Biosphere in Crisis
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The biosphere is in crisis due to factors that include global warming, biodiversity loss, overpopulation, overshoot, & plastic pollution. My aim is to increase awareness of urgency for action
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#Climate collapse is just one of the polycrises humanity faces as a result of #overshoot, which is the extent to which human activity is exceeding the carrying capacity of the planet. The key drivers of overshoot, population growth and consumerism, must be contained to meaningfully address this.
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Just read Goliath's Curse, by Luke Kemp. It confirmed a lot of my suppositions (suspicions, superstitions) about the untold part of history. Kemp uses paleontology, archaeology, and written history to construct a cohesive explanation of the rise and fall of empires. I'm convinced.
December 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Just read Goliath's Curse, by Luke Kemp. It confirmed a lot of my suppositions (suspicions, superstitions) about the untold part of history. Kemp uses paleontology, archaeology, and written history to construct a cohesive explanation of the rise and fall of empires. I'm convinced.
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Some think it already happened during 2010s
Either way they are on track to become another subsystem switching from a cooling function to a warming function...
Either way they are on track to become another subsystem switching from a cooling function to a warming function...
Amazon rainforest flipped to carbon source during 2023 extreme drought, study shows
The Amazon rainforest is of crucial importance to the Earth's ecosystem, given its capacity to store substantial amounts of carbon in its vegetation. In 2023, the region experienced unusually high tem...
phys.org
February 17, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Some think it already happened during 2010s
Either way they are on track to become another subsystem switching from a cooling function to a warming function...
Either way they are on track to become another subsystem switching from a cooling function to a warming function...
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I just noticed this stalk, which means my Agave has matured. It will now direct all its energy to grow long stalk, which will then flower. However, once that happens the plant will the die. I have had this plant for 12 years - it is a natural cycle - but still makes me 😔
February 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I just noticed this stalk, which means my Agave has matured. It will now direct all its energy to grow long stalk, which will then flower. However, once that happens the plant will the die. I have had this plant for 12 years - it is a natural cycle - but still makes me 😔
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'Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims'
techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/m...
#AI #Meta #SmartGlasses #NameTag #surveillance #privacy
techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/m...
#AI #Meta #SmartGlasses #NameTag #surveillance #privacy
Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims | TechCrunch
The feature, internally known as “Name Tag,” would allow smart glasses wearers to identify people and get information about them via Meta's AI assistant.
techcrunch.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM
'Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims'
techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/m...
#AI #Meta #SmartGlasses #NameTag #surveillance #privacy
techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/m...
#AI #Meta #SmartGlasses #NameTag #surveillance #privacy
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We're fighting like hell for #Hellbenders by suing the Fish and Wildlife Service to force the agency to set a binding date to enact federal protections for them under the #ESA.
This prehistoric #salamander faces tremendous threats from activities that harm rivers and streams ➡️ bit.ly/46XwSBI
This prehistoric #salamander faces tremendous threats from activities that harm rivers and streams ➡️ bit.ly/46XwSBI
February 17, 2026 at 7:03 PM
We're fighting like hell for #Hellbenders by suing the Fish and Wildlife Service to force the agency to set a binding date to enact federal protections for them under the #ESA.
This prehistoric #salamander faces tremendous threats from activities that harm rivers and streams ➡️ bit.ly/46XwSBI
This prehistoric #salamander faces tremendous threats from activities that harm rivers and streams ➡️ bit.ly/46XwSBI
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What do tipping points mean for climate policy?
Climate change won't be smooth.
Delay reaching emission targets by a few years, and you might not just get slightly worse climate impacts.
You may unwittingly cross a line for unstoppable, massive changes.
global-tipping-points.org
Climate change won't be smooth.
Delay reaching emission targets by a few years, and you might not just get slightly worse climate impacts.
You may unwittingly cross a line for unstoppable, massive changes.
global-tipping-points.org
Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact
Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.
global-tipping-points.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
What do tipping points mean for climate policy?
Climate change won't be smooth.
Delay reaching emission targets by a few years, and you might not just get slightly worse climate impacts.
You may unwittingly cross a line for unstoppable, massive changes.
global-tipping-points.org
Climate change won't be smooth.
Delay reaching emission targets by a few years, and you might not just get slightly worse climate impacts.
You may unwittingly cross a line for unstoppable, massive changes.
global-tipping-points.org
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Pol Pot killed 3 million people. Vought and Musk have him beat three times over.
As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Pol Pot killed 3 million people. Vought and Musk have him beat three times over.
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Your 'moment of doom' for Feb. 17, 2026 ~ Wet bulb alert?
"The heating is going to be so big and so obvious that it will lead, for the first time, to a real global discussion of solar geoengineering as a response."
billmckibben.substack.com/p/an-el-nino...
"The heating is going to be so big and so obvious that it will lead, for the first time, to a real global discussion of solar geoengineering as a response."
billmckibben.substack.com/p/an-el-nino...
An El Niño is brewing
And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight.
billmckibben.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Feb. 17, 2026 ~ Wet bulb alert?
