fuzzy logic,
CO2 is the most important persistent greenhouse gas and is strongly absorptive in the 14 micron band, right in the main curve of the EM spectrum emitted by the Earth, it isn’t absorptive in the shorter wavelengths that make up sunlight. The result is a growing radiative imbalance that has to result in the warming of the overall global system and past records show us what happens when the Earth goes through rapid warming events, the seas can turn anoxic and create the perfect conditions for sulfur loving bacteria which give off hydrogen sulfide, a poisonous gas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoxic_event
There are several species which will survive such a calamity.
Probably some insects, which seem to be able to adapt to almost anything you can throw at them . Here is link to an old but still relevant expose of insects, probably the oldest complex adaptable life forms. do watch all 10 segments and you will never see insects in the same way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R8UN9zGD04&list=PLFFBDAA61C9D27454
And several deep ocean species, such as "black smokers" which already live in a sulphur rich environment.
The hot water is very rich in sulfur and very poor in oxygen; as it hits the ocean water, black sulfur-rich mineral grains form a cloud. This picture of a black smoker was taken from a submarine (the Alvin), just barely visible at the bottom right. The hot spring water has made solid tubes that stick straight up from the sea floor; the “black smoke" is on top of the tube in the center of the picture.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/marslife/slide_30.html
Not all hope is lost. Life will continue, it just won't be human.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/marslife/slide_30.html
Not all hope is lost. Life will continue, it just won't be human.
Any of you folks familiar with
Professor Robert M. Hazen -
"The Story of Earth"
http://hazen.gl.ciw.edu/publications/books
also
The Great Courses series - Origins of Life
http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=1515
Fun stuff about earliest biological processes, along with details about the developing science along with a review of the various schools of thought.
Amazing stuff. Fun stuff.
And the whole pageant regarding how mineral development was intimately intertwined with organic development.
It’s a shame these wonders of discovery aren’t available or interesting to people.
We have drunk the KoolAid called Reaganomics who’s bottom line was/is/remains
Greed is Good
Too Much Is Never Enough
Maximize consumption, as though the Earth has no limits,
stupid, stupid, stupid.
Don’t have to believe me,
just stick around and watch.