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The threats of climate change to humanity are more about the ecological collapse from temperature rise that will destroy our food supply and leave most of starv
by zanny 8y ago
The threats of climate change to humanity are more about the ecological collapse from temperature rise that will destroy our food supply and leave most of starving.
We can already see it happening with dramatically reduced insect populations, fish populations, bird populations, etc. Whats hard is to distinguish what is caused by the global temperature changes vs just general human habitat destruction, but the general decline of insect populations at certain equatorial belts in the last decade definitely hints towards a global influence from climate change.
If all we had to do were just relocate our coastal metros a few meters up after the polar ice melts and just proceed as usual with 3c hotter days on average it wouldn't be this severe of an existential threat. It is probably half of why its so hard to argue towards fixing - the real danger seems "impossible" to most people because they can't wrap their head around how delicate biomes can be and the domino effects our mass extinction event is causing.
- rlanday 8y agoI think the effects of loss of biodiversity are often overstated. Humans mostly depend on a small set of domesticated animals; as far as I’m aware, no one is seriously suggesting that cows, pigs, sheep, or chickens are going to go extinct, or that farmers will be unable to feed them.