"The heating is going to be so big and so obvious that it will lead, for the first time, to a real global discussion of solar geoengineering as a response."
billmckibben.substack.com/p/an-el-nino...
"The heating is going to be so big and so obvious that it will lead, for the first time, to a real global discussion of solar geoengineering as a response."
billmckibben.substack.com/p/an-el-nino...
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"‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating"
I can scarcely believe what I am reading, that adapting to 3C of warming is "doable". Only someone who doesn't understand what 3C of warming actually means, could think it "doable".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I can scarcely believe what I am reading, that adapting to 3C of warming is "doable". Only someone who doesn't understand what 3C of warming actually means, could think it "doable".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating
Advisory board member says adapting is ‘not rocket science’ but Europe already paying price for lack of preparation
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:47 AM
"‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating"
I can scarcely believe what I am reading, that adapting to 3C of warming is "doable". Only someone who doesn't understand what 3C of warming actually means, could think it "doable".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I can scarcely believe what I am reading, that adapting to 3C of warming is "doable". Only someone who doesn't understand what 3C of warming actually means, could think it "doable".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Right direction but woefully slow. 23 million homes in the UK are heated by fossil fuels. At this rate, the conversion would take 184 years.
This should be done at emergency pace.
We’re also making it worse with every new home built with a gas boiler.
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
This should be done at emergency pace.
We’re also making it worse with every new home built with a gas boiler.
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
Written evidence submitted by Energy & Utilities Alliance (EUA)
committees.parliament.uk
February 13, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Right direction but woefully slow. 23 million homes in the UK are heated by fossil fuels. At this rate, the conversion would take 184 years.
This should be done at emergency pace.
We’re also making it worse with every new home built with a gas boiler.
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
This should be done at emergency pace.
We’re also making it worse with every new home built with a gas boiler.
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
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easily said
and then offering nothing about how to actually adapt to 3C
(probably because our "adaptation" will be to ignore and pretend and hope that it wont really get that bad...)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
and then offering nothing about how to actually adapt to 3C
(probably because our "adaptation" will be to ignore and pretend and hope that it wont really get that bad...)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating
Advisory board member says adapting is ‘not rocket science’ but Europe already paying price for lack of preparation
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:51 PM
easily said
and then offering nothing about how to actually adapt to 3C
(probably because our "adaptation" will be to ignore and pretend and hope that it wont really get that bad...)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
and then offering nothing about how to actually adapt to 3C
(probably because our "adaptation" will be to ignore and pretend and hope that it wont really get that bad...)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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White supremacy is just a job you do, like architect or serial killer
Chicago Magazine named Nick Fuentes #7 in its list of Top 50 powerful Chicagoans of 2025.
February 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM
White supremacy is just a job you do, like architect or serial killer
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Next nail in the coffin:
"A first threshold, potentially as low as 1–2 °C above pre-industrial levels, triggers the long-term collapse of ~40% of marine ice volume in West Antarctica"
Triggers a geologic methane feedback possible able on itself to trigger runaway warming
#climate
"A first threshold, potentially as low as 1–2 °C above pre-industrial levels, triggers the long-term collapse of ~40% of marine ice volume in West Antarctica"
Triggers a geologic methane feedback possible able on itself to trigger runaway warming
#climate
Mapping tipping risks from Antarctic ice basins under global warming - Nature Climate Change
Climate change threatens the future of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Here the authors show that individual drainage basins have different thresholds and loss patterns, suggesting the need to consider the d...
www.nature.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Next nail in the coffin:
"A first threshold, potentially as low as 1–2 °C above pre-industrial levels, triggers the long-term collapse of ~40% of marine ice volume in West Antarctica"
Triggers a geologic methane feedback possible able on itself to trigger runaway warming
#climate
"A first threshold, potentially as low as 1–2 °C above pre-industrial levels, triggers the long-term collapse of ~40% of marine ice volume in West Antarctica"
Triggers a geologic methane feedback possible able on itself to trigger runaway warming
#climate
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Researchers are already warning Europe to prepare for a 3°C world.
I have significant criticisms of this news article. It discusses extreme weather and heat, but ignores the cascading impacts of 3°C on biodiversity, food systems, and tipping points.
But what is true is that 3°C is headed our way
I have significant criticisms of this news article. It discusses extreme weather and heat, but ignores the cascading impacts of 3°C on biodiversity, food systems, and tipping points.
But what is true is that 3°C is headed our way
‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating
Advisory board member says adapting is ‘not rocket science’ but Europe already paying price for lack of preparation
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Researchers are already warning Europe to prepare for a 3°C world.
I have significant criticisms of this news article. It discusses extreme weather and heat, but ignores the cascading impacts of 3°C on biodiversity, food systems, and tipping points.
But what is true is that 3°C is headed our way
I have significant criticisms of this news article. It discusses extreme weather and heat, but ignores the cascading impacts of 3°C on biodiversity, food systems, and tipping points.
