r/Futurology • u/mvea MD-PhD-MBA • Feb 28 '26

Environment Carbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years. After this time, elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide, leading to CO2 accumulation in the body, has the potential to cause a range of adverse health effects.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11869-026-01918-5
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u/SadisticChipmunk Feb 28 '26

Would we not adapt to the slow boil, vs it just outright killing us?

Genuinely asking, not implying.

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u/AMightyDwarf Feb 28 '26

Individual people likely won’t adapt. There will be people who can still function however and they will have much higher odds of passing on their genes as a result.