Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industrial levels

Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by jacquesm on Monday June 06, 2022 @10:23AM (#31640883)

Massive wars, displacement on a scale never seen before, famine. In short: go watch some movie about the apocalypse, then multiply by 10 or so unless they include the earth becoming entire uninhabitable because that likely will not happen. But for the vast majority of our species, and many others besides it will be permanent curtains. And I'm not sure if you could call the survivors lucky.

It's not that the CO2 level itself would be fatal to humans, it is the cascade from large scale agricultural collapse that would do us in.

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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by arethuza on Monday June 06, 2022 @12:39PM (#31642678)

Also sustained wet bulb temperatures > 35C rendering some areas pretty much uninhabitable for anyone not in an AC building or vehicle. Would anyone want to live somewhere where if your AC or power dies then you die when you can try and migrate somewhere more hospitable?

Edit: And I am acutely aware that I live somewhere that is likely to suffer the least directly consequences from climate change.

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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by jacquesm on Monday June 06, 2022 @02:31PM (#31643985)

I was in Portugal a while ago in summer and it was hitting 45 Celsius, absolutely unbearable. We sprinted from the car to the nearest AC'd building. No way you can deal with that kind of temperature unassisted for any length of time.

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