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Emissions, fossils fuels & deforestation are symptoms - not causes like cows & cars. That we discuss & treat symptoms only is a feature and not a bug. We don't want to change.
Mitigation & adaptation are the same:
- plant based
- local
- low tech
Mitigation & adaptation are the same:
- plant based
- local
- low tech
How do the microplastics in our bodies affect our health?
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
How do the microplastics in our bodies affect our health?
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
All this amazing progress since Paris for nothing?
Note: The 2023 reduction was due post-Covid sickness leading to recession - not due to climate policy.
www.welt.de/wirtschaft/a...
Note: The 2023 reduction was due post-Covid sickness leading to recession - not due to climate policy.
www.welt.de/wirtschaft/a...
November 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
All this amazing progress since Paris for nothing?
Note: The 2023 reduction was due post-Covid sickness leading to recession - not due to climate policy.
www.welt.de/wirtschaft/a...
Note: The 2023 reduction was due post-Covid sickness leading to recession - not due to climate policy.
www.welt.de/wirtschaft/a...
Strangely honest? They admit that they have to suppress their natural emotions?
Leo Tolstoy: "dreadful that man suppresses in himself, unnecessarily, the highest spiritual capacity—that of sympathy and pity toward living creatures like himself—and by violating his own feelings becomes cruel."
Leo Tolstoy: "dreadful that man suppresses in himself, unnecessarily, the highest spiritual capacity—that of sympathy and pity toward living creatures like himself—and by violating his own feelings becomes cruel."
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Strangely honest? They admit that they have to suppress their natural emotions?
Leo Tolstoy: "dreadful that man suppresses in himself, unnecessarily, the highest spiritual capacity—that of sympathy and pity toward living creatures like himself—and by violating his own feelings becomes cruel."
Leo Tolstoy: "dreadful that man suppresses in himself, unnecessarily, the highest spiritual capacity—that of sympathy and pity toward living creatures like himself—and by violating his own feelings becomes cruel."
My thoughts exactly.
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My thoughts exactly.
Emotional blackmail?
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Emotional blackmail?
Nature cannot keep up with human demands.
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Nature cannot keep up with human demands.
Today we see the historic worst-case dynamic, because:
✔ It is extraordinarily fast
✔ It is global
✔ It affects all trophic levels simultaneously
✔ It is driven by multiple reinforcing stressors (unlike most past events)
✔ It is eroding ecosystem function far ahead of species loss
✔ It is extraordinarily fast
✔ It is global
✔ It affects all trophic levels simultaneously
✔ It is driven by multiple reinforcing stressors (unlike most past events)
✔ It is eroding ecosystem function far ahead of species loss
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Today we see the historic worst-case dynamic, because:
✔ It is extraordinarily fast
✔ It is global
✔ It affects all trophic levels simultaneously
✔ It is driven by multiple reinforcing stressors (unlike most past events)
✔ It is eroding ecosystem function far ahead of species loss
✔ It is extraordinarily fast
✔ It is global
✔ It affects all trophic levels simultaneously
✔ It is driven by multiple reinforcing stressors (unlike most past events)
✔ It is eroding ecosystem function far ahead of species loss
By now we have more dog & cat biomass than wild mammalian biomass on land? The data below is from 2014. Since 2015 we have added 800 million more humans who eat 10% more meat aka wildlife habitat.
This is unique in Earth's history. Never has biomassed collapsed so fast before species loss.
This is unique in Earth's history. Never has biomassed collapsed so fast before species loss.
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
By now we have more dog & cat biomass than wild mammalian biomass on land? The data below is from 2014. Since 2015 we have added 800 million more humans who eat 10% more meat aka wildlife habitat.
This is unique in Earth's history. Never has biomassed collapsed so fast before species loss.
This is unique in Earth's history. Never has biomassed collapsed so fast before species loss.
This biomass (population) loss data is from 2014.
Since 2015 (Paris) we have added 800 million more humans who eat 10% more meat (wildlife habitat) per capita.
