"As fast as possible" was 50 years ago
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there doesn't seem to be anything here
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People who could positively impact this: "Awe, man, I go there on my yacht once a year. Anyway, those stocks still climbing? That boat needs some upgrades."
This is why I chose not to have kids. We're fucked. Our children will be proper fucked. Their children will probably not get to see old age. Thanks for all the fish!
We're fucked and now it's a matter of determining how much fuckeder we're going to be.
Here in South Australia we are starting to see the effects and it's pretty chilling.
The algae bloom affecting many of our suburban beaches (which is most of Adelaide) and a lot of country ones are seeing huge numbers of dead marine life being washed up.
Anything from leafy sea dragons to fish, stingrays, and sharks. The foam created on some days covers whole sections of beach.
While apparently it's safe, there are warnings that you may experience breathing issues and rashes so your supposed to bring your inhaler and rinse off after you have been in. On windy days it can affect you even if your walking close to the beach.
As we head into summer the damage to local seaford providers (the seafood is fine to consume but people are wary) and cafe owners will be huge and is already starting to take effect.
Because our beaches are so close, people would go down after work for a dip or have a drink at the suburban pubs and cafes.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-23/sa-toxic-algal-bloom-explained/105560008
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C
If we plateaued right now and did everything possible to draw CO2 out of the atmosphere and oceans, it would probably take a few thousand years to get back down. The reasoning - we weren't the main CO2 contributor, we just were the extra catalyst to throw things off to begin the acceleration up. So now that things are off balance and feedbacks are kicking in, how can we reverse what we put into the environment AND counter the extra feedback outputs? It's like trying to stop the boulder that was easy to push onto the hill slope.
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I think we're going to have to genetically engineer some corals.
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Why do the rich not care about this, don’t they want a habitable world at least for their children and grandchildren if not everyone else?
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🎶I feel helpless🎶
(not an actual song that I know of)
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I'll be seeing you 🎶
I hope against all hope that the collapse of our environment happens in a way that makes climate change deniers suffer the most, aside from oil execs of course
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Global heating is now at about 1.4C.
That depends on how far back you extend your running average. If you look at just the last few years, the 1.5°C Paris Agreement target has come and gone.
The report does offer some hope, saying there are likely “positive tipping points” in society – such as with electric vehicle adoption – that could also have runaway effects to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Electric vehicles won't do much unless the underlying electricity generation switches to clean energy sources. That does seem to be the trend, but claiming that electric vehicles alone will offer a solution is misleading. If anything, the reduced aerosol emissions resulting from electric vehicle adoption and non-combustion sources of electricity could make the problem worse in the short term. Stopping fossil fuel use too quickly would actually be suicidal, and so GHG emissions reductions must come from other sectors. One industry in particular seems like a reasonable target...
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It's a bit misleading. The GAT is something like a 20 year average. 1.5°C is here in 2024. Only the averaging from 2004 to 2024 keeps it lower.
Dem tipping points being tipped already. Couching it in the language of scientific caution is a mugs game. Shit's fucked 'yo. You're fucked. Already fucked. The biosphere doesn't want you anymore. Enjoy the ride to oblivion.
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