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I said it before, but I bet we will see a major city collapse (1,000,000 people or more) in the next 10 years due to climate change. Something like 1/4 - 1/3 of
by 1970-01-01 3y ago
I said it before, but I bet we will see a major city collapse (1,000,000 people or more) in the next 10 years due to climate change. Something like 1/4 - 1/3 of the population will not return after an extreme weather event. Wildfire like what happened in Hawaii will count as weather events.
- throw2020201 3y agoSomeone has been watching too many movies.
- zardo 3y agoToo many documentaries about New Orleans.
- NikkiA 3y agoI'd look to the indian subcontinent for that kind of climate suffering first. As far as cities falling to climate, Bangladesh might see it first, but they only have 3 cities of that magnitude (although Dhaka is almost a country upon itself at 21M)
- MichaelZuo 3y agoWhat sort of odds and stakes are you willing to offer for a bet based on that?
- awesomeMilou 3y agoI'd say there's a high probability (~75%) based on the intense heat difference between city centers and suburbs. I observe an instant 5 degree drop in temperature as soon as I drive outside mostly paved areas into the suburbs, even in the evening and at night. Pavement and concrete don't even have time to properly cool off at night, so if temperature increases due to global warming, city centers will slowly become uninhabitable.