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Arandmoor Oct 24, 2024

Alarm bells are ringing loudly as the world's largest river, the Amazon River dries up:
"Never has so little rain fallen in the rainforest, never have dry conditions lasted so long, and never has such a vast region of the jungle been in drought"
#climatechange

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/19/world/americas/south-america-drought-amazon-river.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Uk4.A32D.p84BitppF7lo&smid=em-share

An Alarming Glimpse Into a Future of Historic Droughts

Record dry conditions in South America have led to wildfires, power cuts and water rationing. The world’s largest river system, the Amazon, which sustains some 30 million people across eight countries, is drying up.

The New York Times

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Kyle Memoir 🍉🐧Oct 24, 2024

@petergleick

It feels like we are long over the tipping point…

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Utan Klaus Oct 24, 2024

@f800gecko @petergleick
Sounds like.

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Utan Klaus Oct 24, 2024

@f800gecko @petergleick
Fuck. That's worse.

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Kevin Russell Oct 24, 2024

@petergleick

THIS IS THE LOUDEST ALARM YOU HAVE EVER HEARD.

We Cannot Put More CO2 from carbon fuels into our atmosphere.

WE CANNOT. We Must Stop.

There should be a thousand reporters in the Amazon.

Build The Effing ENERGY RIGHT NOW.

Get On Your FEET.

#Climate
#TrudeauResign

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Darwin Woodka Oct 24, 2024

@petergleick maybe stop cutting down and burning the trees

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Lyricismist Oct 24, 2024

@petergleick What do Exxon Mobil say?

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isol Oct 25, 2024

@petergleick

What's the next really-bad-for-humans thing which is going to be forced out of the depths of the jungle into heavily populated areas?

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Mike Oct 25, 2024

@petergleick Scientists have been sounding this alarm for decades. There was just too much money to be made from ignoring them. FA is over, now we're getting into the FO stage of things.

@petergleick Yikes.

@petergleick if only people would hear these bells but they prefer to ignore them.