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Nature will be fine, she's been through worse. It's humans who are in for a rough time. From some of the pentagon reports, it sounds like major wars over food
by diafygi 10y ago
Nature will be fine, she's been through worse. It's humans who are in for a rough time.
From some of the pentagon reports, it sounds like major wars over food and migration start breaking out at 2.5-3C, if not sooner. At 3-4C it's likely to no longer be confined to developing nations.
http://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/612710 http://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/612710
- mcv 10y agoBoth nature and humans will be in for a rough time, and both will survive, but not unscathed. Coral reefs and many other vulnerable ecosystems will get seriously damaged. Something will eventually take its place, but in the mean time, a lot of species will be going extinct. That may not be quite as pressing an issue for us as war and famine, but it's not the same thing as "fine".
- simonh 10y agoThere are only really two scenarios in which nature will be fine. Humans wipe themselves out, or humans build a long term (billions of years) sustainable civilization that maintains extensive nature reserves well stocked with viable and sustainable populations of wildlife with no interruptions or reserve management screw ups for the rest of the life of the solar system.