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'A harbinger of what's to come:' NASA satellites show massive drop in global freshwater levels
(www.livescience.com)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
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Oh hang on, that number might of been counting fish/sea animals too? Idk, I still can't remember where I heard 'trillion' on this, but the infographic on Our World In Data could get that number up there with fish included as livestock.
Including fish as livestock is not particularly relevant for making a point on fresh water consumption though, so you were actually still right to call me out on this.
Yeah it’s easy to exaggerate numbers, I have to catch myself often. Fish could get us close I suppose (shrimp almost surely, but counting each one is problematic).
20 billion chickens is still an insane number anyway. And with so much of the US in drought it’s tough not to let it keep me up at night.