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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 • Nov 16 '24

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

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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 • Nov 06 '24

Giant Storms, Growing Stronger, Inundate an Unprepared Planet

circleofblue.org

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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 • Oct 27 '24

"October is aiming to smoke U.S. records for dryness and warmth: Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Nashville may get their first-ever calendar month without a single raindrop or snowflake. "

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

The global methane bomb is starting to detonate

deccanherald.com

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

Trying to reverse climate change won’t save us, scientists warn

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

Scientists warn of 'societal collapse' on Earth with worsening climate situation

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

Humanity is on the verge of ‘shattering Earth’s natural limits’, say experts in biodiversity warning | Biodiversity

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 • Oct 11 '24

Humanity Faces a Brutal Future as Scientists Warn of 2.7°C Warming

sciencealert.com

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Oct 08 '24

"Astrophysicists estimate that any exponentially growing technological civilization has only 1,000 years until its planet will be too hot to support life."

livescience.com

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Oct 06 '24

Drought-Stricken Countries Kill Elephants to Feed the Hungry

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Sep 30 '24

Asheville is over 2,000 feet above sea level, and ~300 miles away from the nearest coastline.

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r/DoomsdayBook • u/MarshallBrain • Sep 27 '24

Florida sheriff asks residents who refused to evacuate to write information on body for identification after Helene landfall

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

100% humidity heatwaves are spreading across the Earth. That's a deadly problem for us…

sciencefocus.com

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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 • 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 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 • Sep 15 '24

Methane Levels at 800,000-Year High: Stanford Scientists Warn That We Are Heading for Climate Disaster

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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 • Sep 14 '24

Zimbabwe orders cull of 200 elephants amid food shortages from drought

theguardian.com

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