Survivors 2070 Part Four: Signs of Change Below

A New Discovery

Three years into the mission, AI sensors detected a temperature rise over the equator. It was small, less than one degree. But it was the first shift in a frozen world.

Alina ran simulation models.

“If this trend continues, surface thaw begins in twelve years.”

Marcus looked at the hologram. “We cannot survive up here indefinitely.”

Rajan said, “Then Earth is our only future.”

The news spread. People cheered. Some cried. Others became anxious.

New Concerns

The outer panels began to degrade. Micrometeoroid strikes increased. Replicators could not replace certain alloy composites. Engineers predicted structural failure in fifteen years.

Elias brought the issue to the council.

“We need a long-term plan. If Earth recovers, we must be ready. If not, we need alternative habitats.”

Rajan replied, “We return home. That is the only path.”

Later, in private, Marcus admitted to Alina,

“We may not have a choice. Halo Arc is aging faster than expected.”

Preparing for Descent

Teams began mapping possible landing zones. Temperatures were lowest in the northern hemisphere. Some equatorial regions looked survivable. Radiation levels remained high in certain areas but were manageable.

Lila told her students,

“One day you will walk on Earth. Our goal is to keep you ready for that moment.”

A boy asked, “Will it still look like the pictures?”

Lila paused. “Different. But still ours.”

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🌍🔥💨 Seventeen years of rising methane has scientists sweating. It mirrors the signals that ended ice ages, those great climate flips carved in stone. The gas is both warning and weapon, hinting the Earth may be gearing up for another big turn. Nobody knows if Termination Zero is knocking, but the air is heavy with it. #ClimateShift https://www.iflscience.com/surging-methane-suggests-earth-is-brewing-an-ice-age-termination-event-71039
A Termination-Like Transition

Methane levels are currently sky-high, just like they were during Earth's previous termination events.

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Iowa farmers like Holly Jones are adapting to shifting planting zones caused by climate change, risking earlier frosts and warmer winters. Local officials should stop pretending climate isn't real—it's already happening. #IA #ClimateShift

@ingalls
Possible. Alberta is burning mucho methane right now. -40* in the shade.
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*Do not make me give a unit for this!

@CheRosach

I see no real change coming at the level of corporate or government action.

But if global heating continues on the scale that 2023 showed, we might as well move to the term climate shift, because there is nothing gradual about this.

#ClimateChange -> #ClimateShift

@NatureMC
An interesting episode on climate shift baselines. Thankyou.

Australia still coming to terms with our first nation indigenous knowledge encompassed in oral tradtition of story lines and songlines and Caring for Country. A continuous culture that stretches back over 60,000 years, of Storylines that encompass last ice age ecosystem changes and sea level rise from 12.000 years ago. Knowledge of managing wildfire, vegetation and wildlife.

Thanks for updating us on Bilbo.🐕

#CaringForCountry #Climateshift #ClimateCrisis #ConnectWithNature #Australia
https://theconversation.com/caring-for-country-means-tackling-the-climate-crisis-with-indigenous-leadership-3-things-the-new-government-must-do-183987

Caring for Country means tackling the climate crisis with Indigenous leadership: 3 things the new government must do

We cannot allow climate change mitigation and adaptation to become another colonial process of dispossession and disempowerment.

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How do I vote?

Who will win the New Zealand election 2023? Why does it matter?

And what will it mean for the environment?

So many questions! Here are some answers: https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/vote-for-the-environment-this-new-zealand-election-2023/

#nzpol #election2023 #climateshift #nature #climate #climatechange #newzealand #nz #election #greenpeace

Vote for the environment this New Zealand election 2023 - Greenpeace Aotearoa

How do I vote? Who will win the New Zealand election 2023? And what will it mean for the environment? 

Greenpeace Aotearoa

#SilentSunday

“Parched”

I took this along one of the drainage bayous in my neighborhood. It’s been so, so hot here.

#photography
#ClimateShift
#Houston #Texas