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Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are surging "faster than ever" to beyond anything humans ever experienced, officials say

One of the major drivers of the exceptional heat building within Earth’s atmosphere has reached levels beyond anything humans have ever experienced, officials announced on Thursday. Carbon dioxide, the gas that accounts for the majority of global warming caused by human activities, is accumulating “faster than ever,” scientists from NOAA, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of California San Diego found.

“Over the past year, we’ve experienced the hottest year on record, the hottest ocean temperatures on record, and a seemingly endless string of heat waves, droughts, floods, wildfires and storms,” NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad said in a press release. “Now we are finding that atmospheric CO2 levels are increasing faster than ever.”

Duke_Nukem_1990 ,

I am so fucking glad I don’t have kids.

CrowAirbrush ,

What do you want from me?

I already gave up everything, life is just work eat(if lucky i get to eat enough) sleep.

You ate up the value of my income and keep making everything more expensive while not adjusting my wage AND telling me to work harder. Fuck no.

You fix it, i don’t have the means.

Lennnny ,
@Lennnny@lemmy.world avatar

I feel like this was always the plan. Put the plebian frog in the pot of 9-5 corporate hellscape and slowly boil it. We’re all too exhausted to fight.

secretlyaddictedtolinux ,

this is exactly why we should have a worldwide 4 day work week

because no one has the energy to be a decent person or improve the world when you struggle 5 days, are exhausted and recovering 1 day, and spend 1 day doing errands and bills and getting ready for the next 5 miserable days

fine_sandy_bottom ,

This fills me with anxiety and dread.

tooLikeTheNope ,

“It’s fine”

…it is not the fall that hurts after all /s

cmeu ,

All those bombs and planes and tanks and drones and machinery of death emit CO2 - also the burning rubble and bodies

Look around, we’re killing ourselves at every possible opportunity

MartianRecon ,

It’s the factories in china, dude. Just like it has always been.

Draedron ,

Yeah cause only china has factories.

MartianRecon ,

Who does the vast majority of all manufacturing? Who does the vast majority of coal burning?

rimu ,
@rimu@piefed.social avatar

Check this out https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2

Siegfried ,

At least lower your phone if you are going to bring china into this. China is producing for us all.

We seriously need to lower consumption and sacrifice our way of life

MartianRecon ,

It’s not regular people that are polluting it’s the big ass companies. Regular people can’t stop that.

secretlyaddictedtolinux ,

that’s not true

you could start a “no new cell phone” movement to decrease consumption aimed at only purchasing old technology

you could start the movement

if you have the western lifestyle, with cobalt mining for phone parts and wars for gasoline, you are part of this, as easy as it is to claim otherwise

the problem is that it’s likely mathematically and ecologically not possible to stop the trends at this point. literally, the only way to save the plan would be if something like bird flu started spreading with a 99 percent death rate, killing over half the population and bringing the economy of demanding energy no matter the environmental cost to a halt

but they are already making vaccines for bird flu

so, it’s pointless to fight now, just try to act surprised when we all die of environmental catastrophe

perhaps as the older religious generations die off, newer generations will elect a global leader that will destroy all religious beliefs at any cost, resulting a purge on non-scientific thinking

Voran ,

I get that it’s a bit inappropriate to be flippant and make jokes but if I worried about this every time I saw a headline about it I’d die from my adrenal glands exploding and melting a hole through the back of my computer chair.

Voran ,

Oopsie poopsie.

Pacmanlives ,

Burn baby burn it’s the disco inferno

youtu.be/u5lSeYd_riw?si=oOKOcSwpFt6H9Lcm

TheDeepState ,

We are all going to die!

whoisearth ,
@whoisearth@lemmy.ca avatar

Not all of us. Realistically not me (46) or my kids (13, 11, 11) because we are Canadian but in the next 59 years? A lot of poor and brown ppl are going to die and we are going to collectively shrug. I’m genuinely curious what is going to be the event to push rich white countries to act.

Long story short, enjoy the ride. We don’t know what the fuck we’re doing.

BowtiesAreCool ,

I hate to break this to you, but you’re not immortal. You will die.

absentbird ,
@absentbird@lemm.ee avatar

Didn’t you read their comment? They’re Canadian.

