Collapse of Earth's global water circulation system is already happening
www.earth.com
AMOC is like a massive ocean circulation conveyor belt that moves warm and cold water around the Atlantic. It's failing, and that's very bad.

Don’t think I need to summarize this one. This is bad news for everyone.

  • Jumi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    293·
    1 year ago

    Humanity will be just another dead branch on the tree of life

    • chaogomu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      182·
      1 year ago

      Humans are pretty resilient. Adaptable to any climate, even the mess of a climate we created.

      Now, I’m not saying that all 8 billion of us will survive.

      What I’m saying is, the minimum viable genetic population for humans is about 2000 individuals.

      • Random_Character_A@lemmy.worldEnglish
        102·
        1 year ago

        When food runs out for even a portion of those 8 billion, results are gonna be nasty.

        It’s hard to talk about climate initiatives when 1/3 of the planet is shooting eatch other. In worst case with nukes.

      • CitizenKong@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        Yep, there will always be humans as long as there is literally anything we can hunt/forage and eat.

        If that will resemble what we perceive as civilisation is another question entirely.

      • XIIIesq@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Right. We survived the ice age with stone age tech.

        Not saying that this makes any of this OK but resilience is absolutely one of humanities highest spec traits.