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barbazoo ◴[] No.45397465[source]
> The Amazon contributing 741 ± 61 teragram of carbon-its highest level since 2000 and more than half of the global fire emission anomaly. This surge, driven by exceptional heat and drought, offset two decades of declining deforestation emissions.

That's rough, whatever gains we thought we made, puff gone. The next sentence paints us a picture of what the future holds. Many of us are going to be here for pretty drastic events I could imagine.

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1. vkou ◴[] No.45397709[source]
More than a few dozen people stand between where we are and a carbon-neutral future/alt-history.

But there were some important tipping points that have pushed us into our current do-nothing trajectory. The stolen 2000 election was a notable one.

We've already hit 1.5C, by the way. Hold on to your butts.

https://berkeleyearth.org/global-temperature-report-for-2024...