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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·4 hours ago Why doesn’t everyone pack it up and move back to the savannahs of Africa? Give climate change a few more decades and they might have to
minus-squareHegar@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 hours agoPeople will not be moving to equitorial regions.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 hours agoThey will if they’re at high elevation
minus-squaretrxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 hours agoWhich the savannahs are not though.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-23 hours agoKenya has an average elevation of 762 meters. The continent of Africa is an enormous plateau.
minus-squaretrxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThat would lower the temperature by about 5 degrees Celsius compared to sea level, which doesn’t help enough with African temperatures.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 minutes ago That would lower the temperature by about 5 degrees Celsius Sounds great if you’re worried about a global 4⁰ temperature increase
minus-squaretrxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 minutes agoIt appears you very much misunderstand the impact of global climate change
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 hours agoThat’s hilariously low
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-231 minutes agoLow? That’s within a few dozen meters of the US average. Of course, Nairobi - Kenya’s largest city - is 1,795 m. About 200 m higher than Denver. But that’s averages for you.
Give climate change a few more decades and they might have to
People will not be moving to equitorial regions.
They will if they’re at high elevation
Which the savannahs are not though.
Kenya has an average elevation of 762 meters. The continent of Africa is an enormous plateau.
That would lower the temperature by about 5 degrees Celsius compared to sea level, which doesn’t help enough with African temperatures.
Sounds great if you’re worried about a global 4⁰ temperature increase
It appears you very much misunderstand the impact of global climate change
That’s hilariously low
Low? That’s within a few dozen meters of the US average.
Of course, Nairobi - Kenya’s largest city - is 1,795 m. About 200 m higher than Denver. But that’s averages for you.