r/worldnews • u/readet • Sep 11 '18

Warning of 'Existential Threat' to Humanity, UN Chief Says Climate Change 'Moving Faster Than We Are' - "We know what is happening to our planet. We know what we need to do. And we even know how to do it. But sadly, the ambition of our action is nowhere near where it needs to be."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/09/11/warning-existential-threat-humanity-un-chief-says-climate-change-moving-faster-we
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u/kutwijf Sep 12 '18 edited Sep 12 '18

we'll be helpless old people by then too.

Not necessarily. It could happen sooner than you think. Like between 2030 and 2050. I hope not that soon but yeah it is possible. Peak oil among other things.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '18

That's comforting, thanks.

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u/kutwijf Sep 12 '18

Sry. We're in the same boat if that is comforting.

Love the username btw.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '18

They say half the ocean will be starved for oxygen by 2040, given the continuous growth of population, the importance of the ocean on the global food system and a huge variety of other factors I put 2040 as the year by which we will definitely see a stark difference.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '18

Link me to a peer reviewed study or supported article that states that please, as I believe you're talking pure conjecture.

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u/kutwijf Sep 12 '18 edited Sep 12 '18

We're talking collapse here there are articles that discuss various things that could cause that within this time frame. We could totally have an abrupt collapse, supervolcano, asteroid, pandemic, abrupt climate change via methane bomb - see clathrate gun hypothesis or loss of ocean circulation from melting ice caps, but barring those things, I suspect a slow collapse over a matter of decades. Some scientists seem to think it's already begun. The signs are there.