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"Termination Shock takes readers on a thrilling, chilling visit to our not-too-distant future – a world in which THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT has inexorably RESULTED I
by toppy 5y ago
"Termination Shock takes readers on a thrilling, chilling visit to our not-too-distant future – a world in which THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT has inexorably RESULTED IN a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and VIRULENT, DEADLY PANDEMICS." (emphasis mine)
Can anyone explain-me-like-5 possible logic here?
- tcoff91 5y agoClimate change leads to habitat destruction, which results in migration of animals. Animals coming into closer contact with each other and with humans with increased frequency. The novel encounters of species brought on due to habitat destruction leads to more opportunities for viruses to jump from species to species, or two viruses of the same family recombining their genetics and creating a new virus. Habitat destruction brings humans into closer contact with animals they weren't in contact with before, and this leads to more opportunities for zoonotic transmission. Also who knows what kinds of viruses are lurking frozen in the melting permafrost.