In this post, I will summarize what the recent scientific literature says are the key impacts we face in the second half of the century if we stay anywhere near our current emissions path. I will focus primarily on:
- Staggeringly high temperature rise, especially over land — some 10°F over much of the United States
- Sea level rise of 3 to 7 feet, rising some 6 to 12 inches (or more) each decade thereafter
- Dust Bowls over the U.S. SW and many other heavily populated regions around the globe
- Massive species loss on land and sea — 50% or more of all life
- Unexpected impacts — the fearsome “unknown unknowns”
- More severe hurricanes — especially in the Gulf
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