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- world@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet.
The phenomenon is a striking demonstration of how humanity’s actions are transforming the Earth, scientists said, rivalling natural processes that have existed for billions of years.
The change in the length of the day is on the scale of milliseconds but this is enough to potentially disrupt internet traffic, financial transactions and GPS navigation, all of which rely on precise timekeeping.
You know, I see this sentiment a lot, and I hate it. Are people perfect? Fuck no. Are we destroying our own futures? Certainly. But we don’t have to be a virus. The people who run the world are amoral and corrupt and they assume everyone is just like them. Those people push this narrative, because it suits them and their power.
We can and will be better, because there’s no other choice.
You’re right, humans are not a virus. We’re animals, and just like most other animals we will increase our population and our consumption as long as we have resources to consume. Usually when an organism exceeds the carrying capacity of their ecosystem, they experience a population crash that brings them back within the ecosystem’s sustainable boundaries. We are currently exceeding the carrying capacity of our ecosystem, so a significant decline in population and/or consumption levels seems inevitable.
Overcoming this bullshit is how humanity gets to become what it needs to be
Right now we’re like a teenager living on our own, in way over our heads, with a couple different paths we could wind up going down
And this is why we need to guillotine the rich. Or introduce a wealth tax. I am open to either.