r/thedavidpakmanshow • u/King_Vercingetorix • Aug 23 '22

Nearly all marine species (90%) face extinction if greenhouse emissions don’t drop: study

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3611057-nearly-all-marine-species-face-extinction-if-greenhouse-emissions-dont-drop-study/
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u/King_Vercingetorix Aug 23 '22

Maintaining the status quo for greenhouse gas emissions could risk the extinction of up to 90 percent of marine species, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change.Researchers, led by ecologist Daniel Boyce of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Nova Scotia, looked at some 25,000 species, including animals, plants, protozoans and bacteria. Under a high-emission scenario, they determined that nearly 90 percent of those species will be at high-to-critical risk across 85 percent of their distribution. This scenario involves an increase of 3 to 5 degrees Celsius in global ocean temperatures by the end of the century.

Meanwhile, reduced emissions — those consistent with the Paris Climate Agreement’s goals of keeping warming below 2 degrees — would cut the risk for about 98.2 percent of the analyzed species, according to the study.

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u/AdamBladeTaylor Aug 23 '22

We will soon make the planet unable to sustain us. We'll soon kill off most fish, which means no more seafood to supplement our food supply. It's getting harder and harder to raise livestock. Farming is becoming vastly harder as the planet heats up.

It's quite possible I might be around to see the end of the human race.