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Most trees alive today were already alive 40 years ago; saying that they won't survive the temperature in 40 years is simply saying that the warning in the past
by Arnt 6y ago
Most trees alive today were already alive 40 years ago; saying that they won't survive the temperature in 40 years is simply saying that the warning in the past 40 years has already used a large part of their tolerance.
BTW, I wouldn't bet that temperatures will change only a little in the next 40 years, considering how many record temperatures we've had in the past ten.
- eloff 6y agoWe're warming about 0.2C per decade. So, even assuming that accelerates we're going from a current 1 C change since per-industrial times to 2 C change in average temperatures. I'm going to call that a little compared to what's coming over the next couple centuries.