Darryl Cousins

The results of the study that this article reports upon is that if atmospheric COâ‚‚ levels continue to rise at the current rate then within several decades (50-odd years) our blood chemistry will be altered such that healthy homeostasis will be compromised.

So if you are concerned about water scarcity, sea level rise, damage due to floods and storms, crop failures, war, pestilence, and mass migrations here is something to add to the list of things driving us all toward a mass extinction event.

Stop fossil fuels. Stop war.

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-carbon-dioxide-human-blood.html

Rising carbon dioxide levels now detected in human blood

Rising carbon dioxide levels are being detected within the human body, with new research warning a key blood marker for the gas could near its healthy limit within decades if current trends continue. The findings are especially relevant for children and adolescents, whose developing bodies will experience the longest cumulative exposure to rising atmospheric COâ‚‚.

Phys.org
Mar 2 at 1:12amWeb
Show threadDave Lane  ðŸ‡³ðŸ‡¿Mar 2
@cousinsd wow, that's sobering news.
Show threadDave Lane  ðŸ‡³ðŸ‡¿Mar 3
@cousinsd interestingly, others I've pointed this paper out to note that we're frequently in spaces with higher concentrations of CO2, e.g. crowded enclosed spaces, without long term problems... which seems to call the concerns into question... need to read more to be convinced one way or another.
Show threaddch  Mar 2

@cousinsd I’m sure this info will finally change behaviour. Just like all the other scientific work over the last 70 years has done.

We are truly lead by morons.

Show threadDianeMar 3

@dch @cousinsd

Honestly it kind looks like the current US government plan for dealing with global warming is lets start a war in the middle east to summon god.

Show threaddch  Mar 3
@alienghic utterly terrifying @cousinsd
Show threadHelenMar 4

@dch
Oh, some will view this as an opportunity to build low CO2 environments and charge for access, while thinking they're doing good.

But I wonder how much the change in blood chemistry is influenced by CO2 accumulating indoors, rather than the background. It's easy to reach 1000 ppm in an hour with no ventilation.
@cousinsd

Show threadDr GMar 3

@cousinsd

Virtually every GOP member: "Don't forget! Global warming is a hoax!"

Show threadJamoteuszMar 3
@cousinsd Thanck Off! you Mustard!
Show threadWayne WernerMar 3

@cousinsd fun fact, we feel the need to breathe not because we need more O2, but because we have too much CO2.

So if you feel like you're suffocating... You are 🙃

Show threadBrian GordonMar 4

@cousinsd

Mother Nature not going down without a fight:

"if atmospheric COâ‚‚ levels continue to rise at the current rate then within several decades (50-odd years) our blood chemistry will be altered such that healthy homeostasis will be compromised."

#ClimateChange