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Scientists find that major Earth systems are on the verge of total collapse.

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Scientists find that major Earth systems are on the verge of total collapse.

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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 4 days ago

Scientists determine that major Earth systems are on the verge of total collapse

Hidden in every tenth of a degree of extra warmth are hair-trigger switches built into Earth systems that are critical for all life.

Won’t be long now.

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Those risk projections actually look pretty rosy compared to what insurance actuaries are predicting: https://actuaries.org.uk/document-library/thought-leadership/thought-leadership-campaigns/climate-papers/planetary-solvency-finding-our-balance-with-nature/
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  Yeah, shit’s getting bad. We’re going to be out of fresh water and arable land soon too.

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