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More than 40 of the world's leading climate scientists have warned Northern European leaders of imminent disaster due to the collapse of key currents in the Atlantic Meridional Circulation (AMOC). (en.vedur.is)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It is worth noting though that even though life has navigated many challenges, extinctions do happen.

It's also worth nothing we're already in an extinction event, and our planet has only had something like four prior major extinction events in its history

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Indeed, we shouldn't kid ourselves that this will all just blow over.