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I don't think humans will have much trouble adapting. Cities will move to accommodate the rising sea, we will move on to other food sources as the need arises,

I don't think humans will have much trouble adapting. Cities will move to accommodate the rising sea, we will move on to other food sources as the need arises, and life for us will go on. It's the other species – the ones that had no hand in this – that I worry and feel regret about.

namarie 7y ago
And where are those food sources coming from? As good farmland becomes too hot and the colder regions that warm up don't usually have good soil... And sure, "cities will move" - so much political chaos happening on Europe just because of a million refugees - now imagine 50 times more coming to northern europe just from southern europe. Similar things happening all over the world. What fun!
- Haga 7y ago
  "I have no reason for concerns as far as I'm concerned", makes for a nice final diary entry for a king.
- sosborn 7y ago
  Roaches will be along forever and are a viable food source. I never said it would be fun, I said we would survive as a species.
- toper-centage 7y ago
  Aquaponics everything!
pimmen 7y ago
We can't substitute water for anything, though. Hundreds of millions of people will lose their water, won't adapt to that, and will move to the northern hemisphere which holds the vast majority of the world's surface level fresh water, or they'll die trying. If people think the current refugee crisis is bad, boy are they in for a shocker.
ptah 7y ago
once the bees are gone, there will be no food for anyone of any kind
- jefflombardjr 7y ago
  People discount the economic value of nature. The bees are a perfect example of this. Yes we could come up with some automated polinator machine, but treating it like an engineering problem is insane! Nature has had 10000s of years to adapt to specific functions. The notion that a team of starry-eyed engineers can do a better job is egotistical and dangerous. There is an excellent documentary from the 90s that lays this out in no uncertain terms: https://www.nfb.ca/film/whos_counting/ https://www.nfb.ca/film/whos_counting/

namarie 7y ago

And where are those food sources coming from? As good farmland becomes too hot and the colder regions that warm up don't usually have good soil... And sure, "cities will move" - so much political chaos happening on Europe just because of a million refugees - now imagine 50 times more coming to northern europe just from southern europe. Similar things happening all over the world. What fun!

Haga 7y ago
"I have no reason for concerns as far as I'm concerned", makes for a nice final diary entry for a king.
sosborn 7y ago
Roaches will be along forever and are a viable food source. I never said it would be fun, I said we would survive as a species.
toper-centage 7y ago
Aquaponics everything!

pimmen 7y ago

We can't substitute water for anything, though. Hundreds of millions of people will lose their water, won't adapt to that, and will move to the northern hemisphere which holds the vast majority of the world's surface level fresh water, or they'll die trying. If people think the current refugee crisis is bad, boy are they in for a shocker.

ptah 7y ago

once the bees are gone, there will be no food for anyone of any kind

jefflombardjr 7y ago
People discount the economic value of nature. The bees are a perfect example of this. Yes we could come up with some automated polinator machine, but treating it like an engineering problem is insane! Nature has had 10000s of years to adapt to specific functions. The notion that a team of starry-eyed engineers can do a better job is egotistical and dangerous. There is an excellent documentary from the 90s that lays this out in no uncertain terms: https://www.nfb.ca/film/whos_counting/ https://www.nfb.ca/film/whos_counting/