Hollywood is obsessed with climate change disasters. What does that mean for the planet?

A system of satellites and lasers that controls the weather, as depicted in the new climate change-inspired disaster film Geostorm: Yeah, sounds pretty laughable.

But the premise of the 2004 blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow seemed ridiculous when it came out, too. (In the movie, global warming affects the Gulf Stream ocean current, shutting it down in mere days, sparking a global weather catastrophe.)

In 2015, however, scientists found the ocean current that triggered global storms and a New York City deep freeze in The Day After Tomorrow actually was slowing down. Essentially, Hollywood had produced an extreme funhouse mirror version of the climate reality of the decade to come.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Hollywood is obsessed with climate change disasters. What does that mean for the planet?