• houseofleft@slrpnk.net
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    1 month ago

    Does anyone have link to some more information on the science of why this is happening?

    The article references a bunch of causes, like deforestation, ocean poisening affecting the ocean carbon pump, extreme heat etc. Are there any studies/data that try to break down where the impact comes from?

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      1 month ago

      You’re asking a huge question. But to break it down, yes, thousands of studies exist, many of them paid for by the very companies doing the chemical dumping, deforestation, and natural resource pillaging.

      Here’s the paper they reference in the article itself: https://www.fs.usda.gov/nrs/pubs/jrnl/2024/nrs_2024_pan_001.pdf

      All of this human activity, for the purposes of energy generation, agriculture, gasoline, and plastics for every day living affects the Earth and its interconnected systems. Destroying forests for wood or other resources means there are fewer carbon sinks on Earth to absorb all of the carbon we create while destroying the Earth. It’s a self-perpetuating crisis. The impact comes from humans and our greed for more money.