Comments

You must log in or register to comment.

AutoModerator t1_itvpxdo wrote

Welcome to r/science! This is a heavily moderated subreddit in order to keep the discussion on science. However, we recognize that many people want to discuss how they feel the research relates to their own personal lives, so to give people a space to do that, personal anecdotes are now allowed as responses to this comment. Any anecdotal comments elsewhere in the discussion will continue to be removed and our normal comment rules still apply to other comments.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

1

Wagamaga OP t1_itvq0oj wrote

An international coalition of researchers says in a report published today that the Earth’s vital signs have worsened to the point that “humanity is unequivocally facing a climate emergency.”

The report, “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022,” published in the journal BioScience, notes that 16 of 35 planetary vital signs the authors use to track climate change are at record extremes.

The report’s authors share new data illustrating increasing frequency of extreme heat events, rising global tree cover loss because of fires, and a greater prevalence of the mosquito-borne dengue virus.

They also note large increases in fossil fuel energy consumption following COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns – despite an upswing in commitments for fossil fuel divestment – and a rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to 418 parts per million, the highest on record.

William Ripple, a distinguished professor in the OSU College of Forestry, and postdoctoral researcher Christopher Wolf are the lead authors of the report, and 10 other U.S. and global scientists are co-authors. The report follows by five years the “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice” published by Ripple in in BioScience and co-signed by more than 15,000 scientists in 184 countries.

https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biac083/6764747

20

Rheytos t1_itwko5q wrote

Let’s face it. We won’t change. Especially with the dimwits ruling us

17

beargrease_sandwich t1_itwtxyq wrote

Hold the corporations accountable who are causing it then. STOP PUTTING YOUR GLOBAL WARMING ANXIETY ON PEOPLE WHO CAN DO LITTE ABOUT IT.

71

beavnut t1_itwv9ao wrote

Yeah that “unequivocally” will definitely sway the climate deniers… don’t know why we didn’t try it before

2

aphilsphan t1_itx1d2w wrote

Replying to Rheytos (#245,390)

Evidence doesn’t matter when anything you disagree with can be called “communism.”

Economists will tell you if you want less of something, tax it. And surprise, we already HAVE carbon taxes at the gas pump both state and federal in the USA. But any attempt to raise that is called “communism.”

12

davion223 t1_itx39wd wrote

you know at this point i think its a good thing people are dirty, greedy, mean and stupid if we all die the earth will heal and maybe give way for something better to evolve

15

Myfartsonthefloor t1_itxarlw wrote

Too bad it’s all a conspiracy to boss people around… AMIRITE????

0

WhaleFartingFun t1_itxd567 wrote

Replying to beargrease_sandwich (#246,333)

You literally are the only people who can fix this.

Ok….so I work for an environmental non-profit org. The problem is the people you put in Congress like Manchin will block environmental legislation from every angle. We literally have fight everything that Fossil Fuel $$$ gives to Congress in court in Washington, DC.

These people are paid to kill legislation making corporations pay for their damage. YOU as a voter have the responsibility to rid your state of dirty energy congressional reps.

You peeps have GOT to vote in people who are not receiving millions from oil, natural gas and nuclear lobbyists. Manchin himself is holding the entire congress hostage as far as environmental legislation. One dude should not be able to do that. Vote him out. Vote them all out.

14

Electrical_Skirt21 t1_itxfsgb wrote

Ok, so can we get a clear assertion by someone who knows what they are talking about?

What needs to be done?

When does it need to be done by?

What happens if we don’t do it?

I want someone on record about this because I’m 39 years old and I’ve been watching the goalposts move since the mid 90s. We’re at 50 billion tons of carbon emissions per year, now, and that’s on an upward trajectory. We had a brief reprieve in 2020 due to covid and the fallout of that is leading us into a worldwide recession, but we’re supposed to bend this curve down to zero in 20 years or something?

Can someone please just provide some answers in a straightforward way?

1

Highwaters78217 t1_itxwykb wrote

Nature is adaptable no matter what you do it will simply change and take on
new forms. It has survived worse things than mankind. Men are however
in the process of changing it so much they can't live in it. We are
not killing nature we're killing ourselves. People think just because
men can't live in it that nothing can and that's wrong. We are
screwing ourselves over big time and once we're gone we will not be
missed.

0

Concrete_Cancer t1_ityitb0 wrote

Capitalism is the problem—as long as capital controls government (DNC and GOP), they’ll continue telling you that it’s your responsibility as a consumer or voter or whatever to prevent the climate crisis: drive less, recycle, don’t shower, eat impossible burgers, be green, don’t use plastic straws, etc. These aren’t real solutions; they leave the system intact, they preserve our dependency on fossil fuel, and hence, they preserve the power of the industries that are causing this catastrophe in the first place. These solutions are politically conservative. [That is why liberals are just conservatives: they’re both committed to capital.] There’s no solution to this problem without confronting capital. This is an international class struggle; we literally have nothing to lose and our one and only planet to gain.

−1

lookingForPatchie t1_itysh6n wrote

If only older generation cared at all. But they don't.

−1

lookingForPatchie t1_itysu0r wrote

Replying to beargrease_sandwich (#246,333)

To be fair your consumer habits are a huge factor in what these cooperations do. For example animal agriculture is seen as either the biggest (including transport) or at least a major contributor to climate change.

