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And this is a good thing! For the most of its history, Earth was much (>5F) warmer than today: http://www.climate.gov/media/11332 http://www.climate.gov/media/

by lsh123 3y ago

And this is a good thing! For the most of its history, Earth was much (>5F) warmer than today: http://www.climate.gov/media/11332 http://www.climate.gov/media/11332 https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hotte... We are still technically getting out of the last ice age. Warmer climates mean more places are warm enough to grow food. More CO2 means plants grow faster (also more food). Yea, some low lands might get flooded - either build protections or don’t buy / build houses there. But overall for humanity warmer Earth temperatures are good thing. Much better than another ice age.

rux 3y ago
Nothing about the warming climates makes food easier to farm, hotter temperatures just mess every established system we have. It's catastrophically destructive and everyone/humanity starves.
acdha 3y ago
This is like saying losing weight is good so you should contract cholera. The times where the climate was warmer in the past took much longer to get that way, giving ecosystems time to adapt.
wolverine876 3y ago
So how do you think we should avoid all the costs and realize the benefits? The costs are enormous. How do we handle massive food production loss, migrations, flooding, etc.? Our civilization was built for the climate as it has been for 10,000 years. Do we just toss out much of that capital? Who will pay for it?