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[Intro]
Did you take a picture
(Of our future?)
[Refrain]
Are you sure
(We’ll endure)
Let’s take a look
(At the end of the book)
[Bridge]
Maybe it’s illustrated
(With our freewill, ill and updated)
Did you take a picture
(Of the future?)
[Refrain]
Are you sure
(We’ll endure)
Let’s take a look
(At the end of the book)
[Bridge]
Perhaps there’s a graphic
(Of our freewill, ill and sooo sick)
Did you take a picture
(Of the future?)
[Refrain]
Are you sure
(We’ll endure)
Let’s take a look
(At the end of the book)
[Outro]
There’s a picture
(Of the future)
Belief… I become aware
(We’re not there)
ABOUT THE SONG AND SCIENCE
7. Toward a Unified Framework
Our ensemble-based probabilistic climate model integrates socio-economic, ecological, and biogeophysical feedbacks within a nonlinear dynamical system. The results indicate that global temperatures are on course to become unsustainable within this century, far surpassing earlier projections of a 4°C rise over a millennium26*.
The transition from a stable Holocene equilibrium to a runaway Anthropocene trajectory is characterized by compounding, interdependent feedbacks across multiple systems — thermal, hydrological, biological, and societal.
8. Conclusion: A Closing Window
The events of 2024–2025 reveal the limits of incremental mitigation. Stabilizing Earth’s climate now demands more than emission reductions — it requires active carbon removal, ecosystem restoration, and an immediate global phase-out of fossil fuels.
As the planet’s natural stabilizers fail, humanity faces a critical juncture: continue deferring action or act decisively to preserve habitability. The evidence is unequivocal — the feedback loops have tipped, the tipping points have cascaded, and the window for prevention is rapidly closing.
26* 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.
Tipping points and feedback loops drive the acceleration of climate change. When one tipping point is toppled and triggers others, the cascading collapse is known as the Domino Effect.
From the album “Taken“
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[Intro]
Did you take a picture
(Of our future?)
[Refrain]
Are you sure
(We’ll endure)
Let’s take a look
(At the end of the book)
[Bridge]
Maybe it’s illustrated
(With our freewill, ill and updated)
Did you take a picture
(Of the future?)
[Refrain]
Are you sure
(We’ll endure)
Let’s take a look
(At the end of the book)
[Bridge]
Perhaps there’s a graphic
(Of our freewill, ill and sooo sick)
Did you take a picture
(Of the future?)
[Refrain]
Are you sure
(We’ll endure)
Let’s take a look
(At the end of the book)
[Outro]
There’s a picture
(Of the future)
Belief… I become aware
(We’re not there)
ABOUT THE SONG AND SCIENCE
7. Toward a Unified Framework
Our ensemble-based probabilistic climate model integrates socio-economic, ecological, and biogeophysical feedbacks within a nonlinear dynamical system. The results indicate that global temperatures are on course to become unsustainable within this century, far surpassing earlier projections of a 4°C rise over a millennium26*.
The transition from a stable Holocene equilibrium to a runaway Anthropocene trajectory is characterized by compounding, interdependent feedbacks across multiple systems — thermal, hydrological, biological, and societal.
8. Conclusion: A Closing Window
The events of 2024–2025 reveal the limits of incremental mitigation. Stabilizing Earth’s climate now demands more than emission reductions — it requires active carbon removal, ecosystem restoration, and an immediate global phase-out of fossil fuels.
As the planet’s natural stabilizers fail, humanity faces a critical juncture: continue deferring action or act decisively to preserve habitability. The evidence is unequivocal — the feedback loops have tipped, the tipping points have cascaded, and the window for prevention is rapidly closing.
26* 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.
Tipping points and feedback loops drive the acceleration of climate change. When one tipping point is toppled and triggers others, the cascading collapse is known as the Domino Effect.
From the album “Taken“