Scientists warn of near-term extinction for Earth's species due to US-led industrial capitalism accelerating wildlife extermination. Amazon forest system faces tipping point to dry savannah, impacting biodiversity and climate. Recent research highlights weakening crucial climate system component with potential collapse. Amazon experiences extreme flooding, droughts becoming new norm, challenging ecosystems and people. Record Amazon wildfires in February generate high emissions, with nearly 3,000 forest fires registered, the highest for any February since 1999, likely exacerbated by climate change.
Almost 3,000 fires in the Brazilian Amazon, record for the month of February 🔥 https://t.co/HDleqbS1YO
Casi 3.000 incendios en la Amazonía brasileña, récord para mes de febrero 📹AFP https://t.co/pWLgckRSyi #VideoNoticias https://t.co/7qp81sDrlL
Nearly 3,000 forest fires were registered in the Brazilian Amazon this month, the highest for any February since records began in 1999, and made more likely by climate change, according to experts. https://t.co/K60UL9huBx
BREAKING: February Amazon wildfires generate record emissions https://t.co/ZLK8JcAear
BREAKING: scientists confirm extinction looms for species that respond to climate change stress in unexpected and inefficient ways 🧵
Extreme flooding and droughts may be the new norm for the Amazon, challenging its people and ecosystems. Learn more in this @NewsfromScience feature: https://t.co/GtpkQyiPPs https://t.co/riwChNa6Ud
Worth knowing: * we have no way to get back below 375- 425 ppm of atmospheric CO2 * emissions haven't peaked as we begin to hit 427 ppm * 2/2.5°C of global warming is locked in and set to hit by 2030- 2050 given recent staggering acceleration * scientists urge system change🧵
New research warns that that a crucial component of the planet’s climate system is in weakening and could one day potentially suffer a dangerous and abrupt collapse with worldwide consequences. Read more: https://t.co/zjHdWL8m3K https://t.co/m7bs318M1D
#FromTheSouth News Bits | Brazil: The Amazon forest system could soon reach a tipping point, with much of it becoming a dry savannah, with serious consequences for biodiversity, climate, and local communities. https://t.co/P1lXmIBQaY
BREAKING: scientists fear the majority of Earth's species face near-term extinction as US-led industrial capitalism accelerates its extermination of wildlife and people with mass media journalists silent on scientific consensus documents urging political-economic system change🧵
Given capitalism's relentless destruction of land and ocean ecosystems at 427 ppm of atmospheric CO2 and rising fast, global extinctions at 2/2.5°C to 2.5/3°C of warming will smash Earth's species by 2030- 2050. Consensus science demands system change. Mass media editors? Silent.