Open AccessEarth is in the Midst of Abrupt, Irreversible Climate Change
Author(s) -
Guy R. McPherson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of earth and environmental science research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2634-8845
DOI - 10.47363/jeesr/2020(2)118
Subject(s) - existentialism , climate change , extinction event , homo sapiens , earth (classical element) , phenomenon , event (particle physics) , extinction (optical mineralogy) , face (sociological concept) , environmental ethics , astrobiology , geography , earth science , geology , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , physics , sociology , paleontology , biology , demography , astronomy , population , biological dispersal , archaeology , quantum mechanics , linguistics
Earth is in the midst of abrupt, irreversible climate change. This ongoing phenomenon poses a major existential risk to Homo sapiens, as well as all other species on Earth. In combination with the ongoing Mass Extinction Event and SARS-CoV-2, further acceleration of climate change seems likely to occur, thereby further exacerbating the existential risk we face.