HEADLINE: “Meteorologist: No, We’re Not Going Extinct — Slate’s Climate Panic Ignores Reality” - Anthony Watts

“ Human extinction is a baseless climate scare.”
In a recent Slate article, titled “I Used to Hope Humans Were Headed for Extinction. Now I Know That Fantasy Allows Us the Easy Way Out” author Lizzie Wade argues that humanity is on the path to extinction due to climate change...
This claim is not just alarmist; it’s absurdly wrong.
The available evidence today suggests that humanity is more resilient and capable of adapting to changing climates than ever before, bolstered by centuries of technological and medical advancements.

• Contrary to the doomsday narrative pushed by Slate, humanity is currently experiencing a golden age.

Consider the metrics: global life expectancy has more than doubled over the past century, food production is at an all-time high, and access to clean water, healthcare, and education has dramatically improved...

• The reality is that warmth fosters life, while cold has historically brought more suffering and death.
• Consider the graph below.

It clearly shows that as we have advanced technologically, while at the same time slightly warming over the past century, human death risks from climate have approached zero...