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sustainability study https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378020307512
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humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals
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humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations since 1970, report finds
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NIE report https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/NIE_Climate_Change_and_National_Security.pdf
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survivability https://web.archive.org/web/20201109040648/http://collapsosaurus-rex.com/2018/06/the-myth-of-the-human-cockroach/
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Evidence for massive and recurrent toxic blooms of Alexandrium catenella in the Alaskan Arctic
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/lakes-toxic-blue-green-algae-qu-appelle-valley-1.6041144
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Co-extinctions annihilate planetary life during extreme environmental change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-35068-1
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extinction event https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-25711-3
We're currently seeing a global ecosystem collapse:
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studies show drought and heat waves will cause massive die-offs, killing most trees alive today.
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multiple overlapping crises could trigger 'Global Systemic Collapse'
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246 academics call on government to act now to avoid global collapse
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Planet's largest ecosystems collapse faster than previously forecast
World's oceans are also acidifying to a similar rate as the Permian extinction (but again in 100 years instead of 20k-60k), with an anoxic event locked in after 1,000ppm or 360 gigatons, which we will reach by 2100 at the latest. So that's whatever's left wiped out.
And here's what's currently happening with food production. Two different groups of 200+ scientists and academics, separately from each other, each warned of near-term global collapse:
- https://www.sciencealert.com/hundreds-of-top-scientists-warn-combined-environmental-crises-will-cause-global-collapse
- https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/02/04/opinion/246-academics-call-government-act-now-avoid-global-collapse
droughts https://www.popsci.com/science/lake-mead-lake-powell-drought/
Examples of record-breaking crop failures currently happening:
- https://www.climate.news/2021-07-27-apocalyptic-north-american-drought-crop-failures.html
- https://www.agriculture.com/markets/analysis/crops/little-to-no-room-for-error-in-2021-crop-season-analyst-says
- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/drought-spreads-key-us-crop-states-2021-06-17/
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/midwest-rain-climate-change-wrecking-corn-soy-crops/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/19/extreme-heat-wave-hits-us-farmers-already-suffering-from-flooding.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/15/australia-to-import-wheat-for-first-time-in-12-years-as-drought-eats-into-grain-production
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/20/crop-failure-and-bankruptcy-threaten-farmers-as-drought-grips-europe
- https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-02/low-rice-crop-leads-to-sunrice-job-losses/11566748?pfmredir=sm
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/climate-change-could-cut-fruit-production-almost-third-study/
- https://phys.org/news/2019-12-climate-whammy-corn-belt.html
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/12/britain-facing-potato-shortage-failure-dredge-rivers-led-flooding/
- https://weather.com/science/environment/news/2019-08-01-drought-dam-drive-mekong-river-to-lowest-level-in-100-years
- https://phys.org/news/2020-01-atlantic-circulation-collapse-british-crop.html
- https://phys.org/news/2019-12-climate-threat-global-breadbaskets.html
- https://phys.org/news/2019-12-large-atmospheric-jet-stream-global.html
Scientific studies projecting future crop failures:
- Schlenker and Roberts, 2009. Nonlinear temperature effects indicate severe damages to US crop yields under climate change. PNAS, 106(37), pp.15594-15598
- Mora et al, 2015. Suitable days for plant growth disappear under projected climate change: Potential human and biotic vulnerability. PLoS bio, 13(6), p.e1002167
- Schauberger et al, 2017. Consistent negative response of US crops to high temperatures in observations and crop models. Nature Comms, 8, p.13931.
- Sakschewski et al, 2014. Feeding 10 billion people under climate change: How large is the production gap of current agricultural systems?. Ecological modelling, 288, pp.103-111
- Liang et al, 2017. Determining climate effects on US total agricultural productivity. PNAS, 114(12), pp.E2285-E2292
News articles about projected crop failures:
Unfortunately, so far there are no consequences for the people responsible and there aren't any mechanisms to hold them accountable. I fear that our whole civilization will collapse before these people are brought to account for their crimes.