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- TheSaneWriter ( @TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com ) 54•1 year ago
These are terrifying graphs and I don’t like looking at them. Academically, I’m fully aware of the horror and threat that climate change poses, but these graphs and the massive fires really make it feel more real.
- moonmeow ( @moonmeow@lemmy.ml ) 8•1 year ago
that’s how it goes. we’re in this transformation but most people don’t notice it because they experience the world and things seem to be ok (for now, or they are distracted by some other insignificant thing), and this is not even mentioning the economic and political obstacles that block any meaningful change.
I think the likely scenario is people won’t seriously start to be concerned (and by serious i mean taking proactive steps across their individual and social lives) until this situation further develops and it will be a bit too late. I hope i’m wrong.
- ipkpjersi ( @ipkpjersi@lemmy.one ) 1•1 year ago
Yet there are still so many people who deny climate change. It is pretty horrifying.
- sibloure ( @sibloure@beehaw.org ) 14•1 year ago
Does this mean we’re all going to die? Like humanity will be gone without a trace? If so, how soon?
- Imajustlayhere ( @Imajustlayhere@kbin.social ) 16•1 year ago
It will probably be a drawn out process that’s hurts real bad.
- DogMuffins ( @DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de ) 8•1 year ago
No, but catastrophic collapse (over many years) is possible IMO.
As in a return to pre-industrial tech.
- Megaman_EXE ( @Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org ) 6•1 year ago
My understanding is that over time people will begin to move away from hotter regions. The most at risk will be children, small animals, the elderly and the poor.
Impoverished nations will be hit the hardest and we’ll see the most change happen to those places first. Scientists have said that as climate change gets worse and as temperatures get warmer, extreme weather events also become more common and worse as well.
As for how that will change for north America or Europe I have no real clue.
I live in a fairly northern location. We get down to -40°c sometimes in the winter. But even the winters are warming up and becoming more mild and the summers are getting hotter and less bearable. I would imagine we might face energy issues in the future if our countries don’t adapt. There’s going to be more demand as houses here will need AC going forward to stay cool. That or they need to start building new homes with better insulating materials that prevent heat transfer.
- PanPuszek ( @PanPuszek@reddthat.com ) 3•1 year ago
Meanwhile, in southern Poland, I think we had one of the coldest springs lately, and only several really hot days of summer so far.
Right now we have barely 22 - 23C here. I’m not complaining in general, but I wouldn’t mind temperatures ~5 degrees higher and more sun.
- Big P ( @peter@feddit.uk ) 8•1 year ago
There are ways to experience 5 degrees hotter without destroying the planet
- Empricorn ( @Empricorn@feddit.nl ) 3•1 year ago
- PanPuszek ( @PanPuszek@reddthat.com ) 4•1 year ago
I’m absolutely not denying those changes, quite the contrary. It’s just another anomaly that our winters became a lot warmer and summers colder (not always though). It looks like we’re losing seasons completely. I remember winters here where we had snow for 2 or even 3 months, while now I’m not sure if we had at least 2 weeks of snow last “winter”.
- Empricorn ( @Empricorn@feddit.nl ) 3•1 year ago
Sorry, just poking fun! Where I live we have started to get a “wildfire season” that threatens to destroy entire towns. Every year… We didn’t have that when I was young!