We're Toast 49

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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• The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance. "Humans’ ability to efficiently shed heat has enabled us to range over every continent, but a wet-bulb temperature (TW) of 35°C marks our upper physiological limit, and much lower values have serious health and productivity impacts. Climate models project the first 35°C TW occurrences by the mid-21st century. However, a comprehensive evaluation of weather station data shows that some coastal subtropical locations have already reported a TW of 35°C and that extreme humid heat overall has more than doubled in frequency since 1979."
• The AI Deepfakes Problem Is Going to Get Unstoppably Worse. "Deepfakes are blurring the lines of reality more than ever before, and they're likely going to get a lot worse this year."
• Staggering Rise in New Cancer Cases Projected in 2050. "New cancer cases are projected to rise by 77% to more than 35 million in 2050 from an estimated 20 million new cases and 9.7 million deaths in 2022, according to new data released Thursday by the World Health Organization’s cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)."
• World war threat everyone is ignoring. "One thing is stressing nations and populations worldwide and exacerbating tensions in already strife-torn regions.Fire. Floods. Drought. All are impacting the fundamentals of life, economics and politics the world over. Now a new analysis says the increasing tempo of these “stressors” will increase the frequency – and scale – of war. 
• Is Private Equity as Dangerous to Your Dog as Kristi Noem? "Fully 20% of American business is now controlled by private equity, which is draining billions out of our economy every week to stash in the money bins of its morbidly rich owners."
• Out Farmers' Tractor GPS Systems During Peak Planting Season. "The accuracy of some critical GPS navigation systems used in modern farming have been "extremely compromised," a John Deere dealership told customers Saturday." Given our reliance on GPS and space-based communication, this does not bode well for the future unless we harden our current systems or develop alternatives like eLORAN. 
• The world's oceans just broke an important climate change record. "Temperature records in the ocean have been broken every single day of the past year, according to new research."
• Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like. "Climate scientists have told the Guardian they expect catastrophic levels of global heating. Here’s what that would mean for the planet."