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Also arable land loss through erosion, desertification, poisoning and salinization, loss of coral reefs, overfishing ocean fish populations to extinction, and c
by tuatoru 3y ago
Also arable land loss through erosion, desertification, poisoning and salinization, loss of coral reefs, overfishing ocean fish populations to extinction, and creation of anoxic dead zones in the ocean.
And more! Destruction of coastal mangroves. Groundwater over-extraction. Pollution of freshwater reservoirs and rivers. Destruction of tropical rainforests and their collections of many possibly useful organisms.
A while ago (2010?) the US Defence National Intelligence Council's report on threats labeled climate change a "force multiplier".
That's all it is, really: the least of the things we're doing wrong, that we will have to fix this century. It makes the real problems a bit worse.
People are going to be really disappointed when we change the car fleet to 100% EV, but somehow things still keep getting worse.