It boggles my mind that people can be so complacent and just go on with their daily lives like nothing is wrong — while the world as we know it is literally vanishing beneath our feet.
A third of the Arctic’s tundra, forests, and wetlands have become a source of carbon emissions, a new study has found, as global heating ends thousands of years of carbon storage in parts of the frozen north. More than 30% of the region is a net source of CO2 now, according to the analysis, rising to 40% when emissions from wildfires are included.
For millennia, Arctic land ecosystems have acted as a deep-freeze for the planet’s carbon, holding vast amounts of potential emissions in the permafrost. But ecosystems in the region are increasingly becoming a contributor to global heating as they release more CO2 into the atmosphere with rising temperatures.
The study comes amid growing concern from scientists about the natural processes that regulate Earth’s climate, which are being affected by rising temperatures. Together, the planet’s oceans, forests, soils, and other natural carbon sinks absorb about half of all human emissions, but there are signs that these sinks are under strain.
FULL STORY -- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/21/third-of-arctic-carbon-sink-now-a-source-of-emissions-study
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They don't 'just go on with their daily life' ...they elected a pres who will staff all Gov. with people who think 'this is BS'! ... much much worse.
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@breadandcircuses Many individuals appear to have resigned themselves to the current situation. Those in my demographic, who have endeavored to effect meaningful change over the past five decades, are finding it increasingly difficult to believe that there will be any significant reduction in the current trajectory, let alone a reversal. This sentiment is exacerbated by the perspective of younger generations, who often mistakenly apply Moore's Law to a broader context, assuming that scientific advancements will indefinitely sustain the rapidly increasing global population. This optimism contrasts sharply with the reality of stagnanting crop yields and the expectation that living standards will continue to improve without significant intervention.
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@breadandcircuses How can we sleep when our beds are burning???
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@Doreen32128 @breadandcircuses FYI, if you are thinking about one of those under the covers fans, that would only feed the flames. 🤔😇
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@Doreen32128 @breadandcircuses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsOHvP1XnRg
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@felis_catus_domesticus @breadandcircuses Quite appropriate!
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both of our picks.
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@breadandcircuses As far back as the 1970's the the arctic sink would be the tipping point to the Venus effect.
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I used to work in the arctic and it was harrowing to think about. My last time out we spent six weeks there, travelled a very large area and saw ice for one day. One day.
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I am guilty about being complacent about climate change. I tell people about it whenever I can, whenever possible I take the train, I have not flown to see my new granddaughter, but I am not investing my time and energy fighting it.
I am having a great dime designing computer chips. Maybe I will make some money.
What is my excuse? One hand for myself, one hand for the ship>. I expect Trump to raid Social Security to buy bitcoin, I better have some income to survice.
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Well, the storm has passed in Glasgow and we can all go back to what passes for normal. That is how it works.
How many people on this thread drive?
Oh you are being puritanical / confrontational / not taking people with you / expecting individuals to act when the govt won't.
Any questions?
If I had a pound from every liberal, anti-capitalist or leftist who explained to me earnestly why they had to drive. .. Greens too, of course
Anyway, solidarity, eh?
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@breadandcircuses Never forget: half the population has below average intelligence and almost none of them believe they are below average https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/9314-intelligence
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@breadandcircuses You gotta do what you reasonably can do and for a lot of people that's more than they think
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@breadandcircuses I recall a news item in the 80s talking about this specifically. The report was all about the arctic tundra being a carbon sink and if it melts we will see runaway CO2 levels. And, here's the kicker, they had seen signs of melting already.
It really limits our options for fixing the problem. When oil lobbies talk about a transition period the rebuttal is we are way past that period.
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