65gmexl3@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWe're not going to terraform Mars, but we're doing a good job of venusforming Earth.fediscience.orgexternal-linkmessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-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.org65gmexl3@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square61linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDadifer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoMuch more likely the whole earth turns into a desert, no?
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years 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-squarePanArab@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years 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.