The atmosphere now contains more carbon dioxide than in all of human history
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You mean a news article doesn't have the specificity of the scientific paper they are trying to describe?
Can anyone name me one person certified dead because of anthropogenic induced climate change?
If not, instead of hand wringing over people not yet born, can we deal with the larger, actual causes of human death that exist right now?
If not, instead of hand wringing over people not yet born, can we deal with the larger, actual causes of human death that exist right now?
It's going to be a crisis for the Muslim world. Projections indicated that Mecca will be too hot for the Hajj by 2030. An unlivable city.
There was a drastic spike in CO2 when the Mt. Toba supervolcano exploded 75,000 years ago. The event caused a mass extinction and culled humanity by 90% - the closest we've come to extinction.
There was a drastic spike in CO2 when the Mt. Toba supervolcano exploded 75,000 years ago. The event caused a mass extinction and culled humanity by 90% - the closest we've come to extinction.
Let's see.
The Syria revolution/war started due to drought that lead to farmers revolting, caused by extreme weather events of climate change.
The US's migrant issues are partially due to climate change refugees from South America.
You could count the dead from '100 year' storms that now happen every few months.
66 people died in Montreal from an extreme heat event a while back.
Now the problem with your 'certified' comment is that you likely won't accept those answers because you'll argue there could be other reasons.
So I'll add in a certifiable category.
Deaths due to glacial melt.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/climate-change-look-out-below/569929/
Glacial melt is only happening because the global temp is rising.
100%.
Oh, and the future looks more grim.
https://www.livescience.com/64535-climate-change-health-deaths.html
It wasn't the CO2 that caused the extinction. It was the ejected material that blocked the Sun and caused rapid cooling. We saw that in the beginning of the nineties after the Mt. Pinatubo eruption - on a much smaller scale.
A quarter to half of Earth’s vegetated lands has shown significant greening over the last 35 years largely due to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change on April 25.
An international team of 32 authors from 24 institutions in eight countries led the effort, which involved using satellite data from NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer instruments to help determine the leaf area index, or amount of leaf cover, over the planet’s vegetated regions. The greening represents an increase in leaves on plants and trees equivalent in area to two times the continental United States.
Green leaves use energy from sunlight through photosynthesis to chemically combine carbon dioxide drawn in from the air with water and nutrients tapped from the ground to produce sugars, which are the main source of food, fiber and fuel for life on Earth. Studies have shown that increased concentrations of carbon dioxide increase photosynthesis, spurring plant growth.
An international team of 32 authors from 24 institutions in eight countries led the effort, which involved using satellite data from NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer instruments to help determine the leaf area index, or amount of leaf cover, over the planet’s vegetated regions. The greening represents an increase in leaves on plants and trees equivalent in area to two times the continental United States.
Green leaves use energy from sunlight through photosynthesis to chemically combine carbon dioxide drawn in from the air with water and nutrients tapped from the ground to produce sugars, which are the main source of food, fiber and fuel for life on Earth. Studies have shown that increased concentrations of carbon dioxide increase photosynthesis, spurring plant growth.
