Study finds humans need to cease burning fossil fuels to stop the rising CO2 levels and prevent the mass extinction of mammals in 250 million years.
They aimed to demonstrate how climate extremes will dramatically intensify when the world’s continents eventually merge to form one hot, dry, and largely uninhabitable supercontinent, according to aThe researchers also estimated how the elevated temperatures will continue to rise due to the sun becoming brighter and emitting greater energy, thereby further warming the Earth.
For centuries, mammals have adapted to endure colder temperatures while their ability to tolerate higher temperatures has remained unchanged. Due to this, it could be harder for mammals to cope with prolonged, extreme heat. “The newly-emerged supercontinent would effectively create a triple whammy, comprising the continentality effect, hotter sun, and more CO2 in the atmosphere, of increasing heat for much of the planet. The result is a mostly hostile environment devoid of food and water sources for mammals.
Dr Eunice Lo, Research Fellow in Climate Change and Health at the University of Bristol and co-author of the study, noted that it is vital not to ignore the“While we are predicting an uninhabitable planet in 250 million years, today we are already experiencing extreme heat that is detrimental to human health.
Additionally, Dr Farnsworth, a visiting Professor at the Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, articulated that the outlook in the distant future appears bleak.
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