We're Toast 55

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. (And based on the results of last month's US election, probably sooner than I originally thought). It is part of an ongoing series of posts.

‘Depressing’ photo of suburb on the outskirts of Melbourne enrages Aussies. "A “depressing” photo of a mega housing estate just an hour outside of Melbourne’s CBD has enraged Aussies and left experts fuming." If they find that depressing, they should never try flying into Toronto's Pearson airport.

The Imminence of the Destruction of the Space Program. "New calculations put the date much closer than we should be comfortable with." The consquences of the Kessler Syndrome would be massive and far reaching, given our reliance on satellite technology (global communications and GPS location, to name just two)..

Persistence of spike protein at the skull-meninges-brain axis may contribute to the neurological sequelae of COVID-19. In other words, COVID-19 can damage your brain. 

Unexplained Heat Wave ‘Hotspots’ Are Popping Up Across the Globe. "The large and unexpected margins by which recent regional-scale extremes have broken earlier records have raised questions about the degree to which climate models can provide adequate estimates of relations between global mean temperature changes and regional climate risks."

Climate change is spoiling food faster, making hundreds of millions of people sick around the world. "The World Health Organization estimates 600 million people a year already suffer from foodborne illnesses."

Antarctic researchers warn of possible 'catastrophic' sea level rise within our lifetime in group statement. "Antarctica and the Southern Ocean have been undergoing rapid and extreme changes in recent years, including unprecedented heatwaves and record-low sea ice levels. Over the past week, more than 450 researchers gathered in Hobart for the inaugural Australian Antarctic Research Conference — the first such event in more than a decade."

‘Climate bomb’ warning over $200bn wave of new gas projects. "New liquefied natural gas projects could produce 10 gigatonnes of emissions by the end of the decade, close to the annual emissions of all coal plants."