So, further to my previous post on this topic, Professor Stefan Rahmstorf has written an article for Livescience suggesting that the collapse is no longer a low probability. You can read the article here

Take from this what you want, but it is imperative do something, the recent floods in Valancia Spain highlight extreme weather.

Update

• Understanding the Effects of Climate Change on the Oceans Using Subsea Cables
• Antarctic Sea Ice at all time low
• Ocean current collapse: Scientists to develop early warning system
• Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery

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Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC),

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This is well-known about, but not enough discussion around the subject.

Links

• The attribution problem of a seemingly intangible industry
• Institute for Science and Ethics (IWE)
  • IWE Mastodon
• 16/3/2025 – Related Trump Plan to Use EPA to Promote AI Could Harm the Climate and Drive Up Electric Bills
  
• Elon Musk Reportedly Doing Something Horrid to Power His AI Data Center

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'We're changing the clouds': Unintended geoengineering test is warming the Atlantic

Article from Earth.com examining the unintended consequences of geoengineering, we are now warming the Atlantic Ocean.

Life exists on planet earth for a good reason, it exists because the conditions to support life have developed over millions of years. I don't think we can mess with this balance without consequences, we are already seeing these due to human activity causing climate change.

The link was posted to the Fediverse and can be found here where, if you join (free) you comment further.

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This isn't being reported on BBC news, as far as I am aware, granted it is like to be a tropical storm by the time it reaches land, nevertheless it will still be a devastating storm.

Hurricanes are NOT normal in California.

Meanwhile Canada still burns! As far as I am aware, Yellowknife is facing serious damage and probably loss of life.

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The climate is changing and fast, it seems much faster than we had predicted. This weekend will see RECORD European heat.

Recent BBC articles on various serious issues. Heat over 40c has proven deadly to humans, it can destroy crops, water systems etc.

We still want to mine deep see minerals,. warnings about this ignored, and due to people not making agreements deadlines pass to stop this happening. We don't need to mine for new tech, we don't need new phones ever year, we need to consume less, recycle more and change the way we live our lives to more sustainable models. The fact the ocean floor is teaming with unstudied life, means if we start mining, we will most likely destroy this fragile ecosystem and wipe out species we don't even know about.

While at the same time there are still posts denying all these problems spreading on some social media platforms.

If you want to have proper discussions on all this I suggest you join a Fediverse instance such as qoto mastodon or Science Forums.

I have since added another link to an article about land temperatures hitting 60 degrees C.

Links

• Cerberus heatwave: Hot weather sweeps across southern Europe – BBC News
• Crunch talks due on deep-sea mining controversy
  • Atlantic discovery: 12 new species 'hiding in the deep'
• The climate change-denying TikTok post that won't go away
• Land temperatures in Spain surpass 60C as deadly heatwave sweeps Europe, added 15/7/2023

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Another article posted on Fediverse about the serious nature of climate change. As individuals there seems only a certain amount we can do, short of living off grid. So the question I asked on Science Forums [2] is “how many more reports are needed?”

In terms of recycling:

There seems to be a lot of initiatives out there but some local authorities in the UK seem unable to recycle some materials, I think the situation is improving.

There are some good ideas, such as turning face masks in to litter pickers [3] but this is in Cornwall, UK, I have not heard anything about this idea being rolled out nationally, but if it was, would that ideally need to be on a local level so the collection —> end product happens locally reducing the need for transporting materials and end products around?

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1 Climate news now – Fediverse 2 Science Forum discussion 3 Hospital face masks find new life stopping plastic waste

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This looks an interesting / useful workshop for anyone who wants to set up on Mastodon / Fediverse.

Takes place : Jan-31 –> Feb-2-2023

• More info
• Social Movement Technologies
  • Basics to advanced topics including setting up a movement server.

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Another interesting climate group on the Fediverse.

“Hackers Against Climate Change” originated as a series of self-organized sessions at 35c3. Since then we have worked with other climate activist groups, supplying them with technical knowledge, as well as trying to raise awareness for the current climate crisis in the hacker community.

• Website
• Hacc on Mastodon

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