Warming up to Death

Is our imminent global ecological collapse inevitable, or can we live within natural limitations?

“…all of the central features of life from gestation and growth to mortality are exponentially sensitive to temperature.”

“…a modest 2C change in ambient temperature leads to a 20 percent to 30 percent change in growth and mortality rates. This is huge and therein lies our problem. If global warming induces a temperature increase of around 2C, which it is on track to do, then the pace of almost all biological life across all scales will increase by a whopping 20 percent to 30 percent.“

Geoffrey West, Scale