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The Fall of The Amazon Could Trigger a Global Cascade of Tipping Points

If the Amazon crosses a critical threshold of self-resilience, a new study suggests the disaster could set off a domino effect, knocking over tipping points elsewhere in the world, too, abruptly accelerating environmental crises and causing irreparable damage to the planet

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-fall-of-the-amazon-could-trigger-a-global-cascade-of-tipping-points

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #Amazon

We told Grandpa that we were worried about him living alone with a bad hip and failing eyesight, but he said not to worry because he got himself a dog.

Ukraine has become a "de facto" NATO member since Russia's invasion

Russia used the potential of #NATO expanding to #Ukraine as an pretense for its invasion

Their plan backfired, instead bringing it closer to the Western military alliance.

#MOG
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-says-de-facto-nato-member-showing-putin-own-goal-2023-1

Friends, it’s time.

TRANS APPRECIATION FRIDAY is here!!

If you’re trans/non-binary, tell us your:

-Name
-Pronouns
-A fun fact about you
-Post a pic, if comfy

Then, say hello to those who join in & make new friends!

I’m Alyssa (she/her/they). Nice to meet you!

Your turn!

He died doing what he loved, mansplaining feminism to female students at a women's college in a women's studies class.

Freddie Mercury, Venus Williams, and Bruno Mars walk into a bar.

They didn’t planet that way.

We never had this many tornadoes before the Covid vaccine.

"Filmmaker Michael Bay is facing charges in Italy related to the killing of a pigeon on the 2018 set of the Netflix blockbuster 6 Underground.”
Today Merrick Garland will appoint a special counsel to investigate the pigeon for getting in the way of the film crew.

A reminder that if lead paint were still being used, and the #Dems were trying to outlaw it, the #GOP would be screaming and eating lead paint chips on TikTok to own the libs

#Politics

@Rob_T_Firefly

"Here's the fish and chips you ordered, and your beer."

"But I ordered a hamburger and onion rings with a Coke."

"No, you ordered the fish and chips with beer. What's wrong with you, why are you lying about wanting a burger? You don't like Coke! Ugh, you're always doing this."

I accidentally knocked over an entire toothpaste display at CVS.

The clerk was crestfallen.

I have been up since 4:30 with the 4 year old and my husband didn’t drink the coffee I left for him…

@ScottSoCal Reason steals their treats! ("Steals" is a strong word, reason mostly pressures them in to sharing and also is opportunistic, but incredibly gentle.)

Uhura is tired of that Klingon bullshit

#StarTrekVI

Spock is getting a little mind rapey isn't he?

#StarTrekVI

On January 9, 1858, American botanist, bryologist, and educator Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (née Elizabeth Gertrude Knight) was born. She and her husband, Nathaniel Lord Britton played a significant role in the fundraising and creation of the New York Botanical Garden. She is best known for her lasting contributions to bryology, the study of mosses.

http://scihi.org/elizabeth-gertrude-britton-knight-mosses/

#bryology #botany #mosses #NewYork

@selzero

As well they should!

#atheism
Tooted by a #bot!
SN# 726

Gave the twins crackers in the safety of the living room for precisely this reason. The reason does not appreciate this.

#DogsOfMastodon