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[-] Oneser@lemm.ee 58 points 8 months ago

Planet earth is not prepared for rapidly growing climate risks.

[-] Pea666@feddit.nl 42 points 8 months ago

The planet will be fine don’t worry, it’s mostly us humans that are going to have a problem.

[-] nachtigall@feddit.de 30 points 8 months ago

Well, us and more than billions of other sentinent beings that keep dying and go instinct every year [1][2][3]

[-] Pea666@feddit.nl 19 points 8 months ago

Yes, them too of course but others will probably thrive. The planet has been through worse times than these (see: dinosaurs). It’s a big rock and it won’t collapse because we’re fucking with it.

It’s habitability that’s the real problem.

[-] nachtigall@feddit.de 21 points 8 months ago

Indeed, the existence of life on Earth as a whole is not threatened by climate change (probably not even humanity). I'd consider it a matter of ethics regarding the life of individuals though.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

Humans as a species will be fine. Human civilization and human individuals will be pretty fucked.

[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

That's what people mean when they say planet earth, though. It's referring to the animals, not the non-biological matter.

[-] Pea666@feddit.nl 1 points 8 months ago

Both human and non-human animals of course I assume? The current ones obviously. Life in general will probably be fine, it’s just the specific types of life currently inhabiting earth that are going to have a bit of trouble.

Good news for whatever gets the chance to climb to the top of the heap once mammals are gone. My money’s fungi but that’s mostly because I like Orks.

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