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Fireflies face ‘one-two punch’ of climate change, habitat loss, and light pollution
(yaleclimateconnections.org)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
Boomers: "Back in my day there were so many lightning bugs! But now theres all gone, must be those darn kids and their vidya games"
Everyone: "Maybe its decades of suburban sprawl and increased car dependency and increased pollution and climate changed cause by burning a tremendous amount of fossil fuels."
Boomers: "nonsense. Its those darn entitled kids with their avocado toast trying to take away our gas stoves!"