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> the temperature increases in a few hundred years don't matter in the slightest. There are dense locations near the equator where the wetbulb temperature has
by hackerlight 2y ago
> the temperature increases in a few hundred years don't matter in the slightest.
There are dense locations near the equator where the wetbulb temperature has gone over 34-35 degrees celcius, which is higher than is survivable by healthy adults for more than a small handful of hours. These extreme events will keep getting worse, leading to heat stress, prolonged school closures, etc. Not all of these people have access to air conditioning because we're talking about countries with less than $6k GDP per capita. Eventually this will drive climate refugees.
- hajile 2y ago"Where did all the bugs go?" is a serious question representing a serious and potentially life-ending problem caused by the many chemicals we're pumping out. A few million climate migrants are insignificant in comparison to the loss of the lower layers of the ecosystem that cascade upward into mass die-offs though ironically, that would make the manmade CO2 issue go away...