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The end of the world as we know it? Theorist warns humanity is teetering between collapse and advancement
2 months, 1 week ago

The end of the world as we know it? Theorist warns humanity is teetering between collapse and advancement

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The main challenge is that industrial civilisation is facing such rapid decline that this could …

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Did climate change contribute to the collapse of an English castle?
3 years, 7 months ago

Did climate change contribute to the collapse of an English castle?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Although it is not possible to attribute one event to climate change, already winters are warmer and wetter in …

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Tasmania among best places to survive global societal collapse, new study finds
3 years, 7 months ago

Tasmania among best places to survive global societal collapse, new study finds

ABC  

Tasmania has been ranked one of the top five places in the world to survive a global collapse in society, according to a British study. Key points: A UK study rated Tasmania one of the best places to survive a collapse in society Scientists say Tasmania's climate, agricultural resources and electricity supply make it an ideal refuge should "things go …

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Australia's lesser-known ecosystems are heading for collapse. Here's what we stand to lose
4 years ago

Australia's lesser-known ecosystems are heading for collapse. Here's what we stand to lose

ABC  

A damning report has found several Australian ecosystems are so degraded, they are heading toward collapse if we do not intervene. But then there were the less well-known habitats like the Georgina gidgee woodlands, the western central arid zones, and the Gulf of Carpentaria mangrove forests. During those fires, the areas of the Georgina gidgee woodlands don't burn so easily …

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Ice Shelves in Antarctica Risk Collapse and Climate Change is the Culprit
4 years, 6 months ago

Ice Shelves in Antarctica Risk Collapse and Climate Change is the Culprit

News 18  

A platform of ice surrounding Antarctica measuring more than 350,000 square miles is at risk of collapse as the effects of climate change threaten to destabilise it, a new study has shown. The floating ice shelves that extend from the world’s largest ice sheet into the sea could split if fractures on their surface are flooded by meltwater as the …

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Climate change did NOT cause the collapse of the Bronze Age
10 years, 4 months ago

Climate change did NOT cause the collapse of the Bronze Age

Daily Mail  

This caused widespread conflict and social collapse, the experts said in Britain and Ireland think social and economic pressures were primarily to blame - but harsh weather made it worse Until now, researchers blamed the collapse of the Bronze Age on widespread changes in global temperatures. Historians will have to find alternative explanations for the huge population collapse in around …

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