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We aren't trying to prevent climate change to save the environment, we're doing it to save the buildings and infrastructure we've built along coastlines, to pre
by praxulus 5y ago
We aren't trying to prevent climate change to save the environment, we're doing it to save the buildings and infrastructure we've built along coastlines, to prevent dangerous impacts to global agricultural output, and to stop tropical diseases from spreading further from the tropics.
Plenty of wildlife will also benefit if we limit/stop anthropogenic climate change, but that's just an added bonus. The threat they face isn't what makes climate change a crisis.
- karmakaze 5y agoI'd be concerned that a several degree change in ocean temperatures (especially in shallows) could have a significant impact on large parts of our ecosystem.