Posted on 02/16/2020 4:15:08 PM PST by Libloather
In 50 years, Billie Eilish will be turning 69 years old, technology will likely be unrecognizable, and the world may have lost 1/3 of all its plant and animal species. A new study has found that warming temperatures will likely cause hundreds of species to go extinct.
Researchers at the University of Arizona analyzed 538 plant and animal species from around the world, 44% of which already faced local extinctions in at least one area in the world. What they discovered is that the areas that suffered from species extinctions had "larger and faster changes in hottest yearly temperatures than those without."
Last month was the hottest January in the 141 years of climate record-keeping history, and scientists expect that 2020 will "very likely to rank among the five warmest years on record," according to a statistical analysis by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. The previous decade was the hottest on record.
Cristian Román-Palacios, one of the researchers, said in a statement that they also estimated how quickly populations can move in an attempt to escape increasing temperatures. They found that species can only tolerate increasing maximum temperatures to a point. If the maximum temperature increased by more than 32.9 degrees Fahrenheit, 50% of the species they analyzed suffered from local extinction. Areas where the temperature increased by more than 37.22 degrees Fahrenheit saw a local extinction rate of 95%.
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They should lead by example. :)
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Only 10+ years left...so basically who gives a rat’s a** about anything?
I don’t read any story where the headline includes the words, ‘may’, ‘might’, ‘could’.
“The reality of 140 years ago there would have been at most a few hundred weather stations that kept detailed daily data.”
And their models are based on modern (presumably) calibrated instruments reading temps in the 100ths of a degree. One can only imagine the relative crudeness and variance of outdoor thermometers world-wide in 1880.
I'd guess that many, many species would thrive as never before if the earth really does warm up very much.
Somebody screwed up to the nth degree.
The article has been updated:
Cristian Román-Palacios, one of the researchers, said in a statement that they also estimated how quickly populations can move in an attempt to escape increasing temperatures. They found that about 50% of the species had local extinctions if maximum temperatures increased by more than 0.5 degrees Celsius, and 95% if temperatures increase by more than 2.9 degrees Celsius.
For a easier to understand graphic, this represents man's contribution to the total Earth's CO2: The scientists use their climate change cries of "wolf" to continue getting lucrative grants. They won't tell you that the Earth had 8000 parts per million CO2 at one time. The full picture of CO2 levels through history in this graph shows what has happened and what is happening now:
Here is a key graph of all Greenhouse gases that shows detailed percentages of where the source of C02 in the atmosphere and human emissions are miniscule at only 0.117%. Human activities contribute slightly to greenhouse gas concentrations through farming, manufacturing, power generation, and transportation. However, these emissions are so dwarfed in comparison to emissions from other natural sources it is foolish to think humans make any difference. Even the most costly efforts to limit human Co2 emissions if they succeeded would have a very small-- undetectable-- effect on global climate.
If we pull out a time magazine form 1976...........
Is that a bad thing?
Not in my book.
Climate change MAY NOT eradicate A FRACTION of animal and plant species in 1-5000 years, study INSISTS (only 10.94 years left UNTIL WE MAY KNOW MORE OR LESS)
I’d sure bet against that 32 degree increase. Wonder what kind of odds I can get on that!
I don’t even know who she is now!
“local extinction” ????
What that supposed to mean?
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