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Last Week in Collapse: October 20-26, 2024
This is Last Week in Collapse, a weekly newsletter compiling some of the most important, timely, useful, soul-shattering, ironic, stunning, exhausting, or otherwise must-see/can’t-look-away moments in Collapse.
This is the 148th newsletter. You can find the October 13-19 edition here if you missed it last week. You can also receive these newsletters (with images) every Sunday in your email inbox by signing up to the Substack version.
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Tropical Storm Trami rolled through the Philippines, displacing 300,000+ and killing at least 100 people. Hurricane Oscar struck Cuba on Sunday, killing six. Floods and Droughts are devastating farms in Chad.
Colombia began COP16, the global biodiversity conference, on Monday; it will run through 1 November and accomplish nothing. Over 80% of participating countries failed to submit action plans that they promised to send, back in 2022, to address the rapid sacrifice of our ecosystems. Complicating matters are the threats from a rogue Colombian warlord, once a violent protector of the forest, to disrupt the proceedings by force of arms.
The growth rate of wildfires in the American West has more-than-doubled since 2004—and there are more wildfires today. Quebec hit new daily temperature records, while a number of places saw new October heat figures. More daily surface temperatures were recorded on Earth on 23 October.
A 49-page report on oceanic biodiversity examines a pledge by a number of countries to preserve 30% of the world’s lands & oceans by the year 2030—the so-called “30x30” plan. Indeed, some data indicate that protected natural areas are being damaged more than unprotected zones.
“In short, we are failing to meet the 30x30 target….At the current rate of progress — an increase of 0.5% since the adoption of the GBF in 2022 — this figure is projected to rise to just 9.7% by 2030….so far only about 1.4% of the high seas is under some form of protection — and considering effective protection, this drops to less than 1%....only 2.8% of global marine areas are effectively protected….Only 14 countries have reported more than 30% of their waters as protected areas….” -excerpts from the report
A study in PNAS estimates that methane emissions from fossil fuels (30% of annual CH4 emissions) are less than CH4 “emissions from microbial sources such as wetlands, waste, and agriculture.” Particularly in the last 4 years, the methane emissions from microbial sources have spiked. “Approximately 85% of CH4 growth during 2007–2020 was due to increased microbial emissions.” Meanwhile, CO2 emissions from forest fires have risen 60% since 2021… Some people argue that we need to let go of false hopes before humanity can address the climate crisis as a group.
“Nothing dramatic happens at the tipping point” for the Collapse of AMOC. Some say it may have already happened. A short open letter by climate scientists was sent to the Nordic Council last weekend warning about the consequences of changing ocean currents.
“...it is urgent to draw the attention of the Nordic Council of Ministers to the serious risk of a major ocean circulation change in the Atlantic. A string of scientific studies in the past few years suggests that this risk has so far been greatly underestimated….the Arctic region is a "ground zero" for tipping point risks and climate regulation across the planet….Tipping point risks are real and can occur within the 1.5-2°C climate range of the Paris Agreement. The world is currently heading well beyond this range (> 2.5°C)....research since the last IPCC report does suggest that the IPCC has underestimated this risk and that the passing of this tipping point is a serious possibility already in the next few decades….The impacts particularly on Nordic Countries would likely be catastrophic, including major cooling in the region while surrounding regions warm….Many further impacts are likely to be felt globally, including a shift in tropical rainfall belts, reduced oceanic carbon dioxide uptake (and thus faster atmospheric increase) as well as major additional sea-level rise particularly along the American Atlantic coast, and an upheaval of marine ecosystems and fisheries….”
A study in Nature Geoscience found that the “ocean skin” (the top 2 mm of surface water) absorbs CO2 and also releases some of its warmth into the atmosphere. Greece’s chestnut harvest is expected to drop by about 50% this year, because of Drought. And farmers in Pennsylvania and elsewhere are concerned about how warming temperatures will reduce their potato harvests—and about how Drought is impacting orchard harvests.
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Cuba is facing a worsening economic & electrical situation; power has been restored to some parts of the island for up to 4 hours per day. In Eucador, low water levels have resulted in 14-hour blackouts every day. An investigation into seven water companies in the UK found that they falsified some of their pollution tests from 2021-2023. In Mexico, water availability decreases.
