Revisiting the climate collapse: The view from Nuuk in the year 2070
By David Spratt | Issue Article | October 31, 2019
The Greenland Ice Sheet was melting already in 2009. Photo by Christine Zenino of Chicago.
Failure to respond appropriately to climate change is explored in a scenario that illustrates the impacts of poorly-mitigated fossil fuel use over the next 50 years, including massive disruption of human societies.
How poorly-mitigated fossil fuel use over the next 50 years would cause massive disruption of human societies.
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Issue: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 75 Issue 6
Keywords: Hothouse Earth, climate change, existential risk, migration, scenario, sea level rise
Topics: Climate Change, Doomsday Clock
David Spratt
David Spratt is Research Director at the Safe Climate Australia. Spratt co-authored the 2008 book Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action, ... Read More
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