Humans Won't Survive on Half of Earth by 2300
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From: Sam Wormley on 14 May 2010 14:38 CLEANTECHNICA: Humans Won't Survive on Half of Earth by 2300 Average global temperatures, that have been rising for a century already, due to anthropogenic climate change, won't suddenly stop rising in 2100, say Australian and US scientists in a study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=humans-wont-survive-on-half-of-eart-2010-05&sc=DD_20100514 Average global temperatures, that have been rising for a century already, due to anthropogenic climate change, won�t suddenly stop rising in 2100, say Australian and US scientists in a study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Up to half of the planet would become uninhabitable by the 2300s with an average global temperature rise of 21.6 degrees Fahrenheit. This would make much larger regions into uninhabitable deserts than now. Humans would not be able to adapt or survive in such conditions. �If this happens, our current worries about sea level rise, occasional heat waves and bushfires, biodiversity loss and agricultural difficulties will pale into insignificance beside a major threat � as much as half the currently inhabited globe may simply become too hot for people to live there,� said Professor Tony McMichael, one of the authors.
From: tunderbar on 14 May 2010 14:59 On May 14, 1:38 pm, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > CLEANTECHNICA: Humans Won't Survive on Half of Earth by 2300 > Average global temperatures, that have been rising for a century > already, due to anthropogenic climate change, won't suddenly stop rising > in 2100, say Australian and US scientists in a study just published in > the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences > > http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=humans-wont-survive-.... > > Average global temperatures, that have been rising for a century > already, due to anthropogenic climate change, wont suddenly stop rising > in 2100, say Australian and US scientists in a study just published in > the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Up to half of the > planet would become uninhabitable by the 2300s with an average global > temperature rise of 21.6 degrees Fahrenheit. > > This would make much larger regions into uninhabitable deserts than now. > Humans would not be able to adapt or survive in such conditions. > > If this happens, our current worries about sea level rise, occasional > heat waves and bushfires, biodiversity loss and agricultural > difficulties will pale into insignificance beside a major threat as > much as half the currently inhabited globe may simply become too hot for > people to live there, said Professor Tony McMichael, one of the authors. Quite the crystal ball these "scientists" have. LOL.
From: George on 14 May 2010 15:58 On May 15, 6:38 am, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > CLEANTECHNICA: Humans Won't Survive on Half of Earth by 2300 > Average global temperatures, that have been rising for a century > already, due to anthropogenic climate change, won't suddenly stop rising > in 2100, say Australian and US scientists in a study just published in > the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences > > http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=humans-wont-survive-.... > > Average global temperatures, that have been rising for a century > already, due to anthropogenic climate change, wont suddenly stop rising > in 2100, say Australian and US scientists in a study just published in > the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Up to half of the > planet would become uninhabitable by the 2300s with an average global > temperature rise of 21.6 degrees Fahrenheit. > > This would make much larger regions into uninhabitable deserts than now. > Humans would not be able to adapt or survive in such conditions. > > If this happens, our current worries about sea level rise, occasional > heat waves and bushfires, biodiversity loss and agricultural > difficulties will pale into insignificance beside a major threat as > much as half the currently inhabited globe may simply become too hot for > people to live there, said Professor Tony McMichael, one of the authors. If ? Not a scientific term one comes across very often.
From: Roving rabbit on 15 May 2010 03:25 On 14-5-2010 20:38, Sam Wormley wrote: > CLEANTECHNICA: Humans Won't Survive on Half of Earth by 2300 > Average global temperatures, that have been rising for a century > already, due to anthropogenic climate change, won't suddenly stop rising > in 2100, say Australian and US scientists in a study just published in > the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences > > http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=humans-wont-survive-on-half-of-eart-2010-05&sc=DD_20100514 > > > Average global temperatures, that have been rising for a century > already, due to anthropogenic climate change, won�t suddenly stop rising > in 2100, say Australian and US scientists in a study just published in > the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Up to half of the > planet would become uninhabitable by the 2300s with an average global > temperature rise of 21.6 degrees Fahrenheit. > > This would make much larger regions into uninhabitable deserts than now. > Humans would not be able to adapt or survive in such conditions. > > �If this happens, our current worries about sea level rise, occasional > heat waves and bushfires, biodiversity loss and agricultural > difficulties will pale into insignificance beside a major threat � as > much as half the currently inhabited globe may simply become too hot for > people to live there,� said Professor Tony McMichael, one of the authors. We even have a "pet planet" where you can see this all in action, it is called Venus with its runaway greenhouse effect. By the way, large parts of the Earth's surface are already inhabitable for the average human. I'm talking about downtown, name any city, like New York, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Bangkok, Moscow. I could not live there for longer than 3 hours. I'm also talking about the extensive deserts that already exist, ice sheets, glacier surfaces, oceans and mountainous terrains above 2000m. You could not survive there. Add it all up and only a few place remain where I would want to live, probably on no more than 1% of the surface of this planet. Q -- Who is General Failure and why does he need my attention?
From: Giga2 on 15 May 2010 06:23
On 14 May, 19:38, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > CLEANTECHNICA: Humans Won't Survive on Half of Earth by 2300 > Average global temperatures, that have been rising for a century > already, due to anthropogenic climate change, won't suddenly stop rising > in 2100, say Australian and US scientists in a study just published in > the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences > > http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=humans-wont-survive-.... > > Average global temperatures, that have been rising for a century > already, due to anthropogenic climate change, wont suddenly stop rising > in 2100, say Australian and US scientists in a study just published in > the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Up to half of the > planet would become uninhabitable by the 2300s with an average global > temperature rise of 21.6 degrees Fahrenheit. > > This would make much larger regions into uninhabitable deserts than now. > Humans would not be able to adapt or survive in such conditions. > > If this happens, our current worries about sea level rise, occasional > heat waves and bushfires, biodiversity loss and agricultural > difficulties will pale into insignificance beside a major threat as > much as half the currently inhabited globe may simply become too hot for > people to live there, said Professor Tony McMichael, one of the authors. Wow, this is really wacky stuff, predicting 300 years ahead, lol. |