Comment on Explain that, science nerds!
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 week agoWhy would all life perish?
All life wouldn’t perish, the only things that will be left will be certain bacteria, phagocytes and viruses that can tolerate and indeed will likely proliferate in extreme environments. Everything larger then that will die of starvation due to a cascade of failing systems, likely starting with the death of the marine biosphere when the temperature rises to unsustainable levels and/or the pH lowers too much for the same effect. Though of course no one really knows what will actually happen because there are too many unknown variables.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
There is absolutely, unequivocally, no evidence that this will happen and no serious scientific prediction that this will happen from climate change has ever been made.
The science illiteracy here is getting almost as bad as the right wingers.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
But we do know because thousands of hardworking scientists have devoted their lives to answering this question.
Sorry this is a pet peeve of mine because I think it feeds into a paralyzing pessimism. People need to understand that we aren’t doomed to feel like they can work for a better future.
eris@lemm.ee 1 week ago
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
I may have stated it slightly too strongly but this is wild speculation on Hansen’s part. Show me a published prediction.
Even if what he said was accurate, burning that much fossil energy is almost certainly impossible.