1) Earth's ecosystems are collapsing, some uncontrollably
2) 37- 55% of species look set to face extinction in the next few decades
3) horrific 1.6- 2°C of global warming will hit by 2035
And yet...silence.
The Biggest News Story In Human History is being ignored.
"Ecosystem collapse is already happening".
It appears to be too late to stop the destruction of 99% of tropical corals and many major forests like the Amazon, but most scientists say that it is still possible in theory to limit/end the damage. We must try.
Until people are allowed to fully grasp the deeply grim reality of the science, meaningful action which challenges capitalist growth will remain elusive.
'Scientists estimate we're now lowering species at 1,000 to 10,000 times the normal rate'.
Abrupt climate change is a key aspect of the expanding Ecological Catastrophe caused by capitalism, imperialism & colonialism which is combining with destructive industrial agriculture and all polluting industries to threaten practically all life on Earth.
Please find enclosed a first Thread of 10 Threads with peer-reviewed & IPCC science to help you report on key aspects of the rapidly expanding Ecological-Climate Catastrophe.
First up: Arctic Sea Ice Loss & The Polar Jet Stream Crisis
Cheers,
Ben
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1. Arctic Sea Ice Loss by 2035 will be one of a number of threats to global food security as we approach or even exceed 2°C at which point the IPCC says agriculture will shift from being at 'moderate' to 'high' risk.
The destructive industrial agriculture of free-market and state capitalism fails to feed the world and is rapidly wiping out the insects and forests that humans depend on for survival by wrecking habitats and emitting vast quantities of greenhouse gases.insideclimatenews.org/news/08082019/…
Food systems account for 37% of greenhouse-gas emissions. We must rethink destructive agriculture immediately.
'Very high risks related to.. food system instability are identified at 2°C of global warming.'
Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL) August 2019
'IPCC Report Shows Food System Overhaul Needed to Save the Climate'
Georgina Gustin August 8, 2019
'the entire food production system, with transportation and packaging included, accounts for as much as 37 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions..' insideclimatenews.org/news/08082019/…
Deadly climate change heat waves will hit billions of people by the 2030s or 2040s (some literally unsurvivable without air conditioning) obliterating entire ecosystems and wiping out species but I guess you already know all this thanks to our unbiased, truth-telling free press?
'The incredibly simple solution to saving lives during a heatwave'.
10 Aug 2020 by Laurie Goering
'3.5 billion people expected to be hit by deadly heatwaves by mid-century'
The IPCC still doesn't expect more than 1m by 2100 (hugely disruptive). But there are signs of ice collapse in Antarctica and experts are clear that between 1.5 and 6m is possible. Sea level rise is already causing havoc for some and will rapidly get worse.
'Greenland ice sheet faces irreversible melting' by University of Reading phys.org/news/2020-12-g…
Jonathan M. Gregory et al, Large and irreversible future decline of the Greenland ice sheet, The Cryosphere (2020). DOI: 10.5194/tc-14-4299-2020
👇 tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/42…
Global warming will become so extreme in the next 20 to 60 years that average temperatures in the tropics, subtropics and elsewhere will soon be hotter than the hottest heat waves of the past century, with many regions no longer able to support agriculture.newscientist.com/article/dn1638…
1. 'there is a 90% chance that average temperatures in the tropics and subtropics will be higher than the hottest heat waves of the past century... the effects could be catastrophic'.
Complete loss of summer Arctic sea ice by 2035 (give or take 14 years) will seriously threaten global food security by causing major polar jet stream disruption which will lead to dangerous extreme weather events in the Northern Hemisphere where most crops are grown.
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'Research into three centuries of European tree ring data found evidence of significant changes in the jet stream starting in the 1960s. The recent deviations exceeded normal variations... The result: more extreme drought, flooding and heat waves.'
2. Dr. Louise Sime: "We know the Arctic is undergoing significant changes as our planet warms.. The prospect of loss of sea-ice by 2035 should really be focussing all our minds on achieving a low-carbon world as soon as humanly feasible."phys.org/news/2020-08-e…