Timo TiuraniemiSep 14, 2023

Tell me again that the only ecological problem we need to focus on is too much greenhouse gases.

Explain to me how nuclear energy is The Solution.

Convince me that rich countries can keep consuming exponentially more every year, if we just make sure that consumption is "green".

Give me your optimistic take on how electrification, digitalization, fusion energy and/or "AI" will both prevent #EarthBreakdown and save capitalism.

I dare you.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh2458

Show threadTimo Tiuraniemi

And two years later the seventh out of nine planetary boundaries has been breached as ocean acidification joins the danger zone.

This should be headline news.

#EarthBreakdown #ClimateChange

https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/seven-of-nine-planetary-boundaries-now-breached-2013-ocean-acidification-joins-the-danger-zone

Sep 25, 2025 at 6:37amWeb
Show threadwoe2youSep 25, 2025
@ttiurani Amazing. That one image really highlights the difference between ecological disasters we take seriously and do something about and those we don't. Or maybe the difference in spending power between the CFC industry and the fossil fuel industry. One or the other.
Show threadBoudSep 25, 2025

@ttiurani

ping to @PIK_climate

Show threadTimo TiuraniemiSep 25, 2025
@boud @PIK_climate Thanks, I didn't even think to look if PIK was here to add the ping to the original toot. Great that they are, followed!
Show threadmichaelOct 25
@ttiurani I did a feature about it: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/08/oceans-acidified.html
oceans acidified

I've covered ocean acidification many years ago, when it was beginning to emerge as a threat to corals and other calcifying sea organisms, a...