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Global warming hasn't happened this fast in 65 million years:

1. Czech Republic worst drought in 500 years

2. Siberian heat waves +30-35°C

3. UK: driest May in 124 years

4. Arctic Ocean above freezing

The Biggest Event in Human History still isn't front page news every day.
Terrifying.

Take action now while it's still too late.

Worst drought in 500 years:

'Climate change is exacerbating drought in many parts of the world—increasing its frequency, severity and duration. With 2020 expected to be one of the hottest years on record, drought monitoring is crucial.'

Action is crucial!phys.org/news/2020-05-c…
Western Siberia:

'abnormally high May temperatures, with some areas above the Arctic Circle breaking record highs...'

themoscowtimes.com/2020/05/25/sib…
The BBC did once explain to the public that this is a climate emergency.

Since then, nothing but downplaying the extraordinary context with obligatory pictures of happy sunbathers.

bbc.com/news/uk-528493…
'The Arctic as a whole is warming at more than twice the rate of the rest of the world, owing to feedbacks in the climate system'. ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️

washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/0…
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Ben See
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Dear Journalists & Editors

1. the rate of climate change in the coming decades will be at least 10 times quicker than any shift in the past 65 million years

2. it's possible no trees will survive

3. the public should be made aware our desperate predicament

Will you inform us?
*aware of
'Most trees alive today won't be able to survive in the climate expected in 40 years, Brodribb said.' insideclimatenews.org/news/24042020/…
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Ben See
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How do experts feel about the many mainstream media articles which breezily inform the world that we can limit temperature rise to 1.5C if human-caused emissions drop 7.6% each year from now to 2030?

Shouldn't journalists explain why this doesn't reflect reality?

@richardabetts
Scientists are aware that 7.6% isn't enough.

Journalists must make clear that extraordinary radical changes are now required for a 15% (or even 7.6%) reduction in emissions.

Journalists should be highlighting the reality of feedbacks, aerosol loss and risk (even in theory, what kind of chances do 7.6% cuts give us?).

** The context is that climate scientists are clear that we're heading rapidly to 1.8C - 3.2C or more. **

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Dear Journalists,

1. "If we do not change course by 2020, we risk missing the point where we can avoid runaway climate change" @AntonioGuterres

*self-reinforcing feedbacks causing a lot of continued warming even with emissions reductions

2. It's June 2020

This is the context.
'Runaway' is a very tricky word in the context of climate change as it is used in different ways.

This conversation sums things up quite nicely, I think:

I was told to delete this tweet because the article says 'runaway' means that at 2C (by ~2035) warming to 3C- 5C becomes inevitable. Looking at Arctic, forest and other feedbacks this looks plausible to me (particularly 3C) but I wouldn't state it as fact.
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