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

  • chaogomu@lemmy.world
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    9 days 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.

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      9 days 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.

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      9 days 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.

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      8 days 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.