@ClimateBen

Literature Teacher sharing info/news on Rapid Extinction & Earth Systems Collapse. Urging radical, systemic, political-economic change to try to limit the doom.

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Remember: 1. The oceans are being killed. 2. Forests will soon be gone. 3. Fertile soil is disappearing. 4. Megafauna risk extermination. 5. Insects are vanishing. 6. Climate chaos is inevitable. 7. Extinction is now. 8. Plastic is in our blood. None of this is front page news.
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We need to talk about how the @DailyMail constantly pushes back on climate change action which scientists say without which we do not have a safe long-term future. They must also know that lawyers are looking into the prosecution of organisations misleading the public and pushing back against action. These editors, broadcasters and journalists will end up facing criminal prosecution which will be back by tens of millions of people. Listen to David Attenborough. Watch his documentary breaking boundaries. youtu.be/2Jq23mSDh9U?is=LjTN… Scientists below in thread. The future is not what people think it is.
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Ultimate crimes against nature and humanity resulting in horrifying mass death, extinction, and unimaginable suffering at a global scale with billions dead all of which could have been prevented. "Yeah.. but so what?"
GeorgeRux
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Even if correct, So what?
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FYI: These results indicate that tropical forest loss/degradation alone, even without considering other human stressors such as climate change and habitat loss in other ecosystems, will precipitate a mass extinction event over the next couple of centuries. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.17…
which complete deforestation is expected (225 y) produces extinction rate estimates ranging from 229 (mosquitoes) to 1,947 (ants) extinctions per million species-years (E/MSY) (17, 18). These values are two or more orders of magnitude higher than extinction rates associated with four of the five previous mass extinction events (Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, and Triassic), comparable to the rate associated with the Cretaceous event (17), and ∼2,000–20,000 higher than the background rate of ∼0.1 E/MSY (19). These results indicate that tropical forest loss/degradation alone, even without considering other human stressors such as climate change and habitat loss in other ecosystems, will precipitate a mass extinction event over the next couple of centuries.

ALT which complete deforestation is expected (225 y) produces extinction rate estimates ranging from 229 (mosquitoes) to 1,947 (ants) extinctions per million species-years (E/MSY) (17, 18). These values are two or more orders of magnitude higher than extinction rates associated with four of the five previous mass extinction events (Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, and Triassic), comparable to the rate associated with the Cretaceous event (17), and ∼2,000–20,000 higher than the background rate of ∼0.1 E/MSY (19). These results indicate that tropical forest loss/degradation alone, even without considering other human stressors such as climate change and habitat loss in other ecosystems, will precipitate a mass extinction event over the next couple of centuries.

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"Tropical forest loss/degradation alone, even without considering other human stressors such as climate change and habitat loss in other ecosystems, will precipitate a mass extinction event over the next couple of centuries." ~ Global biodiversity loss from tropical deforestation
Global biodiversity loss from tropical deforestation Xingli Giam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5239-9477 xgiam@utk.eduAuthors Info & Affiliations May 26, 2017 114 (23) 5775-5777 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706264114

ALT Global biodiversity loss from tropical deforestation Xingli Giam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5239-9477 [email protected] Info & Affiliations May 26, 2017 114 (23) 5775-5777 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706264114

Ben See@ClimateBen2h
FYI: the combination of habitat & wildlife destruction and toxic, plastic, light, & noise pollution driven by the race for profit and growth will at this rate result in mass extinction in the next decades
Capitalism will ruinthe Earth by 2050, Scientists Say Oct 2020

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FYI: the combination of habitat & wildlife destruction and toxic, plastic, light, & noise pollution driven by the race for profit and growth will at this rate result in mass extinction in the next decades
Capitalism will ruinthe Earth by 2050, Scientists Say Oct 2020

