Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
The irony is not lost on me of being served an all-encompassing ad about getting an MBA while I was trying to read this article. Seems our extinction clock has moved up faster than we thought.
My ad was about watching DogMan on Peacock
I'm tired
DogMan on Peacock
Furry porn?
Make money number go up, make insect number go down
Every spring there are fewer bugs in our garden, and walking around we see signs on half our neighbors lawns warning about pesticide application. It's ridiculous that on top of the agricultural pesticide use, we even allow residential use... FOR GRASS.
The pollinator garden is coming along nicely though in our yard, and it is one of the busier ones in our area which is nice.
Problem is that we are also seeing big declines in places without pesticides
Just copying my comment from another post about the same article:
Even in the past 3 years there has been a noticeable decline. We moved 4 years ago to where we now live. The first spring and summer the place was buzzing with insects. We actually made the entire garden much more insect friendly but last year there were noticeably less than the previous year and this year it's just dire. In april I walked around our back garden which was full with flowers and I had to stay in one spot for several minutes before I spotted the first bee. I am incredibly worried and depressed from this. It's horrifying.
Spoiler Alert: Humans will 100% destroy this planet.
Unless magic exists and we find a way to not produce waste anymore or deplete resources.
P.S. That isn't happening.
The planet will survive. I don't have the same hope for plants and creatures tho.
If magic does exist, all I want is to have the power to cause anyone anywhere in the world to violently shit themselves.
I've put a lot of thought into this one. Its like Deathnote but they shit themselves instead. Trump wants to open his mouth? Well his asshole is gonna open too. That goes for any of the many fash cunt leaders rn. But it also wouldnt be such a OTT power that it could go to my head.