Posted on 09/23/2017 1:37:17 PM PDT by Hadean
A mass extinction which wipes out humanity will be underway by the year 2100, scientists have claimed.
By the end of the century, it’s feared that so much carbon will have been added to the oceans that the planet will have passed a “threshold of catatastrophe” which leads to the destruction of our species.
In the past 540 million years the planet has endured five such wipeouts – including the extinction of the dinosaurs.
The worst took place 252 million years ago and is known as the Great Dying.
This disaster killed off more than 95 per cent of marine life when the seas suddenly became more acidic.
Now geophysicist Professor Daniel Rothman says we are seeing a disturbing parallel today – this time because of man-made global warming.
He came up with a simple mathematic formula which predict that the oceans will soon hold so much carbon that a mass extinction is inevitable.
It showed the critical extra amount required is about 310 gigatons – which is the best case scenario projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). And it's well below the worst of more than 500 gigatons - which would far exceed the line.
In all scenarios, the study found by the end of the century the carbon cycle will either be close to - or well beyond - the threshold for catastrophe.
Although mass extinction won't soon follow at the turn of the century the world may have tipped into "unknown territory".
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
It have been waiting all day to die. What happened ? There were even people on FR saying all the stars were aligning. I’m waiting. Went shooting today to prepare but nothing yet.
If these “scientists” can predict so far into the future, I’d like for them to give me the numbers for the next Power Ball drawing. I’ll share the money with them so they can spend it on preventing global warming.
Given the lack of respect for one another in this country now - especially for the office of the President - makes me wonder if we will have a nation at all in 2100. The mooslims will run the world by then so just as well we are all gone.
We’re all gonna die!
Some day.
Y’know, nature (or the Earth - if you will) doesn’t give a flying flea fart about what happens to any lifeform on this planet. It just goes about its business absolutely oblivious to whether its morally correct to self-regulate, or not.
And our undoing will be due to our species having the same attitude. The only difference is that nature always, always wins. On the whole, our species acts as if we have some right to be here and there’s nothing we can’t overcome. But if a self-inflicted die-off occurs, we’ve certainly asked for it.
I will be four months shy of being 160 years old at New Years, 2100. I will proceed to smack that dumb son of a bitch in the nose for his stupid prediction...YEESH!
NO apology accepted. Just a big bloody nose.
Is this ever an incentive to live that long?
Stick to real math and temper that geophysical horseshit, you touch hole dope!! Not you, clearcase_guy
No gaydar needed,,,,
Callouses on his lips is a sure give away!
You know, when I read about September 23rd I almost threw my time machine into the trash but a future me materialized and told me, “Don’t be a stooge! You have until 2100 to finish this!”
Lucky thing, no?!
Yep - all these prediction for when anyone being “warned” won’t be around to check on them. Kind of like getting a “life-time warranty” from a company that goes out of business 15 years down the road.....
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