Most people are still PAINFULLY unaware of the massive catastrophe that is unfolding with regards to permafrost thawing. The amount of methane that process will release exceeds all the other known sources in humankind history... - ThreadSky

beingliberal.bsky.social • 31 days ago

Most people are still PAINFULLY unaware of the massive catastrophe that is unfolding with regards to permafrost thawing. The amount of methane that process will release exceeds all the other known sources in humankind history...

Reposted from ProPublica

In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.

See what changes are in store for your county.

By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith

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gregg1357.bsky.social•30 days ago

Scary!

namebunchanumberz.bsky.social•31 days ago

Blows my mind that people are still moving south. It barely snows in the northeast anymore.

Fuck your taxes being marginally higher. You can live in a state without abortion bans, sycophants of Trump governing, and catastrophic hurricanes every year.

williamstaab.bsky.social•30 days ago

Also Anthrax from outbreaks in Reindeer in Norway years ago

ac1435.bsky.social•31 days ago

This was worth the read. Scary very scary.

wth567.bsky.social•31 days ago

Looking at the chart in this article the petty part of me is delighted to see conservative states suffer first and worst. We had a chance decades ago to change this but conservatives politicized this rather than problem solve. Sorry though, CA.

lakemanard.bsky.social•31 days ago

Oh! Interesting! So that's why California is having issues. But uneducated Dumpty and Adams Family hair brains think it's all Californians fault!

namebunchanumberz.bsky.social•31 days ago

California just need to rake their leaves and all will be fine.

/s

protime-fitness1.bsky.social•31 days ago

I hope children are being taught this in schools. This is critically important.

lisaheretik.bsky.social•31 days ago

They won’t. It’s about climate change, and the new administration doesn’t want anyone talking about it. This is something we need to talk to our families about now, so future generations have the best chance.

peacefu11.bsky.social•31 days ago

And to be clear... one molecule of CH4 absorbs roughly 28 times more heat than a molecule of CO2, according to the current scientific consensus based on the IPCC reports; meaning that one CH4 molecule traps as much heat as 28 CO2 molecules over a 100-year period.

disillusionedone.bsky.social•31 days ago

Not to mention the medieval diseases buried in the permafrost that are now defrosting. Stuff like smallpox, plague, anthrax will be getting a new life soon enough.

canuckledragger.bsky.social•31 days ago

And the tolerance zone for disease bearing insects like mosquitoes is getting bigger.

Years ago there were already reports of infestations in mountain areas not usually known to support them, because of climate, etc.

disillusionedone.bsky.social•30 days ago

Ticks, too! All sorts of new diseases are being discovered because of the proliferation of ticks.

We are doomed!

hugh-adams.bsky.social•31 days ago

Yup, some coastal areas are already releasing methane hydrates and if this continues and accelerates - which it will as the climate gets warmer - this will become a self-sustaining reinforcing cycle - the only time in history we know like this was the EPTM Maximum when the poles had ferns...

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