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(2 years ago)Many of Earth's “vital” have reached record extremes, showing that humanity's future depends on balance according to what a group of older climate experts in the world suggest. More and more scientists are now looking at the possibility of social collapse, says the report, which praised [...]
Many of Earth's “vital” have reached record extremes, showing that humanity's future depends on balance according to what a group of older climate experts in the world suggest.
More and more scientists are now looking at the possibility of social collapse, says the report, which assessed 35 vital signs in 2023 and found 25 were worse than ever recorded, including carbon dioxide levels and the human population. This indicates a new critical and unpredictable phase of the climate crisis.
Earth and ocean surface temperatures reached a high level of all time, driven by record burning fossil fuels, the report found. The human population is growing at a rate of approximately 200,000 people a day and the number of cattle and sheep by 170,000 a day, all adding to record emissions of greenhouse gases.
Scientists identified 28 response rings, including increasing emissions from the melting of permanent frosts, which can help promote numerous turning points, such as the collapse of Greenland's massive ice.
Global warming is causing the increasingly deadly extreme weather worldwide, they said, including US hurricanes and heat waves of 50 degrees Celsius in India, with billions now exposed to extreme heat.
Scientists said their aim was to provide clear knowledge based on evidence inspiring informed and bold responses by citizens to worldly scholars and leaders. The decisive and quick action was necessary to limit human suffering, they said, including reducing the burning of fossil fuels and methane emissions, reducing excessive consumption and waste from the wealthy, and encouraging a transition to plant-based foods.
“We are already in the midst of sudden climate turmoil, which endangers life on Earth as nothing people have ever seen”, Prof said. William Ripple, of Oregon State University (OSU), who co-directed the group.
The assessment, published in Bioscience magazine, says that the concentrations of CO 2 and methane in the atmosphere are at record levels. Metan is a powerful greenhouse gas, 80 times more powerful than CO2 over 20 years, and is emitted by fossil fuels, livestock, and rice fields.
“The rate of rising methane emissions has been accelerating, which is extremely disturbing”, Dr. Christopher Wolfe, once from the OSU, who co-led the team. / TCH