Over 2% of Londoners are experiencing homelessness—London’s highest level on record. Homelessness is also surging in Canada’s capital, Ottawa. In Poland, young people are becoming more addicted to nicotine and vaping. Meanwhile, U.S. federal court found several large social media companies potentially liable for causing addiction and damage to the mental health of their users.
Urbanization and pollution is being blamed for millions of undiagnosed asthma cases across Africa. Wildfires, caused by climate change, are reportedly responsible for the deaths of some 12,000 annually. Another 87,000 were said to have been caused by other “fine particulate matter.” A Pakistani megacity banned children’s outdoor exercise until at least January to prevent children from inhaling the megacity’s smog.
A paywalled study in JAMA Pediatrics found that infant mortality rates in the U.S. rose 7% in the 18 months following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, following the near-total prohibition of abortion in a number of states.
Bird flu has been confirmed in two more humans, this time in Washington state, with two more presumed to have the virus. Some officials are worried about potentially undercounting H5N1 cases, since various incentives for farm workers encourage them not to get tested.
Ukraine reported 84 West Nile virus infections, including 11 fatalities, since July 2024. In Florida, flesh-eating bacteria, more common after hurricanes, have killed 13 people so far this year. Dozens of cases of cholera were reported in Accra, Ghana, killing two.
A look at South Africa’s water scarcity indicates that, in one city, 40% of the water supply is lost to leaky pipes and illegal connections”—residents who have accessed pipelines clandestinely to steal water. A UN agency made a declaration to address water shortages in agriculture two weeks ago. Kazakhstan is projected to feel serious water scarcities by 2040, when they are estimated to supply only half of their population’s demand. Meanwhile, a study in Science found that more than 20% of the United States (excluding Alaska & Hawai’i) depend on groundwater with detectable PFAS concentrations.
Russia is trying to negotiate an exchange among BRICS members of precious metals, part of a larger move to de-dollarize the world economy and decrease financial influence/dependency on the U.S. Dollar. Recent weaknesses in the U.S. Dollar coincide with rising gold prices, and rising concern over global monetary stability.
Researchers are looking into the correlation between Long COVID’s chronic fatigue and “immune exhaustion”. There are still no reliable tests for Long COVID. Some scientists out of Nigeria are classifying two kinds of Long COVID now: the traditional Long COVID; and “neuro-long COVID,” which is expressed in symptoms like fatigue, sleep problems, and headaches. Other researchers found connection between Long COVID and “dysautonomia”, also known as Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS.
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The Institute for Economics and Peace released a 44-page report the “Multilateral System” and the global polycrisis. This report analyzes the progress (or regression) of the international system in managing international security, climate change, health emergencies, and more. Although more countries, organizations, and individuals seem to be aware of, and engaging with, these crises, outcomes for most factors are generally insufficient, or even in decline.
“Armed conflicts have increased not only in number but also in intensity….the past decade has also seen a large increase in fatalities from non-state conflict, including organized crime, which has most recently been driven by rising levels of violence in Latin America….global revenue from climate-related taxes has declined as a share of GDP over the past decade, partly due to governments reducing energy taxes on consumers in response to rising prices….Emissions reached a new high of more than 37 gigatons of carbon dioxide in 2023, an increase of 1.3 percent over 2022. This remains well above the maximum of 27 gigatons required to be compatible with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target…”
China ran live-fire drills on an island near the coast of Taiwan—drills which, if implemented for real, would constitute an act of War. The U.S. sold a special air defense missile system to Taiwan for the first time last week. China’s construction of a radar site at a disputed South China Seas reef is alarming regional adversaries.
Evidence is coming out that Mozambique’s recent election was rigged by their President, and violent protests are calling for a nationwide shutdown. A solid 84-page report on African governance found that populism is rising, as well as violence, across a majority of the continent, when compared with data from 2014—although several factors have shown large improvement, including infrastructure and women’s equality.
A week after Moldova voted, narrowly, to change their constitution to enable them to join the EU someday…in Georgia, the pro-Russian party won, narrowly, a majority in the country’s parliament. Protests in Lisbon after police shot & killed a black man. Protests in Bolivia over fuel shortages.
Gang violence in Haiti is worsening despite the international police force’s arrival. Now recently installed Haitian “government” officials are calling for UN peacekeeping forces to stabilize the country, which has allegedly seen 85% of territory in Port-Au-Prince fallen into the hands of gang forces.
