Greenhouse gases aren't evil — without them Earth would be an ice ball
But we've built a SECOND greenhouse around the first, trapping ever more heat.
It's not Earth's greenhouse that's the problem. It's the one we keep adding to
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Greenhouse gases aren't evil — without them Earth would be an ice ball
But we've built a SECOND greenhouse around the first, trapping ever more heat.
It's not Earth's greenhouse that's the problem. It's the one we keep adding to
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Whatever, folks can have opinions. But damn... The sting of "bigger is better" in this community.
Whatever, folks can have opinions. But damn... The sting of "bigger is better" in this community.
~930,000 years ago the population of our ancestors crashed by almost 99% - to fewer than 1,300 individuals
We came within a whisker of never existing
We have to stop this happening again. This time by our own hand
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~930,000 years ago the population of our ancestors crashed by almost 99% - to fewer than 1,300 individuals
We came within a whisker of never existing
We have to stop this happening again. This time by our own hand
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The Doomsday Clock reads 89 seconds to midnight — the closest ever
Born in 1947 to evaluate risk of nuclear Armageddon, it now tracks climate and other existential risks too
But clocks can be wound back, and we need to do this NOW
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The Doomsday Clock reads 89 seconds to midnight — the closest ever
Born in 1947 to evaluate risk of nuclear Armageddon, it now tracks climate and other existential risks too
But clocks can be wound back, and we need to do this NOW
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Tipping points don't queue politely. Cross one - like Greenland Ice-Sheet collapse - and it can shove others over in a domino-like cascade
The climate isn't separate switches - it's a web
That's what keeps me awake at night
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Tipping points don't queue politely. Cross one - like Greenland Ice-Sheet collapse - and it can shove others over in a domino-like cascade
The climate isn't separate switches - it's a web
That's what keeps me awake at night
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Tipping points don't queue politely. Cross one - like Greenland Ice-Sheet collapse - and it can shove others over in a domino-like cascade
The climate isn't separate switches - it's a web
That's what keeps me awake at night
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#FateOfTheWorld #DeepTime
Tipping points don't queue politely. Cross one - like Greenland Ice-Sheet collapse - and it can shove others over in a domino-like cascade
The climate isn't separate switches - it's a web
That's what keeps me awake at night
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#FateOfTheWorld #DeepTime
8,000 years ago, post-glacial uplift of Scandinavia destabilised the seabed off Norway
A giant underwater landslide sent a tsunami 20m high across Shetland and 30km inland in Scotland
Climate change can move the very floor of the sea
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8,000 years ago, post-glacial uplift of Scandinavia destabilised the seabed off Norway
A giant underwater landslide sent a tsunami 20m high across Shetland and 30km inland in Scotland
Climate change can move the very floor of the sea
share + tag 2
#FateOfTheWorld #DeepTime
You can catch it on FOTW Radio, an independent Internet radio station. It will play at 9:30 PM in Sydney, London, New York, and LA timezones in Halloween!
In the meantime,check out the promo below!
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In the meantime,check out the promo below!
Tipping points don't queue politely. Cross one - like Greenland Ice-Sheet collapse - and it can shove others over in a domino-like cascade
The climate isn't separate switches - it's a web
That's what keeps me awake at night
Please share + tag 2
#FateOfTheWorld #DeepTime
Tipping points don't queue politely. Cross one - like Greenland Ice-Sheet collapse - and it can shove others over in a domino-like cascade
The climate isn't separate switches - it's a web
That's what keeps me awake at night
Please share + tag 2
#FateOfTheWorld #DeepTime
As well as the atmosphere and oceans, a changing climate can wake the solid Earth
When ice melted after the last ice age, the pressure release triggered quakes and eruptions.
The ground responds to what we do to the sky
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As well as the atmosphere and oceans, a changing climate can wake the solid Earth
When ice melted after the last ice age, the pressure release triggered quakes and eruptions.
The ground responds to what we do to the sky
Pls share + tag 2
#FateOfTheWorld
8,000 years ago, post-glacial uplift of Scandinavia destabilised the seabed off Norway
A giant underwater landslide sent a tsunami 20m high across Shetland and 30km inland in Scotland
Climate change can move the very floor of the sea
share + tag 2
#FateOfTheWorld #DeepTime
8,000 years ago, post-glacial uplift of Scandinavia destabilised the seabed off Norway
A giant underwater landslide sent a tsunami 20m high across Shetland and 30km inland in Scotland
Climate change can move the very floor of the sea
share + tag 2
#FateOfTheWorld #DeepTime
1.5°C equates to key tipping points such as the loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet that, once crossed, won't reverse on any human timescale.
1.5°C isn't a slogan. It's a set of one-way doors to a different world
And it's now shut behind us
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1.5°C equates to key tipping points such as the loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet that, once crossed, won't reverse on any human timescale.
1.5°C isn't a slogan. It's a set of one-way doors to a different world
And it's now shut behind us
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9,000 years ago, a Neolithic village off northern Israel built the world's first sea wall to fight rising post-glacial seas. They lost
The seas are rising again - fast - but we can still stop the worst
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9,000 years ago, a Neolithic village off northern Israel built the world's first sea wall to fight rising post-glacial seas. They lost
The seas are rising again - fast - but we can still stop the worst
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9,000 years ago, a Neolithic village off northern Israel built the world's first sea wall to fight rising post-glacial seas. They lost
The seas are rising again - fast - but we can still stop the worst
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At peak ice age, so much water was locked up in the ice sheets that a land area bigger than India, Canada and the US combined was exposed — its name Aquaterra
The sea redrew the world map before. It's about to do so again
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At peak ice age, so much water was locked up in the ice sheets that a land area bigger than India, Canada and the US combined was exposed — its name Aquaterra
The sea redrew the world map before. It's about to do so again
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Sea-level now rising at ~1cm every 2 years with a doubling rate that could be as short as 10y 😕 Small numbers getting much bigger soon
1.2 billion people forecast to be at risk within 25 years
Well on our way to a Pliocene climate - sea-level eventually up 15-25m
Sea-level now rising at ~1cm every 2 years with a doubling rate that could be as short as 10y 😕 Small numbers getting much bigger soon
1.2 billion people forecast to be at risk within 25 years
Well on our way to a Pliocene climate - sea-level eventually up 15-25m
Sea-level now rising at ~1cm every 2 years with a doubling rate that could be as short as 10y 😕 Small numbers getting much bigger soon
1.2 billion people forecast to be at risk within 25 years
Well on our way to a Pliocene climate - sea-level eventually up 15-25m
The oceans have soaked up 90% of the extra heat our activities have generated + a huge chunk of our carbon
They've been our silent lifesaver. But they can't absorb forever — and what's stored will haunt us for millennia
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The oceans have soaked up 90% of the extra heat our activities have generated + a huge chunk of our carbon
They've been our silent lifesaver. But they can't absorb forever — and what's stored will haunt us for millennia
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In the last interglacial, 125,000y ago, it was hot enough for hippos in Yorkshire, while crocodiles swam in Berkeley Square - well London anyway. That world was less than 1°C hotter than today
Small number. Wildly different planet
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In the last interglacial, 125,000y ago, it was hot enough for hippos in Yorkshire, while crocodiles swam in Berkeley Square - well London anyway. That world was less than 1°C hotter than today
Small number. Wildly different planet
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