SturgiesYrFase ,
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

TIL that being Canadian has granted me immortality. Although I am part First Nations, so maybe that cancelled it out?
Luckily I live in Scotland now so instead of everyone being able to see I’m part native, I’m just another white guy. Was a real shock when I had the “you fuckin white people” line thrown at me though.

Jank ,

Moving is what got you.

The boy with psychic powers (of whom we are all very fond) that rules Canada is the source of immortality. You’ve moved from his sphere of influence.

absentbird ,
@absentbird@lemm.ee avatar

It is said that after a long life, Canadians yearn for the Earthly Paradise of Valinor. I assume that’s somewhere in Scotland.

exanime ,

Only Canadians with Geese ancestry have immortality, their genes are just too angry to die

themoonisacheese ,
@themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works avatar

Ok so how does this play with the fact that if you die in Canada you die in real life?

SturgiesYrFase ,
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

That’s only if you’re not Canadian, as soon as you get PR status the immortality kicks in.

whoisearth ,
@whoisearth@lemmy.ca avatar

If you’re FN you’re fucked. Can I interest you in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Lol

Edit: oh shit wait what are residential schools? Almost like we done fucked up!

whoisearth ,
@whoisearth@lemmy.ca avatar

Don’t need to be immortal. Just need to outlive the rest of you fuckers. Then I might be able to finally have some peace and quiet. Lol

Voran ,

sings Descending…unrelenting…beauty of annihilation…

whoisearth ,
@whoisearth@lemmy.ca avatar

In all fairness, it is beautiful.

secretlyaddictedtolinux ,

Climate scientists should have lit themselves on fire in public places to warn us.

It’s their fault!

Blackmist ,

If only they’d have said something. Repeatedly. For the last 50 years or so.

Oh well, too late now. Better burn a bit more so oil execs can finish the game with a high score.

skulblaka ,
@skulblaka@startrek.website avatar

For the last 50 years or so

Multiply that by 3 and you’re nearly correct. The first “quantitative prediction of global warming due to a hypothetical doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide” was published in 1896 by Svante Arrhenius, building on research from John Tyndall as far back as 1859. Source: Wikipedia, but with appropriate citations to the works in question.

cmbabul ,

Y’all are all forgetting something really important, a lot of people really wanted to make a lot of money. So it’s totally cool, they’ll definitely figure that problem out in the future

secretlyaddictedtolinux ,

It’s Svante Arrhenius and John Tyndall’s fault for not lighting themselves on fire publicly 150 years ago to warn everyone.

secretlyaddictedtolinux ,

it’s so true. i love your “high score” comment. we’re all fucked right now because of this and there’s no going back.

i wish i knew you in real life

skeezix ,

Spain has begun the planning for 100 human arcs (salvavidas as they call them). Each arc is a complex built into one of several mountain sides and each will hold 1000 people with room for hydroponics etc. The plan is that construction begins by 2030 and the lottery is held near 2037 when they’re nearing completion. But if you’re not a citizen or resident of Spain you’re not eligible for the lottery. Everyone else will fry unless your country is planning something similar.

Maggoty ,

That’s hilarious. They could put a large dent in the climate problem for the same investment. Instead they’re going full dystopian sci fi.

skeezix ,

The reason that climate efforts are being largely ignored at the top levels is because most world leaders have had it made known to them that climate is now beyond repair and we are in a death spiral. We are more or less in a countdown to collapse as each year climate worsens. The “efforts” being humored are largely pacification strategies for the masses. The masses are also self-soothing by embracing right-wing fascism.
The best gift you could bequeath your children at this point is a plot of land in a secluded cool forested place with a well and some cleared area for growing food.

whoisearth ,
@whoisearth@lemmy.ca avatar

On that id rather die with everyone living outside than the callous fuckers in their mountains. Ain’t no I in team.

juice702 ,

When do we eat the rich and begin sabotaging these assholes private jets?

jorp , (edited )

Sorry best we can do is misunderstand the root causes and misdirect our rage to marginalized people and turn to full blown fascism

CitizenKong ,

Which in turn leads to war, which destroys the environment tenfold, making sure even the slim chance of humanity coming through this as anything resembling civilisation even slimmer. We’re thoroughly fucked. But hey, we created sooo much value for shareholders!

