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Biosphere in Crisis
@cathobrian.bsky.social
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The biosphere is in crisis due to factors that include global warming, biodiversity loss, overpopulation, overshoot, & plastic pollution. My aim is to increase awareness of urgency for action
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#Climate collapse is just one of the polycrises humanity faces as a result of #overshoot, which is the extent to which human activity is exceeding the carrying capacity of the planet. The key drivers of overshoot, population growth and consumerism, must be contained to meaningfully address this.
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New climate = New risk
A tornado has hit Ermont near Paris, France, causing 3 cranes to collapse. At least 1 person is dead and 9 people injured.
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'However, instead of hearing the usual noise of the forest at dawn, what researchers found was nothing but silence. No birds, no insects. All quiet.

When measuring the local temperature, the scientist found readings above 30°C (86°F), which is very unusual for that time of the day'
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The answer is 1.62°C.

Here's some more climate data you can quote during your water-cooler conversations:
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"The drilling....which is 160km from the coastline – has been a passion project for Lula, who insists OIL REVENUES WILL HELP FUND BRAZIL'S CLIMATE TRANSITION"

How many times have a heard this nonsensical drivel

Madness, pure madness

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Brazil greenlights oil drilling in Amazon as environmentalists raise alarm
Conservationists argue president’s oil expansion plans clash with his image as a global leader on climate change
www.theguardian.com
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The last 3 years have been the hottest in 125,000 years.

CO2 levels are their highest in about 12 MILLION years.

Scientists predict 4C+ this century & BILLIONS of deaths.

Not interested in this? Then you should consider a career in centrist politics & the mainstream media.
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Almost all of my posts are some evidence or illustration of what @camwalker.bsky.social is describing in this thread. We are in the midst of a massive, rapid ecological breakdown that is all around us -- but most don't recognize it or care. But eventually, the chickens will come home to roost. 🌎
If you pay attention, ecological collapse is happening everywhere, in real time.

1/ Like here: Starved of water, taken down by insects, burned by repeated, abnormally intense wildfires, much of the ponderosa forest is turning into permanent grass & shrublands.

orionmagazine.org/article/twil...
Twilight Trees - Orion Magazine
An elegy for ponderosa pines in a changing west
orionmagazine.org
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It is no wonder we are at peak apathy. Hyper-narcissism was engineered by a psychonomy that recognized, very early on, that selfish consumatrons will buy more stuff while at the same time become politically inactive.This was a double win for the necrocapitalist oligarchy

From my book THE PETRI DISH
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In case you're keeping track, Antarctic sea-ice is 3rd lowest on record for the day.

Will a new record daily low be set before the year is out? The Climate 8-ball is out shilling for the fossil fuel industry on behalf of Exxon.
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After the floods, sickness follows.

In Pakistan, over 6 million people have fallen ill in temporary camps — dengue, cholera, malaria up 87%.

When the waters rise, disease comes with them.
This is what climate collapse looks like.
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“None of the big tech companies provide detailed breakdowns of their water usage by facility. Some actively resist attempts for more disclosure.”
AI-related data centres use vast amounts of water. But gauging how much is a murky business

As tech companies spend billions on data centres, citizens around the world are starting to push back

AI uses too much electricity and water and should have their own grids, dams

www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...
Thirsty AI data centres are coming to Canada, with little scrutiny or oversight | CBC News
Canada is poised to join the data centre boom. But as such projects face greater scrutiny around the world, there is little debate here about what this will mean for the country’s water.
www.cbc.ca
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Open AI's Sam Altman says AI will be powered by gas in the short term: www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...

But let's be clear. Gas isn't a 'bridge fuel' - it's a highway to climate hell.

As attribution science advances, could Altman face legal action?
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More on my next book:

The Fate of the World: a Deep-Time History of the Climate Crisis

Hardback and ebook out May 2026

Paperback to follow

Sign up to register interest and for updates at:
thefateoftheworld.com
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Cold deaths are easy to count. Heat deaths are easy to hide.
A hotter planet spreads pathogens, worsens heart/lung stress, & drives dehydration. Those deaths are logged as “disease,” not “heat.”
It’s the same trick chemical firms use: if you can’t trace the body to the cause, the cause disappears.
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The soy from freshly deforested Brazilian land is used in Europe to feed livestock - to produce meat, dairy, eggs and farmed fish.

By shifting to plant-based or plant-rich diets we can have a direct beneficial impact on this and other planetary harms.
Some agricultural producers in the Brazilian Cerrado who indirectly supply soy to the European market still haven’t complied with the forthcoming European Union’s antideforestation regulation, or EUDR, an investigation has found.
Deforestation for soy continues in Brazilian Cerrado despite EUDR looming
Agricultural producers in Brazil’s Cerrado savanna continue to clear land for soy, which puts them in breach of the European Union’s upcoming antideforestation law, or EUDR, a new investigation…
news.mongabay.com