{"id":50771,"date":"2020-08-20T22:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T19:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mit-professor-unveils-5-ways-to-save-ourselves-from-total-human-extinction\/"},"modified":"2020-08-20T22:59:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T19:59:00","slug":"mit-professor-unveils-5-ways-to-save-ourselves-from-total-human-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mit-professor-unveils-5-ways-to-save-ourselves-from-total-human-extinction\/","title":{"rendered":"#MIT professor unveils 5 ways to save ourselves from total human extinction"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#MIT professor unveils 5 ways to save ourselves from total human extinction<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 20, 2020 |<\/span> 3:59pm <\/p>\n

\n Humanity is nearing a point of no return after which nothing can be done to stop our species\u2019 extinction at the hands of climate change.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the shock claim made by one top scientist, who has laid out five ways mankind can save ourselves from the impending climate apocalypse.<\/p>\n

Dr. Asegun Henry, a mechanical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/a>, says the challenge comes down to how we consume energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese five grand challenges, if solved, would literally alter the course of humanity,\u201d Dr Henry said in an MIT interview published August 16.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur mission here is to save humanity from extinction due to climate change. The mission is clear.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThis is a subset of problems that will get us the majority of the way there, if we can solve them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Henry published research alongside two other thermal energy experts last week in the journal Nature Energy.<\/p>\n

In it, they discuss five ways humanity must reinvent the way we transport, store, convert, and use thermal energy.<\/p>\n

Making these changes would go a long way toward avoiding a global rise in temperature of more than 2C, researchers said.<\/p>\n

That critical temperature climb threatens to trigger a catastrophic wave of climate scenarios, including global floods, rampant hurricanes, and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have about 20 to 30 years of business as usual, before we end up on an inescapable path to an average global temperature rise of over 2C,\u201d Henry added.<\/p>\n

Among the five challenges put forward by the team are a change to the way air conditioners and refrigerators work.<\/p>\n

Currently, cooling technology relies on chemicals called refrigerants that are extremely damaging to the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Henry also suggests mankind must find a way to reduce energy waste by creating methods to store excess energy within power grids.<\/p>\n

New materials to replace cement \u2013 the creation of which lets off masses of greenhouse gases \u2013 and for use in walls that allow for the better storage and release of heat in our homes are other challenges set by the team.<\/p>\n

Finally, new ways to transport heat long distances via wires \u2013 much like electricity \u2013 would greatly reduce energy waste, they said.<\/p>\n

Without meeting these goals, humanity threatens to push the Earth beyond a point where the catastrophic effects of climate change are irreversible.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need dramatic change, not yesterday, but years ago,\u201d Henry said. \u201cEvery day I fear we will do too little too late, and we as a species may not survive Mother Earth\u2019s clapback.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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