Climate crisis: even temporarily overshooting 2C would cause permanent damage to Earth's species

[NickB79]

https://theconversation.com/climate-crisis-even-temporarily-overshooting-2-c-would-cause-permanent-damage-to-earths-species-185929

Until now, scientists were unsure what temporarily overshooting (and then boomeranging back below) the Paris agreement’s temperature target would entail for nature. So, for the first time, we studied the consequences of allowing Earth’s temperature to exceed these precautionary limits, then fall below them again, for marine and land-based life. In other words, we looked at how damaging the journey of overshooting the 2°C temperature target would be, and not just the destination itself.

The results suggest that a temporary overshoot would cause waves of irreversible extinctions and lasting damage to tens of thousands of species. This is what the world can expect if humanity fails to make deep emission cuts this decade, and relies instead on future technologies to remove emissions later.

[hatrack]

1. 13-19% Of Large Sequoias (4 Meters Diameter Or More) Died In Fires In Two Years

And this is a species that co-evolved with fire for millions of years.

So, yeah, have fun living in a denuded, strip-mined world and surveying the smoking remnants of "nature" if we're lucky enough to hold warming at "only" 2C.

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/thousands-giant-sequoias-killed-california-wildfires-81282601