Climate tipping points are nearer than you think. Our new report warns of catastrophic risk (phys.org)

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[-] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 months ago

I dunno, I tend to think they're soul-crushingly near.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

I tend to think we've already passed a few and it's going to get exponentially more fucked up.

[-] pensivepangolin@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

You ever just think to yourself

“Wow I really AM going to live to see society collapse under the burgeoning weight of its own destructive greed,” and then stop and think about what you’re doing with your life? Because I do that periodically and it is bone-chilling.

[-] Triple_B@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

I regret having a kid. He's going to live a long time, maybe, in this world we're destroying. Or die what would be considered too soon. He's too soft and kind for the shit that looks like it's coming.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Anyone who isn’t expecting it to start any day now needs to tell me what drugs they are taking and that I clearly need to be using

[-] pensivepangolin@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

If you find out please feel to clue me in

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I’ll do my best to spread the word before I get too high to remember

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

We are already in the 6th global mass extinction since the 70s. It's not even the first one caused by an invasive species that spread too fast everywhere.

[-] xenoclast@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

This headline vastly overestimates my view of the situation.

[-] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Tipping points for human habitation. Obviously some other species, too. Maybe one that will evolve into a technological species that can NOT wreck whatever climate has enabled their advancement.

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