What Will Our World Look Like at 4 Degrees?

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Hurricane Helene and Milton are painful reminders that our oceans are changing. Warmer ocean waters are acting on higher sea levels, causing catastrophic damage to our coastal communities. And what’s scarier is that the sea level rise we’ve witnessed over the past 30 years is nothing compared to what we’ll see in our lifetimes.
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[@Blue_Moon_Cannabis]

what is also not included in the map is the storm surge and hurricane damage from the increased frequency of what were previously 1 in 100 or even 1 in 1000 or possibly even 1 in 10000 year weather events that can obviously influence the impact area

[@MBMCincy63]

I've been watching the series, along with the Big Cats series on the app.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

Aerosol Masking Effect is already kicking out 2 watts per meter squared as renewable energy reduces sulfur pollution - and as biomass fires rage. East Siberian Arctic Shelf has 1200 gigatons of pressurized methane - accelerating into the atmosphere already as Natalia Shakhova's research group has detailed.

[@AmongRevenants]

trump mentioned recently that there's no more global warming in the daily conversation. It's because the definition of our future has changed. A hot earth is baked in to our future now. And it's about adapting to and surviving it, by our generations to come. Geological processes determine our hot and cold cycles. 8 billion humans sharing the same rock is the lubrication changing our "goldilocks" earth, into a hot earth with unrestricted ease. Our weather now is predicted by computer models based on past data, adjusted for real time. A future hot earth will have no such historic data to fall back on. It'll be a brand new weather science to begin predicting weather patterns on a hot earth. Our future isn't about global warming... that's a done deal. It'll be about weather unpredictability, under a sky laden with water.

[@jeskedjian]

Thank you for this excellent work, PBS. You are a boon to humanity. This subject is vitally important to understand.

[@BattNW]

We're at a point where we need to be totally committed to reducing our impact AND mitigating for what is already coming. We could have avoided the latter, but we didn't. The longer we delay, the more both efforts will cost us. Thank you for the video. It's amazing some people still do not see the importance of acting.

[@artworthi]

capitalism isn’t compatible with this view

[@HououinKyouma-q4o]

Yes, we must learn to control the climate of this planet. We must stagnate the natural evolution of this planet so we can keep it suitable for human life. For most of this planets history it's been inhospitable to human life. We can't let that happen again. So we must control and dominate this planet with our human superiority.

[@homewall744]

@@artworthi Or people want things now and don't want to give them up. Like, do you no longer drive, fly or otherwise use anything that is created by burning?

[@homewall744]

Yet the people yawn and do nothing. I see all that driving, all those airplanes, all those fireplaces, all that burning of fuels for electricity, all that ignoring of reducing fishing and destruction of the oceans and having all that "recycled plastic" ending up in the rivers and oceans.

[@numenthehuman]

I'm just trying to pay my bills 😅

[@ericsoul64]

Maiya is a natural at communicating and explaining complex topics. It’s so important for everyone to understand these concepts! Thank you for the passion and commitment!!

[@andreawallenberger2668]

Legend.

[@budgiebreeding]

these interactive maps were all available on NASA website ten years ago. the trump administration had them taken down. ten years ago, when I was selling my house and looking at where I wanted my family to be situated to weather climate change and the disasters it creates, I could just go on the web site, zoom in on a town or city, and manually raise the sea level to see how it would fare. I made some very big choices based on that information. but the loons in florida don't KNOW that coastal properties and UNLIKELY to survive the thirty years it will take to pay off their mortgage. the contractors building them don't care, they get their money up front, they take it and run. leaving millions of unwary climate deniers faithfully making their payments, and heading right down the barrel of the climate change gun to financial ruin in their old age. it's a tragedy and a national economic disaster just waiting to happen. and the big banks and insurance companies will get bailed out, but the people will not... and keep in mind, climate change is happening ten times faster than the scientists are predicting.

[@rakeshmalik5385]

Yeah, the climate scientists are very good at underestimating the power of human stupidity when multiplied by the power of human greed.

[@milanopiano]

I'm from the Netherlands, and I am really hoping we can beat the ocean once more. Fighting the ocean is part of our heritage after all. I fear that the scale of what we're going to face is too vast, though.

[@beth8775]

Don't give up now - the rest of us are counting on your expertise.

