Scientists say we’re in uncharted territory because their initial projections failed to consider many factors and since ocean, soils, even trees are failing to absorb CO2 couldn’t it be possible that we just all die of heat? Like could the earth just heat up so fast each year that the original assumption that the earth will heat by 2-3 degrees by 2100 be false and it just heats up 1 degree or more per year until we all just cook to death? The science is alarming especially the fact trees are dying out now. Are we gonna have to live in the sewers or something

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    16 days ago

    I borrowed this book from my neighbor…

    In “The Heat Will Kill You First,” Jeff Goodell documents the lethal effects of rising temperatures and argues that we need to take hot weather a lot more seriously.

    I managed to get all the way to page 12.

    Are we gonna have to live in the sewers or something

    My hunch is that the Israelis will spend some of every day (if not all) underground because temperatures above ground (aka in ordinary life) will be too hot for a normal existence. This will break their brains even more. After all - they can’t genocide the climate. They can’t even make it suffer.

    Climate change in the Middle East and North Africa

    The study further projects that heatwaves will occur for 80 days of the year by 2050 and 118 days of the year by 2100. Considering also increased sandstorms associated with longer drought periods, even a 2 degree temperature rise would make large parts of the region uninhabitable and force people to migrate. Limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, will significantly reduce risks for the region.

    We will go past 1.5 degrees centigrade. It’s just a matter of when. 10 or 20 years from now? And 1.5 was supposed to be the maximum acceptable rise by 2100. What a joke.

    • enkifish [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      16 days ago

      We will go past 1.5 degrees centigrade. It’s just a matter of when. 10 or 20 years from now? And 1.5 was supposed to be the maximum acceptable rise by 2100. What a joke.

      Didn’t we go over 1.5 C last year?

  • Barx [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    13·
    17 days ago

    Yes, at least for the most populous places on the planet. Wet bulb events becoming more likely every year. Areas near the poles will be more livable.

    Climate catastrophe is less about extinction vs. not and more about how bad it will get, how many people will die, and what will be left “after”.