Breaking Down: Collapse

This summer we take the next step down on the increasingly chaotic collapse staircase. This one could take us close to 2 degrees above the baseline this summer.

Scientists Warn of Summer Heat Spikes as Global Warming Edges Toward 2C - Inside Climate News
Earth’s climate swings increasingly out of balance
Theory: El Nino releases excess heat originally created by humans. Each El Nino going forward will be Super+ El Nino. : r/collapse
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There are many direct consequences of climate change that will have a devastating impact on humanity. Equally so, perhaps, will be the indirect consequences that come as people make choices about what to do about it. This episode focuses on one such conflict already taking place, and expecting to worsen in the coming years:

India ensuring ‘not a single drop of water’ flows into Pakistan after suspending major river-sharing treaty | The Independent
Switzerland votes on plan to cap population at 10 million

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Sources:

FBI raid of Ohio voting rights group stokes fear of pre-midterm crackdown | Ohio | The Guardian
The FBI’s raid on free and fair elections - Democracy Docket
Arizona advances voter ID ballot measure for November - Democracy Docket
Florida Reinstates Trump Lawyer Chesebro Despite Guilty Plea (2)
California sues county that just eliminated mail and early voting - Democracy Docket
In hopeful sign for mail-in voting, court fast tracks bid to block Trump order - Democracy Docket
Court tosses MAGA lawsuit seeking access to Georgia’s election operations center - Democracy Docket
Surveillance footage shows election equipment being wheeled out of a Maricopa County facility in Phoenix in March 2026
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Here we discuss a few examples of the impact of climate change on the natural world, according to recent research.

Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown | Polar regions | The Guardian
Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average | Antarctica | The Guardian
‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe | Climate crisis | The Guardian
Hundreds of dolphins found dead in Amazon lake were in water hotter than a jacuzzi, study finds - CBS News
Earth has warmed 1.4°C since 1850. The first half took 148 years. The second took just 27. The coming years will be hell. : r/collapse
Four days of extreme rain in Indonesia killed 7% of world’s rarest great apes, study finds | Extreme weather | The Guardian
Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions - ScienceDirect
State of the world's plants and fungi report: 3 in 4 undescribed plant species already threatened with extinction

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Sea Level Rise numbers just got more intense for large coastal cities, thanks to the double whammy of rising oceans and sinking ground levels.

Subsidence more than doubles sea-level rise today along densely populated coasts | Nature Communications
Sea levels rising dramatically in some areas due to land subsidence
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