The worst-case scenario for global warming just got 14F worse"The Uninhabitable Earth" isn't just a

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The worst-case scenario for global warming just got 14°F worse"The Uninhabitable Earth" isn't just a book title, it's a warning.

JOE ROMM at Think Progress

https://thinkprogress.org/worst-case-global-warming-uninhabitable-earth-c25cd97007fe/

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A new study and a new book both argue that the worst-case scenario for global warming would literally render the planet uninhabitable.

The book is entitled “The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming” and is written by New York Magazine editor David Wallace-Wells; it is an expansion of his controversial viral article published in July 2017 with the same title. As of Feb. 26, it is number 11 on the Amazon best-seller list — a rarity for any climate book, but perhaps another sign of the growing interest in strong climate action.

The book, published just last week, makes the case that without dramatic climate action, we are headed for catastrophic warming of 7°F (4°C) above pre-industrial temperatures by 2100 — a world of ever-worsening megadroughts and endless food shortages.

But, as Wallace-Wells warns, even the unlikely worst-case warming scenario of 14.4°F (8°C) is possible if we keep on a path of high carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions — and if the climate response is at the high end of the estimated range. Warming of this magnitude would essentially render the world uninhabitable, where little arable land survives and the oceans eventually rise more than 200 feet.


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[mountain grammy]

1. I saw the movie: Waterworld.

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2. I liked that movie.

[mountain grammy]

3. Me too. One of Costner's best IMO

And Dennis Hopper was great! Turns out it very well may be the future.

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4. There is a cliff between me and the closest river. Then a 30 foot waterfall

where my river is above the bigger river. That is about 60 feet above the St. Lawrence at least. But what the f is going to happen to people near the equator? People on the coasts can move in slowly as waters rise. People in small countries around the equator can't. Well they will have to. And mayhem will ensue. Which is why so many are already showing great courage and moving north now.
I think I will start donating to the green party now. I'll vote for Trudeau, to keep the right wing republican pawns in the conservative party out of power, but hope the greens grow.

[NNadir]

5. Don't worry Joe. That outcome couldn't possibly be worse than Fukushima.

If Joe Romm is really, really, really, really concerned about the people who caused climate change, he might just go to the bathroom and look in the mirror.