Re:The worst predicted impacts of climate change are startin...
by pjc50 on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @07:02AM
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> likely millions+ will die within by end of this century
That's business as usual. The key is to realise that it won't look like climate change, it'll be superficially other things that look economic or political but are related to either fossil fuel economics or changing agricultural productivity. Several million dead or displaced? Already happening in the Syrian and Yemeni civil wars. Watch out for Egypt and Turkey possibly being next.
The US (and other countries) is seeing a rise in fire and flood due to exceptional weather conditions. Fort McMurray in Canada got both. The immediate casualties may not be high but the economic damage is lasting.
The sibling comment details that sea level rise won't be that bad globally, but it's important to realise that sea level and its rise is not as uniform as you'd expect. Florida is already seeing the rise coming up through its groundwater.
That's business as usual. The key is to realise that it won't look like climate change, it'll be superficially other things that look economic or political but are related to either fossil fuel economics or changing agricultural productivity. Several million dead or displaced? Already happening in the Syrian and Yemeni civil wars. Watch out for Egypt and Turkey possibly being next.
The US (and other countries) is seeing a rise in fire and flood due to exceptional weather conditions. Fort McMurray in Canada got both. The immediate casualties may not be high but the economic damage is lasting.
The sibling comment details that sea level rise won't be that bad globally, but it's important to realise that sea level and its rise is not as uniform as you'd expect. Florida is already seeing the rise coming up through its groundwater.