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This is catastrophic for humanity:

Most of the Earth’s terrestrial store of carbon is in soil, and increasing amounts are being emitted in a vicious cycle of climate change feedbacks, speeding up global warming.

“we have passed the point of no return.."

independent.co.uk/news/science/d…
A global-scale, microbially mediated feedback could be very difficult, if not impossible, to halt.

🔺the terrestrial carbon cycle feedback to the climate system is a 'large and poorly understood component of global warming'

Oct 2017

science.sciencemag.org/content/358/63…
'global warming is supercharging some microbial cycles on a scale big enough to trigger damaging climate feedback loops'.

'Bacteria are feasting on more organic material and produce extra carbon dioxide as the planet warms.'

From 2019.

insideclimatenews.org/news/18062019/…
Scientists’ 2019 warning to humanity: microorganisms & climate change:

Humanity put 'on notice that the impact of climate change will depend heavily on responses of microorganisms, which are essential for achieving an environmentally sustainable future' ⚠️nature.com/articles/s4157…
Earth’s future climate depends, in part, on rapid soil microbial processes that may add up to long-term impacts.

🔺Observations reveal decadal increases in soil-carbon loss due to persistent increases in microbial activity ⚠️

09/2018
nature.com/articles/s4155…
Scientists' 'ability to evaluate how much carbon goes into the soil, and where it ends up, is made difficult because it's not possible to measure directly.

"In the soil, we don't know how things are working because, if you like, it's as clear as mud".'

m.phys.org/news/2016-08-u…
Feedback loops leading to a high probability of concurrent soil drought and extreme aridity. ⚠️ sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/…
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Most species extinct at 3.5°C by ~2060?

'average temperatures could rise 7°C above pre-industrial levels if carbon emissions continue unabated separate models...showed'

amp.france24.com/en/20190917-ea…

'other models developed independently have come to the same unsettling conclusion'
That's a genuine question by the way. It feels like I'm the only one talking about the new models. Am I crazy?

Any scientists care to comment?

'higher levels of warming would lead to..many "climate losers" are replaced by far fewer "climate winners."'m.phys.org/news/2018-05-b…
Here's the above quote in full so that it makes sense:

'Professor Midgley says higher levels of warming would lead to systemic ecological simplification, a process where many "climate losers" are replaced by far fewer "climate winners."' m.phys.org/news/2018-05-b…
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Ben See
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Planet Earth is being changed:

1. Ocean life is being destroyed
2. Ice is being melted away
3. Forests are being decimated
4. Soils are being degraded
5. Insects are being annihilated
6. Crops are being wrecked
7. Land is being turned to desert

Will media ever blame capitalism?
The only way to react positively to this terrifying cataclysm is by joining in solidarity to achieve #ClimateJustice.

This is an Ecological Emergency.

14 threads explaining everything you need to know:
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Tell everyone you know - capitalism is killing everything.

Whether we like it or not, only profound system change will do now.
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Ben See
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are set to reach a level unseen in 50 million years by 2049.

Are you really going to betray #FridaysForFuture by voting for more liberal capitalism?

What planet are you on?
It will take 'a gargantuan effort' to 'preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted…'

Emissions are increasing again.

This planet is changing in a radical way. We will have to adapt accordingly.e360.yale.edu/features/how-t…
'We are pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere so fast that it could soar to its highest level for at least 50 million years by the middle of this century.

And that’s even worse news than it sounds, because the sun is hotter now than it was then.' newscientist.com/article/212677…
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