#COP30
Since 2015 (Paris) we have added 800 million more humans who eat 10% more meat (wildlife habitat) per capita.
#COP30
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This biomass (population) loss data is from 2014.
Since 2015 (Paris) we have added 800 million more humans who eat 10% more meat (wildlife habitat) per capita.
#COP30
Since 2015 (Paris) we have added 800 million more humans who eat 10% more meat (wildlife habitat) per capita.
#COP30
Even if we looked at extinction rates, that for the first time lag behind due to the speed of biomass loss, we see a mass extinction today and here and now. There is a time lag between measuring insects biomass on number plates and confirming species loss but it's 🏎️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Even if we looked at extinction rates, that for the first time lag behind due to the speed of biomass loss, we see a mass extinction today and here and now. There is a time lag between measuring insects biomass on number plates and confirming species loss but it's 🏎️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@hossenfelder.bsky.social It is essential & existential to understand that today’s situation is unique for being dominated first by biomass depletion and population collapse, and only later by extinctions.
This is the absolute worst case scenario. We haven't seen this in Earth's history before.
This is the absolute worst case scenario. We haven't seen this in Earth's history before.
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
@hossenfelder.bsky.social It is essential & existential to understand that today’s situation is unique for being dominated first by biomass depletion and population collapse, and only later by extinctions.
This is the absolute worst case scenario. We haven't seen this in Earth's history before.
This is the absolute worst case scenario. We haven't seen this in Earth's history before.
2008-2018 we lost almost half of all insect biomass. Not species, biomass. This has never happened in 600M years. Never so fast.
UK lost 63% of insects from 2021-2024
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
US lost 80% of bees in 8 months
www.cbsnews.com/news/bee-dea...
Underdeliver on doom?
UK lost 63% of insects from 2021-2024
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
US lost 80% of bees in 8 months
www.cbsnews.com/news/bee-dea...
Underdeliver on doom?
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
2008-2018 we lost almost half of all insect biomass. Not species, biomass. This has never happened in 600M years. Never so fast.
UK lost 63% of insects from 2021-2024
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
US lost 80% of bees in 8 months
www.cbsnews.com/news/bee-dea...
Underdeliver on doom?
UK lost 63% of insects from 2021-2024
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
US lost 80% of bees in 8 months
www.cbsnews.com/news/bee-dea...
Underdeliver on doom?
I cannot begin to explain how wrong most of this video below is. When we lose half of all insects (the stuff on the right) in just 10 years, it's not only an obvious mass extinction, it's the worst mass extinction in over 600 million years. That we debate this at all is not a good sign.
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I cannot begin to explain how wrong most of this video below is. When we lose half of all insects (the stuff on the right) in just 10 years, it's not only an obvious mass extinction, it's the worst mass extinction in over 600 million years. That we debate this at all is not a good sign.
+3°C in 30 Jahren ist schnell?
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
+3°C in 30 Jahren ist schnell?
Seit Paris in 2015 hat es Ö nicht geschafft den EU Durchschnitt von 2015 zu erreichen.
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Seit Paris in 2015 hat es Ö nicht geschafft den EU Durchschnitt von 2015 zu erreichen.
The speed of change 🏎️ is even more dangerous than °C itself
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The speed of change 🏎️ is even more dangerous than °C itself
Where I live in central Europe, melting glaciers (albedo) are causing insane local heating.
RCP8.5 predicts 1.5°C for 2035? But we already have 1.5°C today. Locally in Austria this means +3°C in just 30 years.
RCP8.5 predicts 1.5°C for 2035? But we already have 1.5°C today. Locally in Austria this means +3°C in just 30 years.
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Where I live in central Europe, melting glaciers (albedo) are causing insane local heating.
RCP8.5 predicts 1.5°C for 2035? But we already have 1.5°C today. Locally in Austria this means +3°C in just 30 years.
RCP8.5 predicts 1.5°C for 2035? But we already have 1.5°C today. Locally in Austria this means +3°C in just 30 years.
How many people can accept that it takes less time to chop down a tree 🪓 than it takes for a tree to grow back. How many people can accept what this means on a finite...?
