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2007-10-03 14:47:28 · 2 answers · asked by gscola_14 1 in Science & Mathematics Biology

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Of course.

There is life around deep ocean vents called fumeroles that live in water exceeding 140 degrees F.

The surface of rthe ocean will never get that hot due to atmospheric changes alone as long as there is an atmosphere as we know it.

There may just not be as many humans around. We don't know........how many or how many other species will be impacted too.

2007-10-03 14:56:44 · answer #1 · answered by opinionator 5 · 1 0

Almost certainly. First of all, it's anybody's guess at this point how severe the effects of warming are going to be. There are already changes, and these changes will undoubtedly continue and intensify. Organisms are already disappearing (although that's more likely at this point due to direct human activity than warming), and that is almost certainly going to continue and intensify as well - it may even be another big die-off like the one at the end of the the Cretaceous. The absolute worst case scenario would be to have the Earth end up like Venus - runaway warming resulting in a dead planet. That seems so unlikely as to be not worth worrying about, but we're certainly in for some big changes over the next century or so. Still, life is very adaptable - things die off, other things adapt and evolve to fill open biological slots. We won't see themn - these are long-term changes - but our descendants will (hopefully). Or our successors.

2007-10-03 22:20:56 · answer #2 · answered by John R 7 · 1 0

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