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Here-Comes-the-Flood-Best-Of.mp3
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ABOUT THE SONG AND THE SCIENCE: Hydroclimate Whiplash (Water/Climate)
* What it is: Quick transitions from intense drought to severe flooding, or vice versa, amplified by a warmer atmosphere holding more moisture, creating an “expanding atmospheric sponge”.
The Albedo Feedback Loop, Brown Carbon Feedback, Freshwater-AMOC Disruption, Permafrost-Methane Release, Amazon Rainforest Dieback, Sudden Sea Level Rise Pulses (the ‘Cork Release’ effect), Hydroclimate Whiplash, and Arctic Sea Ice collapse are all interconnected. And we’re actively toppling every one of these dominoes right now. That’s not just a cascade — it’s a full-blown chain reaction.
Taken together, we are exponentially accelerating the collapse of Earth’s climate regulators — threatening global food security, weather stability, and the planet’s long-term habitability.
* Our probabilistic, ensemble-based climate model — which incorporates complex socio-economic and ecological feedback loops within a dynamic, nonlinear system — projects that global temperatures are becoming unsustainable this century. This far exceeds earlier estimates of a 4°C rise over the next thousand years, highlighting a dramatic acceleration in global warming. We are now entering a phase of compound, cascading collapse, where climate, ecological, and societal systems destabilize through interlinked, self-reinforcing feedback loops.
We examine how human activities — such as deforestation, fossil fuel combustion, mass consumption, industrial agriculture, and land development — interact with ecological processes like thermal energy redistribution, carbon cycling, hydrological flow, biodiversity loss, and the spread of disease vectors. These interactions do not follow linear cause-and-effect patterns. Instead, they form complex, self-reinforcing feedback loops that can trigger rapid, system-wide transformations — often abruptly and without warning. Grasping these dynamics is crucial for accurately assessing global risks and developing effective strategies for long-term survival.
What Can I Do?
From the album “Rarity“
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[Intro]
[Refrain]
[Bridge]
[Refrain]
[Bridge]
[Refrain]
[Outro]
ABOUT THE SONG AND THE SCIENCE: Hydroclimate Whiplash (Water/Climate)
* What it is: Quick transitions from intense drought to severe flooding, or vice versa, amplified by a warmer atmosphere holding more moisture, creating an “expanding atmospheric sponge”.
The Albedo Feedback Loop, Brown Carbon Feedback, Freshwater-AMOC Disruption, Permafrost-Methane Release, Amazon Rainforest Dieback, Sudden Sea Level Rise Pulses (the ‘Cork Release’ effect), Hydroclimate Whiplash, and Arctic Sea Ice collapse are all interconnected. And we’re actively toppling every one of these dominoes right now. That’s not just a cascade — it’s a full-blown chain reaction.
Taken together, we are exponentially accelerating the collapse of Earth’s climate regulators — threatening global food security, weather stability, and the planet’s long-term habitability.
* Our probabilistic, ensemble-based climate model — which incorporates complex socio-economic and ecological feedback loops within a dynamic, nonlinear system — projects that global temperatures are becoming unsustainable this century. This far exceeds earlier estimates of a 4°C rise over the next thousand years, highlighting a dramatic acceleration in global warming. We are now entering a phase of compound, cascading collapse, where climate, ecological, and societal systems destabilize through interlinked, self-reinforcing feedback loops.
We examine how human activities — such as deforestation, fossil fuel combustion, mass consumption, industrial agriculture, and land development — interact with ecological processes like thermal energy redistribution, carbon cycling, hydrological flow, biodiversity loss, and the spread of disease vectors. These interactions do not follow linear cause-and-effect patterns. Instead, they form complex, self-reinforcing feedback loops that can trigger rapid, system-wide transformations — often abruptly and without warning. Grasping these dynamics is crucial for accurately assessing global risks and developing effective strategies for long-term survival.
What Can I Do?
From the album “Rarity“