• z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Not if the latter nightmare scenario occurs. Runaway climate change will ensure the extinction of humanity outright.

    Runaway global climate change is not reversible by any amount of human action. Once a certain rise in global temperatures occurs, pockets of previously trapped methane gases in the ocean will be released into the atmosphere, heating the climate even more. The oceans themselves will then proceed to acidify, killing the necessary diatomes that produce the majority of O² on Earth that is necessary for the survival of most life on Earth.

    100% chance of human extinction event. You better hope evolution repeats itself for humanity to get another chance at this.