This has been a doozy of a year. And it’s the best year so far blah blah. So how are you all coping? Does it hit anyone else like a bolt of lightning that probably I - we - won’t die of old age?

  • LustyArgonian@lemmy.worldOP
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    5 months ago

    If given infinite resources, yes. I answered you.

    The current population will likely be zero, perhaps simply approaching the limit of zero if tardigrades and extremophiles survive. But in terms of multicellular life, yeah, there can be a zero for sure. Because the energy from the sun can theoretically increase exponentially.

    It would be cool if our ozone was working perfectly, then, huh? But it’s not any more, and is getting worse: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/topics/in-depth/climate-change-mitigation-reducing-emissions/current-state-of-the-ozone-layer

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      5 months ago

      If given infinite resources, yes. I answered you.

      I again didn’t ask that. Its also not true for all populations(such as human populations)

      The current population will likely be zero, perhaps simply approaching the limit of zero if tardigrades and extremophiles survive. But in terms of multicellular life, yeah, there can be a zero for sure.

      I did ask if there can be either. I asked why you assume it would be.

      It would be cool if our ozone was working perfectly, then, huh? But it’s not any more, and is getting worse:

      That source seems to indicate that they’re not entirely sure why it is getting worse, but it is a combination of factors. However NASA and the the UN say recovery of the ozone layer is still on track for 2040.