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It's scientifically based, I fear people here who are talking about a coming ice age and people who aren't able to understand the possible severity and significance of this event. That is Much more frightening.
Corrected.
A synthesis of chatGPT: "A sudden spike in ocean temperature, such as the one observed by scientists recently, can have significant consequences for marine life and global weather patterns. Here are some potential consequences based on scientific literature:
1. Coral Bleaching: One of the most immediate consequences of warming oceans is coral bleaching, which occurs when corals expel the symbiotic algae that give them their vibrant colors and provide them with energy. This process weakens the coral and leaves it more vulnerable to disease and death. Studies have shown that coral bleaching events are becoming more frequent and severe as ocean temperatures rise.
2. Changes in Marine Ecosystems: Warming oceans can also disrupt marine ecosystems by altering the distribution and abundance of marine species. Some species, such as fish and sea turtles, may move to cooler waters, while others may struggle to adapt to the changing conditions. This can lead to declines in biodiversity and changes in food webs that can have far-reaching effects on marine ecosystems.
3. More Extreme Weather Events: Warming oceans can also affect global weather patterns by altering the circulation of air and ocean currents. This can lead to more frequent and intense weather events, such as hurricanes, droughts, and floods. Studies have shown that ocean warming is linked to an increase in the frequency and intensity of tropical storms, as warmer waters provide more energy for these storms to form and intensify.
4. Rising Sea Levels: Finally, warming oceans can contribute to rising sea levels, as warmer water expands and glaciers and ice caps melt. This can have significant consequences for coastal communities, as higher sea levels can lead to increased flooding, erosion, and loss of habitat for coastal species.
Overall, a sudden spike in ocean temperature can have far-reaching consequences for marine life and global weather patterns. While the exact impacts will depend on a variety of factors, including the duration and severity of the warming event, scientists agree that we need to take action to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to mitigate the effects of ocean warming on our planet."
The world’s oceans have suddenly spiked much hotter and well above record levels in the last few weeks, with scientists trying to figure out what it means and whether it forecasts a surge in atmospheric warming.
There are several marine heat waves or ocean warming spots that don’t fit an El Nino pattern, such as those in the northern Pacific near Alaska and off the coast of Spain, he said.
“This is an unusual pattern. This is an extreme event at a global scale” in areas that don’t fit with merely an El Nino, said Princeton University climate scientist Gabe Vecchi. “That is a huge, huge signal. I think it’s going to take some level of effort to understand it.”
Here in Italy the production of rice is stopped due to a severe drought, consequence of the climate crisis.
*Stopped in the sense that farmers couldn't even sow the rice.
The reality is that different biomarkers were discovered through the years by the Stanford centre by we are still looking for a specific biomarker to ME.
For example one of the criteria to diagnose ME is to have Pots, which is a disease with very specific symptoms.
Pots is a disfunction of the autonomic system and it is often associated with gastroparesis.
I repeat, you are endorsing a very obsolete theory about ME.
Higher neuroticism? I am a psychologist and this means nothing.
This "believes" were entertained for a long time about ME but we have enough scientifical evidence that they were false.
Historically, this happened with multiple sclerosis, people with ms were labelled as fakers and ms was called "faker's disease".
Let's not go again to those horrible times today.
For an ample literature about ME I Invite you to visit the open medicine foundation website (the centre that studies ME at Stanford).
I can confirm that I had ME for 10 years and the treatments which the author discusses helped me too, I had to discover them through experience but it has always been clear that my lactate levels were sky high, I've always felt as I was feeling after an all out rowing competition when I was healthy. The condition is terrible.
I can confirm that, after having ME for more than ten years, this researcher seem to have understood the underlying mechanisms. I've got better with a similar treatment and I will persevere now that I know more precisely what to do.
The fact is when you are recording a good quality video you never go over a few minutes of recording. So usually it doesn't bother film makers too much.
If you're recording a live opera it's a problem but then you usually have much higher quality gear without the limitations of a DSLR.
I agree, mainly because luxury emissions are what people aspire to, for themselves. This cultural model, that if you are consuming more you are cool and high status, has to stop.
No, you are a loser who can't read reality. If you have a private jet you are just ignorant, in the sense that you ignore what is happening on this planet.
That's a cultural shift that we need to happen swiftly.
I see many fatalistic posts.
Of course, saying "we are doomed" is the easiest way to continue to do what we are doing. It's just a defensive mechanism at this point.