[@davideriksen2434]

move inland its cheaper

[@debracole81]

Really sad. In 1966 my family learned about climate change watching PBS. My mom and dad made many trips to just a small number of recycling centers. They are gone now so they don't have to hear that not rinsing plastic bottles would ruin a truck full of plastic. I have switched to desolving sheets and they are working well as detergent

[@homewall744]

Back then you'd have heard about worry for a mini ice age returning.

[@ElectricAlien577]

​@homewall744 That wasnt taken seriously among the scientific community at any point.

[@dayziem]

we underestimate sea level rise because it’s so much slower than climate change that even if we solve climate change in 21st Century we’ll continue to battle it into the 22nd

[@prettypic444]

Sure, we’ve completely destroyed the climate and doomed our species to a future of constant ecological catastrophe, but at least a handful of cooperations were able to make a lot of money!

[@homewall744]

Sure, you can see that life is far worse for a far greater proportion of the population than ever in history, except it's not.

[@RHCole]

​@@homewall744Endless growth is impossible, and changing conditions can render the status quo untenable. Logic dictates you should at least be aware that man-made climate change is at minimum a potential threat to our society.

[@ericsneary5430]

@@homewall744 LOL

[@nsbd90now]

It's true! It's true! The DeSantis has made it clear. The climate must be perfect all the year. A law was made a distant moon ago here: July and August cannot be too hot. And there's a legal limit to the snow here In Camelot. Camelot! Camelot! I know it sounds a bit bizarre, But in Camelot, Camelot That's how conditions are. In short, there's simply not A more congenial spot For happily-ever-aftering than here In Camelot! Camelot! Camelot! I know it gives a person pause, But in Camelot, Camelot Those are the legal laws.

[@infinitemonkey917]

And the politicians they funded.

[@nathanandsugar5252]

We are all Tampa. We are all Ashville.

[@ecurewitz]

And this is just the beginning

[@goarmysleepinthemud.]

Some people may think more oceans so more fish. Nope, nope we are over fishing the oceans. I worked on the NOAA ship Discoverer R102 in the early 90s. We measured a drift net that was 100 miles long. I think drift nets are now banned. However, other destructive forms of over fishing continue.

[@CaptainG-xs3yo]

It's not only that. The Bering Sea got too warm and the crab didn't do so well. Messing with the salt content and temperature... Most species can't take it. Some will. The salmon in the north are having to deal with metals leaching out of the permafrost and that's going to be a big problem. It's all bad. But very exciting.

[@exiled_londoner]

Also, increases in ocean acidity and sea-water temperature will destroy the ability of many marine species to breed, or to survive at all, as well as destroying marine habitats such as coral reefs. When you factor-in the progressive collapse of food chains, from Phyto-plankton upwards, it's easy to see how the seas could be largely lifeless by the end of this century.

[@aoc8548]

The shift from we will keep it to 1.5 deg, to now we aim for 2.5 - 3 deg was far too easy.

[@whatgoesaroundcomesaround920]

Owners and CEOs of oil and gas producers know all about this, and have, for some time. They are not willing to sacrifice their wealth for what won't affect them in their lifetimes. Their attitude is "Let the future take care of itself."

[@markcalhoun8219]

It's because it's getting more and more clear there are runaway feedback loops like Siberian methane emissions that were never properly modeled and our real worst case scenarios are more like 5-6 degrees warming and sooner that anyone is ready for.

[@gamingtonight1526]

Yes, and that means you can halve the years mention here. Instead of 2150, think 2070! Instead of 2100 think 2050....

[@schubajo]

The last couple years have been 1.5°C above pre industrial levels.

[@exiled_londoner]

Well, some mega-rich corporations and their wealthy bosses and owners spent a lot of money and expended huge political efforts to undermine the science, to buy politicians, and to spread the lie that no big changes were really needed and that a bit of green-washing would sort it all out, so they might claim it was not so easy for them.