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Tropical deforestation alone is associated with mass extinction within decades (2225) not centuries. Adding other habitat destruction and pollution brings the date forward to this/next century. This assumes climate change does not exist.. xitter.cf/ClimateBen/status/2113…
Ben See@ClimateBen3h
Extinction at 2.1-3°C and rising by the 2040s • global warming accelerating • unstoppable feedbacks in play • carbon sinks have become sources • emissions nowhere near plummeting • projection valid even if emissions fall • Establishment scientists were wrong
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FYI: These results indicate that tropical forest loss/degradation alone, even without considering other human stressors such as climate change and habitat loss in other ecosystems, will precipitate a mass extinction event over the next couple of centuries. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.17…
which complete deforestation is expected (225 y) produces extinction rate estimates ranging from 229 (mosquitoes) to 1,947 (ants) extinctions per million species-years (E/MSY) (17, 18). These values are two or more orders of magnitude higher than extinction rates associated with four of the five previous mass extinction events (Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, and Triassic), comparable to the rate associated with the Cretaceous event (17), and ∼2,000–20,000 higher than the background rate of ∼0.1 E/MSY (19). These results indicate that tropical forest loss/degradation alone, even without considering other human stressors such as climate change and habitat loss in other ecosystems, will precipitate a mass extinction event over the next couple of centuries.

ALT which complete deforestation is expected (225 y) produces extinction rate estimates ranging from 229 (mosquitoes) to 1,947 (ants) extinctions per million species-years (E/MSY) (17, 18). These values are two or more orders of magnitude higher than extinction rates associated with four of the five previous mass extinction events (Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, and Triassic), comparable to the rate associated with the Cretaceous event (17), and ∼2,000–20,000 higher than the background rate of ∼0.1 E/MSY (19). These results indicate that tropical forest loss/degradation alone, even without considering other human stressors such as climate change and habitat loss in other ecosystems, will precipitate a mass extinction event over the next couple of centuries.

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Ben See retweeted
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AS FEARED: "The world’s clouds are changing. They are covering less overall area and are dimming, with the effect that they reflect less solar radiation back into space. This increase in solar absorption is a major cause of the accelerating warming we are now experiencing."
To determine how close the relationship between Earth’s surface air temperature and cloud area is, we can look at the monthly comparison of temperature versus CAF. Figure 2 below shows that relationship, and it shows it being remarkably linear. This strongly suggests that there is a direct feedback between global mean surface temperature and cloud cover. This is the cloud-temperature feedback. It suggests that as we continue to warm, cloud cover will continue to diminish, pushing up the absorbed solar radiation and continuing to accelerate warming. It doesn’t support the theory that the recent acceleration is temporary and will exist over a limited time period of aerosol adjustment, this feedback is here to stay.

ALT To determine how close the relationship between Earth’s surface air temperature and cloud area is, we can look at the monthly comparison of temperature versus CAF. Figure 2 below shows that relationship, and it shows it being remarkably linear. This strongly suggests that there is a direct feedback between global mean surface temperature and cloud cover. This is the cloud-temperature feedback. It suggests that as we continue to warm, cloud cover will continue to diminish, pushing up the absorbed solar radiation and continuing to accelerate warming. It doesn’t support the theory that the recent acceleration is temporary and will exist over a limited time period of aerosol adjustment, this feedback is here to stay.

Bill McGuire@ProfBillMcGuireOct 21
Great piece by Tom Harris on cloud feedback The world's cloud cover is reducing, which makes the planet hotter This may be why Miocene Climatic Optimum temperatures were 7 - 8C up on pre-industrial for CO2 levels of just 400 - 600ppm Very, very, scary substack.com/home/post/p-220…
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HARD TO BELIEVE BUT TRUE: ~20-60% of Earth's species committed to extinction due to economic activities of the capitalist era (especially industrial agriculture) by mid-century
Ben See@ClimateBen3h
Extinction at 2.1-3°C and rising by the 2040s • global warming accelerating • unstoppable feedbacks in play • carbon sinks have become sources • emissions nowhere near plummeting • projection valid even if emissions fall • Establishment scientists were wrong
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Ben See@ClimateBen3h
Extinction at 2.1-3°C and rising by the 2040s • global warming accelerating • unstoppable feedbacks in play • carbon sinks have become sources • emissions nowhere near plummeting • projection valid even if emissions fall • Establishment scientists were wrong
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Extinction at 2.1-3°C and rising by the 2040s • global warming accelerating • unstoppable feedbacks in play • carbon sinks have become sources • emissions nowhere near plummeting • projection valid even if emissions fall • Establishment scientists were wrong
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Biodiversity destruction and pollution ongoing. The rate of change is broadly unsurvivable. xitter.cf/ClimateBen/status/2112…
Ben See@ClimateBenOct 20
UPDATE: scientists confirm the rate of climate change has now begun to exceed 0.4°C per decade implying extinction within 3 to 6 decades
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UPDATE: scientists confirm the rate of climate change has now begun to exceed 0.4°C per decade implying extinction within 3 to 6 decades
Ben See@ClimateBen19 Jun 2024
Scientists fear the rate of climate change has now begun to exceed 0.4°C per decade 🧵
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Several papers now confirm warming has been at 0.4°C/decade for years/decades. 1.5-1.9°C 2020s ✔ 1.9-2.3°C 2030s 2.3-2.7°C 2040s (assuming no more acceleration) xitter.cf/ClimateBen/status/2112…
Ben See@ClimateBenOct 20
Replying to @safrace
1. carbonbrief.org/pace-of-glob…

Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, reveals study - Carbon Brief

An acceleration in human-caused global warming could see the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit breached before 2030, a new study suggests.…

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Media Lens
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The BBC have been “very compliant to Israel, reporting their arguments even where it’s screamingly obvious, even to viewers, that what's happening in Gaza is an international scandal,” a BBC insider has said. [...] The anonymous BBC insider said there’s “still a tendency to refer back to the Hamas attack on the festival as if that was a balancing moment against what has come up subsequently.” The source continued: “There's a tendency for the BBC to hide behind objectivity” instead of doing “the core journalism job of bringing truth to power”. While BBC staff are afraid to speak out “because of the threat of job losses and restructuring. And that there’s a malaise within the organisation where people feel troubled by how things are progressing,” the source said. via @ScotNational archive.ph/uw3ZI
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Ben See retweeted
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Africa’s forests have undergone a shocking reversal, switching from carbon absorbers to carbon emitters after 2010. Researchers: heavy deforestation in tropical regions has led to massive biomass losses, far outweighing any gains from regrowth elsewhere. sciencedaily.com/releases/20…

Africa’s forests have flipped from carbon sink to carbon source

Africa’s forests have undergone a shocking reversal, switching from carbon absorbers to carbon emitters after 2010. Researchers found that heavy deforestation in tropical regions has led to massive...

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I BET YOU'D FORGOTTEN, HADN'T YOU? RAPID MASS EXTINCTION: Africa's forests now releasing more carbon than they absorb
Africa's forests have flipped from carbon sink to carbon source

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Africa’s forests have undergone a shocking reversal, switching from carbon absorbers to carbon emitters after 2010. Researchers: heavy deforestation in tropical regions has led to massive biomass losses, far outweighing any gains from regrowth elsewhere. sciencedaily.com/releases/20…

Africa’s forests have flipped from carbon sink to carbon source

Africa’s forests have undergone a shocking reversal, switching from carbon absorbers to carbon emitters after 2010. Researchers found that heavy deforestation in tropical regions has led to massive...

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Oh really? Which one technology will stop pollution and deforestation as well as abrupt climate change?
Mick Mechanics@MickMechanics14h
The elephant in the room is that the loudest voices on extinction are the ones opposing the one technology that can actually fix it.
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Scientists: Capitalism Will Ruin the Earth By 2050
Capitalism Will Ruin the Earth By 2050, Scientists Say By Nafeez Ahmed October 21, 2020, 9:00am

ALT Capitalism Will Ruin the Earth By 2050, Scientists Say By Nafeez Ahmed October 21, 2020, 9:00am

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Ben See retweeted
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"AEROSOLS have contribute between 0.2°C and 1.2°C cooling." "If it's 1.2°C that would mean climate would be 2.5°C without the cooling." "Yes. That would be a really really bad outcome."
AEROSOLS have contribute between 0.2°C and 1.2°C cooling." "If it's 1.2°C that would mean climate would be 2.5°C without the cooling." "Yes. That would be a really really bad outcome."

ALT AEROSOLS have contribute between 0.2°C and 1.2°C cooling." "If it's 1.2°C that would mean climate would be 2.5°C without the cooling." "Yes. That would be a really really bad outcome."

AEROSOLS have contribute between 0.2°C and 1.2°C cooling." "If it's 1.2°C that would mean climate would be 2.5°C without the cooling." "Yes. That would be a really really bad outcome."

ALT AEROSOLS have contribute between 0.2°C and 1.2°C cooling." "If it's 1.2°C that would mean climate would be 2.5°C without the cooling." "Yes. That would be a really really bad outcome."

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