To understand where climate change is heading, we have to look at the planet’s distant past and appreciate the disturbing uniqueness of our situation, says Bill McGuire
Humans are the most adaptable species in the history of the planet. Humans will survive, but it will be at MUCH lower numbers. And it won’t be people in bunkers.
Humans tend to believe we are unbeatable. In reality, in 100, 200 years we may have disappeared completely. This has happened to many other species.
Humans are the most adaptable species in the history of the planet. Humans will survive, but it will be at MUCH lower numbers. And it won’t be people in bunkers.
I’d say horseshoe crabs still beat us in terms of adaptability, they’ve been around since the Triassic (>250 million years ago).
For now. They’re also farmed and used to an even older climate than we are. There’s really no good way to tell what will survive and what won’t.