15 October 2013 - de-extinction 1

Hey everybody, I’ve just invented a time machine and I’m off on my first trip. I’m heading for the late Carboniferous when the climate and ocean chemistry were not too different from today, and I’ll pick up a bunch of deep-water trilobites. That should open some eyes, eh? I’ll try settling them in the Red Sea where the salinity is higher and the oxygen is lower, just like they’re used to. Because what could be more important than to restore some of the biodiversity we’ve lost through extinction?