But what is true is that 3°C is headed our way
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There is a tendency to act as if climate change adaptation is a ‘get out of jail free’ card
Adapting to ongoing climate change will involve huge disruption to our systems
It would be so much simpler to act to stop further climate change
Adapting to ongoing climate change will involve huge disruption to our systems
It would be so much simpler to act to stop further climate change
February 17, 2026 at 8:12 AM
There is a tendency to act as if climate change adaptation is a ‘get out of jail free’ card
Adapting to ongoing climate change will involve huge disruption to our systems
It would be so much simpler to act to stop further climate change
Adapting to ongoing climate change will involve huge disruption to our systems
It would be so much simpler to act to stop further climate change
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Yes it's necessary to prepare, but there's no adapting to a 3C world
This is such a dangerous message
This is such a dangerous message
‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating
Advisory board member says adapting is ‘not rocket science’ but Europe already paying price for lack of preparation
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Yes it's necessary to prepare, but there's no adapting to a 3C world
This is such a dangerous message
This is such a dangerous message
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'Mapping tipping risks from Antarctic ice basins under global warming…
A first threshold, potentially as low as 1–2 °C above pre-industrial levels, triggers the long-term collapse of ~40% of marine ice volume in West Antarctica.'
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A first threshold, potentially as low as 1–2 °C above pre-industrial levels, triggers the long-term collapse of ~40% of marine ice volume in West Antarctica.'
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mapping tipping risks from Antarctic ice basins under global warming - Nature Climate Change
Climate change threatens the future of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Here the authors show that individual drainage basins have different thresholds and loss patterns, suggesting the need to consider the d...
www.nature.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:03 PM
'Mapping tipping risks from Antarctic ice basins under global warming…
A first threshold, potentially as low as 1–2 °C above pre-industrial levels, triggers the long-term collapse of ~40% of marine ice volume in West Antarctica.'
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A first threshold, potentially as low as 1–2 °C above pre-industrial levels, triggers the long-term collapse of ~40% of marine ice volume in West Antarctica.'
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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As one example, longer-term past #AMOC evolution has been reconstructred by analysing heat content and temperature changes in the subtropical and tropical Atlantic at mid-depth, which correlates with #AMOC strength:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
February 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
As one example, longer-term past #AMOC evolution has been reconstructred by analysing heat content and temperature changes in the subtropical and tropical Atlantic at mid-depth, which correlates with #AMOC strength:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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There's an direct analogy to be drawn here with the civic planners of the 60s, 70s & 80s who sought to reassure the public that their government had plans to reboot society in the aftermath of a nuclear war... sociologists label them "Fantasy documents"!
As discussed in this podcast...
As discussed in this podcast...
February 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM
There's an direct analogy to be drawn here with the civic planners of the 60s, 70s & 80s who sought to reassure the public that their government had plans to reboot society in the aftermath of a nuclear war... sociologists label them "Fantasy documents"!
As discussed in this podcast...
As discussed in this podcast...
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Scientists have found that fewer emissions of one pollutant may have allowed methane to linger longer.
As warming increases wetland emissions, the system becomes even harder to predict.
Understanding keeps increasing right along with our inability to act on that knowledge.
As warming increases wetland emissions, the system becomes even harder to predict.
Understanding keeps increasing right along with our inability to act on that knowledge.
COVID lockdowns caused methane surge: Study reveals air pollution paradox - oregonlive.com
The European Space Agency had more than 40 scientists working on why methane surged to the highest level in the atmosphere that researchers have seen since measuring began in the 1980s at 16.2 parts per billion per year.
www.oregonlive.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scientists have found that fewer emissions of one pollutant may have allowed methane to linger longer.
As warming increases wetland emissions, the system becomes even harder to predict.
Understanding keeps increasing right along with our inability to act on that knowledge.
As warming increases wetland emissions, the system becomes even harder to predict.
Understanding keeps increasing right along with our inability to act on that knowledge.
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Claims that #AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing
- Most claims refer to machine learning and not the energy-hungry chatbots and image generation tools
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
- Most claims refer to machine learning and not the energy-hungry chatbots and image generation tools
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing
Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Claims that #AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing
- Most claims refer to machine learning and not the energy-hungry chatbots and image generation tools
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
- Most claims refer to machine learning and not the energy-hungry chatbots and image generation tools
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Experts are now telling us that a 3.0C increase in European temperature is ‘doable?’ Are these the same experts who were telling us a few years ago in Paris that exceeding 1.5C was catastrophic? And people wonder why they’re confused! And after 3.0C? What’s the next ‘doable’ temperature? WASF.
February 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Experts are now telling us that a 3.0C increase in European temperature is ‘doable?’ Are these the same experts who were telling us a few years ago in Paris that exceeding 1.5C was catastrophic? And people wonder why they’re confused! And after 3.0C? What’s the next ‘doable’ temperature? WASF.
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Read to the end of this devastating expose’. I have one very important fact to add to it:the ‘Ecosystem collapse and national security’ report published (reluctantly, silently) by the Govt is an iceberg: there is another chunk of the report that remains unpublished.
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
How the British military props up the oil industry
And how the oil industry influences the Ministry of Defence (long read)
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Read to the end of this devastating expose’. I have one very important fact to add to it:the ‘Ecosystem collapse and national security’ report published (reluctantly, silently) by the Govt is an iceberg: there is another chunk of the report that remains unpublished.
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...