Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
The only way to solve the microplastic pollution of every form of life: rapid cessation of plastic use and immediate action to remove all known plastic from the environment.
Will it happen? No.
We all know what needs to happen. The key question is HOW?
Lemmy posts?
Israel seems to have a plan. By causing massive fighting in the Middle East, a huge part of the worlds oil and gas supply can be cut off. Bombing the Iranian consulate was a great plan. Unfortunatly it is backfiring. Biden being a fool tries to exchange the invasion of Rafah and with that that the full genocide of the people in Gaza for not fighting Iran. That might mean that it backfires and Trump gets elected. Foolish of him presidents who start wars get reelected.
ADIPEC: Best we can do is 30 years.
Not going to happen. We need to be clever and find another solution. I've been browsing Far Side comics on Lemmy for answers but haven't found any.
Thing is: there isn't some other solution.
We know what needs to happen right now
I agree we know what needs to happen but a rapid phase out of fossil fuels is not something I see the world fully commiting to anytime soon, hence some other clever solution which I admit I have no idea what that would be.
Or cooling them artificially... Wich is several orders of Magnitude more expensive...
That would probably increase global warming in the process
Shure!
might as well take some good pics of them peeps or put them in some aquarium in kansas cause thats the only place you are going to see coral again. Humanity has proven on thing unless millions of people are dying we won't change, we wont protest and won't stop sucking on fossil fuels and plastic until the earth chokes on it.
Well see ya coral reefs, it's been fun!