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Guy McPherson demonstrates why he is my go-to authority on these matters.
Edge of Extinction: On Ecology
In
the meantime Paul Beckwith discovers mass deaths of animals but fails
to acknowledge Guy.
Mass Animal Die-Offs from Abrupt Climate Mayhem
Mass Animal Die-Offs from Abrupt Climate Mayhem
Paul
Beckwith
Accelerating, abrupt climate change is an enormous threat to humanity, as outlined in the well written, long-overdue article "Uninhabited" published in New York Magazine. But it is even worse for non-human animals and plants. At least we regulate our body temperatures and some of us have access to air-conditioning.
What
about animals that have body temperatures the same as their
surroundings? Their metabolic rate doubles with a temperature rise of
18 F (10 C). Even a 2 C rise (Paris Agreement) increases metabolism
20%, decreasing lifetime 20%. Many species around our planet are
today undergoing mass die-offs.
To
me, it appears that Earth is losing its ability to sustain life,
under the onslaught of human stupidity. Countries are dropping
... for more on the consequences for nonhuman beings, look down the saddest info-set of them all - http://open-intelligence.co.uk/environmental-change-monitor/index.php?sch=2.4.1&scroll=0&page=1
ReplyDeleteIt needs another two levels of analysis, but I simply do not have the heart to do it. Note how people care most what about what they are doing about environmental change (Remediation)which gets the lion's share of the focus in the source sample.