The Hothouse Earth

[sam1]

So by all likelihood, the Earth biosphere's balance is really in the process of falling apart.
The consequences will be well deserved for one species that caused it, but tragical  for countless of others.

www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/08/07/1810141115

[theropod]

Just noticed that we apparently have a dedicated climate change thread here, nice. So I can not post my rants about this subject somewhere else than the random discussion thread.

Anyway, here’s a journal entry on DA that I found very on-point: www.deviantart.com/paleosir/journal/environment-and-climate-rant-807424206

[Infinity Blade]

^Thanks for bringing that to our attention.

[creature386]

Oct 20, 2019 3:46:28 GMT 5 theropod said:

Anyway, here’s a journal entry on DA that I found very on-point: www.deviantart.com/paleosir/journal/environment-and-climate-rant-807424206

Why do you think Bolsonaro is allowing the Amazon to be obliterated? It is not because he is some sadist who likes seeing animals die because we are razing their homes, this is done because there is demand for it. We humans eat a **** ton of meat, almost 42 kg per person per annum. Billions of tonnes per year. Surprise surprise, this meat comes from somewhere. We want meat, Brazil can give us meat. To give us more meat because we want more meat, Brazil needs to make more farmland. Capiche?

bUT THE cHINESE EAT MEAT, TOO!!

Joke aside, I like how this post tries to divorce environmentalism from political culture wars. It's sad how even in circles of supposed nature lovers, how much people are willing to protect the environment is largely contingent upon their political alignments.
Unfortunately, the appeal to conservatives to vote against their favorite parties is rather contra-productive. Politics is war and your side is part of your identity. You don't give it up so easily.

[theropod]

Sadly telling politicians to change their policies from what they think their voters want is also doomed to fail.

bUT THE cHINESE EAT MEAT, TOO!!

dONT fORGET tHE iNDIANS!!! eVEREBODY kEEPS bASHING tHE uS, eVEN tHOUGH tHEY aRE the lEASTEST eMISSIONS cOUNTRY iN tHE wHOLE wORLD!!!

[dinosauria101]

Oct 20, 2019 17:53:55 GMT 5 theropod said:

Sadly telling politicians to change their policies from what they think their voters want is also doomed to fail.

bUT THE cHINESE EAT MEAT, TOO!!

dONT fORGET tHE iNDIANS!!! eVEREBODY kEEPS bASHING tHE uS, eVEN tHOUGH tHEY aRE the lEASTEST eMISSIONS cOUNTRY iN tHE wHOLE wORLD!!!

DoN'T FoRgEt aLl oF AfRiCa, WhErE ThErE'S A HuGe pOpUlAtIoN ExPlOsIoN BuT ThE WeSt gEt tHe bRuNt oF It!

[theropod]

aLSo, DoNt foRgeT WheRe aLL tHe HeaT Is COMing FroM. In AfricA it’S WaY HOttER THAn In EuRoPE!!!!

[Infinity Blade]

Recent study projecting climate by 2500. The point of this study is that we need to project beyond 2100 now, given that this year is literally just one human lifespan away and the opportunity to curb emissions as per the Paris Agreement is rapidly closing.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.15871

It has some...interesting illustrations comparing the world in 2500 to today and 1500 (part of these are included in the actual study) (image source).

India


Amazon basin


U.S. Midwest

[Infinity Blade]

The overall loss of Greenland ice will result in a sea level rise of 10 inches (nearly a foot). No matter the climate pathway.

Umm…shit.

www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01441-2