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The reality of extinction is being horribly distorted by corporate media.

Most life on Earth is about to be smashed by abrupt climate change.

What do we get?

Silence.

Downplaying.

Think I'm exaggerating?

Species in tropical regions just won't cope with extreme temperatures.
We're heading into very big temperature increases. ⚠️

"Bird and mammal species living in tropical regions tend to live closer to their upper temperature limits. EVEN SMALL INCREASES IN AMBIENT TEMPERATURES MAY THEREFORE CHALLENGE THEIR LONG-TERM SURVIVAL"sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/…
The effects of global warming are uneven, and poor regions in the tropics and subtropics are thought to be most vulnerable.

"global mean temperature isn’t a very meaningful metric to assess what climate change might mean in specific parts of the world.”

nature.com/articles/d4158…
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Ben See
@ClimateBen
Did you know?

🔺clay, gravel, sand & other construction materials 50%

🔺plants and trees used for food & fuel 25%

🔺extracted coal, oil & gas 15%

🔺metals 10%

The capitalist global economy now consumes 101 billion tons of material each year - more than twice the safe limit.
Along with the extraction of fossil fuels, the overuse of metals, building materials, and deforestation are driving the ecological and climate emergencies

"We risk global disaster if we continue to treat the world's resources as if they are limitless".

commondreams.org/news/2020/01/2…
Is even 50 billon tons really safe?

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Ben See
@ClimateBen
Remember:

1. for the majority of animals and plants, ~3°C of global warming would mean having most of their habitat wiped out entirely

2. warming of ~3°C may well kill billions

3. temperature rises of over 3°C are likely now locked in

4. we're on track to hit 3°C by 2045-2050
'for the majority of animals and plants, 3.2°C of warming would mean having most of their habitat wiped out entirely.'

It looks likely we'll be over 3C by the 2090s as indicated here.

However, we're currently on course to hit 3C by the 2040s.
Unthinkable.qz.com/1280872/keepin…
'the problems caused by climate change such as food shortages, heat waves and increased threat of tropical diseases such as malaria will kill billions'
telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/env…

Scientists suggest that billions would die between 3 - 4C.

See article here:
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Ben See
@ClimateBen
FLASHBACK:

'May 14, 2009— The biggest global health threat of this century is climate change, according to a new report prepared jointly by University College London and The Lancet.

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Climate change will change for the worse patterns of disease, food security, water and sanitation, and extreme weather, according to Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit FRCPCH, of University College London and colleagues.

(May 2009)
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"This is a bad diagnosis for our children and grandchildren," Dr. Costello told reporters, not only in the developing world but also in industrialized countries.

May 2009
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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin
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For teachers with classes on #climate who are having to switch quickly to online classes - @climateinteract has some video and other online resources that could help you out. #CovidCampus #academiccontinuity
You'll find them all here - and I'll highlight a few favorites in the thread below. climateinteractive.org/videos/
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Bubba Rogowski
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Beste mensen, er is geen significante zeespiegelstijging, geen globalwarming, ijsberen gaat ook prima mee, stikstofcrisis is ook verzonnen, etc.
U wordt allemaal gefopt en de gepeperde rekening volgt nog 😈


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Conversation that Matters & de voornaamste fysicus Freeman Dyson van Princeton University, die zegt dat modellen een goed werk doen om ons te helpen het klimaat te begrijpen, maar ze doen een zeer slechte job om het te voorspellen.
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FAILED PREDICTIONS!
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💧simon holmes à court
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👇THREAD on @ScottMorrisonMP and #climate

no doubt the prime minister will have noticed the shift in the public mood, and the media, around climate change.

“climate and the environment” is literally top of mind.

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morrison can implore us not to discuss climate change while the country is on fire, but as the fire chiefs have tried to tell him, we have months of fires ahead of us — this is the new normal.

unless australia gets a lucky break, this fire season is morrison’s "port arthur".
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to be meaningful:
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Steve Faktor
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With brand new epilogue: Dear Greta.

#climate #climatechange ideafaktory.com/cannibal/
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The most sober & pragmatic analysis I've seen is from Citi, showing the benefits of clean solutions outweigh costs.

But that's the business side.

Sadly, the political rhetoric is now unhinged, exaggerated, irresponsible hysteria.

theguardian.com/environment/cl…
1) Greta says "people are dying". Not exactly. Deaths from natural disasters have plummeted over past 100 years.

2) Greta says capitalism is the problem when its driven down pollution by subbing gas for oil/coal, driven innovation lowering solar, wind, battery & other alt costs.
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Dr Kristina Hill 🏳️‍🌈
@kzhill
Finally had a minute to read this. Lots of thoughts. First, I agree with most of it, and have been saying the same thing for years - that big splashy design firms exaggerate the value of their work re #climate, a lot. Thread.
placesjournal.org/article/design… via @PlacesJournal @joobilly
But the tone is so busy being snarky about that, and about @joobilly's idea that no landscape architects understand movement politics, that it erases an enormous amount of good work and writing by others in the field - as if we don't exist. 2/n
I said the same thing about Waldheim's version of landscape urbanism. This is turning into a theme. Are you a white guy who wants to criticize landscape architecture for not being more relevant? Try looking at the work of women in this field! HELLOOOOOOOO out there! 3/n
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Gerardus T. Hauwert
@Hauwertsr
CLIMATE CHANGE? - PART 1

We all talk about the weather.

Is it colder today than usual?

Is it warmer today than this time last year? What about 1434?

"How many of us know that Chinese sea captains reported melting ice caps as far back as 1434?"

americanthinker.com/articles/2018/…
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"enormous amounts of money" leading to "Blood and gore.."

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