, Gene, you old curmudgeon,
> I cannot resist this.
> Yes, all the scientists who contributed to Reef Reminiscences are
> biologists.  The geologists we invited to participate declined.  Do you
> remember me asking you to write something?
> And yes, geologists on average do seem to have a better understanding of
> deep time than do biologists, so I am sorry they did not get represented in
> Reef Reminiscences..
> Peter Sale
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Dennis Hubbard
Chair, Dept of Geology-Oberlin College Oberlin OH 44074
(440) 775-8346

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