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This is the place for discussing the potential collapse of modern civilization and the environment.

Collapse, in this context, refers to the significant loss of an established level or complexity towards a much simpler state. It can occur differently within many areas, orderly or chaotically, and be willing or unwilling. It does not necessarily imply human extinction or a singular, global event. Although, the longer the duration, the more it resembles a ‘decline’ instead of collapse.

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[The Atlantic] Climate Collapse Could Happen Fast (www.theatlantic.com)

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As temperature and weather records fall, Earth may be nearing so-called tipping points.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could? It talks about feedback loops which to me started with the permafrost melting in the early 20teens. Earth would certainly keep getting warmer for awhile even if the human race disappeared all of a sudden.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is a distinct possibility. I do think the increasing temperatures of the planet is going to make competition for scarce resources play out in increasingly violent and brutal ways which could lead to self-imposed extinction of the human race. That's a possibility as well considering the hard turn that the west is taking towards religious fundamentalism. Religious fundamentalism and nuclear weapons are a scary combination.

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