Thread by @ClimateBen

The News:

1. major pandemic threat
2. water scarcity for 4 billion people
3. old Arctic sea ice 95% gone
4. forest wildlife dying
5. food injustice crisis
6. flooded megacities
7. coral doomed
8. record heat
9. megafauna extinctions risk
10. Antarctic ice collapse

This is 2020.

'at least one pandemic will emerge over the next 100 years, with a 20 percent chance of seeing four or more'

From Jan 2016.

eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2…

4 billion people live under conditions of severe water scarcity at least one month of the year.

1.8 - 2.9 billion people face severe water scarcity for at least 4 to 6 months.

Half a billion people in the world face severe water scarcity all year round.advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/2/e1…

'the Arctic has lost nearly 95% of its oldest ice. On top of that, the once-pristine region is becoming quite dirty: In addition to a growing toxic algae problem, the Arctic Ocean now has the highest concentration of microplastics of any ocean on Earth'
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https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1193202459877019649?s=19

'hotter and drier El Niño events are having major impacts on biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest, including causing the collapse of dung beetle populations, an important indicator species used to gauge the health of a larger ecosystem.' e360.yale.edu/digest/hotter-…

4.2 billion people lack the money to properly feed themselves and/or their families:
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https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1232308001551372288?s=19

Flooded megacities in 2020:

thejakartapost.com/news/2020/02/2…

'most of parts of the ocean where coral reefs exist today won’t be suitable habitats for corals by 2045'

news.agu.org/press-release/…