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Old 06-04-2016, 12:17 AM   #21
Tallor
 
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Default Re: [ATE/IW] Ecological Collapse

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Originally Posted by tshiggins View Post
This, all by itself, would likely be enough. Create a fungal blight that affects grasses, that thrives in an environment with elevated levels of CO2, and watch civilization die.

This was the scenario at the beginning of Interstellar.
Shroom-1, the fungus planet. I can see it now.

On a more serious note, funguses actually breathe in oxygen, it's just that they can survive without it if they're capable of anaerobic respiration.

That's all I know, though.
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