William P Hall, PhDMay 5, 2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-03-18/wa-summer-heat-broke-records-but-media-downplayed-climate-change/103572922

WA had its hottest summer ever, but climate change and heat-related health problems barely made the news.

Most news items have focused on impact of extreme heat on sports fixtures than any comment on the connection with #ClimateChange and implications for our future.

Isn't it time we started putting our feet on the brakes and turning off the downhill freeway to extinction?

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WA had its hottest summer ever, but climate change and heat-related health problems barely made the news

Most stories during WA's record-breaking heatwave last month didn't mention the health risks of extreme heat and the link with climate change, despite overwhelming scientific evidence, according to an analysis of how news outlets reported on the event.

ABC News
Show threadJeff CMay 5, 2024
@WilliamHallPhD When future intelligence discovers our records they'll go "Hmm, that was an intelligent specie, but any top predator that fails to evolve to avoid overpopulation is doomed for extinction by pollution and depletion." Too late now: large populations make technology a necessity, our technology ensures we will remain too fragile to last. We are overpopulated, and the future conflict of resources between cleaning up the environment and supporting the elderly is impossible to resolve.
Show threadWilliam P Hall, PhDMay 5, 2024

@JeffC1956

Unfortunately, our chosen road to extinction will take most of the biosphere down with us. Indications so far is that the End Anthropocene extinction will be at least one order of magnitude faster than the End Permian was, and probably reach an even higher peak warming.

The absolute madness is that so far we are doing nothing to even slow the increasing imbalance between solar energy in and Earth infrared energy out that is driving temps up.

Show threadJeff CMay 5, 2024
@WilliamHallPhD not looking good for we mammals, my friend. Small things will survive, after all it has been quite a bit hotter over millions of years...
Show threadWilliam P Hall, PhD
@JeffC1956
What the climate was like 5 or 50 million years ago is less important than the last 2.5 m yr. For most of that period temps were significantly colder than today's, and there was only a brief period in the Eemian when they were 1-2 °C hotter than now. Most orgs (micro-macro) now live close to thermal limits. At present rates max temps will be 3-5 °C hotter within a few decades, even microorganisms will find it difficult to adapt fast enough. Possibly only extremophiles will survive.
May 6, 2024 at 5:29amWeb
Show threadJeff CMay 6, 2024
@WilliamHallPhD Sure, things will be radically different, but your conclusion doesn't seem to make much sense to me. I would think that most migratory creatures (birds, many sea creatures) would simply change their migration patterns to inhabit cooler parts of the Earth. Of course, their microorganisms get a free ride along. Plants with airborne spores should be fine. Can you point to research supporting your view?