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anecdotally, from disaster relief work, folks with depression and anxiety tend to clarify in crisis situations

all that excess brain that’s sad is geared for an immediacy that’s uncommon in our present society

stay up everyone, don’t despair, check in with your neighbors before it gets too hectic

SixteenShells posted:

It's just air, air isn't toxic.

rabble rabble posted:

it turns out the sea peoples were inside us all along

Car Hater posted:

Now I know the only thing that really matters is posting

SixteenShells posted:

I actually had no idea it was in any consumer products! That's neat. For some reason I assumed it was still in the "only NASA can afford it in large volumes" stage.

a strange fowl posted:

i was born with multigenerational apocalyptic panic brain and the calmest i've ever been was in the face of a pyrocumulonimbus. hineni, hineni

i even get weird nostalgia thinking about that day. like the world's wildest rollercoaster, all my stupid everyday fears just evaporated. you realise what's important: the loving fire.

more and more often nowadays i think how complacency and the ability to normalise was the winning trait for surviving in the daily grind of capitalism, but that is beginning to change.

Rectal Death Adept posted:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1682455882980904971

Rectal Death Adept posted:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1682455882980904971

Hubbert posted:

things aren't that bad yet

Rectal Death Adept posted:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1682455882980904971

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A brutal heatwave is persisting throughout much of the US, with cities across the south-west reaching all-time records for hottest consecutive days. Intense heatwaves are becoming more frequent as a result of the climate crisis, but alarmingly, these streaks of hot days are also lasting longer.

People living in cities in Arizona, California and Texas are entering their second month of days in which the temperature reaches 90F (32.2C) and above. Cities such as Phoenix, and Needles in California, have had no relief from this extreme heat in the past 70 days, with Phoenix recently experiencing three consecutive weeks of temperatures reaching 110F (43.3C) and above.

“It’s unfortunately becoming more common,” said Luis Ortiz, climate researcher at George Mason University. “These extreme temperatures are not unheard of in those parts of the country. But as baseline temperatures have been increasing, whenever there’s an event that’s making things hotter, temperatures are going to surpass that 100F threshold more and more frequently.”

The combination of a heat dome, which traps warm ocean air, and the switch from La Niña to El Niño, a climate pattern that draws in warmer-than-usual waters in the Pacific, is surging temperatures across the world. These heatwaves follow a rise in temperatures globally due to the burning of fossil fuels.

“This is a bad perfect storm of extreme heat right now,” Ortiz said.

Dozens of cities have had streaks of days with temperatures at 90F and above. These include Youngtown, Arizona and Blythe, California, which have each experienced 62 uninterrupted hot days, and Alexandria, Louisiana, and Laredo, Texas, at 54 and 52 days respectively.

A heatwave is defined as three consecutive days when temperatures reach 90F and above. Prolonged stretches of days at or above this temperature are a public health concern, because it poses a risk to human life.

“Heat is the number-one weather killer in the US,” said Lauren Casey, a meteorologist at Climate Central, a non-profit climate science news group. Prolonged exposure to high temperatures can cause a loss of consciousness and seizures, and if heat stress is not mitigated, it can damage organs and turn fatal. Even a slight temperature rise can increase the likelihood of illnesses; that risk is exacerbated further when combined with humidity.

El Paso and Palm Springs have experienced streaks of 35 and 27 consecutive days with temperatures at 100F and above.

“Our systems are not prepared to deal with this,” said Gredia Huerta-Montanez, a pediatrician and environmental health researcher at Northeastern University. “Our healthcare professionals need training in these heat-related illnesses because they’re becoming more and more common.”

Humid heat is particularly taxing, as warm air is able to hold more moisture than cold air, preventing the body’s natural ability to cool off through sweating.

Since 1970, average summer night-time temperatures have warmed by 3F across the US, increasing at nearly double the rate of summer daytime temperatures. The rise of overnight temperatures is alarming: at night, the human body rests and recuperates from the daytime heat stress.

“When the overnight minimum temperatures also don’t cool off, your body doesn’t get a break,” said Casey. For 20 consecutive days, night-time temperatures in Phoenix haven’t dropped below 90F. “With stretches of heat in the triple digits for such a prolonged period of time, the population is experiencing a very high risk of heat illness,” said Casey.

Children, the elderly and pregnant people are among the most vulnerable to heat stress, with outdoor workers at much higher risk for heat-related injuries.

When it comes to documenting heat-related illnesses and deaths, the US has a “gross underestimate of heat-related illnesses, injuries and deaths in the US”, said Rachel Licker, principal climate researcher at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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Rectal Death Adept posted:

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a strange fowl posted:

[Biosphere Collapse] i was born with multigenerational apocalyptic panic brain

Xaris posted:

i want to say its around ~20% have impaired fertility now, which is huge since that number used to be fairly low and people used to just get knocked up on a drop of watery precum. sperm concentrations have also plummeted in guys

4d3d3d posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXuc7SAyk2s

Crazypoops posted:

Everyone is so concerned but we haven't even used our most powerful weapon yet

VOTE

mags posted:

I think it might finally be time to vote

gently caress COREY PERRY posted:

we still have time* to secure a liveable** future*** for many****

Hit Man posted:

to the people saying 1.5°c is fine

lol

lmao

obama I'm looking at you

Car Hater posted:

I used to say I'd rather be right than happy


Then I spent some time away from society, meditating and observing nature and focusing on how wonderful it is to be alive, and how I'd wasted so much time being upset about the oncoming catastrophe


Now I know the only thing that really matters is posting

A Bad King posted:

This is silly anger. What good does it do?

Perry Mason Jar posted:

It's part of the grieving process. Get mad! Don't push it away. You're right to be mad

Microplastics posted:

I finally analysed the thread survey results. I don't have time to make it a more readable image though, sorry



the response rate is about the same as last time (~100 responses) though with much less spam and poo poo, which made my job easier this time.

still, there's probably not enough data to draw any meaningful, statistically significant conclusions here, like whether a certain group is truly more or less hopeful about the future. but we can pretend. anyway hope you found it interesting!

edit: oh by the way, these are averages, not medians. i was comfortable using averages this time because there were no major outliers.