A mass shooting in Seattle left five dead. Strikes and counterstrikes between Turkish forces and Kurdish militants killed at least five Turkish government forces and an unknown number of Kurds. The UK has seen higher levels of migrants in small boats in the first 10 months of this year than in all of 2023. Hungarian soldiers are operating in Chad in an attempt to prevent African migration northward.
Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry claims that 87 people were slain in an airstrike in northern Gaza on Sunday. An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon leveled 6 buildings and killed 18 on Tuesday, against an alleged bunker full of Hezbollah money. Many fear that Lebanon’s infrastructure will suffer a similar fate as Gaza’s. Reduced to an “utter ruin,” Gaza is said to need 350 years to reach its pre-October-7 levels of development. The head of UNRWA says that Israel continues to obstruct the delivery of humanitarian aid, and that the shelters in Gaza are so full that some are “forced to live in the toilets….The smell of death is everywhere…” Israel is reportedly considering private contractors to deliver aid where “all form of law and order has collapsed in Gaza, where the population is desperate and armed gangs run much of what is left of its urban areas.” The situation has worsened, and the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights says, “the Israeli military is subjecting an entire population to** bombing, siege and risk of starvation**.”
Leaked plans foreshadowed Israel’s long-range strike in Iran for retaliation to their missile barrage on 1 October. Israel struck military bases but no nuclear sites; now the initiative has shifted and it is Iran’s turn to escalate, or not. Israel also reported the death of Hezbollah’s second-in-command, who was said to have been slain in an airstrike about three weeks ago. Russia reportedly attacked grain ships in Ukrainian harbors destined to bring food relief to Gaza, Egypt, and UN missions in southern Africa.
South Korea is planning on delivering weapons to Ukraine as a response to reports that thousands of North Koreans are being mobilized by Russia for the slaughterhouse in eastern Ukraine. Russian casualties are estimated at 1,200 per day. Some North Koreans are reportedly being deployed in Kursk, where Ukrainian forces still occupy several towns, though sources indicate difficulties working with the foreign soldiers. Nevertheless, the addition of North Korean forces is drawing regional alliances closer to direct conflict. There are also fears that Iran and Russia may sow dissent and violence in the United States following the 5 November election. Rheinmetall opened its first factory in Ukraine last week; it will manufacture armored vehicles. Russian strikes across Ukraine killed nine.
Several Sudanese and Russians were reportedly killed when the RSF shot down a plane over Sudan, alleged to be supplying Sudan’s government army with war materiél. RSF forces continue killing & raiding villages. New data show that the first week of October saw the most refugees leave Sudan for Chad, as approximately 25,000 left for Chad in a single week. 97% of Sudan’s population are reportedly experiencing “severe levels of hunger.” One refugee stuck in a Chadian camp said, “Living here feels like a gradual death.”
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Select comments/threads from the subreddit last week suggest:
-The Collapse of American Healthcare is continuing, according to this thread, and one symptom is the replacement of doctors with nurse-practitioners. The comments offer a range of possible reasons and personal experiences.
-When the world falls apart—where can one take refuge? This thread crowd-sources potential “lifeboat countries” that one may be safe from environmental/social/political Collapse—if you beat the rush.
Got any feedback, questions, comments, upvotes, rebuilding advice, bird flu panic, thoughts on AI, pessimistic rants, hate mail, etc.? Check out the Last Week in Collapse SubStack if you don’t want to check r/collapse every Sunday, you can receive this newsletter sent to your (or someone else’s) email inbox every weekend. As always, thank you for your support. What did I miss this week?
Asking because although I currently live in SE Asia (Bangkok, Thailand), I am planning to leave the country and move to possibly the Great Lake Areas, or some other more climatically secure regions in the future as I'm also dual American citizen.
The problem is that since I live in Thailand most of my life due to the fact all my immediate family are locals (I'm the only one born in the USA although I never lived there), I don't really have any close connections or any places to stay outside the country. Though, I do have some distant relatives and friends in the West but I'm not close enough to them to just easily move abroad and stayed with them long term.
