As more of the US loses its ability to sustain a hard freeze during winters, we'll start to see 2nd order effects of global warming like this:

As more of the US loses its ability to sustain a hard freeze during winters, we'll start to see 2nd order effects of global warming like this:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/29/lone-star-ticks-increase-climate-crisis

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I low key think this is an intentional process control mechanism by the Earth, similar to the “fertility crisis”

Like these aren’t disparate things, the Earth as a metaorganism is limiting surface activity so that it cools down again lol

It would be ridiculously poetic if these ticks led to less meat consumption which led to lower greenhouse gas emissions

It really is and it’s so hard to watch. 

Probably will end up having to leave. We sold our house years ago and traveled to find a new place to land. Quickly learned that it’s a “pick your poison” scenario wrt climate change. 

We get really sick when the air gets bad and it’s only getting worse. Also they keep changing the scale with what’s considered safe. I have screenshots from 2016 that were high red aqi and now it’s considered green 😭

Oof yeah -- SLC is going to get hit hard :(

Do you plan on staying there or do you think you'll end up a climate migrant?

so true and we’re seeing it :( 

here it’s the Great Salt Lake collapsing which means a wall of toxic dust covers the valley and so much more

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I have heard of this, but 12 -> 450K cases in 16 years is terrifying. Lyme’s disease sucks enough😭

shit's starting to melt down.... I wonder if realistically we could try to track these effects and measure them..

i didn't know you could be allergic to meats

US are battling ticks, we are battling bed bugs in our area