Heretic Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 See? It's not all doom and gloom What the World Will Look Like 4°C Warmer May 22, 2017 by FRANK JACOBS Polynesia is gone – sunk beneath the waves. Pakistan and South India have been abandoned. And Europe is slowly turning into a desert. This is the world, 4°C warmer than it is now. But there is also good news: Western Antarctica is no longer icy and uninhabitable. Smart cities thrive in newly green and pleasant lands. And Northern Canada, Scandinavia and Siberia produce bountiful harvests to feed the hundreds of millions of climate refugees who now call those regions home. This map, which shows some of the effects a 4°C rise in average temperature could have on the planet, is eight years old, but it seems to get more contemporary as it ages (and the planet warms). Antarctica is white with snow and ice, on the ground and, traditionally, on most maps. This map has turned the continent's western end incongruously green. And only last week did reports confirm that Antarctica is indeed turning green. Few serious scientists doubt that climate change is happening, or that it is man-made. But the fact remains that many still have a hard time grasping global warming, partly as a convenient way of ignoring the destructive impact it is predicted to have. Those on the fact-based side of this argument should realise that continuously bombarding the opposition with doom and gloom is likely to reinforce their resistance to accepting the new paradigm. This map offers an alternative: lots of misery and disaster, but also plenty of hope and solutions. Not solutions that will lead us back to the way climate of a few decades ago – costly and pointless – but solutions that work for the world as it will be, when it will be much warmer than it is now. First, the bad news. Brown indicates 'Uninhabitable due to floods, drought or extreme weather'. Say goodby the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S., to Mexico and Central America, to the middle third of South America. In Africa, Mozambique and Madagascar are gone; Asia loses much of the Indian subcontinent, including all of Pakistan; Indochina is abandoned, as is most of Indonesia. As the map mentions, “The last inhabitants of (the South-west U.S. are) migrating north. The Colorado river is a mere trickle”; “Deglaciation means (Peru) is dry and uninhabitable”; and “Bangladesh is largely abandoned, as is South India. (In) Pakistan, isolated communities remain in pockets”. Orange is not much better: 'Uninhabitable desert'. That's most of the U.S. and the rest of South America, almost the entirety of Africa and the southern halves of Europe and Asia. “Deserts have encroached on (Southern Europe), rivers have dried up and the Alps are now snow-free. Goats and other hardy animals are kept at the fringes”, the map predicts. Red is for lands lost to the rising tide (assuming +4°C adds two metres to ocean levels). This may not seem a lot, but this is where populations are concentrated. In the U.S. for instance, counties directly on the shoreline constitute less than 10% of the total land area (not including Alaska), but account for 40% of the total population. But there is a flipside. Light-green stands for food-growing zones, and compact high-rise cities. That's Western Antarctica, “unrecognisable now. Densely populated with high-rise cities”. New Zealand, sparsely populated in our time, will also be transformed into a high-density population centre. There will be a lot more room for this in the northern hemisphere: Siberia and Canada, where “reliable precipitation and warmer temperatures provide ideal growing conditions for most of the world's subsistence crops.” And the UK, Scandinavia, Greenland and northern Russia, which will be dotted with compact high-rise cities to “provide shelter for much of the world's population”. A warmer climate could even lead to reforestation in certain areas of the world, including the Sahel and Western Australia. The regions abandoned to desertification are empty, but not useless: they will be used for solar farming (green dots) and geothermal energy (red dots). Giant wind farms off the coasts of South America, Alaska and in the North Sea will generate the remainder of the planet's energy needs. This map was first published by New Scientist, and republished by Parag Khanna for his book Connectography. Khanna speculates: “The entire population of the Arctic region today is less than 4 million. Could it be 400 million within the coming 20 years?” Now is the time to buy property in Greenland – before it too turns green... http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/what-the-world-will-look-like-4degc-warmer?utm_content=buffer98bcf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Incredible Crocka'sh*t! Adding 200,000 people(births minus deaths) daily. 