This post is a collection of links that support my increasingly strong feeling that the human race (or at least our technological civilization) is doomed. It is part of an ongoing series of posts.
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- As Himalayan Glaciers Melt, a Water Crisis Looms in South Asia. Warmer air is thinning most of the vast mountain range’s glaciers, known as the Third Pole because they contain so much ice. The melting could have far-reaching consequences for flood risk and for water security for a billion people who rely on meltwater for their survival.
- Iran's Internet Blackouts Are Part of a Global Menace. "Repressive regimes are teaching each other how to control protesters' web access with increasingly surgical precision."
- Melting Glaciers Could Unleash Long-Frozen Viruses Onto New Hosts. "As the planet warms, pathogens buried for millennia are more likely to re-enter the environment and potentially infect new species."
- Politics for Sale. "Citizens United lets billionaires set the terms of debate."
- Preparing for Republican Debt Blackmail. "Democrats should do whatever it takes to block extortion."
- Britain is Sleepwalking into Societal Collapse. As long as the Conservatives remain in power, Britain is screwed.
- The astounding impact and reach of long Covid, in numbers and charts. "Something about Covid causes a significant portion of people to experience symptoms long after the initial sickness – so what do the studies tell us?"
- Scientists discover mechanism that can cause collapse of great Atlantic circulation system. "This latest discovery suggests the weaker AMOC will cause anomalous subsurface warming at high latitudes of the North Atlantic, which will melt glacier sea snouts in Greenland. Ultimately, this could lead AMOC to collapse, exacerbating the climate crisis with major repercussions."
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