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The Perfect Storm is Unfolding in our Oceans

“The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite…” Jules Verne.We opened the discussion below referencing an incredible article from Grist, I highly recommend reading

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Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Aerosol Masking Effect, Antarctica, Methane, Oceans, The Great Barrier Reef

Is AI Consuming Your Water and Power?

I’m intrigued about everything AI, how could I not be?My professional qualifications in analyzing AI focus on the power consumption issue.As a youth I did an electrical apprenticeship in Aotearoa New Zealand with the Government department with the dystopian title

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Posted in Aerosol Masking Effect, Electrical Grid threats, Energy Industry, Nature Bats Last, Peak Oil, Professor Guy McPherson

The Multi-Pronged Relentless Attacks on Our Oceans.

In short, ocean acidification is proceeding at a rate unparalleled during the last 300 million years, according to a peer-reviewed paper in the renowned journal, Science. An article at Phys.Org published 12 March 2025 is titled Eukaryotic phytoplankton decline due to ocean acidification could significantly impact

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Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Aerosol Masking Effect, Arctic, Arctic Sea Ice, Professor Guy McPherson, Rapid Climate Change

Reducing Air Pollution Increases Methane: Catch 22

“In this Climate Chat episode, we interview Dr. Vincent Gauci on how reducing air pollution results in increased atmospheric methane concentrations. Vincent Gauci is professor of Geography and Environmental Sciences and a Birmingham Professorial Fellow at the University of Birmingham

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Posted in Aerosol Masking Effect, Arctic Sea Ice, Climate Science, Dr. Vincent Gauci, Methane, Nature Bats Last, Nonlinear Rate of Change, Professor Guy McPherson

Everything is Falling Apart: Don’t Look Up, Look Around.

A multi-pronged analysis of the meta-crises we face or should I say, don’t face!WW3 under way in Europe, a regional conflict and 11month old genocide underway in West Asia, the drums of war being beaten in the South China Sea

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Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Aerosol Masking Effect, Arthur Keller, Collapse, Colonialism, Imperialism, Nature Bats Last, Professor Guy McPherson

99 Percent Of The Earth’s Species Are Extinct

“If you were to list out every species that has ever existed on Earth—from the tiniest mold spore to the largest mammal—biologists estimate that somewhere around 99 percent of those species would currently be extinct.”My dear friend Professor Guy McPherson

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Aerosol Masking Effect, Nature Bats Last, Near Term Human Extinction--NTHE, Professor Guy McPherson, Professor Paul Ehrlich

The Carbon Pulse and its Planetary and Atmospheric Implications.

This series is a brilliant dive into the archelogy of how oil evolved and how it became fundamental to this set of living arrangements & how this set of living arrangements can’t function without fossil fuels. There is no “Energy

Posted in Aerosol Masking Effect, Arctic Sea Ice, Energy Industry, Nature Bats Last, Peak Oil, Professor Guy McPherson

How on Earth Could Civilisation & the Biosphere Collapse in the Next Few Years?

The average person is incredulous when I say that Industrial Civilisation can and probably will collapse in the next two or if we’re ‘lucky’ three years. Sixteen ocean passages on small yachts, two years living in war zones and six

Posted in Abrupt Climate Change, Aerosol Masking Effect, Arthur Keller, Dr Andrew Glikson, Dr Igor Semiletov, Dr Natalia Shakova, Nature Bats Last, Professor Guy McPherson

Science Snippets: Much of North America Faces Electricity Shortages this Year- 2024

“MORE than 300 million people in the US and Canada face the growing possibility of electricity shortages beginning as early as this year and continuing to 2028. In a recent report, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation – an international

Posted in Aerosol Masking Effect, Dr Andrew Glikson, Electrical Grid threats, Energy Industry, Nature Bats Last, Nuclear Threats

Fukushima Daiichi adds Insult to Injury for the Pacific’s Coral Reefs.

As the El Niño builds to a terrifying crescendo, that won’t peak before April 2024, the Pacific’s Coral Reefs will become stressed, and a bleaching event will unfold as it did in the 2016 El Niño. What is our response?

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Posted in Aerosol Masking Effect, Dr Natalia Shakova, Fukushima Daiichi, Nature Bats Last, Near Term Human Extinction--NTHE, Professor Guy McPherson, The Great Barrier Reef
Kevin Hester

Kevin Hester is currently living on Rakino Island, a small island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand, monitoring the unravelling of the biosphere and volunteering at the Rakino Island Nursery is currently developing a proposal to create a marine reserve near by. The Island has no grid tied electricity or reticulated water.  I catch my own water from the roof and generate my electricity from the ample solar radiation on the island.

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