Modern climate change is 27x faster than historic global warming mass extinction events

https://schampton.substack.com/p/modern-climate-change-is-27x-faster

Modern climate change is noticeable within the lifespan of an individual animal. Adaptation through evolution is not an option.

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deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 14 pts · 37d (1 reply)

This is probably the great filter.

myrmidex@belgae.social · 5 pts · 37d

My thoughts too!

Although... that leaves a little gap where some creatures might land in space before their planet is destroyed. Probably a small subset, but that'd still be large enough for the paradox to remain.

Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 37d

crushing the world record let's gooo

I guess we're more like a meteor strike rather than a climate event

StillAlive@piefed.world · 3 pts · 37d

So far.

Anarchitect@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 36d

Inb4 elites solve global warming with nuclear winter

humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 37d

the current rate of global warming is about 1C every 37 years

This is based on 2010 to may 2025. From 2014 to 2025, rate is closer to 33 years.

The backdrop of 10000s of years per C (or the 1000 years/C headline reference) increase in prehistory, is very significant but 2700% or 4000% nearer term acceleration would be more impactful stating of difference. But the more major highlight of the article is the acceleration from 1970, then amplified acceleration from 2010.