Forest: The Vital Role in Climate Dynamics, Rain, and The Biotic Pump with Anastassia Makarieva
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWdX...
Forest: The Vital Role in Climate Dynamics, Rain, and The Biotic Pump with Anastassia Makarieva
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWdX...
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
How many people can accept that it takes less time to chop down a tree 🪓 than it takes for a tree to grow back. How many people can accept what this means on a finite...?
Forest: The Vital Role in Climate Dynamics, Rain, and The Biotic Pump with Anastassia Makarieva
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWdX...
Forest: The Vital Role in Climate Dynamics, Rain, and The Biotic Pump with Anastassia Makarieva
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWdX...
We can't see deforestation for the lack of trees.
There is less forest left but we deforest more than ever. Like more wildfires despite fewer trees.
Since COP21 in 2015 we've 800 million more humans who eat 10% more meat (land) per capita.
These feedbacks lead to extinction.
There is less forest left but we deforest more than ever. Like more wildfires despite fewer trees.
Since COP21 in 2015 we've 800 million more humans who eat 10% more meat (land) per capita.
These feedbacks lead to extinction.
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We can't see deforestation for the lack of trees.
There is less forest left but we deforest more than ever. Like more wildfires despite fewer trees.
Since COP21 in 2015 we've 800 million more humans who eat 10% more meat (land) per capita.
These feedbacks lead to extinction.
There is less forest left but we deforest more than ever. Like more wildfires despite fewer trees.
Since COP21 in 2015 we've 800 million more humans who eat 10% more meat (land) per capita.
These feedbacks lead to extinction.
When did we fail ourselves? Always. Nothing was ever binding. Also not at #COP30
Why did we fail ourselves? All possible reasons. Self licencing leads to immaturity. We never treated CO2 & CH4 like CFC. We discuss symptoms like ppm instead of causes like population growth, cows, shrimp and cars.
Why did we fail ourselves? All possible reasons. Self licencing leads to immaturity. We never treated CO2 & CH4 like CFC. We discuss symptoms like ppm instead of causes like population growth, cows, shrimp and cars.
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
When did we fail ourselves? Always. Nothing was ever binding. Also not at #COP30
Why did we fail ourselves? All possible reasons. Self licencing leads to immaturity. We never treated CO2 & CH4 like CFC. We discuss symptoms like ppm instead of causes like population growth, cows, shrimp and cars.
Why did we fail ourselves? All possible reasons. Self licencing leads to immaturity. We never treated CO2 & CH4 like CFC. We discuss symptoms like ppm instead of causes like population growth, cows, shrimp and cars.
Progress shouldn’t be measured based on non-binding agreements but based on outcomes we want to avoid like 1.5C. The 2C budget is 0 ten years post Paris.
RCP8.5 sees 1.5C by 2035. In reality we are at 1.5C today.
We have stage four cancer and talk as if we could still avoid getting cancer?
RCP8.5 sees 1.5C by 2035. In reality we are at 1.5C today.
We have stage four cancer and talk as if we could still avoid getting cancer?
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Progress shouldn’t be measured based on non-binding agreements but based on outcomes we want to avoid like 1.5C. The 2C budget is 0 ten years post Paris.
RCP8.5 sees 1.5C by 2035. In reality we are at 1.5C today.
We have stage four cancer and talk as if we could still avoid getting cancer?
RCP8.5 sees 1.5C by 2035. In reality we are at 1.5C today.
We have stage four cancer and talk as if we could still avoid getting cancer?
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Assuming a linear trend aka no feedbacks and tipping points and no increase in fossil fuels and deforestation over the past 10 years and into the future, we would see 4°C by 2084. Hansen claims 4.5°C by 2100. Schellnhuber claims that 3°C is game over for most humans.
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Assuming a linear trend aka no feedbacks and tipping points and no increase in fossil fuels and deforestation over the past 10 years and into the future, we would see 4°C by 2084. Hansen claims 4.5°C by 2100. Schellnhuber claims that 3°C is game over for most humans.