lionkoy5555@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-27 days agoWe're not going to terraform Mars, but we're doing a good job of venusforming Earth.fediscience.orgexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1994arrow-down1external-linkWe're not going to terraform Mars, but we're doing a good job of venusforming Earth.fediscience.orglionkoy5555@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-27 days agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDadifer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 days agoMuch more likely the whole earth turns into a desert, no?
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 days agoEarth’s surface is 2/3rds water and that’s not changing. But intense heat means more storms with stronger winds and heavier rain. Imagine a Cat 5 hitting the coast every year.
minus-squareمهما طال الليل@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoNo, that would be mercuryforming Earth. Earth will still have an atmosphere and rainfall, though it may no longer be livable for humans.
Much more likely the whole earth turns into a desert, no?
Earth’s surface is 2/3rds water and that’s not changing.
But intense heat means more storms with stronger winds and heavier rain. Imagine a Cat 5 hitting the coast every year.
No, that would be mercuryforming Earth. Earth will still have an atmosphere and rainfall, though it may no longer be livable for humans.