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Climate-changing human activity could lead to 1 billion deaths over the next century, according to new study (phys.org)
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[–] ConfuzedAZ@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

27,000 deaths a day approximately. According to the WHO 150,000 people die every day right now. 385,000 people are born every day. I mean it sounds bad, but in this context it doesn't sound that bad....

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Exactly, and it's not like it's going to be me dying. It will be someone else. Thanks to denial, I'm immortal.

[–] Cap@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Don't look up

[–] ConfuzedAZ@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, honestly I think the estimate may be low, or perhaps white the death toll is not what is expected the actual quality of life is going to take a huge bit.

[–] currentbias@open-source-eschaton.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@ConfuzedAZ "385,000 people are born every day"

For now

[–] ConfuzedAZ@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. Don't blame people at all for not having kids. Frankly the planet probably needs less humans.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The planet can absolutely support more humans.

We'd just have to be something that even halfway resembles responsible about it. Good luck with that part

[–] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

The planet can absolutely support more humans.

As the world becomes more industrialized and its citizens desire more of the "first world life", I'm starting to be wary of that view.

[–] silence7 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Causing 15% of deaths is a big deal. Maybe not as much a big deal as Doomsday Next Tuesday, but a big deal nevertheless.

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You cannot compare this number and the current population. It's not the same unit. We have humans/time and humans.

[–] vanderstilt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I can't imagine that birth rate keeping up much longer.