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drnoam@diasp.org
Noam Bergman

Wow, my favourite #doom blogger, Desdemona Despair, is hanging up their mouse after 16 years.

7 November 2024 (Desdemona Despair) – My work here is done.

After more than 13,000 posts warning of the end of the Phanerozoic eon and the imminent extinction of the human species, I’m calling it quits. The first Desdemona blog post was on 14 November 2008 and was titled, Rising CO2 accelerates coral bleaching: study. It was inspired by an experience in a Native American ceremony and the hope that maybe, if people could see the science behind global warming and other anthropogenic disasters, we could turn the tide of industrialized ecocide and save some of the natural world for future generations. But 16 years later, almost to the day, here we are.

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It’s tempting to continue posting on Desdemona as the worst of the technogenic eco-cataclysm bears down on us. But now, I must focus on how to survive the fascist collapse of the U.S., and this means setting aside my hobby of doom blogging. In the future, I may add the occasional posts for doomy stories that are too juicy to let pass. But these posts are time-consuming, and with two months before the regime begins implementing the fascist policies of Project 2025, I can’t spend any more time documenting the doom.

#ClimateChange #Fascism

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Map showing the results of the disastrous U.S. presidential election, 7 November 2024. Graphic: Reuters 7 November 2024 (Desdemona Despair) – My work here is done. After more than 13,000 posts warning of the end of the Phanerozoic eon and...

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psychmesu@diaspora.glasswings.com
psychmesu

https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/113477538393474961 breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social - Mother Nature says: FAFO

Trees and land absorbed almost no carbon dioxide (CO2) last year, and scientists are struggling to work out why.

Carbon sinks, such as forests, oceans and soils, are an essential part of regulating the Earth’s climate. Through natural processes, these land and ocean masses absorb almost half of all human carbon emissions from the atmosphere.

But preliminary findings for 2023 – the hottest year ever recorded on Earth – have found that the amount of carbon absorbed by forests, plants, and soil has temporarily collapsed.

This was completely unexpected, and therefore not something factored into most predictions and calculations about how quickly the Earth will heat up as a result of climate change. The breakdown of the land carbon sink could be temporary, but if it isn’t, this will drastically increase the rate of global heating.

It will be impossible for the world to reach net zero without carbon sinks, because there is simply no human technology that can absorb carbon on the same scale as the forests, grasslands, peat bogs, and oceans of the world.

FULL STORY ➡️ https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/environment/trees-absorbed-almost-no-co2-last-year-and-scientists-are-struggling-to-explain-why-385673/

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

Bread and Circuses (@breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social)

Attached: 1 image Mother Nature says: FAFO ____________________________ Trees and land absorbed almost no carbon dioxide (CO2) last year, and scientists are struggling to work out why. Carbon sinks, such as forests, oceans and soils, are an...

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psychmesu

https://med-mastodon.com/@carpingdiem/113438805078797439 carpingdiem@med-mastodon.com - Strange things are happening. For one thing, it is abnormally warm--it was 71F/22C today while the normal temperature is 59F/15C.  Our hibiscus plants and a neighbor's lilac and forsythia bushes are blooming (normally at this time of year these plants are without leaves, much less flowers). And in other news, a convicted felon was elected President of the United States. Strange times. #climatechange #HoosierMast

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Attached: 3 images Strange things are happening. For one thing, it is abnormally warm--it was 71F/22C today while the normal temperature is 59F/15C. Our hibiscus plants and a neighbor's lilac and forsythia bushes are blooming (normally at this...

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