Scientists predict land on Earth will once again form a ‘supercontinent’ in 250 million years, but New Zealand won’t be part of it - and won't sustain life either.
  • eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Great, so we’ll still be getting ripped off on international shipping 250 million years from now

  • fritata_fritato@lemmy.nzOP
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    1 year ago

    I haven’t contributed much here and enjoyed this. I also feel like a deserve a gold star for avoiding the urge to make NZ map joke…

    • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz
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      1 year ago

      Here ya go: ⭐

      In saying that, I reckon a c/MapsWithoutNZ would be nice to have on this server.

    • Ozymati@lemmy.nz
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      1 year ago

      Already in progress based on the migration numbers. Soon their whole medical profession will be Kiwis.

  • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    Humans are pretty good at withstanding high heat compared to other animals, considering we can sweat and don’t have fur. I think we’d be okay.

    • fritata_fritato@lemmy.nzOP
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      1 year ago

      I’ve been in 45.5 degrees and it’s right at the edge of what I could cope without air conditioning. I definitely couldn’t farm, construct, or do any manual labour required for society to sustain itself at 60 degrees.

      • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I once had to check a sensor that was above a boiler, the air temperature was just over 50 degrees. I walked up steps to about 10m above the ground, the temperature rising the whole time.

        I by the time I was around 7m up the air was above 35 degrees and the sweating started in force. The total time in the high temperature area was probably less than 3 minutes. But FFS, 50 degrees is not sustainable for even walking up and down steps, just being there and reading the instrument wasn’t too bad (for 2 minutes) as the air is super dry; but any form of exertion isn’t doable for people.

      • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz
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        1 year ago

        I imagine we’d become a fairly nocturnal society if this happened. That, or operate all the farm equipment remotely from our subterranean bunkers.

          • Dave@lemmy.nzM
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            1 year ago

            Right? Star Trek promised replicators that can make anything on demand only a few hundred years in the future. I sure hope we don’t still have commercial farms in 250 million years.

            • Willy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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              1 year ago

              I’m just wondering what you would farm when everything dies off. maybe something would evolve that could handle it but even with our help it doesn’t sound promising to anything using the natural processes life uses now.