Annual carbon dioxide peak passes another milestone
Posted by j_mantuf@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 21 comments
Posted by j_mantuf@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 21 comments
PintLasher@reddit
3.5 in one year...... man we are so far gone already, I was talking about this 2 years ago and wondered how long it would take to get to 3.5 in a single year...
If you check out this graph it looks like this year has broken the regular Rollercoaster pattern and leaped up significantly... the only question is how low it will go and is this going to be like SST where we settle into a new pattern with longer ramps and shorter falls
Collapse2043@reddit
Wait. How do we even know that? I thought MAGA was cancelling all CO2 monitoring?
ConstructionOwn4983@reddit
I have become increasingly aware of imminent collapse, thanks to this subreddit and it is becoming harder and harder to stay sober (2 years), because how long do we have of stable-ish times left?
hypersmell@reddit
I think of it this way. Substance misuse is harmful to your health. Health services will most likely be in severe decline or simply unavailable soon. Therefore, it is important to maintain your good health as much as possible right now so you do not suffer down the road when the consequences catch up to you and help is not available.
That being said, I have a stash of meds and my preferred drugs of choice so that I always have the option to check out on my terms, if shit truly goes sideways. I plan to die high (if possible), not live high. The thought gives me comfort, even if things don't go according to plan.
Stay strong, you got this.
Druu-@reddit
Focusing on gratitude and making each day count has been much better for my mental health. I try to stay grounded by appreciating what I have; small things, simple moments. I’m thankful for a long warm shower in the morning, for the quiet peace of walking my dog through the dew-soaked grassy fields in the early hours of the day. I’m grateful for the clean, well-maintained roads and buildings in my city, and for the patches of bright green grass and stoic oaks that dot my urban landscape.
Some days that is hard. Some days I’m filled with anger, bitterness. Selfish thoughts. Those feelings don’t serve me or the few people around me that I love. I can’t change that we fucked everything up, that I’ll never experience the planet before our species gripped the Earth like a vice and began squeezing centuries ago. But I can stop, take a deep breath of relatively clean air, feel the warm kiss of the sun on my skin and be at peace.
summane@reddit
I'm tired of bad news like this having no good news to balance it out. How the f are y'all coping with this disaster by slowly watching it happen
ZenApe@reddit
Wine, sex, and sunshine.
JonathanApple@reddit
Sex, drugs, and rock and roll, some things never change
_ECMO_@reddit
I gaslight myself into thinking that the apocalypse is going to be more exciting than my day to day life. Though I've always been the type to run towards dangerous (but interesting/exciting) things rather Tham from them.
Common_Assistant9211@reddit
99% of people in this subreddit would shit themselves if they lost access to internet, let alone losing electricity, running water or food. On top of that constant fear of being killed or robbed would almost instantly make anyone want to go back to his dystopian work to afford a slave life
_ECMO_@reddit
That´s why I said "gaslight".
Peripatetictyl@reddit
You’re going to do great in the apocalypse, I promise!
_ECMO_@reddit
Thank you! I even wanted to work for Doctors Without Borders when I was a kid. :D
Radiant-Visit1692@reddit
The collapse awareness movement is trying to confront it head on, psychologically, spiritually etc. Some mental health professionals are offering collapse aware talk therapy. It’s personal - depends on who you’ve got depending on you and all that.
I’m reading a lot, but I’m not sharing my thoughts with people in my life, most of them are raising young families, I don’t have the heart. They have to look away somewhat. Me and a small group of friends got involved in climate protests for a good while. I stopped short of getting arrested, that sounds expensive and I have some health problems that wouldn’t respond well to being locked up. Plenty of people that are more ‘passionate’ than me did get locked up. It felt good to go out and acknowledge the reality head on. That was a while ago now. Mostly reading since then.
Velocipedique@reddit
That's 150ppm above the normal interglacial level of 280ppm CO2 reached 10,000yrs ago and 250ppm above the last glacial maximum of 20,000yrs ago. Foregoing computer model finagling, that 100ppm rise over 10,000yrs caused a 100m rise in sealevel and a 5-degree C increase in avge atmospheric temperatures. And... it is accelerating at more than 3ppm per year...!
rematar@reddit
One hundred meters?
Well ark it up, baby, now
Ark it up, baby
Drill and burn
Drill and burn
Come on and drill deeper now
Drill baby drill
Follow your diapered piper now
Treat the planet like a shaken baby now
Burn baby burn
By John Lemming and the Gravy Seals (probably)
Radiant-Visit1692@reddit
Man the Holocene was beautiful huh. I never studied it. What an incredible epoch. We’re gonna miss it, we don’t even know how bad.
SavingsDimensions74@reddit
It’s dinky like a weighing scales.
Once you tip the balance the leverage ensures that it goes increasingly in that direction.
Climate science is hard.
Basic physics isn’t.
What we’re seeing is basic physics. We’re just debating how quickly the scales fall.
Enjoy life.
While you have it
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For the first time, the seasonal peak of CO2 exceeded 430ppm. Ppm averaged at 430.2 for the month of May 2025, a 3.5ppm jump from May 2024. Collapse related due to the correlation between co2 and climate chaos.
"Another year, another record," said Ralph Keeling, director of the Scripps CO2 Program. "It's sad."
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For the first time, the seasonal peak of CO2 exceeded 430ppm. Ppm averaged at 430.2 for the month of May 2025, a 3.5ppm jump from May 2024. Collapse related due to the correlation between co2 and climate chaos.
"Another year, another record," said Ralph Keeling, director of the Scripps CO2 Program. "It's sad."
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