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Feeling pretty doomy right now, lemme hear some positives! Generally positive, specific to your life, whatever you got. What's something good going on that makes the future seem a bit brighter for you?

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[–] OryxAndCake@slrpnk.net -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I hate to burst your bubble, especially in a thread like this.

I'm really sorry.

90% of earths topsoil is at risk of depletion by 2050 That's what all the food grows in btw and without arable land, there is no way to feed 8+ billion people.

Global freshwater demand will exceed supply 40% by 2030 and without fresh water, we can't support 8+ billion people.

Global human population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity.

Global carbon emissions are still rising

The latest CFSv2 model runs now show the Nino 3.4 SST anomaly forecast peaking at 4.10°C in November.

The arctic sea ice extent is declining rapidly and we're likely headed into a Blue Ocean Event later this year, and potentially a double BOE depending on how the El Nino and summer in the southern hemisphere go.

June 2026 came in as the second warmest on record since 1940 at 1.39°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, second only to 2024 at 1.50°C above the baseline?

The world is likely to exceed a key global warming target soon but the earths alebedo with the declining sea ice and lack of cloud cover will impact these numbers massively and isn't being predicted for, which means that 4.5c above the baseline by 2060 is now possible.?


[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You must be fun at parties. This is a post about hope not doomer thoughts.

[–] OryxAndCake@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which is why I apologised and spoilered it.

Plus it's considered a bit of a dick move if you know terrible things are going to happen and you don't try to educate and warn people who believe misinformation.

I'm a joy at parties, it's hard not to be when you bring enough mdma to share.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 6 points 1 day ago

So in good news, we still have mdma

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

literally in a hope posting thread 🙄