Warning of forthcoming collapse of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

Re:Warning of forthcoming collapse of Atlantic meridional ov... by wredue on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @03:05PM (#36867708)

That’s a ridiculous comparison. Single human lifetimes are only measured in decades.

If the entirety of humans were very likely to be wiped out from 2025 to 2095, you would definitely call that imminent, and is a much more apt comparison.

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Re:Warning of forthcoming collapse of Atlantic meridional ov... by olddustytrail on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @03:27PM (#36868035)

That’s a ridiculous comparison. The vast majority of humans don't live anywhere near the Atlantic so there's no way the entirety of humans would be wiped out. My comparison was much more apt.

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Re:Warning of forthcoming collapse of Atlantic meridional ov... by jychang on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:28PM (#36868895)

The number of people the collapse would affect is a whole lot closer to “the total human population” than “1 person”.

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