Dr. Deborah Brosnan, a climate and ocean scientist, predicts that Earth could eventually become uninhabitable for humans given the grave state of the planet

“What everyone is missing about climate change is that it’s not about saving the planet or about science: it’s about people. Earth will survive – it’ll be different, but it will carry on. Humans are the ones at risk.”

  • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
    4316·
    2 years ago

    Earth will survive – it’ll be different, but it will carry on.

    I hate how glib some people are handling an extinction of not only human life. Countless species, ecosystems and individual animals will die.

    But yes, life will continue. You’re technically correct. The best kind of correct. /s

    • SkyNTP@lemmy.ml
      22·
      2 years ago

      “Another species will die” does not spur action quite like “you and everyone you love will die”. To be entirely fair, this behaviour is not uniquely human. We aren’t that special.

      • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
        68·
        2 years ago

        I get the motivational part. It’s just the “earth will move on, lol” part that’s unnecessarily cruel and pisses me off.

      • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
        6·
        2 years ago

        Now, if we all rise up and eat the rich, we might have something.

        One of the challenges here is simply organizing such a moevement. The communication platforms needed for that simply will not allow users to plan a revolution.

      • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
        4·
        2 years ago

        Plus, it would likely lead to violence, which many are not a fan of, I’d prefer not, myself.

        You’re ignoring the inherent violence that’s already prevalent in the current trajectory things are heading towards.