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84% of the world’s coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record (apnews.com)

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It’s the fourth global bleaching event since 1998, and has now surpassed bleaching from 2014-17 that hit some two-thirds of reefs, said the ICRI, a mix of more than 100 governments, non-governmental organizations and others. And it’s not clear when the current crisis, which began in 2023 and is blamed on warming oceans, will end.

“We may never see the heat stress that causes bleaching dropping below the threshold that triggers a global event,” said Mark Eakin, corresponding secretary for the International Coral Reef Society and retired chief of the Coral Reef Watch program of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “We’re looking at something that’s completely changing the face of our planet and the ability of our oceans to sustain lives and livelihoods,” Eakin said.

“I think people really need to recognize what they’re doing … inaction is the kiss of death for coral reefs,”

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[–] DinosaurThussy@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago (4 children)

So like, are we facing the inevitable extinction of all life on earth? Because that’s what it seems like a lot of the time

[–] ryepunk@hexbear.net 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Presumably something will survive. But life as we know it is certainly at risk of extinction, especially considering our current plan to do nothing hasn't done the trick. But what are we going to do? Make less money?

[–] Sinisterium@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago

short-sighted geo-engineering.

[–] KoboldKomrade@hexbear.net 9 points 4 days ago

No, and to suggest it is really insulting to all life on earth. Life, including higher life has survived multiple meteor strikes, biogenic atmosphere change (Great Oxygenation), supermassive volcanoes and related phenomena... I know I'm on the doomer community, but like, to think climate change is going to literally kill everything is a bit much.

Worst case nuclear war ~probably~ wouldn't even kill everything. It'd set life back a good millions of years, and it'd be unlikely higher life reevolves before the sun expands too far, but life is literally everywhere, in very unique and resilient locations (deep sea vents, underground caves, etc). It'd take concerted effort to destroy all life.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

At best, modern civilization is going to collapse and some remnants of humanity cling on. At worst, all that's left are some bacteria.

[–] GeneralSwitch2Boycott@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago

Humanity eating the rest of life off the planet rather than going vegan.

[–] Beaver@hexbear.net 9 points 4 days ago

No to "all life going extinct". Previous great extinction events have been triggered by truly wild shifts in global climate, albeit over longer periods than we are experiencing right now. And while there was a huge loss in diversity and living biomass for an extensive period of time after those conditions (lasting at the very least thousands to hundreds of thousands of years), life is resilient and bounces back once conditions stabilize.

The problem for humans is: we and our livestock are most of the animal biomass on earth.