Many of Earth’s “vital signs” have hit record extremes, indicating that “the future of humanity hangs in the balance”, a group of the world’s most senior climate experts have said.
More and more scientists are now looking into the possibility of societal collapse, says the report, which assessed 35 vital signs in 2023 and found that 25 were worse than ever recorded, including carbon dioxide levels and human population. This indicates a “critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis”, it says.
The temperature of Earth’s surface and oceans hit an all-time high, driven by record burning of fossil fuels, the report found. Human population is increasing at a rate of approximately 200,000 people a day and the number of cattle and sheep by 170,000 a day, all adding to record greenhouse gas emissions.
“humanity’s future in balance” and “humanity’s future hangs in the balance” don’t mean the same thing
Yea that title is ass.
I think we should actually start taking hard measures. For example, the UK just closed their last coal plant. China on the other hand is opening a new one every week. We should start holding the heavy polluters accountable. Companies and countries. Use strength if required.
Then to be fair we should be backdating the fines for heavy polluters to when it first started, so the UK, Canada and the US pay our fair share of the cost.
Only if we also backdate the fines and extend them to the countries who sell the most petroleum so Saudi Arabia and Russia can help foot the bill :)
Good for me.
It just really needs to start happening.
Yeah, I know. What the fuck am I supposed to do?
Even if it all turns to shit, there will likely be some people alive in the apocalyptic hellscape, and eventually we’re going to need to build communities that are able to grow their own food, take care of each other - completely doing away with capitalistic society. We’ll also need people to hunt down whatever billionaire psychopaths survive in their bunkers.
So might as well start now.
It’s cute how you think things will be alive.
I hate these defeatist articles. This is the shit the rich want you to believe. They want you to shut the fuck up and keep buying trash from them.
I’m giving them less of my money. Fuck the rich.
I don’t care at this point. Don’t have kids or if you have them already have go bags and plans. We’re fucked
Where are you going with go bags? Everyone else is going there too.
We’re not THAT fucked as to where we need go bags.
Everyone should have something like that. In any emergency you can grab it and leave the house and be prepared.
There’s a difference between an emergency and apocalyptic societal collapse.
What do you put in your bag?
Scientists to World Leaders:
“How many times we got to teach you this lesson old man?”
Hmm, sounds like Big Science is trying to sell more Earth.
CO2 increase causes an increase in crop yield.
You know what doesn’t increase crop yield? Heat stress.
You know what else doesn’t increase crop yield? Droughts along with that heat stress.
The garden I put out didn’t do anything this year because it was just so hot and dry for so long.
Nor does cold stress. Why again do we only grow crops in the summer?
Not without water
Good thing higher temperatures mean more water in the atmosphere then.
There is a finite amount of H2O on earth, and climate change is altering weather patterns that used to be reliable. Increased evaporation in no way guarantees healthy ecosystems where humans can survive.
The Guardian - News Source Context (Click to view Full Report)
Information for The Guardian:
MBFC: Left-Center - Credibility: Medium - Factual Reporting: Mixed - United Kingdom
Wikipedia about this sourceSearch topics on Ground.News