It’s winter in Antarctica, when sea ice cover typically grows. But this year’s sea ice is way behind, reaching record lows with implications for the planet.
      • NotSpez@lemm.ee
        10·
        1 year ago

        I get the necessity to spread a message of hope, I really do. If people start to see the cause as truly lost, the motivation to change any behavior will go down even more.

        However, in these times, I find it harder and harder to keep a positive mindset about this. And I am sure I’m not the only one.

      • Roundcat@kbin.social
        6·
        1 year ago

        how? Like lets say we need to get on the track of reversing the course of climate change right now, within the next 10 years at most. What is the most effective thing a nobody like me can do about it?

          • Prandom_returns@lemm.ee
            41·
            1 year ago

            How do you politically influence non-western-friendly regimes/countries? That’s more than 2/3 of all the polution/emissions.

            • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
              62·
              1 year ago
              • You work to make renewable energy the cheap way to do things.
              • You impose a tariff on the embedded emissions in imported goods and services.
              • You appeal to the shared interest in a habitable planet
            • toasteecup@lemmy.world
              1·
              1 year ago

              Not much that can be done there, but it’s like a wildfire. Throwing more fire at it doesn’t help any.

          • argv_minus_one@beehaw.orgEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Talk with people about it, to help build the political will for action

            This seems hopeless. Most people are hard right-wing, think global warming is a hoax, and will instantly classify anyone who claims otherwise as a liar.

                • WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  People’s opinion on individual issues and on candidates are pretty disconnected. For candidates, unfortunately, it feels like some people picking a sports team and rooting for them no matter what. There’s also the bias they get from rooting for a team that they distrust those who don’t root for the same team.

                  But generally most people do agree a lot more than it may seem. For example, if you ask questions about the individual policies for “Obamacare”, Republicans are in favor of almost everything… Except they originally thought it needed a public option so it’s not just handouts for corporations. Why do you think right wing media hammered on that issue for long and hard? They were trying to train their followers.

                  How to get beyond this blind team worship is beyond me. But I’ve noticed the same disconnect with my mom, whom repeats talking goings from the likes of Limbaugh (when he was alive), but her takes are pro-universal health care… She just frames in talking points from right wing pundits somehow. Granted, she’s a bit alienated by the Republican party because of LGB issues (T left off intentionally… She tries not to be transphobic, but she’s not great at it), so she generally won’t vote for them. If it weren’t for social wedge issues, she’d be voting for them. I think there’s some room to work with people if they already trust you personally though.

  • HuddaBudda@kbin.social
    8·
    1 year ago

    I live in Florida and expect a pretty nasty hurricane season.

    The extra water from the ice sheets melting will mean more flood waters and possibly more 15-20% more dangerous hurricanes as the event expels that excess water all over the state.

    Not to mention it is still speculation if the warmer weather won’t cause dead regions where weather is slower, meaning these hurricanes could be slower to dissipate too.

    I was really hoping that 3rd graph wasn’t real, but it is true, the ice melt is going to be insane this year.