Meta-analysis of current global warming impacts suggests a third of all species could be extinct by 2100

phys.org Meta-analysis of current global warming impacts suggests a third of all species could be extinct by 2100

A biologist at the University of Connecticut has found evidence that up to a third of all species alive today could go extinct by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions are not slowed or stopped. In his study published in the journal Science, Mark Urban conducted an analysis of 485 studies carried out ove...

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To be clear this is an unlikely worst case scenario where we change nothing. But the fact that such a thing is even possible in so short amount of time is pretty stunning.
- You do realize who was just elected for president? Doing nothing isn’t the worst case scenario. Reverting the progress we’ve made so far will be. And it seems likely that’s what’s going to happen.