>”In the 2030s, the Amazon Rainforest, cut down until it can no longer produce enough moisture, degrades into a dry savannah, bringing catastrophic species loss… and altering the global water cycle.”
>”At the same time, the Arctic becomes ice-free in the summer. Without the white ice cap, less of the sun’s energy is reflected back out to space. And the speed of global warming increases.”
>Looking ahead to the 2040s, just 14 years away, Sir David predicts: “Throughout the north, frozen soils thaw, releasing methane, a greenhouse gas many times more potent than carbon dioxide, accelerating the rate of climate change dramatically.”
>By the 2050s, when today’s youngsters enter their middle years, the world’s seas will become biological deserts.
stein63 on
I’ve been a fan of David Attenborough for as long as I can remember. The man doesn’t scream or grandstand, he just calmly explains the world like a grandfather who has seen too much and still hopes we’ll listen. That’s what makes his warnings hit so hard. He spent a lifetime showing us how amazing this planet is, and now he’s telling us we’re running out of time to protect it.
BeingChangeYinnYang on
Modern humans spell disaster for humanity. If we can’t ever pull ourselves away from our jobs and lives for just a minute to speak as one on the many issues affecting us, how do we expect to have any sense of direction as a collective? We’re going off in too many directions without much sense. It’s gonna get complicated and come with consequences we could very well avoid if people could just remember that there’s something very amazing and precious happening here, beyond our personal lives and jobs, that require some understanding and dedication in ways we CAN achieve, but not if everyone remains distracted and disconnected to this extent. There is no good reason … Least of all our stubborness and selfishness, to continue on like this. There is a world of possibilities that exist whenever we’re ready to show up for each other and connect on those deeper levels, which everybody wants in the end … A more secure future with a well or at least better functioning society. Using brute force to change it or letting the cards fall where they might is not a winning strategy. Keeping the population informed and set up for success is … Bearing in mind all the benefits that understanding and resultant change in behavior would create. And all it really takes is people confronting each other with some maturity … Also accessible in the case people can come at it with an aim to be productive and compassionate. And how is that so hard exactly, given the common ground we stand on?
This doesn’t have to be wasted potential but we’ve got to get real and stay in that … Be in that together. Because we are simply in this together and simply need each other.
So yeah … Continuing to neglect that fact and deny ourselves the opportunity to grow beyond all this — growth of which is obviously availble — will obviously lead to, and continue to lead us towards disaster. Who woulda thought.
Traditional-Goal-229 on
If you haven’t convinced people in 50 years, it’s not starting today. It’s sad because I have seen projections that have half the world’s population dying. But even on the other end (the good side) it’s like a billion people dying. It’s going to happen. The wealthy don’t care what happens and again if you didn’t stop them before I don’t see how you do it now. At least in the 70s both republicans and democrats saw it as a problem. Now it’s a political issue and half the people think it’s a hoax.
SpotFormal on
The Pentagon said the Netherlands would be underwater and the UK a Siberian wasteland by now yet it never happened.
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>”In the 2030s, the Amazon Rainforest, cut down until it can no longer produce enough moisture, degrades into a dry savannah, bringing catastrophic species loss… and altering the global water cycle.”
>”At the same time, the Arctic becomes ice-free in the summer. Without the white ice cap, less of the sun’s energy is reflected back out to space. And the speed of global warming increases.”
>Looking ahead to the 2040s, just 14 years away, Sir David predicts: “Throughout the north, frozen soils thaw, releasing methane, a greenhouse gas many times more potent than carbon dioxide, accelerating the rate of climate change dramatically.”
>By the 2050s, when today’s youngsters enter their middle years, the world’s seas will become biological deserts.
I’ve been a fan of David Attenborough for as long as I can remember. The man doesn’t scream or grandstand, he just calmly explains the world like a grandfather who has seen too much and still hopes we’ll listen. That’s what makes his warnings hit so hard. He spent a lifetime showing us how amazing this planet is, and now he’s telling us we’re running out of time to protect it.
Modern humans spell disaster for humanity. If we can’t ever pull ourselves away from our jobs and lives for just a minute to speak as one on the many issues affecting us, how do we expect to have any sense of direction as a collective? We’re going off in too many directions without much sense. It’s gonna get complicated and come with consequences we could very well avoid if people could just remember that there’s something very amazing and precious happening here, beyond our personal lives and jobs, that require some understanding and dedication in ways we CAN achieve, but not if everyone remains distracted and disconnected to this extent. There is no good reason … Least of all our stubborness and selfishness, to continue on like this. There is a world of possibilities that exist whenever we’re ready to show up for each other and connect on those deeper levels, which everybody wants in the end … A more secure future with a well or at least better functioning society. Using brute force to change it or letting the cards fall where they might is not a winning strategy. Keeping the population informed and set up for success is … Bearing in mind all the benefits that understanding and resultant change in behavior would create. And all it really takes is people confronting each other with some maturity … Also accessible in the case people can come at it with an aim to be productive and compassionate. And how is that so hard exactly, given the common ground we stand on?
This doesn’t have to be wasted potential but we’ve got to get real and stay in that … Be in that together. Because we are simply in this together and simply need each other.
So yeah … Continuing to neglect that fact and deny ourselves the opportunity to grow beyond all this — growth of which is obviously availble — will obviously lead to, and continue to lead us towards disaster. Who woulda thought.
If you haven’t convinced people in 50 years, it’s not starting today. It’s sad because I have seen projections that have half the world’s population dying. But even on the other end (the good side) it’s like a billion people dying. It’s going to happen. The wealthy don’t care what happens and again if you didn’t stop them before I don’t see how you do it now. At least in the 70s both republicans and democrats saw it as a problem. Now it’s a political issue and half the people think it’s a hoax.
The Pentagon said the Netherlands would be underwater and the UK a Siberian wasteland by now yet it never happened.