Global Warming
Extinction
Human beings
Life on earth
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_risk_from_global_warming
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/animal-species-700-extinction-climate-change-global-warming-oceans-pollution-a7579716.html
I think humans will eventually overcome global warming, though it will cause many casualties along the way.
Global warming won't cause the extinction of human directly, but there is a risk that a chain of events leads to a radical drop in the population.
The world is struggling to fully unanswered global warming and it will continue to rise as you see in thousands of climate change papers and books. So, it is very important to invest in research and operations to reduce the global warming which will take decades to see a sizeable positive change in global warming.
Thanks a lot dear colleagues Kirk MacGregor, Robert Istvan Radics and Rajendra Poudel for the shared comments. Best regards.
Question is highly alarming and frightening and this is what is happening in many places. As repeatedly indicated by many scientists, the phenomenon of climate change or global warming is still discussed and debated and not fully understood nor reached to any consensus. One thing is sure that with 1 or 2 degree rise in global temperature nothing is going to happen to the human beings as they can withstand or adjust to much more variations in temperature. If any thing happens due to the increase in global temperature then it is in other spheres such as agriculture; water resources; and some sensitive living beings or ecology.
I think humanity can overcome the problem of global warming and climate change provided all countries want this and do a decent cooperation.
I am optimistic because: One of the greenhouse emission sources is thermal power plants based on fossil fuels. In order to succeed this, we see that many countries have been successful to increase the utilization of renewable energy resources (RER). Another area is transportation vehicles that rely on fossil fuels. We see some but limited achievements towards electric / hybrid / fuel cell vehicles. It is sad that private sector rather than governments plays a more important role on this.
On the other hand, I am pessimistic because: The level of cooperation among the countries is not enough. Some biggest polluter countries do not want to accept the fact of global warming and / or they are not willing to take precautions. I think fossil fuel energy lobbies have a significant impact on this. If we can overcome this problem than we can find the solutions more easily and faster.
So I think this quote summarizes what I think: "The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination."
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Global warming will cause major damage to parts of the planet, as in Asia, especially the Middle East. Where a huge rise in temperature is expected in the Middle East, making life impossible
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If it progresses, many wars. Chaos. Migration. People will be under tremendous pressure and popularism will rise and spread.
Eventually things will improve but there will be environmental damage until that day
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