Who wants to see a real live woolly mammoth?

Is it ethical to reproduce long extinct species? Just asking this esteemed group of philosophers.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/13/geneticist-george-church-gets-funding-for-lab-grown-woolly-mammoths.html

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4meAndyou · F

In the Pleistocene era, Wooly Mammoths were heavy upon the Steppes in Russia...which was then a temperate zone. It is no longer a temperate zone because of...the Wooly Mammoth extinction.

TREES melt permafrost, and the Wooly Mammoths used to pull down trees. IF...and this is a big if...the trees on the Russian Steppes continue to grow unchecked by man or Mammoth the permafrost will begin to melt...and if it does...methane will be released into the atmosphere in untenable amounts.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4299470/Scientists-reveal-plan-restore-Siberia-Ice-Age.html

irishmolly72 · 56-60, F

@4meAndyou Thanks for that thoughtful answer. Does this imply a big benefit to reinstating them? Any downsides?

4meAndyou · F

@irishmolly72 Yes, there IS a benefit to re-instating them. They will de-forest the tundra, and make it frozen again.

4meAndyou · F

@irishmolly72 And I should have mentioned that if the tundra thaws, tons of methane gas will be released.