Because of that, I will have to find ways to earn money to leave the country and settle somewhere else (nevertheless, I don't really have an exact clue where to move either), which due to my neurodivergency (aspergers/high functioning autism/low support needs to none) makes it harder for me to achieve these goals (I never really have a proper job except this four month teaching contract which has already ended and a few internships, that's it). Also my family owned a business here, which generates a lot of our income and act as a financial backup for us in case of unemployment. However, I'm not sure what to do with our property in the future when the climate apocalypse struck Thailand and the surrounding countries, killing billions and destroying cities and entire nations. I'm 28 years old. My undergrad and masters degree are in Sociology/Anthropology and Southeast Asian Studies btw. I also have a teaching certificate so maybe I can become a teacher. Now, I'm temporarily volunteering at an autistic learning center&foundation as a teaching assistant and admin office worker although it's not my plan to work here long term.
I mean Typhoon Yagi hit SE Asia hard this year and kill almost 1,000 in many countries. And Cyclone Nargis slaughtered 140,000 in Myanmar during 2008. So as the planet rapidly heats up, we are going to see more deadlier and destructive natural disasters. Apparently, Bangkok, Jakarta, Dhaka, Ho Chi Minh City for examples, are predicted to become Atlantis by 2050 due to rising sea levels.
Actually my sister is doing her masters in Michigan right now. Should I use this as an opportunity to move and secure a land there? Although I really have no idea how to proceed to get there. I don't know what jobs/career I can do. Shall I try to contact and join some agrarian village/intentional communities? But me, like most young urban Thais, don't have any useful/pre-industrial skills to contribute as a useful member of some subsistence commune. I also some weakness in my back (used to have sciatica before getting it fixed with microdisectomy) which would hinder any attempt at learning gardening/permaculture/organic farming.
Although I have learnt that the Arctic warms 4x faster than the Equator, therefore, it looks like there are no 100% lifeboats in the end. But overall would the tropical/equatorial regions will still be more fked from climate change than the temperate/polar areas?
I don't think the whole ASEAN/SEA including Singapore and far southern parts of China such as Hainan and other tropical/equatorial regions e.g. West-Central Africa and parts of East Africa, Persian Gulf e.g. Dubai, Indian subcontinent, Oceania/Pacific Islands, Amazon/most of Brazil/lowland Northern South America, Caribbean, Florida and Central America, etc. is safe long term due to heat waves, rising sea levels, wet bulb events, flash floods, droughts typhoons, earthquakes including tsunamis, crop failures, water shortages, mudslides, cyclones, famines, hurricanes, electric blackouts, warfare and conflict as a result of competition over resources and lands, resurgence of tropical diseases and parasites as the climate rapidly warms and modern healthcare and sanitation systems collapse.
Tourism in this country/ASEAN region in places like Phuket, Bali, Pattaya, Samui etc will likely no longer exist by later this century as heatwaves, rising sea levels, ocean acidification from rapid global temperature increase destroyed the region.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not glorifying the US or other much more Northern latitude places as being better than Thailand/SE Asia or other tropical/equatorial places in terms of overall safety during the fall of civilization and after, but I think climate wise, the former (the West) is still safer than the latter.
Reposting to be clear that yes it's U.S. centric, but we've restricted U.S. Election Posts all year long and as part of that rule change (3b. (01/2024-12/2024) Posts regarding the U.S. Election Cycle are only allowed on Tuesday's (0700 Tue - 1100 Wed UTC)) we promised the community that we'd put a megathread up for the actual election.
Please use this thread for daily discussion and news on the on-going U.S. election, both state and national elections are acceptable.
Feel free to share how you feel about it, who you'll vote for, if you're doing any preps for it, who you think will win, etc.
All updates should be shared here, unless there is some major development warranting its own discussion.
Please remember to be respectful to each other.
Maybe this video got scrubbed by youtube or removed by original creator, but it was really popular 2M+ views but I can't seem to find a trace of it.
It was intended to be consumed by ordinary audiences, presenting solid, factual arguments for collapse mentioning the diminishing returns on oil extraction, running out of mineable resources and how most of our raw materials are simply lost and non-recyclable.
The strangest thing about the video is it was high production quality, albeit only a few minutes long, it got a lot of traction but the creator never posted anything else and nobody knew who they were. Vanished without a trace.
Can't remember the channel name or video title. Had no luck using GPT in finding it. Surely someone here watched it as well ?
The following is an argument that maximum power principle may push us toward a Seneca Cliff situation with respect to the depletion side of fossil fuels.
