Yes, good question. Do we adapt for a hotter, wetter world; hotter, drier world; colder, wetter world; Euro glaciers & American deserts; etc.?
Are there other examples of adaptation preceding the pressures in evolution?

Don't we see historical evidence of rapid (decadal) climate change. Adaptation will allow some to survive (it's the law!), and there won't be any wars to stifle cooperation or drain resources.

Wouldn't adapting in such a way as to prevent the problem be just as easy or easier? It's easier to maintain the status quo, than to adjust to unknowable changes.

I think there would be enough change to adapt to, even if we do manage to maintain a relatively stable climate.

~~SA


Pyrolysis creates reduced carbon! ...Time for the next step in our evolutionary symbiosis with fire.