Many of Earth’s “vital signs” have hit record extremes, indicating that “the future of humanity hangs in the balance”, a group of the world’s most senior climate experts have said.

More and more scientists are now looking into the possibility of societal collapse, says the report, which assessed 35 vital signs in 2023 and found that 25 were worse than ever recorded, including carbon dioxide levels and human population. This indicates a “critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis”, it says.

The temperature of Earth’s surface and oceans hit an all-time high, driven by record burning of fossil fuels, the report found. Human population is increasing at a rate of approximately 200,000 people a day and the number of cattle and sheep by 170,000 a day, all adding to record greenhouse gas emissions.

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    3 months ago

    Well, so many people complain about starvation that I just figured there’d be some celebration of our increase in caloric yields per acre.

    Yes, we do need other fertilizers to get more nutrients into the food, but it doesn’t hurt to have more basic carbohydrates available.

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      3 months ago

      If you eat just rabbits, nothing else, just lean rabbit meat you will starve to death

      It doesn’t matter if you eat 2000 or 10000 kcal of rabbit, if you don’t get more nutritious food, you will die of starvation and your body will waste away.

      More calories by itself isn’t a good thing.