Re:A Recap of the Mars Terraforming Debate
by OmicronCeti on Thursday May 13, 2021 @04:43PM
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The collapse of all plant life would mean the death of humans. Nuclear winter is a well-studied and modeled phenomenon.
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I don't think we would collapse all plant life.
While we have the theoretical capability to destroy all plant life, I think realistically we'd end up obliterating a few cities before war would cease, and a full-on nuclear winter is unlikely.
Re:A Recap of the Mars Terraforming Debate
by OmicronCeti on Thursday May 13, 2021 @05:04PM
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> I don't think we would collapse all plant life.
I mean it's not really about what you think. See the top two links here about the devastating effects of small-scale conflicts
- https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00794-y
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1919049117
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.222.4630.1283
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030509