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Distinguished Professor of Ecology-Oregon State University Director-Alliance of World Scientists Co-Lead author "The 2023 State of the Climate Report"

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The Scientist's Warning is a film about a researcher who started a movement of scientists to turn knowledge into action- a story of scientists all over the world awakening to the need to become advocates for the fate of the planet & humanity. via @YouTube
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Back to the future.
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Is this us?
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We are living in a house of cards!
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This graphic helps me wrap my head around the magnitude of the problem. Notice the amount of current biomass for wild mammals (in green) versus that for livestock and humans. No wonder we have converging crises of biodiversity, fresh water, and climate.
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The truth.
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Have you noticed this so far?
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Wrapping my head around this one. More than 1000 fires burning in Canada right now.
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Built on the House of Cards.
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What would you do?
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Turn off the tap!
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Back to you Jim...
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Can you spot the inconvenience?
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Now that #COP27 has ended, it is time to assess the accomplishment as the future of life on planet Earth hangs in the balance.
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This short article on how burning coal causes global warming was published 110 years ago. Now it is high time to act on the climate crisis.
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Is human supremacy linked to our problems?
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Ubiquitous plastic.
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Is unlimited GDP growth the wrong goal?
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The truth in this joke.
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What more?
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Just not aware?
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The fortune cookie lesson. Source unkown.
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Suffering from human supremacy? Human supremacy is the "widely held view that human interests ought to be privileged over other interests".
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Advice for all dogs. We need your help!
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Too little too late.
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Consider ecological overshoot.
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Simple message for COP climate meetings. @ExtinctionR
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It was the economy.
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From the not-too-distant future!
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Is it "Come Hell or High Water" or "Come Shell and High Water"?
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BREAKING: Multiple fires in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia are now burning. I am in Oregon where it is not safe to go outside because of intense smoke. It is getting worse here today and I am now trapped in my house because of the dangerous air quality.
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Not comforting at all for me. You?
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BUSINESS AS USUAL is defined as "an unchanging state of affairs despite difficulties or disturbances". Is this us?
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The 6th great extinction event.
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The economics of it all. . .
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Beef has about 100 times more greenhouse gas emissions than peas. Let's eat more peas. OK?
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Brought to you by Hell Oil.
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Follow the money!
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Do you ever think about the carbon and other resources used by the very rich?
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The irony of it all.
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OMG, Land temperatures in Spain surpass record 60C in deadly heatwave causing untold human and nonhuman suffering. Scientists warned this would happen and now it is starting. I am sorry to say, it will only get worse from here.
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European heatwave - latest updates as record temperatures continue

Authorities warn of heightened risk of fires from today

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Is it too late?
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The broken economic system.
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Is this us?
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Where do you see yourself?
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All you need to know.
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Planning for the upcoming COP28 climate conference.
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Us or them?
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This graphic helps me wrap my head around the magnitude of the problem. Notice the amount of current biomass for wild mammals (in green) versus that for livestock and humans. No wonder we have converging crises of biodiversity, fresh water, and climate.
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The number of flights is mind boggling Especially during the climate crisis
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Yesterday was the busiest day for commercial aviation that we’ve ever tracked. We tracked 134,386 commercial flights on 6 July and today is shaping up to be another busy day. More than 20,000 flights are in the air right now.
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Humor of truth!
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The distant future, long after the COP climate meetings.
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Breaking: Much of western North America is on fire (7/27/24). Be ready for a long and hot fire season. Too bad all of those trees are going up in smoke.
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The lecture.
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In Texas, a beach has become the unfortunate site where maybe thousands of lifeless fish were found washed ashore. This phenomenon can be attributed to rising sea temperatures, causing reduced oxygen levels, ultimately resulting in mass suffocation similar to this one. Sad, sad.
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Hundreds of fish found dead at Quintana Beach County Park
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What would you do first?
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Ironically, they already knew. See our report- World Scientists' Warning. . . …
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Our climate situation?
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Notice the details here.
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What is the bottom line?
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Time travel.
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It appears we are unleashing destructive forces in nature with our greenhouse gas emissions. These are climatic feedback loops and they do not get enough attention. See our report here: Send me a DM if you want a free PDF of the article.
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I have fantastic news on Europe's rewilding. Hunting and habitat loss drove many large mammals in Europe close to extinction. New data shows that many of the continent’s mammal populations are flourishing again.
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Where's the beef? It is where tropical forests used to be. 41% of tropical deforestation is driven by pasture expansion for beef (Our World in Data). Please eat more legumes for protein and "give peas a chance".
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Monetization moment!
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That pesky anxiety. . .
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CLIMATE RETICENCE
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Shop till we drop!
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And nature is shouting at us now! Are we listening?
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Is this how we are treating the young?
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Like the warning label on cigarettes?
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No worries mate?
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All you need to know on carbon capture?
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We must abandon the flawed notion that the climate emergency is an isolated issue; global heating, though catastrophic, is merely one symptom of a profound environmental crisis of ecological overshoot. @ECOWARRIORSS
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We need to stop regarding the climate emergency as a stand-alone environmental problem. Global heating, although ruinous, is not the sole symptom of our present struggling on Earth. See our climate emergency paper. Think overshoot. … cartoon- P. A.Jansen
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I keep thinking about this amazing graphic which shows how wild mammals make up only 4% of global land mammal biomass. To me, this helps explain why we have converging crises of climate change biodiversity loss, extinctions, and fresh water depletion.
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Ubiquitous.
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Sudden surge of broken heat records is scaring scientists like me. So far in 2023, we witnessed an extraordinary series of climate-related records across the globe, causing me to be concerned about the imminent dangers of much more extreme weather.
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Why a sudden surge of broken heat records is scaring scientists

Scientists say to brace for more extreme weather and probably a record-warm 2023 amid unprecedented temperatures.

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Have you washed your hands?
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The worst. . .
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Past, present, and future?
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The young?
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DON'T LOOK UP, LOOK DOWN to Antarctica. While we all have been looking at the North Atlantic sea temperatures this week, what's happening with sea ice in Antarctica is even more dramatic and well below anything ever recorded for this date during this period of record.
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The lecture.
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Brought to you by Hell Oil.
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EGO or ECO? The question of human supremacy.
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Are they doomed?
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Do you think this will happen at COP28 which starts next week?
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Old Turkish Proverb!
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New food chain?
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More time. . .?
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Are the oil companies toasting and roasting us?
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Crazy weather!
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CLIMATE CRISIS: Old saguaros are dying which should be a wake-up call to humanity.
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When you read cactuses in the desert are succumbing due to the heat something really fundamental seems have been broken
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All you need to know?
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It is only funny because it is true.
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Climate adaptation by the rich!
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Which road now?
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You can run but you can't hide!
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Our future?
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Look familiar?
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