[Intro]
Breakdown!
Look around
At the primate
Climate
[Verse 1]
Is the CO2
Choking your
If not yet
It will, you bet
[Chorus]
Ominous signs
Just look outside
Climate crimes
You cannot hide
[Bridge]
No place to run
We’ve come undone
Breakdown
Shakedown
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]
[Verse 2]
Brave
The heatwave
Drought
No doubt
Wildfire
Ever higher
Flood
With our blood
[Chorus]
Ominous signs
Just look outside
Climate crimes
You cannot hide
[Bridge]
No place to run
We’ve come undone
Breakdown
Shakedown
[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo, Bass]
[Bridge]
No place to run
We’ve come undone
Breakdown
Shakedown
[Chorus]
Ominous signs
Just look outside
Climate crimes
You cannot hide
[Instrumental, Piano, Bass]
[Outro]
No place to run
We’ve come undone
Breakdown
Shakedown
A SCIENCE NOTE
NOAA reports: Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever — accelerating on a steep rise to levels far above any experienced during human existence, scientists from NOAA and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography offsite link at the University of California San Diego announced today.
CO2 measurements sending ominous signs
Scientists at Scripps, the organization that initiated CO2 monitoring at Mauna Loa in 1958 and maintains an independent record, calculated a May monthly average of 426.7 ppm for 2024, an increase of 2.92 ppm over May 2023’s measurement of 423.78 ppm. For Scripps, the two-year jump tied a previous record set in 2020.
From January through April, NOAA and Scripps scientists said CO2 concentrations increased more rapidly than they have in the first four months of any other year. The surge has come even as one highly regarded international report offsite link has found that fossil fuel emissions, the main driver of climate change, have plateaued in recent years.
“Over the past year, we’ve experienced the hottest year on record, the hottest ocean temperatures on record and a seemingly endless string of heat waves, droughts, floods, wildfires and storms,” said NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. “Now we are finding that atmospheric CO2 levels are increasing faster than ever. We must recognize that these are clear signals of the damage carbon dioxide pollution is doing to the climate system, and take rapid action to cut fossil fuel use as quickly as we can.”
We report: Climate breakdown, the most alarming development, occurs when feedback loops are triggered, and tipping points are crossed. This leads to the extinction of plants, the disappearance of carbon sinks, and an exponential acceleration of Earth’s temperature. The consequences are dire, with the potential disappearance of vital resources like food, fresh water, and breathable air, likely followed by catastrophic impacts on human survival.
Our climate model uses chaos theory in an attempt to adequately account for humans and forecasts a global average temperature increase of 9 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Everybody has the responsibility not to pollute. There are plenty of things you can do to help save the planet. Stop using fossil fuels. Consume less. Love more. Here is a list of additional actions you can take.