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Like future, collapse is unevenly distributed, but it's already here. Unfortunately, people who aren't experiencing it directly prefer believing it's just not h
by wazoox 5y ago
Like future, collapse is unevenly distributed, but it's already here. Unfortunately, people who aren't experiencing it directly prefer believing it's just not happening.
Biodiversity is collapsing right now at unprecedented rates; we're in the 6th Extinction.
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/nature-decline-unprecedented-report/ https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/natur...
Arthropods are collapsing wordlwide:
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/nature-decline-unprecedented-report/ https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/natur...
Ocean life is in grave danger:
https://hyperaxion.com/biology/ocean-biodiversity-collapse-next-decade/ https://hyperaxion.com/biology/ocean-biodiversity-collapse-n...
A study concluded that Syria's civil war was in large part driven by climate change and ecological problems (i.e. society collapse is already among us).
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/150302-syria-war-climate-change-drought https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/150302-sy...
Our way of life WILL change dramatically in the coming years. The alternative is as follows: either we choose to reduce drastically our individual and collective impact, or nature and the law of physics will achieve it anyway in much harsher ways. The option to go "business as usual" simply isn't available.