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For photos of beautiful, still-inhabited locales! It can be a quick snapshot of your local town, a breathtaking pro photo of a city, or a pic of some fascinating piece of modern life.

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Underground homes in Coober Pedy, Australia (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is the reason I don't think climate change will be what kills humans off. We're pretty resilient, and could just start building underground cities.

I think it'll be microplastics that do it

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

Water security is a real issue though. Coober Pedy relies on water being trucked in from the coast which is only viable there because of the wealth extraction from the opal trade.

In many outback towns there are legitimate questions around long-term viability due to increasing water scarcity. I agree that humans are resilient and resourceful, but there is much more to existing under a warming climate than escaping the midday sun.