We should be stopping the production of plastic and replace it with bioplastics immediately.
Difficult? Yes. Impossible? No.
Also, the bicycle is much less costly for the society, indeed its positive effects on our health actually contribute to less expenses for the NHS, this effects would be huge if adopted massively.
The car instead has a negative effect on our health and the infrastructure is much more costly and require much more maintenance, the pollution it creates has negative effects on our health too.
Well the forth gen nuclear power plants will take so many years to build that we will have surpassed some fundamental tipping points.
I am not opposed to nuclear, I think that anyone who is does not understand the severity of the climate crisis.
Problem will also be drought which will affect hydroelectric, we had this problem in Italy this summer.
"Environmental problems have contributed to numerous collapses of civilizations in the past. Now, for the first time, a global collapse appears likely. Overpopulation, overconsumption by the rich and poor choices of technologies are major drivers; dramatic cultural change provides the main hope of averting calamity."
The fact that economics hasn't still catch up with simple physics and biology is mind boggling. I mean that the religion of infinite growth on a finite planet has to stop.
Of course, we will "save trillions" if our ecological systems won't collapse.
We will save trillions of lives upon which we depend. We will also avert many food crisis due to drought (already happening here in Italy with -30% of the total agricultural production due to a drought).
Yes the first step should be to cover every rooftop and parking. I think a law exist in some states that new construction has to have solar panels on. The law should be passed everywhere.
And it's just the first step.
Well, the problem is that we are accelerating so much that adaptation from living beings is not possible.
Not a small problem,you know...
I can confirm, we have many Patagonia piles which are 30 years old now and they look brand new, passed from dad to me.
Also some t shirts from the 90 are still looking good, which is kinda incredible.
"The Hadza people eat no processed foods, are rarely exposed to antibiotics, and live seasonally, eating more meat in the dry season and a predominantly plant-based, high-fibre diet in the wet season. " "The staples of their diet include the baobab tree, high-fibre tuber roots, berries, fresh honey, and various meats from hunting. A common dish is a soup made from the baobab fruit, something renowned microbiologist Tim Spector sampled while living with them. Just one helping of this creamy mixture contains more fibre than the average Westerner gets in a day!" https://atlasbiomed.com/blog/the-hadza-people-what-can-a-hun...
I am not judging anybody, you can have whichever diet you want.
Nothing from a plant is dangerous according to any scientifically based diet.
We did not evolve with a carnivorous only diet, there are many studies about hunter gatherers and they have mostly a vegetarian diet with occasional meat.
Their gut microbiome is much more varied, and a varied ecosystem is a resilient ecosystem, therefore you are less vulnerable to pathogens bacteria.
*carnivorous humans more likely to destroy their planet through climate change.
My kindle 4 is from 2012 and still holds a charge for 2 weeks if I use it for 20 minutes a day.
You must have had a heavy use of your kindle. Even if the battery is not new they consume so little that I am not having any problems.
Having said that, every electronic should have user replaceable batteries instead of being a programmed obsolescence nightmare.
Read the paper please, planet boundaries are scientifically defined.
How comes that you have the "best health care quality" but all the indicators of health care quality like life expectancy is among the worse in the Western world?
Of course, voluntary self limitation is unlikely.
But severe limitations were imposed during wars on the population by the state, so they are in the realm of possibility (once we acknowledge the severity of the problem, which we are not doing, because of many reasons).
We should also add that the expansion of renewables energy create more jobs than the fossil fuel sector, therefore there is at least some hope of this limitations being not as severe as w think. It was calculated that, to be sustainable, the lifestyle should go back to the sixties, during which we lived fairly well but without a savage overconsumption as now.
"Environmental problems have contributed to numerous collapses of civilizations in the past. Now, for the first time, a global collapse appears likely. Overpopulation, overconsumption by the rich and poor choices of technologies are major drivers; dramatic cultural change provides the main hope of averting calamity." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574335/
The only pipe dream is to continue breaching the planet boundaries.
Do you want to have a real impact?
Donate to https://www.climateemergencyfund.org/
They are the only ones who are trying to make a real difference, which can happen only through a political change.
In my city the bike is usually faster than the car simply because you don't have to search for a parking spot for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile ONU released a report in which total societal collapse is considered likely due to the breaching of planet boundaries: https://bylinetimes.com/2022/05/26/un-warns-of-total-societa...
Perhaps in US but in Brazil it is common use to write kkk to laugh