Maximum Power Principle can be stated as: System designs develop and prevail that maximize power intake, energy transformation, and those uses that reinforce production and efficiency.
This is observed in nature with organisms and ecosystems, such as trees growing in a way that their branches and leaves maximize surface area exposed for photosynthesis. I think there are arguments that this is why capitalism prevailed vs communism, China prevailed vs Tibet, the US is a superpower, etc.
This isn't to say that the system that wins is the 'best' system or even one we want. Communism may have been less destructive than capitalism, Tibet may have had deep culture but they weren't as good at war, the US is 4.5% of global population but has put up 26% + of all historical CO2 emissions. The systems that win may not be good systems, but they prevail because they take in more power, transform more energy, and maximize production. Efficiency feeds the beast as well which we've observed via Jevon's Paradox.
The trouble we get is when you maximize power intake against a finite stock. I.E. fossil fuels, we end up pushing growth as far as possible and when the shortage of these resources finally hit, there is no longer the energy available to do a planned degrowth softer landing, and the limited resources on the depletion side look more like a precipice because usage was maximized on the growth side. To say it simply, the higher the rise, the harder and further the fall.
Can you guys imagine a way that we could possibly extract and use fossil fuels even faster than we currently are? It's hard for me to think of how, we seem to have optimized our system to do the extraction drawdown and burning at the fastest velocity possible via neo liberal capitalism, and even our geopolitical structure.
In fact, I've come to believe that a competitive nation-state system is more maximum power principle than a peaceful and coordinated global government, because the competitive system supports the need for consumptive militaries and competitive arms races.
"Whatever structure has been reared by a long sequence of years, at the cost of great toil and through the great kindness of the gods, is scattered and dispersed by a single day. Nay, he who has said "a day" has granted too long a postponement to swift-coming misfortune; an hour, an instant of time, suffices for the overthrow of empires! It would be some consolation for the feebleness of ourselves and our works, if all things should perish as slowly as they come into being; but as it is, increases are of sluggish growth, but the way to ruin is rapid." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca, 65AD
Cyclones are known by different names:
The impact on plant life includes:
Leaves are essential for photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy to fuel their growth. When plants lose leaves due to factors like pests, diseases, drought, or extreme weather conditions, their ability to produce energy diminishes.
After Cyclone Yasi in 2011, many trees in Northern Queensland, Australia ; lost a large portion of their leaves, significantly reducing their capacity for photosynthesis. This leaf loss weakened the plants, delaying their recovery and growth.
North of Dallachy Creek, Australia, 2013
In Mozambique, Cyclone Idai’s 2019 intense winds and heavy rain stripped foliage from countless trees and crops. Leaf loss was significant across the 715,378 hectares of flooded cultivated land. This leaf damage directly reduced photosynthetic capabilities, limiting energy production and weakening many plant species. For the 433,056 farming households affected, the loss of leaf coverage on crops and trees drastically affected agricultural productivity, amplifying food insecurity in the region.
Damage to branches can compromise the structural integrity of the plant, making it more susceptible to future breakage. Open wounds from broken branches can serve as entry points for pathogens and pests.
Strong winds of Cyclone Idai, reported at speeds between 180 to 220 km/h, resulted in broken branches and uprooted trees across affected areas, particularly in Sofala Province. This physical damage compromises structural integrity and can create entry points for pathogens. The post-cyclone environment, with flooding and high humidity, likely accelerated the spread of pathogens through these openings, putting further stress on plant health and survival.
Damages of Cyclone Idai included losses in agricultural fields and natural vegetation, with reduced biomass affecting both short-term and long-term regrowth. Reduced biomass not only limits immediate agricultural output but also depletes the ecosystem’s resources for future growth, leading to a ripple effect where less flowering and seed production hinder natural regeneration.
Factors influencing damage severity include:
The intensity of the cyclone influences the height and reach of storm surges, which can push vast amounts of seawater onto land, leading to flooding in coastal areas. Moreover, cyclones often bring heavy rainfall, which can result in freshwater flooding, landslides, and soil erosion. The duration of the cyclone plays a role as well; a slow-moving cyclone can cause prolonged exposure to destructive winds and heavy rain, exacerbating the damage compared to a faster-moving storm.
