Extreme heat could put 40% of land vertebrates in peril...

Extreme heat could put 40% of land vertebrates in peril by end of century

Study shows ‘disastrous consequences for wildlife’ if human-caused emissions push global temperatures up 4.4C

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/extreme-heat-could-put-40-percent-land-vertebrates-peril-end-of-century-aoe

Like 19 Jan 2023 at 19:39 | Open on mas.to

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Tom

@yogthos trilobites survived many extinctions before finally going out. Took a giant meteor and maybe massive volcanism to whack the dinosaurs. Humans? Boiled off the planet after like two million years. We didn't deserve to inherit the crown.

19 Jan 2023 at 19:46 | Open on mas.to

Simon Brooke

@yogthos worth pointing out for the hard of thinking: we are land vertebrates and that 40% includes us.

#ClimateEmergency
#NoOneHereGetsOutAlive

19 Jan 2023 at 19:59 | Open on mastodon.scot

Yogthos

@simon_brooke indeed, this is an existential threat

19 Jan 2023 at 20:00 | Open on mas.to

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