Comment on Has the scientific community ever reconciled with the fact global warming is going to happen and there is no stopping it?

bacon_pdp@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  But then Nestle says “Life? Or profits today?..PROFITS!!! FUCK YO’ WATER SUPPLY!!! I DO WHAT I WANT!!!”

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• ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There are virtually no scientists that think all life on earth will go extinct.

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  • notsosure@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That ALL life will go extinct is hard to imagine, but many scientists do see a high chance that humanity is going extinct (due to climate collapse) or, at the very least a population collapse of >95% is certain to happen within 200 years.

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    • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Civilization collapse in 200 years is pretty plausible, which would go along with 95% of the population dying. For humans to go extinct would take better than 99.9% dying. 5,000 individuals would be a comfortable minimum viable population for humans to survive.

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      • Scubus@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yeah, if they were in one place. Not 5000 remaining survivors scattered all sround the world. Also, keep in mind that this would be an ongoing catastrophe, not something the world will just bounce back from once the humans are gone.

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    • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes, essentially zero chance of human extinction also

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      • notsosure@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You never know. 3-4C of temperature increase may offer some surprises.

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