Warming triggered Himalayan glacier collapse
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Scientists said human-caused warming very likely destabilized a Himalayan glacier, triggering the August Nepal-Tibet collapse and flash floods that killed more than 1,300 people.
"Extreme heat events are, on average, the deadliest of all weather-related events in the U.S. (National Weather Service; Erdman, 2026) Between 1999 and 2023, heat was an underlying or contributing cause of more than 21,000 deaths (Howard, 2024)."
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"Extreme heat events are, on average, the deadliest of all weather-related events in the U.S. (National Weather Service; Erdman, 2026) Between 1999 and 2023, heat was an underlying or contributing cause of more than 21,000 deaths (Howard, 2024)."
Prof Neil Buchanan derides Trump's ignorant assurances on AI but also says that to address any potential catastrophe, one needs some sense of the mechanism by which the catastrophe unfolds--which we have all too well for global warming but less so for AI and other possible extinction events. 👇
Fears of Extinction Events, with and without Plausible Stories to Back Them Up
Are human beings (and maybe all other living things) going to be killed off ... soon? And if so, what will cause the catastrophe to come ab...
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September 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Prof Neil Buchanan derides Trump's ignorant assurances on AI but also says that to address any potential catastrophe, one needs some sense of the mechanism by which the catastrophe unfolds--which we have all too well for global warming but less so for AI and other possible extinction events. 👇
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Failing to meet the 1.5˚C temperature target does not mean we are doomed. But a warmer world is a more dangerous world.
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Unpack the latest UNEP climate report with @globalecoguy.bsky.social in his latest Insights 👉 https://bit.ly/46ZdaVQ
September 16, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Failing to meet the 1.5˚C temperature target does not mean we are doomed. But a warmer world is a more dangerous world.
Unpack the latest UNEP climate report with @globalecoguy.bsky.social in his latest Insights 👉 https://bit.ly/46ZdaVQ
Unpack the latest UNEP climate report with @globalecoguy.bsky.social in his latest Insights 👉 https://bit.ly/46ZdaVQ