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There actually has been precedent for ocean acidification:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleocene%E2%80%93Eocene_Therm...

But I don't think we should only be scared by things that cause "full trophic collapse". We're looking at unprecedented environmental changes (in terms of speed) at about the same time the world population will be hitting 11 Billion people. Foreseeing how all the variables will interact is almost impossible.

Yes, the earth and life will go on. But it very well could be a horrible and scary place to live for us humans in the interim.




Gotta love a good "prominent negative excursion". Which is to say, gotta love unabashed scientific writing. "Neutral bouyancy" would be another good one. We need better basic science writing, even if it is on the quagmire that is wikipedia.


And by "quagmire" I mean...

> We know the entire exogenic carbon cycle ... underwent a −0.2 % to −0.3 % perturbation in δ13C ...

[citation needed] much? And yet, wikipedia is not standardized nor enforced for such things. Sorry for the digression.


That's what a lot of these people don't get. At no time in our past has the Earth had to support more than a few hundred million humans. So exactly, welcome to the climate change holocaust. Except it won't be 6 million, more likely a billion. And the wars and the violence to go with it.


Climate zealots are ridiculous on both sides. Comments like yours, while popular, are the opposite of science. Do you want to get people on board to reduce pollution, then stop insulting their intelligence with juvenile nonsense. Listen to the scientists.


How is your comment any more mature. It borders on the line of religious zealotry with the status quo who don't know what they are doing. It's like yes we produce a bunch of garbage. Sure a lot of people might die, but at least we are professional about it. Yeah people like you take this stuff very seriously. You guys are all grown up. The elite, just like all elite, are the blind leading the blind. They don't know what the fuck they are doing, but are sure damn well sure in themselves.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/nov/03/global-wa...

11 billion * .10 = 1.1 billion

Right now:

11.3% of the world’s population is hungry. That’s roughly 805 million people who go undernourished on a daily basis, consuming less than the recommended 2,100 calories a day.

That number will increase.


You can disagree with the scientists but they sure as hell are not the elite.


How are they disagreeing with the science? They seemed to be smartly extending the grandparent's comment to me.




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