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https://www.sciencealert.com/pivotal-moment-for-humanity-as-disasters-threaten-to-converge>
"A new review of literature on global climate change written by an
international team of more than 200 researchers leaves no room for doubt:
humanity is heading for disaster, unless significant steps are taken to change
that course.
How disastrous? The research team mentions trillions of US dollars in
climate-related damage, billions of people pushed into hardship around the
world, and millions of lives lost as a result of a rapidly warming planet.
The report focuses specifically on tipping points – sudden, large scale shifts
in ecological conditions caused by a culmination of smaller environmental
changes. Those cataclysmic shifts include the widespread destruction of coral
reefs and the collapse of the biggest ice sheets, each of which would in turn
lead to even greater widespread disruption.
The report identifies a number of interactions between major tipping elements
around the globe, finding the majority of which exert a destabilizing
influence. Some ecosystems on the verge of significant change, like Greenland's
ice sheets, have such low thresholds for tipping, they could be considered
instigators of chains of effects that ripple around the globe, sending other
systems crashing."
Via Rixty Dixet.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
