The News
1. Corals are preparing for The End
2. Rainforests can't suck up CO2
3. Beetles & mammals are vanishing
4. Ocean heat is worse than thought
5. Europe, Russia just had no winter
6. Spring now starts in February
7. Primates (like us) face extinction
Is 'game over' near?
1. Corals are preparing for The End
2. Rainforests can't suck up CO2
3. Beetles & mammals are vanishing
4. Ocean heat is worse than thought
5. Europe, Russia just had no winter
6. Spring now starts in February
7. Primates (like us) face extinction
Is 'game over' near?
2.
'The world's tropical forests are rapidly losing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide from greenhouse gas emissions'
au.news.yahoo.com/amazon-african…
'The world's tropical forests are rapidly losing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide from greenhouse gas emissions'
au.news.yahoo.com/amazon-african…
3.
'declines in beetles are likely associated with the loss of mammals' e360.yale.edu/digest/hotter-…
'declines in beetles are likely associated with the loss of mammals' e360.yale.edu/digest/hotter-…
4a.
"We never imagined that three mass bleaching events could occur within a 5-year period as early as 2016-2020,” Hughes added. “Climate change is here and now—not some distant threat at the end of the century."
vice.com/en_uk/article/…
"We never imagined that three mass bleaching events could occur within a 5-year period as early as 2016-2020,” Hughes added. “Climate change is here and now—not some distant threat at the end of the century."
vice.com/en_uk/article/…
4b.
'the oceans are heating up about 40 percent faster than previously estimated by the IPCC.'
Jan 2019
scientificamerican.com/article/oceans…
'the oceans are heating up about 40 percent faster than previously estimated by the IPCC.'
Jan 2019
scientificamerican.com/article/oceans…
4c.
Oceans are warming at an increasing speed:
'While the past decade has been the warmest on record for global ocean temperatures, the hottest five years ever recorded all came in the last five.' ⚠️
"The upward trend is relentless..."
edition.cnn.com/2020/01/13/wor…
Oceans are warming at an increasing speed:
'While the past decade has been the warmest on record for global ocean temperatures, the hottest five years ever recorded all came in the last five.' ⚠️
"The upward trend is relentless..."
edition.cnn.com/2020/01/13/wor…
5. and 6.
At Moscow State University’s Apothecary Garden, snowdrops and rhododendron are among flowers that have mistaken the soft soil for the early onset of spring.
“The plants were deceived by this (warm weather) and decided it is spring already.."
japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/12/1…
At Moscow State University’s Apothecary Garden, snowdrops and rhododendron are among flowers that have mistaken the soft soil for the early onset of spring.
“The plants were deceived by this (warm weather) and decided it is spring already.."
japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/12/1…
7. Will Homo sapiens survive the current extinction event?
Thread:
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'game over for the climate' by November 2020?
Electoral politics may well fail to deliver emergency action in the coming years. What happens then?
Electoral politics may well fail to deliver emergency action in the coming years. What happens then?
