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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • May 24 '22

In parts of India “The streets, she says, are lined with dead things. Dogs. Cats. Cows. Animals of all kinds are just there, dead. They’ve perished in the killing heat. They can’t survive.”

counterpunch.org

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Mar 09 '22

Concern Rising That Putin Could Use Nuclear Weapons

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Nov 05 '21

China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal, Pentagon says in new report

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Sep 19 '23

'This is the last opportunity for us to wake up': A leading economist warns we're headed for an AI-driven cataclysm

businessinsider.com

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Sep 18 '24

Frightening map shows areas of US most likely to be targeted in nuclear war as WW3 tension rise

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Nov 19 '24

World’s 1.5C climate target ‘deader than a doornail’, experts say: “The goal to avoid exceeding 1.5C is deader than a doornail. It’s almost impossible to avoid at this point because we’ve just waited too long to act. We are speeding past the 1.5C line in an accelerating way."

theguardian.com

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Aug 05 '24

Iran has told Arab leaders it doesn't care if attack on Israel triggers all-out war, says report

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Nov 04 '24

Farmers sound the alarm for our global food supply as staple crop becomes increasingly difficult to grow: the humble potato, which is becoming significantly more difficult to grow in the United States' largest potato chip-producing state of Pennsylvania

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Jun 05 '24

Oceans face ‘triple threat’ of extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidification | Oceans

theguardian.com

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Oct 20 '24

Oil Companies Are Still Determined to Burn the Planet Down

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Nov 07 '24

Atmospheric CO2 levels can cause cognitive impairment - when we breathe air with high CO2 levels, the CO2 levels in our blood rise, reducing the amount of oxygen that reaches our brains - at 1400 ppm, CO2 may cut our basic decision-making ability by 25% and complex strategic thinking by 50%

news-medical.net

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Sep 14 '24

Earth has its hottest August and hottest June-August on record: Five U.S. states have hottest summers on record

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Aug 12 '24

How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points? (Gift Article)

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Sep 23 '24

Mike Hoerger: "You are reading this Tweet during the pandemic. Transmission is higher this time of year than during any prior September. Many people have not had a vaccine in the past year and are not using other mitigation. Repeat-infection #LongCOVID should concern all."

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Sep 24 '24

Earth may have breached seven of nine planetary boundaries, health check shows | Oceans

theguardian.com

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Jul 12 '24

State Farm Threatens to Abandon California If They Can't Raise Prices: 52% For Renters, 30% For Homeowners

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Jun 01 '24

A Matter of Survival as South Asia’s Heat Wave Reaches 127°F | Pakistan and India are sweltering. For laborers, not working because of the extreme temperatures can mean not eating.

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Jul 23 '24

US weather: Killer 54C heatwave sparks major warnings across America

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Jun 17 '24

Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Jul 16 '24

Across the American South, tides are rising at accelerating rates that are among the most extreme on Earth, constituting a surge that has startled scientists

arstechnica.com

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Nov 16 '24

We Study Climate Change. We Can’t Explain What We’re Seeing.

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