75~80 million annually to global pop. Will hit 8 billion around 2020. Good luck growing grains at scale in the interior of large continents, as the temp keeps rising rapidly. - Ocean dead zones will increase(already dozens) - Broken jet stream makes weather patterns a nightmare - No mention of methane nightmares as the Arctic goes tropical? Might as well make a glossy poster promoting the benefits of HIV, cancer & the Bubonic Plague. Ugly disinformation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 So being in Alberta my property value will rise? Sounds good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toews Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 3 minutes ago, Nuxfanabroad said: Might as well make a glossy poster promoting the benefits of cancer South park explored this concept. It involved medical marijuana dispensaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Quote First, the bad news. Brown indicates 'Uninhabitable due to floods, drought or extreme weather'. Say goodby the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S., to Mexico and Central America, to the middle third of South America. In Africa, Mozambique and Madagascar are gone; Asia loses much of the Indian subcontinent, including all of Pakistan; Indochina is abandoned, as is most of Indonesia. As the map mentions, “The last inhabitants of (the South-west U.S. are) migrating north. The Colorado river is a mere trickle”; “Deglaciation means (Peru) is dry and uninhabitable”; and “Bangladesh is largely abandoned, as is South India. (In) Pakistan, isolated communities remain in pockets”. Orange is not much better: 'Uninhabitable desert'. That's most of the U.S. and the rest of South America, almost the entirety of Africa and the southern halves of Europe and Asia. “Deserts have encroached on (Southern Europe), rivers have dried up and the Alps are now snow-free. Goats and other hardy animals are kept at the fringes”, the map predicts. Red is for lands lost to the rising tide (assuming +4°C adds two metres to ocean levels). This may not seem a lot, but this is where populations are concentrated. In the U.S. for instance, counties directly on the shoreline constitute less than 10% of the total land area (not including Alaska), but account for 40% of the total population. So half the world will be uninhabitable? Sounds great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckster19 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Yeah and all those displaced people are going to magically adopt the culture of the place they move to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Strome Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 9 minutes ago, canuckster19 said: Yeah and all those displaced people are going to magically adopt the culture of the place they move to. Seems to be what certain governments today believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Strome Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 25 minutes ago, Jägermeister said: So half the world will be uninhabitable? Sounds great! Out of curiosity, how much of the World today is uninhabitable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 16 minutes ago, canuckster19 said: Yeah and all those displaced people are going to magically adopt the culture of the place they move to. Millions will die first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 The world has been 4 degrees warmer before and it wasn't some dessert like waste land. Not saying we should mess around with the temperature of the Earth, just that the effects are likely to be far more complicated than the middle half totally drying out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I'll take the four degs today please and thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Strome Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, riffraff said: I'll take the four degs today please and thank you. Yup mid June in Calgary feels like late October today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said: Yup mid June in Calgary feels like late October today. No doubt. May has been great round here for the most part as has June so far. Junuary can typically be pretty grey. Was just camping and at the beach and enjoYed the luck in weather. havent payed attention much to prairie weather this spring. How's it been? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chon derry Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 living on the north coast the rain clouds are so thick and heavy with precip we wont experiance any temp change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Strome Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 5 minutes ago, riffraff said: No doubt. May has been great round here for the most part as has June so far. Junuary can typically be pretty grey. Was just camping and at the beach and enjoYed the luck in weather. havent payed attention much to prairie weather this spring. How's it been? Not to bad. Late snowfalls in May but that happens Out here. The weather has been pretty nice but today is grey, raining and only 11 kinda chilli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC20.0 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 16 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said: Yup mid June in Calgary feels like late October today. Abbotsford isn't much better. Rain on the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Strome Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 3 minutes ago, HC20.0 said: Abbotsford isn't much better. Rain on the horizon. We had rain all night and this morning and it looks like we could get more. Farmers will celebrate then complain when we have 2 weeks of hot sunshine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 so is Vancouver under water at this point, and when is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunjabiCanucks Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 So what you're saying is create more apartments in Canada and increase farm land for the future....time to buy some real estate :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 18 minutes ago, S'all Good Man said: so is Vancouver under water at this point, and when is that? Richmond is under water for sure. Tswwassan is an Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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