The lower Fitzroy River at Yaamba is Australia's largest riparian restoration project. Triggered by the STC Debbie flood, which caused severe erosion and the retreat of a 15-meter-high streambank over 1,200 meters, the flood mobilized 266,000 tonnes of sediment into the Fitzroy River and the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.
Some tree species have flexible trunks and branches that can withstand strong winds better than rigid species. The wood density and strength influence a tree's ability to resist breakage. Trees with deep, extensive root systems are more stable and less likely to be uprooted, whereas shallow-rooted trees are more vulnerable, especially in waterlogged soils. Taller trees with large canopies catch more wind, increasing the likelihood of being toppled or broken.
For example, Longleaf Pine is notable for its extensive root system, including a deep taproot and broad lateral roots, which offer strong anchoring in the soil. Longleaf pines are resilient to strong winds, particularly in well-drained, non-saturated soils.
The topography of the land influences the damage as well, mountainous regions can enhance rainfall due to orographic lift, leading to increased risk of landslides and flash floods, while valleys can channel winds, increasing their speed and destructive potential.
Notable examples include the Cascade Range in the western United States, where high rainfall supports dense forests, and the Andes, where orographic lift contributes to the lush Amazon rainforest on its eastern slopes.
Conversely, valleys can funnel and accelerate winds, amplifying their destructive potential. When wind encounters narrow valleys or mountain passes, it channels through these restricted areas, potentially increasing wind speeds and causing more damage in the valley regions. This effect also contributes to the rain shadow on the leeward side of mountain ranges, where descending dry air reduces precipitation, creating arid conditions typical of desert environments, such as those east of the Sierra Nevada.
Please use this thread for daily discussion and news on the upcoming election. Maybe share how you feel about it, who you'll vote for, if you're doing any preps for it, who you think will win, etc
All updates should be shared here, unless there is some major development warranting its own discussion
Please remember to be respectful to eachother
I do believe a lot of the evidence points towards huge difficulties and challenges re runaway climate change. But recently I’m sensing more and more autocratic states and bad faith actors are widely influencing Western social media spaces in a perma-psycops campaign to undermine ‘enemy’ moral.
Is doomerism and pessimism about the entire future of humanity as widespread in Russia and China as it is in the US, Canada and across the EU? Suppose you can point to the lie-flat movement in China for example.
Interested in people’s thoughts.
I posted this video i made to collapse/support last week but i wanted to try get the thoughts of the wider collapse community in celebration of casual friday and because this is actually a project i care about a lot to mitigate some of the human suffering that is coming
This was to try to help people handle their climate anxiety as part of a greater overall project to discourage people from committing crimes against humanity when s*it hits the fan .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6y6uYz2mQI
Let me know what you think. Sorry if it's boring, this is my first youtube video. I am definitely taking suggestions on how to improve, make it more engaging, and ways to give people tools to emotionally self-regulate during times of extreme stress.
Some good information here on tipping points. Collapse related because planetary systems are pressured by our burning of fossil fuels to transition from their current states to alternate states that will drastically affect the survival of species, societies, and individuals.
"Are we at risk of crossing planetary tipping points? Are we at risk of pushing the planet toward a trajectory where it could unstoppably drift away from a state that can support life as know it?
Climate Extremes: At the Abyss? explores these questions, presenting expert perspectives and ongoing scientific research on the rapidly changing Earth system and the rising risk of triggering rapid, non-linear, and even self-reinforcing "vicious cycle" feedbacks in critical planetary systems like the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, ocean currents (including the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC), and the Amazon Rainforest.
Featuring insights from scientists including Johan Rockström, Daniel Swain, Stefan Rahmstorf, and Samantha Burgess from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), and University of California/US National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate Extremes lays out the complex dynamics of planetary boundaries and tipping points, providing viewers with a deeper understanding of the powerful forces presently shaping Earth.
A documentary film by OoS Pictures EHF."
Honest question. I'm a freshman year college student and I'm studying to become an engineer all the while catastrophe brews in every corner of the globe. But like, what am I supposed to do? Abandon my degree because the money I'll make from my potential future job won't be worth anything someday? Should I devote my days to doomsday prepping instead? Should I run into the woods tomorrow?
I'm not trying to be a cynic to your cynicism, but what are we meant to do with the knowledge that life as we know it will soon be gone, maybe forever?