s08nlql9 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • edit-21 year agoWe're not going to terraform Mars, but we're doing a good job of venusforming Earth.fediscience.orgmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down111file-text
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1external-linkWe're not going to terraform Mars, but we're doing a good job of venusforming Earth.fediscience.orgs08nlql9 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • edit-21 year agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Dadifer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•1 year agoMuch more likely the whole earth turns into a desert, no?
minus-square@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year 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-square@PanArab@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•1 year 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.