This headline might sound alarmist, but given the consequences of increased fossil fuel exploitation and reduced funding for disaster recovery operations and medical research, this is entirely accurate.
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Katie Martin
Krugman unleashed is fun.
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Applying the 1,000 tonne rule, that's 4 million extra deaths
Up there with the worst atrocities in history!
Die, Baby, Die
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02323/full
Now I think we'll pass that by 2050 and reach 2100 with... a literally hellish atmosphere.
Using 20-30 year moving averages on an increasing graph simply delays the mathematical moment, but doesn’t change how fast everything melts or burns.