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Underwater when sea level rises less than a foot a century? Get serious. Cold kills way more than heat. Death from extreme weather has been largely mitigated by
by swader999 4y ago
Underwater when sea level rises less than a foot a century? Get serious. Cold kills way more than heat. Death from extreme weather has been largely mitigated by industrialization and modern technology. Increased food production from more CO2 has helped reduce starvation.
Please, show me one genuine climate refugee right now.
- adgjlsfhk1 4y agoThere are a number of pacific islands such as the Marshall islands, Kiribati and a number of others. Majuro (the main island of the Marshall islands had a population of 20 thousand in 2012, but is currently only 6' above sea level. 1' of sea level rise removes the majority of the land, and already significant number of climate refugees from these islands who have resettled to other areas.
- abdullahkhalids 4y agoHere is a nice visualization from the UN from 2021 https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/065d18218b654c798ae9f360a626d903 https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/065d18218b654c798ae9f36... > Over the past decade, weather-related events triggered an average of 21.5 million new displacements each year
- swader999 4y agoThat's a function of growing population in poor areas to live (flood plains, dessert). Changing CO2 concentration to deal with this is about the least effective way I can imagine to help these areas.