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I thought they said we crossed that threshold last year or something.
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TDub wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:45 am I thought they said we crossed that threshold last year or something.
i didn’t click the twatter link, but i know there are several “tipping point” thresholds being monitored
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Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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KUTradition wrote: Mon Apr 03, 2023 11:11 am this is pretty phenomenal

https://www.dezeen.com/2021/04/23/water ... ombia/amp/
Should I wait for the R.Kelly limited edition to come out before I order?
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Overlander wrote: Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:13 pm
KUTradition wrote: Mon Apr 03, 2023 11:11 am this is pretty phenomenal

https://www.dezeen.com/2021/04/23/water ... ombia/amp/
Should I wait for the R.Kelly limited edition to come out before I order?
lol, well played
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Dec 17, 2022
With the planned demolition of dams on California’s Klamath River, plans for restoring that ecosystem benefit from what has been learned since dams were removed along Washington State’s Elwha River eight years ago.

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related: the Pacific Fishery Management Council just canceled chinook salmon fishing season due to dismal population levels
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where have i heard this story before?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65120327.amp
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we....have no idea the trouble we bring.


Also got to wonder...at least in some conspiratorial portion of the brain....if this has happened to previous "advanced" civilizations.....have we caused our own demise before?
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defixione wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 8:14 am
Ok, but what is the bird mortality rate?
How about local residents all getting cancer?
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Touché.
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Native tribe in Louisiana highlights challenges of climate-driven relocation

In 2022, the Biden administration announced it would pay to help several Native American tribes move away from coastlines and rivers, where waters are rising due to climate change. Special correspondent Megan Thompson reports on an earlier relocation effort in Louisiana that ran into some unexpected complications

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NPR sounds like a national news network of some kind, Elon.
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113+deg in Thailand

hottest april on record across Asia
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Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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Sometimes I hate your posts.
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Feral wrote: Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:47 pm
Sometimes I hate your posts.
me too

(just be glad i don’t post all of climate- and biodiversity-related stories/studies i read)
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