uspol, ecopol, dooooooom, snark
Every time a real scientist has to barge into a thread and debunk an alarmist, a blue whale waiting for real ecological progress dies of sheer frustration.
If you're seeing articles that tell you all our plankton are dying off and they provide 70% of our breathable oxygen and we're all hyperdoomed? I'd say ignore it. I'm seeing some pretty convincing counterarguments.
https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/a8wdhj/scientists_raise_alert_as_ocean_plankton_levels/eceojdp/ (Counter-counter-evidence is, of course, most welcome. I'm still sorting through all this myself.)
Things are genuinely dire enough without turning every little climate factoid into a folk devil of imminent human extinction. Despair is comforting, but it's not a very good strategy for meaningful action.
re: uspol, ecopol, dooooooom, snark
@zebratron2084 the phrase "folk devil of imminent human extinction" is amazing and I am stealing it.