Posted on 04/09/2020 9:53:24 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Paris (AFP) - Global warming will cause "catastrophic" biodiversity loss across the world if greenhouse gas emissions aren't curbed, with some ecosystems liable to collapse as soon as 2030, according to new research into where and when die-offs may occur.
Earth has never in human history warmed so quickly or uniformly as currently, but a variety of factors affect temperatures in individual regions, with significant seasonal and geographic variation.
Scientists predict that at the current level of manmade carbon emissions, Earth is on course to heat up to four degrees Celsius by 2100.
Instead of looking at global trends, researchers in Britain, the United States and South Africa looked at more than 150 years of climate data and cross-referenced that with the spread of more than 30,000 species of birds, mammals, reptiles and fish.
They then divided the globe into 100 square kilometre (39 square mile) segments, and modelled the temperature trends and effects this would have on wildlife in a given area.
Alex Pigot, from University College London's Centre for Biodiversity and Environment, said that the models showed that animal populations were liable to collapse once they cross a temperature "horizon" -- being exposed to heat they're not evolved to handle.
The models change dramatically according to each emissions pathway.
For example, at 4C of warming 15 percent of all animals could see extreme heat that could cause "irreversible damage" to regional ecosystems.
But at 2C of warming -- the cap aimed for in the Paris climate agreement -- that figure dropped to two percent, according to the models.
(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...
I doubt people are going to trust MODELING after this Corona Virus debacle is over.
Here we go again
Maybe we could train the animals to keep their distance.
But, all seriousness aside, isn’t this how evolution works? Can’t stand the heat, get off the planet?
LOL!
This issue has slipped from #20 on the minds of the electorate down to #43 and falling fast.
99.9+% of all living things that have ever been on Earth have gone extinct.
Most of them before humans arrived.
Things must be getting back to normal if they are cranking up this BS again.
They know this is true because cavemen used highly accurate thermometers and kept highly accurate records.
Well, as long as the losses occur among know-it-all Democraps, liberals and progressives,
I'm strong enough to be able to handle the aftermath......... of a world without them.
“I doubt people are going to trust MODELING after this Corona Virus debacle is over.”
That’s one of the good things about this experience. Since the modelers botched the Corona virus predictions so obviously and completely, anyone with a brain will no longer take them seriously. Especially since viral infection and mortality is a much simpler system with far fewer variables and a much shorter time frame than global temperature impacts.
Don’t pretend to be so cool.
There is a MONSTER under your bed.
How could you possibly sleep at night....
Just a little friendly advice from your favorite news source.
Let the French be the first to go.
It is nothing short of amazing that people who are NEVER RIGHT can continue to make prediction after prediction. They are 100% wrong yet on they go.
Earth is on course to heat up to four degrees Celsius by 2100.
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And it still won’t be as warm as it was during Roman times.
this is thx to the fearmongers.....the so called conservatives that have pushed this shutdown....they have set the table nicely for us to be totally conquered..
They push the narrative because they gain control over us. It has worked very well over the last few decades and they will keep it up.
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