#habitability — Public Fediverse posts

Travelling through the hot outdoors

"Extreme heat poses an urgent threat to human health. It kills thousands of people each year, and research suggests this figure is rising due to the effects of human-induced climate change. In Australia alone, the number of deaths from heatwaves is expected to double in the next 40 years."

"Research shows people often recognise the risks of extreme heat, but don’t believe it will affect them personally. educating people about extreme heat led them to avoid heatwave-prone places." >>
https://theconversation.com/extreme-heat-is-altering-when-where-and-how-we-travel-new-research-289498
#ExtremeHeat #Heatstroke #heatwaves #outdoors #travel #mobility #TourismIndustry #StrandedAssets #FossilFuels #climate #habitability #environment #wildlife

The impacts of live events on climate disruption
Spoiler: cars, cars, cars

"A recent global analysis of more than 2,000 mass gatherings disrupted by extreme weather between 2004 and 2024 across several high-income countries around the world found that arts, cultural and entertainment events – particularly festivals and concerts – were among those most frequently affected by climate change."

"Storms, heat and other climate-related disruptions are already altering event timing and financial viability across countries including Australia, the UK and the United States."

"In other words, the live events industry is not only contributing to climate emissions; it is increasingly exposed to their consequences."

"Efforts to reduce the emissions footprint of large events and concerts should become an core part of the broader adaptation challenges facing the events industry. Its very existence depends on stable environmental and climate conditions." >>
https://theconversation.com/ed-sheeran-caught-the-train-to-melbourne-to-protect-the-climate-but-what-about-his-thousands-of-fans-276971
#MusicEvents #MassGatherings #CrowdEvents #EventsIndustry #cars #transport #climate #FossilFuels #habitability #outdoors

The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory: massive, sometimes abrupt, and undoubtedly disruptive. A much less habitable state of the climate for us.

"The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped, scientists have said."

"The public and politicians were largely unaware of the risk of passing the point of no return, the researchers said. The group said they were issuing their warning because while rapid and immediate cuts to fossil fuel burning were challenging, reversing course was likely to be impossible once on the path to a hothouse Earth, even if emissions were eventually slashed."

“We know we are running profound risks on the current climate trajectory, which we can’t rule out could turn into a trajectory towards a much less habitable state of the climate for us. " >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/11/point-of-no-return-hothouse-earth-global-heating-climate-tipping-points
#FossilFuels #climate #HothouseEarth #AMOC #cryosphere #SeaLevels #habitability

Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh2458
#PlanetWreckers #Boundaries #PlanetaryBoundaries #transgression #growth #biodiversity #pollution #climate #water #biosphere #habitability