[@exiled_londoner]

OK, let's take a reality check here. Firstly, there is no indication that the populations of those countries guilty of the greatest CO2 emissions (most especially the USA) are willing to make the changes to their societies, to their way of life (eg. changing their diet and curbing wasteful over-consumption), or to their economies, that are absolutely essential for reducing emissions to anything near zero in the foreseeable future... even though the science has been crystal clear for years now. Secondly, the impact of rises in sea levels is NOT just that people will be forced to move their homes and businesses... in many parts of the world (poorer parts especially) that mass displacement of populations will bring societal collapse, conflict, disruption of agricultural systems and food production/distribution. Basically there will be widespread violence and starvation, and much of this will occur in nuclear-armed countries like India, Pakistan, and (the really BIG one) China. Mass population displacements in Asia and Africa will also multiply the flow of desperate refugees to the North and West, putting Liberal Democracy under unbearable strain across Europe (we already have fascists or authoritarian nationalists in power in Italy and Hungary, and they are a rising force in many other nations). Thirdly, even hitting a zero emissions target (at some point in the far-too-distant future) will not stop Global Warming, because positive feedback loops are very likely to have kicked in (and maybe they already have) that make this process unstoppable. If the global temperature increase hits 4° C then there is no way we can stop it there. It MAY stabilise, but there is a good chance that it may not and could simply keep on rising, and if this does happen then it's probably curtains for the vast majority of larger mammals on Earth (including the most numerous, which is homo-sapiens). Either humankind, and its political leaders, grasp this nettle now, overcome the hugely powerful vested interests and the greedy and selfish motives that drive so much of the public discussion on these topics, and make the necessary and drastic changes essential for our medium-term survival, or our technological civilisation, and perhaps our species, is living on borrowed time.

[@craigpardy6204]

But how?

[@elseby]

The wild thing is, people in the central areas of countries don't really care. Uhmm where do y'all think the other half of the population will go to once their areas get flooded? Climate change affects EVERYONE.

[@House31x]

All of these models are underestimating the speed of which the domino effect will impact other variables

[@falsificationism]

Not sure when this one was filmed, but ooof, the timing of this one 😬

[@nsbd90now]

"Faster Than Expected!"

[@TheGiggleMasterP]

To be fair Florida looks like that now.

[@TheGiggleMasterP]

Parts of it anyway

[@kated3165]

@@TheGiggleMasterP Give it a couple more years... besides hurricane isn't even over! What an absolute tragedy...

[@ecurewitz]

It’s gonna gwtbworse

[@track1949]

The blond guy works for NOAA which Project 2025 wants to ditch.

[@karlInSanDiego]

What's the best way to avoid climate action? Belay panic. We need panic. It's the only thing that humans respond to. Expecting us to radically transform our way of life without panic is futile. Please, folks, panic, and then act. Get on board with substantial transition, serious sacrifice, and face the hard truths of how much we need to change.

[@aceherb1755]

My children won’t have seasons. It will just be hot and cold

[@venusiinfurs]

To be fair, that’s how I grew up in Florida.

[@goarmysleepinthemud.]

Or drought and flood.

[@joshk.6246]

Winter is coming will only be a prophecy to look forward to in the future.

[@jkwakopo]

AI will solve everything don’t worry. They will figure out something

[@nathanandsugar5252]

Iowa- for the last 5 years, at least

[@vulcan4d]

I'm afraid that current politicians are too old to care since they won't be around when things get real bad. Also organizations still have time to exploit for maximum profit before strong regulations come in to save our race.

[@circa1890]

Strange .. since many of these folks have children and grandchildren. 😢

[@socratesDude]

All these future projections look pretty grim but what is happening right now is hard to ignore. Now that hurricanes are averaging cat 5 and dumping 3 feet of rain in a span of mere hours how is that survivable? So people are expected to rebuild every year now? That's ridiculous. Every year it will get worse, where does it go from here? It's too late to stop what we've done, all that is left is to survive.

[@rakeshmalik5385]

Remember just a few years ago when meteorologists were wondering whether or not it was even possible for a hurricane to sustain wind speeds over 165mph without tearing itself apart? We just watched one handled 180mph winds with ease... For scale, an EF4 tornado has winds ranging from 166-200 mpg... so Milton had EF4 TORNADO strength winds in its eyewall.

[@ryanjones4106]

@@rakeshmalik5385holy shit

[@robotron26]

Kind of worried you are talking about 2100 and 2150… Isnt the goal net zero 2050?

[@denisemannino]

After the last two weeks, you know this is happening now. I live on the Gulf Coast where climate refuges are a reality right in our community.

[@joweb1320]

Cool electric truck!!

