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Comment by GhostVII

What are the actual consequences of the globe warming by 2 degrees instead of 1.5 degrees? I feel like I never see it quantified. Like is that the difference between Miami being underwater or not? Is that difference going to cause an extra couple cyclones a year?

I'm totally on board with reducing carbon emissions and whatnot, but I don't actually have any idea of the impact.

And maybe it is impossible to quantify. I see some people say it is going to make earth uninhabitable, which intuitively seems wrong. But we do see some effects already, so clearly it's not harmless.

parent GhostVII 5 years ago

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