“Prior warming events were so slow that ecosystems were able to migrate across entire continents to follow the temperatures and rainfalls that best suited them. This requires tens of thousands of years at minimum to achieve.”>

I feel like humanity has already taken some inadvertent steps to address this point by accidentally spreading the most aggressive, virulent species across the globe as invasives.

I try to plant natives where I live, to help the native wildlife that’s currently here. But I have this small sliver of hope that maybe at least the worst of the invasive species will survive what’s coming.

in a century or so there will be no significant biosphere left to pull CO2 out of the air faster than it is going into the atmosphere.>

I appreciate that these tipping point events also accelerate global warming by putting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but I have to think that once humans are gone, there could still ultimately be a significant slowdown? I gotta review the math.

People also act like all hope is lost. We could start scrubbing CO2 from the atmosphere tomorrow if the political will was there.

Google search for Bracknell just pointed me to a town in England. What are we talking about here?

Since this is the closest thing I’ve seen to an architecture discussion on Lemmy, can I sidetrack this conversation?

I really want to talk about how I simultaneously love the Obamas and hate a lot of their style choices. The Brutalism of his new presidential library is… Imposing and unwelcoming.

I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s offensive, but I can agree it’s disrespectful. Respect is shown by the lengths someone goes through to demonstrate someone/ something is important and held in high regard.

Examples:

When you are talking to someone you respect, you demonstrate it by making a point to convey that you are listening to them and thinking about what they are saying.

When a tragedy happens, we often show respect by holding a moment of silence where we interrupt whatever we are doing to hold a moment to think about the victims.

Similarly, a traditional way of demonstrating respect for people’s contributions in a given field is through an awards ceremony where attendees both given their attention and dress in formal attire to mark the significance and importance of the event.

I think you are wrong about how off-putting your tears are.

In my experience, when someone loses someone they care about, it is comforting for them for other people to be sad and feel the loss as well. I think that if instead of focusing on your own tears and your embarrassment when you get emotional, if you still focused on the other person while you were crying, they wouldn’t feel obligated to comfort you. Then they could just continue to share with you and be comforted by the fact that you empathized and were moved.

When my brother and SiL had a stillborn baby, I went to visit them. They genuinely seemed somewhat relieved to see me crying while we visited together.

Maybe they thought it was like throwing a smoke bomb, and they could ghost while it clears.