Heikki Karppinen
Heikki Karppinen
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“The earth has reached its first catastrophic tipping point linked to greenhouse gas emissions, with warm water coral reefs now facing a long-term decline and risking the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, according to a new report.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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This graph is top heavy. . .
August 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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A global analysis of crop yields suggests that each degree Celsius of warming by 2100 will reduce the food available per person by about 121 kilocalories per day.

Under a 3°C warming scenario “that works out to giving up breakfast for everyone”, says Andrew Hultgren. 🧪
World's farmers won't be able to keep up with climate change
Even if farmers change their agricultural practices in response to higher temperatures, five out of six staple crops will still suffer severe losses due to climate change
www.newscientist.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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"While scientists have long predicted that as the world warms there will be more extremes, the increase has been much higher than what was expected, especially by computer model simulations"

apnews.com/article/extr...
Planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950, study finds
A new study says climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years.
apnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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#Arctic sea ice volume was about 36% below the 1979 level and 20% below the 1979-2024 average in March 2025

+ More graphics: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... Data simulated from PIOMAS.
April 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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this seems to be very, very frightening
Preliminary data suggests that the global average increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration in 2024 will be a record.

Not just a little record, but 25% higher than the previous record.

(This is the global average, as opposed to Moana Loa)

gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/...

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March 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Remember: the televised punishment & humiliation meted out to Zelensky just now could be done to any NATO ally facing similar aggression. The sense of sneering hostility & contempt by Trump & Vance isn’t specific to Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM