Source: WRAL TECHWIRE, 4/29/22


Editor’s note: Marshall Brain – futurist, inventor, NCSU professor, writer and creator of “How Stuff Works” is a contributor to WRAL TechWire.  Brain takes a serious as well as entertaining look at a world of possibilities for Earth and the human race.  He’s also author of “The Doomsday Book: The Science Behind Humanity’s Greatest Threats.“ This story is the second of two parts about climate change – the global risk if not addressed and solutions.
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The climate change scenarios that we have explored in this thought experiment paint a dire picture. What can humanity do if we want to change course and avoid these worst-case scenarios? This is the first step: Humanity must stop burning fossil fuels right now. Immediately. Today. Not in decades, but now. The big question: Will humanity be able to do this before major die-offs begin or the feedback loops get rolling so significantly that they become irreversible?

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