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1. Rivers are toxic
2. Birds can't survive
3. Crops are failing
4. Ecosystems are collapsing
5. Water is scarce
6. Ocean circulation is disrupted
7. The Jet Stream is wavy
8. Lethal heat will soon hit billions
9. Factory farms are killing humanity
Put this on TV news.
1. Rivers are toxic
2. Birds can't survive
3. Crops are failing
4. Ecosystems are collapsing
5. Water is scarce
6. Ocean circulation is disrupted
7. The Jet Stream is wavy
8. Lethal heat will soon hit billions
9. Factory farms are killing humanity
Put this on TV news.
Industry and farming corporations are spilling their toxic waste into waterways around the world, from the greatest rivers of India
abcnews.go.com/International/…
to the tiniest streams of Europe
theguardian.com/environment/20….
Big Business systems are sacrificing survival for huge profits.
abcnews.go.com/International/…
to the tiniest streams of Europe
theguardian.com/environment/20….
Big Business systems are sacrificing survival for huge profits.
⚠️ Birds are being wiped out:
news.sky.com/story/climate-…
"We are losing everything"
theguardian.com/world/2018/mar…
'World's most widely used insecticide has been linked to the dramatic decline in songbirds'
nationalgeographic.com/environment/20…
'The situation is catastrophic'
theguardian.com/environment/20…
news.sky.com/story/climate-…
"We are losing everything"
theguardian.com/world/2018/mar…
'World's most widely used insecticide has been linked to the dramatic decline in songbirds'
nationalgeographic.com/environment/20…
'The situation is catastrophic'
theguardian.com/environment/20…
Climate change has already caused more than 59,000 suicides in India over the last 30 years.
news.berkeley.edu/2017/07/31/stu…
'although poorer regions of the world are at the greatest risk, the consequences of crop failure would be felt worldwide'
sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/…
#ClimateJustice
news.berkeley.edu/2017/07/31/stu…
'although poorer regions of the world are at the greatest risk, the consequences of crop failure would be felt worldwide'
sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/…
#ClimateJustice
'From carbon emissions to ecological footprints, the richest 10% of people are having the greatest impact.'
theconversation.com/capitalism-is-…
'Thanks to climate change, areas ravaged by wildfires may never recover, wiping out entire ecological communities forever.'
sciencemag.org/news/2017/12/e…
theconversation.com/capitalism-is-…
'Thanks to climate change, areas ravaged by wildfires may never recover, wiping out entire ecological communities forever.'
sciencemag.org/news/2017/12/e…
'Cape Town's water supply teetered on the brink of "Day Zero". This year, the city of Chennai in India is close to running out of water.'
By 2025, 1.8 billion will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity. sciencealert.com/17-countries-a…
un.org/waterforlifede…
By 2025, 1.8 billion will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity. sciencealert.com/17-countries-a…
un.org/waterforlifede…
'Profound consequences for Earth's inhabitants.'
⚠️ 'abrupt climate shifts'
Melting Greenland ice is probably disrupting the ocean conveyor belt, known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC for short.
insideclimatenews.org/news/07052018/…
⚠️ 'abrupt climate shifts'
Melting Greenland ice is probably disrupting the ocean conveyor belt, known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC for short.
insideclimatenews.org/news/07052018/…
Deadly weather extremes:
Greenhouse gases are increasingly disrupting the jet stream. That's causing more frequent summer droughts, floods and wildfires.
In a worst-case scenario, there could be a near-tripling of such extreme jet stream events.
insideclimatenews.org/news/31102018/…
Greenhouse gases are increasingly disrupting the jet stream. That's causing more frequent summer droughts, floods and wildfires.
In a worst-case scenario, there could be a near-tripling of such extreme jet stream events.
insideclimatenews.org/news/31102018/…
When will billions be threatened by deadly heatwaves? Forget 2100. It could be very soon if we hit 1.5C by 2026 and 2C by the early 2030s as appears increasingly likely.
Factory farming is not just cruel – but also a threat to all life on the planet.
theguardian.com/environment/20…
theguardian.com/environment/20…
Corporate industrial agriculture is causing the mass extinction of life on Earth:
🔺Deforestation for soy etc, and the pillaging of fishing grounds to make feed for livestock in factory farms
🔺Vast dead zones in the sea from fertiliser & other chemicals
independent.co.uk/environment/ma…
🔺Deforestation for soy etc, and the pillaging of fishing grounds to make feed for livestock in factory farms
🔺Vast dead zones in the sea from fertiliser & other chemicals
independent.co.uk/environment/ma…
'At least one quarter of all man-made emissions come from agriculture, the vast majority from meat production.' news.yahoo.com/lost-world-un-…
