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> we are effectively rewinding the climate clock by approximately 50 My, reversing a multimillion year cooling trend in less than two centuries. It’s the unpre
by dpau 8y ago
> we are effectively rewinding the climate clock by approximately 50 My, reversing a multimillion year cooling trend in less than two centuries.
It’s the unprecedented suddenness of this climate change that makes it doubtful organisms will be able to adapt. Maybe we shouldn’t be concerned with whether or not some form of life will still exist, but whether or not we will.
- politician 8y agoIt's time to start building domes.
- Reelin 8y agoNot domes so much as greenhouses. The climate change doesn't kill you, it kills the crops you depend on to live and then you starve.
- politician 8y agoAgreed; I think Sundrop Farms provides a path forward here. http://www.sundropfarms.com/ http://www.sundropfarms.com/
- Reelin 8y agoSome other greenhouse examples that are decently large scale, although they don't necessarily use seawater or generate their own electricity. https://bchothouse.com https://bchothouse.com http://inspiredgreens.ca http://inspiredgreens.ca In case it's of interest to anyone, the more general (and extreme) concept would be vertical farming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_farming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_farming
- goalieca 8y agoTraveler 4320, you are off-mission. Abort!
- KnightOfWords 8y ago> It’s the unprecedented suddenness of this climate change that makes it doubtful organisms will be able to adapt. Another wildcard is how much damage humans may inflict on ecological systems in a desperate search for food, when crop yields decline.
- grondilu 8y agoWhen crop yields decline, food will become scarce. I think the consequences of food scarcity will be social unrest and political chaos. People will turn against each other much before they turn against the environment.
- KnightOfWords 8y ago> I think the consequences of food scarcity will be social unrest and political chaos. I also expect increased overfishing and slash & burn agriculture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash-and-burn#Ecological_implications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash-and-burn#Ecological_impl...