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When Will Climate Change Make the Earth Too Hot for Humans?

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Re: When Will Climate Change Make the Earth Too Hot for Humans?

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Post by SAI_Peregrinus »

candiodari wrote: post #15
jimbokun wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are not dinosaurs.

That's true. We're warm blooded . That means we're far more capable of dealing with different temperatures than dinosaurs will ever be. (yes there are cold-blooded mammals and warm-blooded dinosaurs, but they're rare exceptions)

Warm blooded (endothermic) dinosaurs are currently thought to have been the majority, or possibly even the entirety. Crocodilians (alligators, crocodiles, etc) likely diverged from endothermic dinosaurs, as they have features shared with other endothermic animals and not with ectotherms (cold-blooded animals) such as 4-chambered hearts.

Re: When Will Climate Change Make the Earth Too Hot for Humans?

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Post by simontc »

xupybd wrote: post #2

Wow that seems to paint a very very bad picture. I thought the impact of climate change was still a matter of great contention, or is this article a pretty accurate prediction?

Here in Germany the agricultural ministries of the southmost states debate how to deal with harvest loses of up to 70% The soil gets to dry in the heat waves and is then washed away in heavy rain storms and floodings that are now the new normal.

Everything from Chicken to Server farms has trouble with ventilation and AC.

And the list goes on and on. 10 years ago when the last ski lift in my home town closed for good I thought: "Wow climate change is really here" but now my wife and I are really concerned.

Re: When Will Climate Change Make the Earth Too Hot for Humans?

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Post by gsmethells »

0n34n7 wrote: post #9
gsmethells wrote: post #3

The article seems to suggest that turning to carbon capture is our best option currently. If that is the case then what is the best carbon capture technology we have right now and could it even make a dent?

The best tech we currently have is bio-engineered algae. It won't make a dent unless we can farm lakes full of the stuff.

That's scary.

Re: When Will Climate Change Make the Earth Too Hot for Humans?

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Post by saalweachter »

paulryanrogers wrote: post #20
WalterBright wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably trees.

I wonder if that's only true if we grow them then never cut them down. Because if the full lifecycle ends with combustion or another CO2 releasing process then it may offer no benefit.

We can build a lot of shit out of wood.
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