Species Extinctions, Human Chronic Disease on the Rise, as Climate Disruption Mounts

[unhappycamper]

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/28864-species-extinctions-human-chronic-disease-on-the-rise-as-climate-disruption-mounts



Species Extinctions, Human Chronic Disease on the Rise, as Climate Disruption Mounts
By Dahr Jamail, Truthout |
Monday, 02 February 2015 10:42

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A stunning new study published in the prestigious journal Science concluded that we are on the verge of causing "a major extinction event" in the oceans, and one of the scientists who authored the study stated frankly, "I honestly feel there's not much hope for normal ecosystems in the ocean" without a dramatic shift away from the current business-as-usual fossil-fueled economy.

Additionally, another recent study found that sea levels are now rising 25 percent faster than previous estimates, and the acceleration witnessed in the 1990s is even more dramatic than previously calculated.

To make matters worse, another major study published in Science recently found that human activity has already pushed the planet beyond four of its nine "planetary boundaries." The conclusion of the study said that at the rate things are progressing, the coming decades will see the earth no longer as a "safe operating space" for human beings, let alone most other species. The four boundaries we've already crossed are the extinction rate, deforestation, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, and the flow of nitrogen and phosphorous (land fertilizers) into the oceans.

This is precisely why climate scientists have recently begun begging their respective governments to leave the rest of the planetary fossil fuels in the ground.

[Newest Reality]

1. The time has come

to save up for our bolt-holes and order our floating castles.

[pscot]

2. Temperatures here on Puget Sound have been 5 to 15 degrees above

seasonal averages except for a cold snap back in November. You can almost feel the heat radiating off the Pacific. There's something really bad coming, and it's closer than anyone wants to believe.

[daleanime]

3. kick, kick, kick.....