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The vast mass of humans who will be displaced by sea level rise will come from hot, humid regions of the world, primarily southeast Asia, https://www.climatecen
by anonporridge 5y ago
The vast mass of humans who will be displaced by sea level rise will come from hot, humid regions of the world, primarily southeast Asia, https://www.climatecentral.org/news/report-flooded-future-global-vulnerability-to-sea-level-rise-worse-than-previously-understood https://www.climatecentral.org/news/report-flooded-future-gl...
Suggesting that people who are both biologically and culturally adapted to hot, equatorial climates migrate to Antarctica as a primary solution to this displacement strikes me as absurd.
Having said that, I think colonizing Antarctica will certainly be a thing, but mostly for resource extraction, not for habitation of tens of millions of displaced poor people.
- rajup 5y agoI sort of understand the cultural aspect of it, curious what you mean by the biological adaptation needed. As far as I know a person from the tropics has no problem living in Canada (well sure they complain about how cold it is, but they do fine).
- anonporridge 5y agoBeyond lighter skin being an adaptation to absorb more UV light for vitamin D production, there appear to be other skin adaptations that enable success for living in near polar latitudes. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2014/06/115741/human-evolution-changes-skins-barrier-set-northern-europeans-apart https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2014/06/115741/human-evolution-cha... You could argue that we have the technology to overcome these biologically hurdles, and we do, but we're talking about millions of poor refugees who would have nothing if forced to abandon their land. It's unlikely that western good will would fund them indefinitely.
- hi5eyes 5y agoMost people that come from southern regions just learn to layer, and do fine in colder climates