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eyelidlessness on Aug 19, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nocturnal bottleneck

Given that this happens against a backdrop of most of human habitation being below sea level, I think GDP projections are probably an awful estimation of human impact.

bratbag on Aug 19, 2022 [–]

Reading that link, those estimates are based upon us keeping temperature increases below 3 deg. In which case most human habitation will be fine.

It also means that analysis is not a good one to quote without qualifiers about 'controlled climate change'

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