US rivers drying up, massive heat waves, devastating cold snaps

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Majora said:

For all the climate alarmists - look at news/stories from around the 60s to the 80s - we should already be extinct by now. Not saying we humans don’t have an impact, but this alarmism is not new and every generation has the same doom and gloom predictions. We should be treating our world with more respect, however, we are not 10, 20 or even 50 years away from complete disaster.

It's not about "complete disaster". - It's about reaching a point where it's impacts are felt systemically across the globe and being impossible (Given our current level of technology) to reverse.

And we are reaching that point where the effects of climate change are directly observable.

SvennoJ said:

I was born in 1974 and don't remember anything that pessimistic.

- Hole in the Ozone layer

Ironically the hole in the Ozone did actually get resolved, the entire world got together and banned CFC's.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorofluorocarbon#Phasing-out_of_CFCs

Jumpin said:

Rab said:

More than 130 wildfires - fuelled by lightning strikes - are burning across western Canada following a record-breaking heatwave.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57703853 

That's fucking badass!

This is a photo I took on the back of a fire truck during the middle of winter in 2019. - This kind of thing just shouldn't be observable during that time of year... And to make matters worst, we had no air support as they get sent to the Northern Hemisphere to help out the Americans during our winter season.
Thankfully 2020 was a La-Nina year which meant it was cooler and wetter and 2021 looks to be another La-Nina year... But that string of luck can't last forever.