Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of the Gulf Stream

Re:Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of... by rchaud on Thursday August 05, 2021 @04:44PM (#28079506)

And all it needed was a Great Depression-level drop in the stock market, every ICU filled to the brim for months, and thousands dying every day.

The effects of climate change have occurred much more slowly and silently. At some point it will no longer be silent, but it will already be too late to meaningfully change its trajectory.

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Re:Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of... by jacquesm on Thursday August 05, 2021 @04:56PM (#28079687)

And let's not sugarcoat it, the pandemic is far from over, there are still thousands dying every day, but we're pretending that it's all much better now because we are not currently at the peak.

But in truth, and on a global scale, when it comes to new cases and deaths we are at roughly 60% of that peak right now, and still going up quite rapidly.

edit: And of course, the fact that the bulk of the problem is now facing the developed world certainly isn't a factor. /s

Let's see how long that attitude lasts, once we realize that covid anywhere is the equivalent of covid everywhere there may be a change of heart there.

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