“Until a few years ago, we were discussing whether it would happen at all, as a kind of low-probability, high-impact risk,” Rahmstorf told CNN. “And now it looks a lot more likely than just a few years ago that this will happen. Now people are starting to close in on when it will happen.”

The foods which compose about 60% of the calories of an American diet are likely contributing to dementia.

TLDR: Byzantine government structure and rapid climate changes are pushing small farmers toward failure.

Cross posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/38515005

Article highlights the confluence of the breakdown of consensus reality, get rich quick AI generated spam, and increasing xenophobia.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jiec.13442

Cross posted from: https://links.hackliberty.org/post/2260127

CBT’s strength is its ability to help people sort through their thoughts and figure out where their perception may have become distorted, and what feelings and actions stem from that.

But this doesn’t work for eco-anxiety because climate distress is inherently logical. It comes from a place of empathy for others and a world that they recognize is “in really big trouble,” Davenport says.

Micro- and nano-scopic sized pieces of plastic people use everyday can eventually find its way into the most unlikely of places, even in the plaque of clogged arteries of cardiac patients, a recent study found.

"If microplastics might be promoting coronary disease, you might not be able to avoid ingesting the microplastics, because they're everywhere, but you can sure do the other things. You can keep your blood pressure low. You can exercise. You can get your cholesterol measured," Gerber said.