[@CaptainG-xs3yo]

Trump saying it will make a lot more land.... Wrong. Most of Florida will be gone.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

Epstein-Drumpf

[@ecoechocultivation9076]

Epstein-Drumpf

[@davideriksen2434]

the north of canada is becoming more habitable i feel like theres more land

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

@@davideriksen2434 feelings are important but land is not the same thing as soil for growing food. We have a record 310 million that are food insecure with 50 million in "acute" food insecurity (meaning starving unless they get food assistance). That number will escalate fast.

[@Milhouse77BS]

It’s been too late for 50 years now

[@7655kitten]

Longer than that 😢😢😢 and it's only getting worse, especially since people want to deny climate change even exists. I encourage everyone to go Vegan as 1 way to make the largest pact against climate change as well as protecting all sentient beings, our Mother Earth and our future generations 💚🌱💚

[@whatgoesaroundcomesaround920]

"Too late" for what? Avoiding any change? Well, yeah. Total ice melt and up to 40' of sea level rise, like in the Pleistocene? NOT too late. The more we do, and the sooner we do it, the less catastrophic the effects. This is NOT an "all or nothing" proposition, and to frame the situation that way is defeatist.

[@catc8927]

@@whatgoesaroundcomesaround920Thank you for saying this. If we’d done what we were doing now 50 years ago, we would be in a far better place.

[@ecurewitz]

The best we can do is mitigate the damage

[@justmenotyou3151]

No, I'm afarid we can't and won't. ​@ecurewitz

[@Urbangardenersproject]

6-7 feet on the smaller scale as someone who lives in an area erected by sea level rise would be absolutely detrimental to the people that live on the coasts. I will likely see the erosion of eastern Floridas barrier island.😢

[@mikecaetano]

The situation will probably be worse than projected because so far climate scientists have been underestimating the effects of fossil fuel burning induced global heating.

[@DarinSimmons]

@7:32 The voice says 3 feet, the text box in the lower right says 3 feet, but the lower-third says 3 meters(!) contradicting the text and voice over

[@pbsterra]

Hey, thanks for watching! Great question. The photo is simulating ~3 feet of groundwater. Since the location is ~7 feet above high tide levels, in this scenario the sea level would be at 10 feet (3 meters) to see ~3 feet of groundwater.

[@mgreg8134]

What the h are you talking about the lady and the graphs are both talking feet yeah the guy from the NOAA is talking in meters but the graph still says feet.

[@charleshartley9597]

This is so dumb. Can we all just use meters like the rest of the world!?! Especially when conveying scientific information. Force the "feet knuckle draggers" do the conversion. I'm being a bit facetious as an American myself, but I use metric in my work and it's just so much easier to use. I also changed my phone and thermostat to use Celsius to become more familiar with it. Anyway, great video PBS! Yes, just be sure the video and graphs match to avoid this silliness.

[@tesla6422]

We keep pushing the narrative that the low to middle scenarios are 'more likely' but if you look to past data, the worst case scenario has consistently been materialized.

[@chadb1675]

The scary thing is that 4°C is actually looking more likely since world governments are not taking action in meaningful ways fast enough. And we don't have a good grasp of compounding effects from melting permafrost AND melting ice sheets AND more moisture in the atmosphere AND etc etc etc. The world is about to get very unstable

[@Raymund-Swales]

130,000 years ago all of Southern Florida was under water when the seas rose 25' during one of the stages of melt during ice age.

[@sunshinesquares]

One minute ago! Wow how did I get so lucky?

[@Biceman]

Always buy a house on elevated land and on a slight slope. That way heavy rain will always run off and you'll be protected from sea level rise. If you want to build long-term familial wealth, buy some bare land 5m - 10m above ground near a populated area of land less than 5m in elevation. Towns will slowly retreat to the higher ground and your land value will rapidly increase.

[@Petch85]

On top of this also comes bigger storms and more rainfall. So as the sea level rises areas that normally would get flooded would begin to flood with smaller and smaller intervals, long before they will be completely under water.

[@esgee3829]

please tell me mar a lago will be safe?

[@DBT1007]

the most recognizable sign is the average temperature. even nowadays, it getting hotter these days... i don't remember this kind of season cycle to be this hot, to be this cold...

