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Re:What is happening in the Arctic is now beyond words, so h... by gremlinsinc on Monday February 26, 2018 @12:34AM (#16463344)
You ever see interstellar?

Bad news -- drought/blight/warmth could destroy crops...perhaps even be an extinction level event.

Good news -- there is none.. likelihood of aliens or future humans saving us is next to nil.

I think we have maybe 50 years till we're close to any near ELE but my kid might see it.

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Re:What is happening in the Arctic is now beyond words, so h... by bigbugbag on Monday February 26, 2018 @05:15PM (#16469478)
The anthropocene mass extinction event has been happening for a while now.

IIRC we were warned about it in 1992: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Scientists'_Warning_to_H...

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Re:What is happening in the Arctic is now beyond words, so h... by RandomCSGeek on Monday February 26, 2018 @02:18AM (#16463715)
AFAIK, the current rate of species extinction is exponentially faster than the previous ones. So "perhaps" might not be a suitable word.
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Re:What is happening in the Arctic is now beyond words, so h... by jsilence on Monday February 26, 2018 @01:48AM (#16463624)
Ask Paul Beckwith about the fifty year estimate.
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