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“Global daily mean temperatures never exceeded 1.5-degree Celsius (°C) above pre-industrial levels prior to 2000 and have only occasionally exceeded that number since then,” the researchers noted. “However, 2023 has already seen 38 days with global average temperatures above 1.5°C by 12 September—more than any other year—and the total may continue to rise.”

That's not good.

I doubt society will even make it 50 more years. Hell I'm expecting the quality of life for the west to plummet with the decade.

"But we have a hundred years before the environment collapses!?"

Theoretically yes, but there's that sticky point of what happens to us when the environment is ~~collapsing~~ dying.

Has been known for years, has also been ignored for years. Infinite growth is much more important than sustainability.

Wait, scientists think we're heading towards catastrophe??? Why hasn't anyone been saying this before? Oh, wait. Nevermind.

Find some comfort, prepare yourself for things to get worse for the rest of your life, and focus on and cherish the small things that make you happy. Those ones will stick around.

An apt line from the article: "It’s natural to feel overwhelmed by the enormity of the challenge presented by climate change, but Ripple and his colleagues offer several solutions to avoid the worst possible outcomes."

I'm reminded of Mr. Rogers talking about how to stay optimistic and not fall into despair in the face of tragedy -- look to the helpers. No matter the crisis, there's always people helping out and showcasing the best of humanity.

15,000 scientists warned us -- 15,000 people are analyzing this issue to try and mitigate and solve it. On top of that you've got plenty of green energy companies across solar, wind, nuclear, hydrogen, geothermal, etc. People are doing their damnedest to fight against climate change no matter the odds, and that should fill you with inspiration and encouragement.

There's currently 5 bushfires burning around my state and it's only mid spring in the southern hemisphere. Last year we experienced devastating floods across the country on a scale we've never seen before. A few years before that we had one of the worst bushfire seasons in history.

At least the billionaires will be safe so there's nothing to worry about.

/s

Even people who accept and believe climate change is real are unwilling to make any personal sacrifices and magically think some scientists somewhere will just solve the problem.

Nobody is coming to your rescue, the planet will save itself from the plague that is our industrial society. We could pretty easily fix this, but it would be politically unpopular, and therefore, won't happen.

I think people have a hard time imagining what its going to be like. They assume we'll just wake up one day and it will be Mad Max outside your window. It will be much more incremental.

Covid is probably the best analogy, it was a shock, there were major reactions and societal changes, but it got better over a couple years. It will probably be a lot like that, except the getting better part.

It will just slowly get worse and worse until you can hardly recognize the world around you. Floods getting slightly worse every year, hurricanes getting a bit stronger, insurance going higher until people just stop buying it, famines, gas price increases, food shortages.

Remember how people flipped out about not being able to buy TP? Wait until you can't buy coffee, then bread, and clean water becomes scarce, thats when shit gets real and we revert to survival of the fittest, or who has the most ammo.

Politicians will promise quick and easy solutions, none will work. We're in for a less comfortable, convenient world probably in most of our lifetimes. I'll be moving north, and at least +500 ft above sea level.

I've stopped worrying about climate change. I now worry about AGI instead, which seems much more imminent.

I can't handle worrying about both.