Jessvj93 ,

And they’re banning tracking private jets.

Corkyskog ,
@Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works avatar

And stop dredging the ocean

Yawweee877h444 ,

There’s gotta be people who have nothing to lose who are willing to start doing crazy fucked up shit, even if dying in the process.

I wonder how many there are, and what the spark would be for them to start going nuts.

But maybe also, there just aren’t that many willing or rock bottom yet. Maybe we’re mostly still comfortable, albeit unhappy. Might take a few more decades of business as usual.

Bread and circuses.

jorp ,

Most of those people are on the right fighting the valiant fight against 15 minute cities.

enbyecho ,

Because although likely immensely satisfying, it will not actually accomplish that much on it’s own.

secretlyaddictedtolinux ,

Wait… we aren’t supposed to eat them yet?

…uh oh

Semi_Hemi_Demigod ,
@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world avatar

Fun fact: Teton County, Wyoming has the most billionaires per capita. Their jets are parked at the airport.

Do with this information what you will.

MartianRecon ,

I like the cut of your jib.

Dkarma ,

You can start now.

jorp ,

Until someone finds a way to combat climate change that also grows the GDP and makes all of the lines go up then what’s the point of taking any action? Profit is the only thing that matters above the lives of any human or animal. If it’s not profitable to fight climate change how can that be a good decision? Lol imagine making a decision that’s not profitable. Imagine doing something that doesn’t make the line go up! This is why nobody takes scientists and liberals and leftists seriously. Do you even realize the profit impact of what you’re suggesting? GDP must only go up. UP UP UP

kandoh ,

It seems like our only hope is a breakthrough in carbon capture.

jorp ,

You expect me to pay for that with MY taxes when I can already barely afford anything because capitalist business owners are sucking the wealth generated by my productivity into their own bank accounts?

Facetiousness aside you can maybe tell I have some other ideas about economic changes which might help :)

kandoh ,

Yeah but any economic changes you suggest will be called the new world order and they’ll never go through

Zron ,

Carbon capture is a fools errand.

It takes just as much energy to get the carbon out of the air as it did to put it there in the first place. You can’t fight thermodynamics.

So unless we discover cheap, plentiful fusion in the next few years, or dedicate half a continent to solar and wind farms, we aren’t getting back any more carbon than we burn already.

kandoh ,

Deku tree

Maggoty ,

Nuclear and solar would like a word. My entire life we’ve been told we can’t have nuclear because NIMBY and “decade to build.”

We’d be swimming in available power without fossil fuel level carbon release if we had just done it.

Croquette ,

Like planting trees? And stopping chopping down the rainforests?

friend_of_satan ,

100% this. Corporate incentives need to change. Money is the only primary corporate incentive right now, everything else is secondary and works towards that primary goal. Without a change that puts that goal in check, it will increasingly bring ruin on a global scale.

Lennnny ,
@Lennnny@lemmy.world avatar

Devalue money.

A_A ,
@A_A@lemmy.world avatar

My first guess on the title was : “this should be caused by a positive feedback with forest fires in the loop”.
…so, I went and read this Wikipedia article :
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_feedbacks
… and it says :

(…) Carbon cycle uncertainty is driven by the large rates at which CO2 is both absorbed into plants and released when biomass burns or decays. For instance, permafrost thaw produces both CO2 and methane emissions, in ways that are difficult to model. (…)

But it also says that this one is not the most important feedback loop.

blazera ,
@blazera@lemmy.world avatar

Americans gonna drag the whole world into hell with them.

not_that_guy05 ,

Really? Just America? Ok.

blazera ,
@blazera@lemmy.world avatar

Yep. China’s leaving us so far behind in green investment that America’s banning theyre EVs because theyre so affordable they put our ICE SUV sales at risk.

0x01 ,

Moving to EVs is great, all countries are following similar trends and it is a good step in the right direction, but China has a long way to go before becoming a bastion of ecological absolution. Shanghai’s fog of pollution is something everyone should experience.

Remember china has the second largest population on the planet, cumulative metrics are useful but miss the bigger per capita picture. Check out the wikipedia article on ev usage and note the per capita numbers

en.wikipedia.org/…/Electric_car_use_by_country

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