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That's what I'm saying. Historical changes to the climate have occurred, maybe with similar rapidity, maybe slower, and they caused huge extinctions. The best c
by rland 8y ago
That's what I'm saying. Historical changes to the climate have occurred, maybe with similar rapidity, maybe slower, and they caused huge extinctions. The best case, I guess, is that the shift is slow AND life is hardier than we expected, and we get through it ok, maybe with just a few species disappearing.
But the downside risk is the extinction of a huge swath of life on Earth. (The first species to go, historically, have been big animals with high metabolisms--things with similar volume/surface area ratios as us)