[@geoffreykeating8172]

Scientists need to hire advertising firms, they are failing in getting their message out , hint use emotions

[@Brodmann312]

It is not that simple. Their information is not welcome on most news broadcasts. This is why some climate scientists have resorted to getting themselves arrested for a chance at a headline.

[@jasonsutter3818]

Lets have an open discussion. Why is this bad? when 85-90% of Earth's species that have ever lived, including those in the seas, have gone extinct... what makes us human think we wont be any different? Its noble you want to save the Earths present state, but if history has taught you anything.... Resistance is futile, humans time will end.

[@baneofbanes]

Geez I wonder how trashing our ecosystems and flooding the regions of the earth where most people live and turning our farmlands into deserts could ever be bad! If you want to die just say so.

[@plow76]

Keep voting red, Florida. 🙄

[@user-xm3wd8tz6d]

The government needs to go after companies to stop producing plastic and oil products period. They are the issue. It’s never going to be fixed if they keep producing and pushing consumption of the products.

[@baneofbanes]

Yeah, we can’t just get rid of plastic

[@tylermegehe]

I'm heading for the mountains. Grow my own and make my own beer. The world has gone sideways.

[@susanyoung6579]

What about the Netherlands? Odd they weren't mentioned at all considering how much of that land lies below sea level.

[@Buttersstotch1582]

No stopping it.

[@ecurewitz]

We had our chance and blew it

[@i.k.8868]

Just imagine growing up right now as a child of bat shit crazy Trumpsters in Florida, and having to live your life in some kind of 'Waterworld' dystopia...

[@HououinKyouma-q4o]

Imagine life being this wrapped up in politics. You can tell with people like you that, that is your whole personality. It's sad really. Especially considering you guys are just 2 sides of the same coin.

[@nickcliche]

@@HououinKyouma-q4obootlicker

[@MBMCincy63]

I wish I could watch Waterworld again! Or the Postman? Kevin Costner's movies are good.

[@nsbd90now]

@@HououinKyouma-q4o I bet you're staring at a giant Trump flag right now!

[@samuelwikstrom7721]

​@@HououinKyouma-q4onerd

[@PhoenixBeI]

It's not 30 years! It's 25. 2025 is next year.

[@bdeas]

We need to keep our priorities straight and remember that the important thing here is that an Exxon CEO got his 12th mcmansion.

[@silasbolle3416]

As a dutchman I have only one thing to say: Bring it on sea, we will win again and again. Even if we need to make our dykes 30 meters high, we are to stubborn to let the sea win 😂

[@sar4806]

Time to learn how to swim. 🏊‍♂️

[@tesselationstation]

God, I hate how stagnant gov., corp., commerce/industry is on this issue! This will cost billions of dollars to address. Create local ethical business!

[@jkwakopo]

Thank god I left East Coast. Im at 7000ft im good. Good luck to you all

[@esgee3829]

except that variability in water availability, including some seasons with no snow at higher elevation, will mean you don't have reliable drinking water. it's ok though. if you're rich enough you'll spend lots of money on trucking in water. but that's not to mention the increase in costs for food and other goods which require water to produce from wherever they're trucked-in. you are not immune. nobody is. and how you fare will depend on how much you have to spend to offset the costs. good luck.

[@exiled_londoner]

Being seven thousand feet up a mountain or on a plateau will not save people from societal collapse, loss of food production and distribution systems, or the widespread violence and chaos that will accompany these disasters. Nobody gets to opt out of this.

[@jkwakopo]

@@esgee3829 we get more and more snow up here so don’t worry about us. And don’t tell anyone ok?

[@jkwakopo]

@@exiled_londoner i got a ranch bro i got mad chickens and pigs!

[@jkwakopo]

@@esgee3829 i am immune i got a solar power and mad chickens and pigs bro! I also got some jalapenos growing outside. Let me know if shit goes down and you wanna join me. I also got mad guns and ammos so you know them libtards aint coming to my ranch.

[@CesarNostradamus-wj9uq]

You get it, it’s just a delayed process

[@explore_off_road]

We talk about Sea Level Rise ... but what would that do to Rivers that feed into the Oceans? Would those back up?

[@davideriksen2434]

all you poor people that dont own a private jet should give up your cars so i can continue to fly in my private jet

[@KINGDAVIDREINCARNATED]

It looks like the maps that Gordon Michael Scallion created.

