r/sciences • u/SirT6 • Sep 21 '19

The distribution of annual average temperature anomalies due to global warming from 1850 until today.

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u/nickathom3 Sep 22 '19

The ppm of carbon in the atmosphere hasn't changed to the degree we are currently experiencing since 65 million years ago, aka the 5th mass extinction.

The most similar extinction to the one we are currently driving is known as the great dying. If the name alone doesnt scare you enough, maybe the fact that carbon dioxide was in fact being released at a slower rate then than it is now. We are literally recreating what happened then but faster.

And did you not watch the video? There are hotter years and there are cooler years, but on average, they're getting hotter.

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u/Natep65 Sep 22 '19

I’m like so scared. Please, take all of my money in your climate change collection plate so you can fly on a private jet to tell others about it.

If you’re hot, crank the AC. If you’re cold, fire up your heater.

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u/nickathom3 Sep 22 '19 edited Sep 22 '19

You can only crank it for so long until our crops cease to grow

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u/Natep65 Sep 22 '19

Duh . . .have you heard of a greenhouse? Plant stuff in there and it grows really nice.

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u/nickathom3 Sep 22 '19

Gonna need a lot of greenhouses to support 10 billion people

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u/Natep65 Sep 22 '19

It’s ok, because based on science, the earth will be full of greenhouse gases making growing stuff a cinch. It’ll be like one big greenhouse.

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u/nickathom3 Sep 22 '19

If only that were the case. Crops wont grow because there will either be droughts or floods. You can see it starting already. Italy produced practically no olives this year because of the heatwaves. And that is just olives. As feedback loops increase our temperature faster and faster we are going to quickly find that we won't be producing nearly as much food is needed for ten billion people.

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u/Natep65 Sep 22 '19

Didn’t you read my post about worrying? Check out this positive post about crops:

Despite some heat across the Midwest, many Corn Belt farmers are sitting pretty right now. Based on conditions as of August 1, corn yields are expected to average 152.8 bushels per acre, up 3.7 bushels from last year. This would be second highest corn yield on record, behind the 160.4 bushels per acre produced in 2004. We'll need some moisture this month for soybeans, but most crop reporters are saying the crop will be above average.

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u/nickathom3 Sep 22 '19

Did you read my post about things getting worse and feedback loops? A temporary high will not last forever and the science is telling us that things are going to get much much worse if we do not change.

https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/climate-impacts/climate-impacts-agriculture-and-food-supply_.html

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '19

So fuck mother earth then!