But switching to a plant-based diet is slightly inconvenient, so only few people do it.

Then people scream on Reddit how someone else should solve the problem.

4

amaroque9 t1_ityy19o wrote

The single most immediate and effective thing you can personally do to help offset climate change is to go vegan. Other actions pale in comparison to the immediacy of a vegan diet

Everyone's blaming someone else when you're the consumer of the corporations products

The climate crisis is everyone's responsibility, not "If only X would do this"

5

answeryboi t1_itz25mz wrote

Replying to Ad_Honorem1 (#249,274)

Technically they're lumping nuclear lobbyists with fossil fuel lobbyists. If we were being charitable we might assume to the commenter we might assume that the nuclear lobbyists are also paying people like Manchin to kill funding for traditional renewable and laws holding companies accountable for damage.

3

ILovePornAndDrugs t1_itz7w5u wrote

It said this would happen in the Bible. Turn to Christ!

−2

Ralltir t1_itz9043 wrote

Replying to davion223 (#247,347)

First the rats evolve but then they are too similar to us and nuke each other. Much later on the squid people emerge from the ocean.

Gluugsnerglug, the first squid on the moon 2973412.

2

Ralltir t1_itz960f wrote

Replying to brianna_sometimes (#255,500)

I don’t personally think it will help. We’re too far gone. But I am vegan. Because it’s morally right. The outcome of a situation does not change the morality of the choices we make.

1

GeeVideoHead t1_itz98kt wrote

It doesn't take a scientist to know this. Us living on earth see it. We use to get cold winters where I'm from...Now it's 90 degrees in December. It use to snow here every year. Multiple times a year. Now it doesn't snow at all.

2

amaroque9 t1_itza9l3 wrote

Replying to brianna_sometimes (#256,177)

Everywhere you look you're being told to reduce your meat consumption at a minimum. The benefits are maximized with veganism

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/03/eating-less-meat-curb-climate-change

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/people-still-don-t-get-the-link-between-meat-consumption-and-climate-change/

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/feed_the_world/2014/05/meat_eating_and_climate_change_vegetarians_impact_on_the_economy_antibiotics.html

http://fortune.com/2017/07/19/climate-change-vegan-vegetarian-diet-humane-society/

https://weather.com/science/environment/news/eating-red-meat-contributes-to-climate-change

http://www.newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/3956

https://m.phys.org/news/2015-11-meat-climate.html

https://time.com/4266874/vegetarian-diet-climate-change/

3

brianna_sometimes t1_itzdr11 wrote

Replying to amaroque9 (#256,845)

Are you seriously equating the amount of damage individuals do to the amount of damage corporations and the elite do. If I was flying private jets across the globe daily, maybe I could significantly reduce my emissions. I encourage all to reduce their footprint. Going vegan is extreme.

2

amaroque9 t1_itzeger wrote

Replying to brianna_sometimes (#257,020)

According to the UNs FAO, "animal agriculture is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than all forms of transportation combined."

It's gonna take everybody doing everything they can. There are 8 billion people on the planet. 8 billion people can do a lot. The results are cumulative as is the damage

As the saying goes, you're either part of the problem or part of the solution. You're a little bit of each, aren't you

1

amaroque9 t1_itzhpjy wrote

Replying to brianna_sometimes (#257,459)

I think the collapse of humanity because you want to eat bacon is extreme but that's just me

But you essentially proved my point anyway. Everyone recognizes changes need to be made but they don't want to make them themselves. That's the real lost cause.

−1

amaroque9 t1_itzi95s wrote

Replying to Ralltir (#256,360)

Every bit helps. Animal agriculture is the third leading driver of climate change. The more people get on board, the bigger the effect

I just get sick of people blaming politicians and corporations and the "elite" while simultaneously being part of the problem

Being vegan IS the most immediate and effective step any individual can personally take

2

amaroque9 t1_itzjujd wrote

Replying to Dranzell (#257,922)

Love science people that deny science. You're just the best.

Seriously, just Google animal agriculture and climate change and you'll find that I'm 100% correct

Sticking your head in the sand is just an invitation to get kicked in the ass

1

Tigertotz_411 t1_iu00h9k wrote

Replying to davion223 (#247,347)

The planet will be fine. Humanity won't be.

We will lose our biodiversity, I suspect in the region of 90%. But there will always be organisms that can adapt. There's not a chance humanity will adapt fast enough. We haven't been here long enough. We have had 3 million years of being recognisable humans, in context sharks and crocodiles have had 200 million plus, ferns and horseshoe crabs even longer. They've basically been unchanged. In the same time period, mammals have changed dramatically.

Eventually of course life will recover. Long after humans have gone.

0

Deep_shot t1_iu0ht12 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#246,879)

They don’t care how you or anybody feels. They won’t stop. Large Energy companies pay lobbyists and politicians to ignore climate change because it makes them money. And the richest people will feel the least effects of climate change. They do not care.

2

OuterLightness t1_iu1uo93 wrote

So the dengue virus is causing the climate change? Dang mosquitos.

0

Deep_shot t1_iu8btr4 wrote

Replying to theronimous (#300,602)

I don’t have a solution. I don’t see a simple solution. We are too technologically advanced to be as emotionally primal as we are. I feel like it’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better.

1