• tetris11@feddit.uk
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    9 days ago

    In the space of 20 years, China transformed an encroaching desert by building up a green wall that has managed to become green and lush with time and effort.

    I don’t mean to say that humans can turn around all that we’ve sown, but I do mean to stress that all the green wildlife will most likely be fine, and a few of us might be okay too

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      9 days ago

      The big problem we have is there’s certain carbon stores that are likely to initiate a runaway greenhouse effect if we reach the tipping point that starts to release the like the Arctic tundra.

      The honest assessment is that we’re in the early stages of another mass extinction event, the discussion is whether it’ll be a Permian-end level mass extinction (95% of extant species) or Devonian-end level extinction (75% of extant species).