A exciting side effect of global warming

[Archbob]

So, global warming is mostly bad but there's an exciting side effect of it. I've been lamenting for a long time that our present day so-called monster animals are a bit wussy compared to those of yesteryear. I mean instead of T-Rex, we have Komodo Dragons. Instead of Megaladons, we have only the great white. And instead of Mosasaurs , we have .... nothing.

But since reptiles are cold-blooded, they are inherently limited in size by the average surrounding temperature. Now if global warming were to increase the Earth's Average temperature by say 3-5 degree centigrade, we good see exciting new animals like Titanoboa become reality. We could also get the giant Mosasaurs back.

Doesn't this make people excited?

 

[King Kalmah]

The only "exciting" effect is the vines/jungle growth invaded the everglades and southeastern America....

Since the Earth is getting "hotter" the vines are growing and taking over natives plants/killing them off.What is really going is the same idiots who keep Burmese Pythons as pets must have cousins who think non native vines/jungle plants look cool in their yards/backyards,,,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_invasive_species_in_the_Everglades

Same thing happened in So. California where there is every kind of non native plant.The only reason it doesn't hurt the environment is because we paved over it all....

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

While I myself will miss the snow and snowstorms, I'm looking forward to another humid hothouse, with tropical jungle as far as the eye can see.

Just gotta let that water cycle catch up first, and it'll be a while.

Single-biome FTW!

(CFC really needs a Nerd smilie. A dozen years is FAR too long to go without at least one. )

 

[Archbob]

Nah, there will be plenty of desert as well.

 

[Joecoolyo]

If you're willing to wait 10-100 million years for natural selection to kick in with the good stuff, then yeah, would be pretty neat.

 

[ace99]

All that new arable land and easier access to resources in Canada, Russia, Greenland, Scandinavia, Alaska. Possibly parts of Antarctica could be explored for resources. Northern Passage will open reducing the importance of Panama and the Suez, some real ship traffic up in the Arctic. It's a brave new world once we get over the desertification, food and water shortages, disease and other similar things.

 

[Archbob]

If you're willing to wait 10-100 million years for natural selection to kick in with the good stuff, then yeah, would be pretty neat.

Just a growth in size does not take nearly that long.

 

[FriendlyFire]

Doesn't this make people excited?

But I dont believe in Global warming or evolution.
Anyways Jesus is coming back, Whos excited ?

 

[JohnRM]

But I dont believe in Global warming or evolution.
Anyways Jesus is coming back, Whos excited ?

Jesus changed his mind. He said, its too hot.

 

[King Kalmah]

Jesus changed his mind. He said, its too hot.

That and he forgot his SPF 500 sunblock....

 

[Masada]

i thought legit use of megadeath to describe stuff was the most exciting side effect.

 

[Murky]

There already are monster size swarms of jellyfish. I'm sure there some other examples like with invasive species gaining more ground because of global warming.

 

[Masada]

we won't be eating soylent green... we'll be eating jel-clear and maybe al-ga-grun

 

[warpus]

While I myself will miss the snow and snowstorms, I'm looking forward to another humid hothouse, with tropical jungle as far as the eye can see.

Climate change likely means more of both: snowstorms and deserts.

 

[Joecoolyo]

Just a growth in size does not take nearly that long.

Yeah, but I'm talking about the good stuff, change in size isn't all too interesting. I want to see some new exciting species!

 

[Borachio]

Then you'll have to make a bit of room. Empty a few niches. And wait a bit.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Nah, there will be plenty of desert as well.

Climate change likely means more of both: snowstorms and deserts.

I thought that only applied to the climate change itself, (eg, the transitionary periods between climates) not the after effects when things are (mostly/sort-of) stabilized in a new climate?

Although technically, there probably is such a thing as too hot, as I recall a (yahoo news; sorry ) article saying at one point in ancient, post-cambrian explosion prehistory, it was indeed hot enough for an equatorial dead zone/desert.

 

[History_Buff]

If there were giant monsters just beginning to roam the earth, we'd hunt them for sport so fast they'd die out.

 

[Rashiminos]

My wall has a few mounting slots open.