What will the world look like in 1 thousand years if we do not act against global warming?
2007-09-16 14:48:49 · 14 answers · asked by Adam S 1 in Environment ➔ Other - Environment
Coastlines will be very different, with much land underwater. The standard of living will be lower as a result of the huge expense needed to cope with the changes. Population will be lower, since there will have been food shortages for a considerable time.
We'll still be here, but we will have gone through some very hard times.
2007-09-16 15:07:28 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A thousand years is a long way out... We are having trouble predicting the next hundred or so. A previous poster stated that all of the fossil fuels will have been depleted, and I agree with that statement for the most part so it makes sense that the earth, regardless of what we do now will be well on its way to recovery by then.
If you are interested in a nearer future I recommend watching "An Inconvenient Truth" while I think some of the facts are a bit skewed the general idea that Al Gore is pushing is right on track with most scientific observations.
2007-09-16 20:14:45 · answer #2 · answered by JL 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An ice age occurs when the planet warms. Why? Because the polar ice melts which decreases the salinity of seawater. That will stop the convection of warmer water to the northern climates. This has happened many times over thousands of years and is well-documented.
2007-09-16 18:04:06 · answer #3 · answered by Steve R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Flooding of all low lying areas. Reduced farmland from higher saline soil. Much different rainfall patterns. Much more desert land. A lot of species of plants and animals will be extinct, including ones that benefit mankind. Severe shortages of fresh water. Third world countries will be hit even harder by these.
When oil supplies run extremely low, countries like the United States who think everything is just theirs, will engage in more wars like Iraq over oil.
2007-09-16 17:58:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If worldwide warming replaced into actual, then you ought to lean your blend through fewer dense air, and theoretically save gas. There might additionally be a extra constructive possibility of bikinis on the meets. sounds like worldwide warming is a sturdy element huh?
2016-10-09 07:53:38 · answer #5 · answered by pharris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1,000 years, if we keep going the way we are going now, all the oil and coal in the world will have been long since completely used up, so the problem will already be correcting itself.
2007-09-16 15:01:32 · answer #6 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll start to worry about global warming when Al Gore trades in his private jumbo jet for a hybrid car.
2007-09-16 15:57:20 · answer #7 · answered by Derek M 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No where near as destructive as global cooling. In a thousand years the earth will lokk pretty much the same.
The earth constantly cools and heats. Its a cycle writen in the landscape.
You have nothing to do with it.
When the doomsayers are willing to sell their waterfront properties for less than they paid for them thats when I will start to worry.
2007-09-16 14:55:00 · answer #8 · answered by goatslunch 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A lot less drastic than Al Gore would like to have us beleive. Just like the shoreline flooding they predict. Mathematically that just does not work. Figure it out.
2007-09-16 16:33:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
um, if there is a world in 100, let alone 1000 years, we definitely won't be here. perhaps the world will be able to heal itself without our presence>?
2007-09-16 14:57:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