[@MBMCincy63]

Those are great images created @ 7:45.....but, 10/10/24 just after Helene & Milton have hit the Southeast (NC, Florida, Georgia) they ought to use the real flooding images.

[@aaryck5601]

So what’s going to happen now with Batinson? I hope they figure out they need to work together and get things cleaned up. Now isn’t the time for else-worlds.

[@numenthehuman]

Anthropocene Epoch is lame i wanna go back

[@astrocoastalprocessor]

time to find a new town

[@blandp11]

I gave this video a thumbs up, but I do not approve of sea level rise nor our willful uncaring about it.

[@Satire-Gaming]

Better go see Venice now lol

[@PhilipEvang]

Kudos to PBS! Unfortunately, competing interests are going to foil your efforts. We're that stupid.

[@charlottedean2205]

what about MI? the great lakes get filled from the north

[@GreenPoint_one]

Actually Im curious about the new world. :3

[@P0P.P0P]

Yet banks still risk billions investing in massive building projects in these areas. These mega banks don't like losing money, I wonder why they still invest in these areas?

[@nsbd90now]

But are they still now? The insurance companies are pulling out, and there was that apartment building collapse not too long ago. Even what is there is facing huge upgrade expenses. If there is new building going on it has to be part of some money laundering scam.

[@baneofbanes]

And will they contour to do that as these billions keep getting flooded and washed out to sea?

[@gmaneis]

What an eye opener! Thanks for this interesting and important information.

[@markcalhoun8219]

"sea level will take centuries to catch up" yeah don't bet on it... maybe A century.

[@esgee3829]

i think the answer is clear, we just need to explode the water so it doesn't cause problems. #fixedit

[@timisaacson5509]

I think the numbers you presented in this video are wildly optimistic. 3 to 4 degrees by 2100 is a fantasy. We are already close to 2 degrees above pre-industrial times. At the rate we are going I expect at least 8 degrees warming by 2100. I expect we will pass 4 degrees by 2050.

[@TheDanEdwards]

"I expect at least 8 degrees warming by 2100. "

[@Mike_Genisys]

Or buy land where the new beachfront is expected to be and will it to your heirs.

[@jamesduncan578]

I wonder how the buildings in NY would hold up with ten ft of water. would they be stable and still be usable. I could see water born communities like Venice. Interesting thought.

[@jimsigrist5506]

You are kidding, right?

[@TheFlinnster]

The buildings might be okay but the subway will not. Electricity might have issues too.

[@jamesduncan578]

@jimsigrist5506 Not at all, I just let the mind wander about about what would happen to all of these buildings. Sure there would be issues that would have to be thought about and it not like it will happen suddenly so if work was done to secured utilities and such, but don't you think it would make an interesting thought experiment. Better then just abandoning them and let them sit out there in the surf. But, oops here coies the mind again, maybe break them down where the stand to form into a levee of sorts and maybe save some of the coast line. What are you thinking,"here comes the water, lets run for the hills. Sorry about all you farmers but we have 8.3 billion people moving in". Come on, do you have any ideas?

[@jimsigrist5506]

@@jamesduncan578 Dude, humans will be extinct before sea level rise. Study food insecurity at 2.5-4C. Heating is happening way too rapidly for adaptation.

[@Dan5482]

inches, foot, feet... What the hell is it?

[@yosconisi]

Not worst than I thought, worse than you thought. Just because you are ignorant, doesn't mean I am

[@beth8775]

Do these warming calculations include the extra carbon and methane from thawing permafrost?

[@deisisase]

New Orleans is in huge trouble; I was a little kid when Katrina hit and people were wondering whether to rebuild there or not. Rumor on the street is that there was a million people living in very remote communities in the byuos and thise people resupplied in New Orleans, many of those communities no longer exist.

[@artboymoy]

As Trump says, more beachfront property! LOL. What a maroon. IMO, they should have started closing off parts of New Orleans to residential areas. Try and covert them to marshland.

[@GreenPoint_one]

One day denmark will be an island xD

[@patriciaaturner289]

But Trump says we will have more seafront land.

