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Sea level rise would be no problem. Storms would be no problem. But it's hard to imagine how we could possibly adapt to the worst case scenario, which would be
by jbay808 8y ago
Sea level rise would be no problem. Storms would be no problem. But it's hard to imagine how we could possibly adapt to the worst case scenario, which would be if runaway feedbacks triggered conditions similar to early mass extinctions...
This old article from ScientificAmerican still keeps me up at night.
http://burro.case.edu/Academics/USNA229/impactfromthedeep.pdf http://burro.case.edu/Academics/USNA229/impactfromthedeep.pd...
- incangold 8y agoExactly this. It scares the life out of me that even on HN, a community of generally scientifically-engaged people, the scale of the problem is often not understood. We are literally looking at the end of civilisation as currently constituted, and billions dead, and we are not doing anything close to enough.