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- Nairn2
uh oh.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-n…
Given how much this shit is used in the west, 'if only' to burn harvested rootstock every year, this doesn't bode well.
I think next two decades are going to be the peak of environmental fuckedupedness, unless we get our collective act together. If it's not the peak, then we're absolutely fucked.
- It's been really dawning on me recently Just How Much and How Fast things have changed globally in just a couple of generations.Nairn
- I mean, I've known everything's on the precipice of fuckedupedness for more than half my life, but I'd never contextualised the very short amount of time.Nairn
- within a couple of hundred orbits of the sun, but particularly the last 60 or so, we've wrought change on a scale rarely seen over billions of years.Nairn
- And I meant billions.Nairn
- It’s a free market bro! What’s a little cancer piss?
Monsanto bants!PhanLo
- Continuity1
We're fucked.
'Scientists make "slightly sweaty" robot finger with living skin
Japanese innovation thought to have potential to "build a new relationship between humans and robots"'
- I didn't think this was a finger when I first saw it. The tech still applies though.Chimp
- "slightly sweaty"
scary cool tech thread.sarahfailin - "Self-lubricating"ok_not_ok
- ApeRobot0
History has shown us that all the great empires have collapsed, we will be no exception to the rule.
- Not quite. History has shown us that all Empires end. 'Collapse' has certain negative connotations that needn't necessarily transpire.Nairn
- This time is more of a mass extinction situation - climate deterioration will move societal collapse and that'll be the end of "modern" humans...grafician
- Humans are the singular-most resilient creatures on this planet larger than an inch. Shit'll hit the fan, our faces will be covered in shit. We'll prevail.Nairn
- rats and cockroaches will prevail..neverscared
- @Nairn there are very few people fit to handle all the coming changes. We became practically a "mall society" nowgrafician
- Rome still exists... I've been there!BK
- palimpsest1
- Because salt water sanitation's a real pain in the ass.Nairn
- https://i.imgur.com/…pango
- HAL90011
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that the world is entering an era of chaos due to multiple crises, including the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, and the climate crisis.
He also decried the unprecedented divisions in the Security Council, which is paralyzed due to geo-political fissures.
Guterres called for major reforms to the Security Council, the international financial system, and the global response to complex global shocks.
He also stressed the need to address the climate crisis and to develop ethical norms for the development of artificial intelligence.
Here are some of the key points from the article:
Guterres said that the world is facing a "perfect storm" of crises, including the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, the climate crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
He warned that these crises are leading to a "new era of chaos" and that the world is "sleepwalking towards disaster."
Guterres decried the unprecedented divisions in the Security Council, which is unable to take action on major crises due to the veto power of its permanent members.
He called for major reforms to the Security Council, including expanding its membership and making it more representative of the global community.
Guterres also stressed the need to address the climate crisis, which he called "the defining challenge of our time."
He called for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to help developing countries adapt to the effects of climate change.
Guterres also called for the development of ethical norms for the development of artificial intelligence, which he said has the potential to be both a powerful tool for good and a major threat to humanity.
The article concludes by saying that Guterres's speech is a "stark warning" about the state of the world and the need for urgent action to address the multiple crises that we face.
- https://www.youtube.…Bluejam
- yep, this feels all very real... turning 50 this year and it all feels 'unstable'necromation
- utopian1
Critical Atlantic Ocean current system is showing early signs of collapse.
A crucial system of ocean currents may already be on course to collapse, according to a new report, with alarming implications for sea level rise and global weather — leading temperatures to plunge dramatically in some regions and rise in others.
Using exceptionally complex and expensive computing systems, scientists found a new way to detect an early warning signal for the collapse of these currents, according to the study published Friday in the journal Science Advances. And as the planet warms, there are already indications it is heading in this direction.
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (the AMOC) — of which the Gulf Stream is part — works like a giant global conveyor belt, taking warm water from the tropics toward the far North Atlantic, where the water cools, becomes saltier and sinks deep into the ocean, before spreading southward.
The currents carry heat and nutrients to different areas of the globe and play a vital role in keeping the climate of large parts of the Northern Hemisphere relatively mild.
For decades, scientists have been sounding the alarm on the circulation’s stability as climate change warms the ocean and melts ice, disrupting the balance of heat and salt that determines the currents’ strength.
While many scientists believe the AMOC will slow under climate change, and could even grind to a halt, there remains huge uncertainty over when and how fast this could happen. The AMOC has only been monitored continuously since 2004.
- "Using exceptionally complex and expensive computing systems..."
Sorry? Who wrote this?OBBTKN - more like late signs of collapse.. its obvious since the 70tiesneverscared
- "Using exceptionally complex and expensive computing systems..."
- utopian0
- "A World Wildlife Fund Study says that in the past 50 years, the abundance of global wildlife has collapsed 69%."utopian
- "Humanities feasting on resources, has tripled in the past 50 years. We're now consuming more than 175% of what the earth can regenerate."utopian
- b.. b.. b.. but i recycle like a good humanIanbolton
- The solution... Thanos... We need Thanoshydro74
- Ramanisky22
We’re floating thru space on a rock & paying bills.
- Nairn0
Oh Great, something else to worry about. I'd read that salting of roads in Canada was genderbending toads or salmon or something, but this is a whole new level of OhFFS.
- it's rusting cars. stop already with the saltimbecile
- https://i.imgur.com/…pango
- hover cars would have fixed this issue by 2015.BabySnakes
- Nairn1
Mmmm, saline sat in plastic results in volatiles that you can taste, yum.
- utopian1
- A mild 109 in Las Vegas today. Been cooling off.dasohr
- 6 days ago...
https://qbn.com/repl…grafician
- shapesalad1
Was sure where to post this:
- *Wasn'tshapesalad
- you're really obsessed with black people.pango
- Just trying to understand all aspects of this migration crisis. I thought you'd be happy I'm looking at it from all sides.shapesalad
- It's actually a really insightful doc, really well filmed and made. Makes you wonder, if Africa was a prosperous and rich continent...shapesalad
- ... would poor white people in council estates across Europe, illegally travel to Africa in search of riches and fulfilling dreams?shapesalad
- It seems like a lot of them in the video are daydreaming of Europe being an easy solution to their problems...shapesalad
- ^annnnd there it ispango
- There what is?shapesalad
- Ramanisky20
- British kids from 1966 speak more eloquently and have a better vocabulary than American adults today.hotroddy
- Same with American kids from the 60s.monospaced
- I blame MTVjmckinno