"Humans will survive this" - I am unconvinced, I think there are very real reasons to consider the coming climate variations as an existential threat.

[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My new nightmare is that we manage to kill off oceanic algae and the rainforests and most us oxygen-breathers just all slowly collectively suffocate to death. Probably at a rate that we know it’s coming for humans at a certain point. Scientists would probably be able to predict it down to the week. So us humans all see our fate and are just patiently waiting for our death as we watch all the smaller mammals perish before our eyes.

[–] doctorcherry@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

In this scenario I think the largest mammals will go first? Like if you consider there was a higher concentration of oxygen during the dinosaur era and some dinosaurs were really big. So it seems larger mammals might need a higher concentration of oxygen.

[–] kippinitreal@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Difficult to predict the future, anything is likely. But my point was if humans do survive, it'll only be the priveleged few. Even in the last days of humanity, those who have the means will survive longer