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From: Robert Tapp (tappx001umn.edu) | |
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:03:30 -0700 (PDT) |
in case you dn't receive this newsletter > > > > Monday, 17 March 2014 > > > View Recent Newsletters > > Tell a friend about Truthout! > > Donate Today! > > > Truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; donations are tax deductible. > Introducing Climate Disruption Dispatches, With Dahr Jamail! > > The reality of Anthropogenic Climate Disruption (ACD) continues to outstrip > our ability to model worst-case scenarios, as it is happening so much faster > than was ever anticipated. Sixty-three percent of all human-generated carbon > emissions have been produced in the last 25 years, but science shows us that > there is a 40-year time lag between global emissions (our actions) and > climate impacts (the consequences). Hence, we haven't even begun to > experience the worst of our emissions, and won't, until at least 2054. > > Since the industrial revolution began, the human species has increased the > average global temperature by .85 degrees Celsius. In December 2010, the UN > Environment Program predicted up to a 5 degrees Celsius increase by 2050. > This is a shocking piece of information, because a 3.5 degrees Celsius > increase would render the planet uninhabitable for humans due to collapsing > the food chain at the level of oceanic plankton and triggering temperature > extremes that would severely limit terrestrial vegetation, and hence, our > ability to feed ourselves. And even higher temperature increases have been > predicted. > > The four life-giving aspects of the planet: Earth, Water, Air and Fire, are > under assault from the ecocide that "industrial civilization" has wrought > upon the globe, coming in the forms of ACD and the myriad other methods of > polluting the planet. > > Humans have never lived on a planet with temperatures 3.5 degrees Celsius > above baseline, and many scientists believe it would be impossible to do so. > An increasing number of climate change scientists now fear that our situation > is already so serious, and so many self-reinforcing feedback loops are > already in play, that we are in the process of causing our own extinction. > Worse yet, some are convinced that it could happen far more quickly than > generally believed possible - even in the course of just the next few decades. > > Approximately 55 million years ago, a 5-degree Celsius increase in global > temperatures occurred in only 13 years, and a scientific report published > last year revealed that in the near-term, Earth's climate will change 10 > times faster than at any other moment in the last 65 million years. Science > already shows that we are currently experiencing change 200 to 300 times > faster than any of the previous major extinction events. > > Have we already reached a point where Earth is in hospice? If so, we as a > species may very well already be teetering on the threshold of our very > extinction. > > In light of the severity of this crisis, Truthout is showing its commitment > to honest reporting of the most important story of our time by launching Dahr > Jamail's monthly Climate Disruption Dispatches, to chronicle ongoing evidence > and impacts of ACD as they have manifested around the globe for the previous > 30 days. We hope that these dispatches will become a useful resource for > other journalists, scientists and readers who wish to stay abreast of the > latest ACD developments. > > Consider this a monthly inventory of each month's new evidence of what the > Western mode of living and generating financial profits is costing Earth. > > Perhaps future generations will look upon this as a log of what we witnessed > being done to the planet. > > The first article in the Climate Disruption Dispatches can be read here: > > Reporting on a World of Environmental Catastrophes - All in Just One Month > Read the Article > > Support Truthout with a tax-deductible donation > > Please add messenger [at] truthout.org to ensure you receive our messages > Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/CWA, Local 36047 > Subscribe | Unsubscribe > Privacy Policy > >
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