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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Should have called it "climate instability" or "climate chaos" from the start.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It shouldn't have been "save the planet", it should have been "save the humans" because the planet will be here long after we're gone

[–] BudgetBandit 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

There once was an explosion the size of Russia because the coal and oil underneath it got in contact with magma, killing 99.8% of all life on earth (before the dinosaurs) 🦕🦖- this process released more CO2 in the atmosphere than if we would burn all the fossil fuel today (I’ve forgotten by how much more)

Earth took its time, couple million years, but the carbon-silicate balance was restored. Edit: Fun fact 2 - during this time there are records of winds >800 mph, acid rain and temperatures >180°F

Fun fact: There was not a single mass extinction because of the shift of the magnetic poles, all mass extinctions can be linked to the carbon-silicate balance.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Woah, never heard of this. Got a link or a technical term?

The naturally occuring nuclear reactor in Africa is really interesting as well. So is the coal fire in Australia that's been going on for like a thousand years.

[–] BudgetBandit 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It’s called the carbon silicate cycle

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonate%E2%80%93silicate_cycle

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31128-3

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/elements/article/15/5/301/574082/Earth-Catastrophes-and-their-Impact-on-the-Carbon

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/do-any-mass-extinctions-correlate-magnetic-reversals#:~:text=No.,protect%20us%20from%20solar%20radiation.

Edit: that giant explosuon https://new.nsf.gov/news/volcanic-coal-burning-siberia-led-climate-change#:~:text=A%20team%20of%20researchers%20led,Earth's%20most%20severe%20extinction%20event.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna45771494

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"war on summer" might be the only one that works

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You will pry my summers from my cold dead fingers.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Climate Change: "acceptable"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Climate Crisis is my preferred term. Gets the point across quite nicely.