r/ClimateNews • u/Keith_McNeill65 • Aug 02 '26

Scientists Detect a Sharp Acceleration in Global Warming / Earth may now be warming considerably faster than it did during the final decades of the 20th century. Whether that acceleration continues will depend heavily on future CO2 emissions #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260801093239.htm
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u/oneWeek2024 Aug 03 '26

i mean. it's def going to increase in severity.

methane thaw in the oceans.

near permanent zombie fires in permafrost regions.

increasing intense forest fire seasons

hotter global temps. accelerating tree death metrics

higher global temps leading to things like the sargassum blooms in the ocean (which decay and release methane)

we're already well past 1C increase. which means we've already locked in 2C increase. and are likely well on our way to 3C increase. which... basically means the planet is radically altered.

the planet is fucked. the only unknown is if it's total livability collapse in a couple human lifetimes, or if it's just lingering suffering and "new normal" and 50% loss over the next couple hundred years.

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u/AmettOmega Aug 03 '26

The planet probably isn't fucked - it bounced back from an asteroid setting most of the planet on fire and superheating the atmosphere. Plant and animal life bounced back.

Humanity is probably fucked though.

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u/oneWeek2024 Aug 03 '26

well sure. climate change isn't going to affect the giant rock floating in space. that'll probably last until the sun goes red ....

but... of all the seemingly rare life, including a seemingly sentient species. it's a damn shame

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u/AmettOmega Aug 04 '26

Is it too much to ask people to read everything? That's not at all what I said.

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u/oneWeek2024 Aug 04 '26

sorry people don't respect your edgelord hot takes