[@kuukeli]

thank you for posting video

[@danielfaben5838]

Nothing like a little over optimism to spoil a well reasoned show about possible warming effects. Best causes for hope are massive reductions in standards of living and the elimination of huge volumes of human beings generally. Few births, lots of deaths, failure of economies. These are the grim choices for a more stable earth system. Put your bets in now while the odds makers are still in business.

[@rainforest_eye]

Reforestation is key.

[@CesarNostradamus-wj9uq]

It will take days with this solar maximum 25 energy unfortunately. To answer your question it’s not easy being right all the time. I wish i was wrong.

[@CesarNostradamus-wj9uq]

At the forty-eighth climacteric degree, At the end of Cancer very great dryness: Fish in sea, river, lake boiled hectic, BŽarn, Bigorre in distress through fire from the sky. -Nostradamus

[@dipperdog]

Great video- thank for making this!

[@alternativethree]

Human nature is optimistically greedy, therefore we need to comprehend graphically how much land we could have gain in 3 feet of lower sea level, and what would that look like, to really comprehend a 3 feet water lever increase as shown in your video. As in just imagine what would a hundred bucks that I take from you would be, from to be given a hundred bucks free. Then once understood that concept, hope it does not turn into a political discussion. But if it does, pray it does not become religious one. Ok, you are out of luck and that happens often, well then, guess greed is not that good after all, but I just can not help it. Hey! do not tell me it is just a balancing act, If this is a circus, do not let the monkeys run the show. Then again, life is entropically challenge.

[@iwitnessedit6713]

MSR reactors

[@gladlawson61]

This woman is beautiful. Dang. I wish.

[@jaydee975]

Now to be honest, please try to see both the positive and negative of a warming planet. Just don’t be catastrophizing and be all doom and gloom about it. Leave that for the news media folks who only want to see the bad in everything.

[@badpanda1532]

Still missing the point. Your civilization is built on at least 100 years of built up infrastructure created in a stable environment. Once the rate of environmental change outpaces the ability to compensate, civilization ends. Not saying it will occur everywhere all at once, but imagine how many wars will occur for resources to simply survive. It will cascade the fall into countries less initially affected.

[@p.strobus7569]

OK. Billions of people will have to migrate from where they are and communities that are on higher ground will need to adapt and welcome these immigrants. Some crops will be able to grow further north, but the wheat rust, among other plant diseases, will move north with them. Insect pests that were limited by cold winters will expand into new ranges. The 20 inch rainfall line currently around 98 degrees West in the US will move eastward meaning more land will need to be irrigated in order to remain productive. More heat energy will be available for tornados and hurricanes so the ones that happen will be stronger. On the plus side, we might come up with neat innovations or experience a new birth of civic mindedness which leads to a commitment to make sure there that we don’t leave anyone behind.

[@edbouhl3100]

Well, on the plus side, in 15,000 years the fusion food tours will be awesome .

[@oneoftree]

I don't know how effective it is at motivating congress; but I would think that Flood Vision's efforts are helpful.

[@justmenotyou3151]

Comeon net 0, give me a break. It's not going to happen.

[@lucesainte-marie9017]

Don’t be shy to talk about Eastern Canada Maritimes. This territory is as least as large as Singapour, Miami and Louisiana all together. We are neighbours, after all.

[@jimsigrist5506]

Do you understand the exponential function? CO2 lasts thousands of years in the atmosphere. DAC (Direct Air Capture) requires an enormous amount of energy and fossil fuel burning to construct. Humans will never see sea level rise, humans will be extinct. I think your presentation is disingenuous.

[@yourturn777]

So long to mar dalogo

[@boboloko]

So, Trump's claim that there would be more oceanside property is wrong? Who woulda figured...

[@user-rw718]

What does it matter we will all be gone. The future generations will build differently. I dont believe in climate change we can always do what Dubai has done and build our land back again

[@jaydee975]

The winter of 2023/24 was the warmest, and in my opinion the BEST winter ever in Minnesota! ❤🎉 I hope this winter will be a repeat! 🙏🏼🌴❤️

[@badpanda1532]

Hope you like malaria.

[@CesarNostradamus-wj9uq]

FL and other southern and coastal areas will be under water by the end of 2025, mark my words.

[@MrEroshan]

Trump is so stupid he doesn't realize that sea level rise does not mean "more beachfront property".

[@4ryan42]

Oh no, we'll lose a lot of Florida...