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[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Science warned us about the possibility of climate change over a hundred years ago. We've been passing the buck for generations.

edit: Citation1 (1902): https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/article-warns-of-burning-coal/

Citation2 (1912): https://theconversation.com/for-110-years-climate-change-has-been-in-the-news-are-we-finally-ready-to-listen-188646

Both these projections were based on steady state consumption rates. Our religion of perpetual growth throws that out the window.

[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Also, it's infinitely frustrating and heartbreaking for the more senior climate scientists that went from saying "look, if we act now and put our heads together to clean up our act, we can still stop this in its tracks and save the world" early in their career to decades later where basically all that's left for them to do is try to predict exactly how bad it will get, what regions will be decimated the most and how many billions of people will die from this, while begging everyone to at least mitigate it so humanity as a species might still have a chance, and everyone still don't give a shit.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

The USDA has released a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map for 2023. These were things that use to stay static for decades at least. We can now expect them to be updated every few years at the least now.

this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2023
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