Few realistic scenarios left to limit global warming to 1.5°C

Re:Few realistic scenarios left to limit global warming to 1... by lotsofpulp on Saturday May 15, 2021 @10:41AM (#27165626)

> Some fringe regions of the planet may become a lot harder to live in (note that climate change is not uniform, it will affect some places a lot more than others) and of course some coastal areas may experience more flooding but by and large day to day living in the first world will be similar to what it is today even with 2C of warming.

How can this be known at this point? I can certainly imagine changing weather patterns such as monsoon, drought, heat waves, cold snaps, etc not being limited to fringe regions.

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Re:Few realistic scenarios left to limit global warming to 1... by jjcon on Saturday May 15, 2021 @10:44AM (#27165641)

Because we are already seeing it and can model for the future. See the first image in this article and note how some areas have experienced no warming while others a lot as compared to 1900.

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/does-global...

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Re:Few realistic scenarios left to limit global warming to 1... by lotsofpulp on Saturday May 15, 2021 @11:33AM (#27166114)

But I would not describe the areas experiencing change as “fringe”. Nor do I see a reason to expect the areas not experiencing change to continue not changing.

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Re:Few realistic scenarios left to limit global warming to 1... by jjcon on Saturday May 15, 2021 @11:58AM (#27166351)

‘Experiencing change’ != ‘a lot harder to live in’

I didn’t say only fringe areas would change

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