A new supercontinent will form in the tropics that will be too hot and dry for warm-blooded creatures, including humans, to survive.
  • zepheriths@lemmy.worldEnglish
    633·
    9 个月前

    I’m gonna be real with you mammals didn’t even exist 250 million years ago. That’s how much evolution has happened. In 250 million more, mammals will continue to evolve,

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      46·
      9 个月前

      Well, eventually either you or the author of this article is going to look pretty foolish. We’ll have to wait and see.

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      9 个月前

      If by some incredible stroke of luck we don’t wipe ourselves out, any descendants left at that time won’t be human. In fact that’s so long that there could be dozens of post human species living all over the galaxy.

      • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 个月前

        There’s a theory that we only have one shot at becoming a highly advanced spacefaring species. If we experience global societal collapse where present day knowledge is lost, the remaining resources on Earth we used to arrive at our level of technology won’t be available to any that come after. All the special materials were near the surface of the Earth, and we used primitive methods to collect and refine those. We got all of those, but that was okay because we used that to make specialized tools and machines to dig deeper getting to additional supplies of those materials.

        the theory goes that humanity, rising from the ashes of the fallen past with technology and knowledge lost, won’t have that same chance. They’ll be stuck on Earth until the Sun consumes it.

        • BellaDonna@mujico.orgEnglish
          1·
          9 个月前

          It’s not farfetched, it’s the most likely, realistic outcome. I think we’re already too late, and we’ve blown our chance these last few decades. This is the deciding era.

    • oldGregg@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      9 个月前

      If mammals didn’t exist 250 million years ago, and they do now, I’d say it’s a safe bet they’ll evolve into something other than mammals

  • skulblaka@kbin.social
    242·
    9 个月前

    At the rate we’re going we’ll be lucky if we aren’t all dead in 250 years, let alone 250 million.

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.deEnglish
      11·
      9 个月前

      Not all dead but whoever remains will be very miserable. Most electronics won’t last that long and requires complex production chains so no Mario Kart to spice up your hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

    • Firipu@startrek.websiteEnglish
      4·
      9 个月前

      I mean, I can guarantee that every single mammal on earth alive today will be dead in 250 years. Nice prediction.

      If you mean humanity: humans will 100% still be around in 250 years. Even with an advanced society. As advanced and interconnected as now? Who knows. But we’ll still be far ahead of eg the middle ages or even early industrial revolution.

    • Honytawk@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      9 个月前

      Well, you are talking about just humans, while the article is talking about all forms of mammals

  • andlewis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    193·
    9 个月前

    If we’re still stuck on this planet, or unable to terraform it in 250 million years then we all deserve to go extinct.

  • angrystego@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    9 个月前

    Continents rearrange themselves very slowly. The change will be gradual. There’s no reason to think that life, including mammals, will not evolve during that time to cope with the change.

  • Swim@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    9 个月前

    shit, thats plenty of time! crank up oil production for few thousand years /s