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

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James Lovelock has entered the chat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis

I didn’t know this hypothesis existed, but it resonates with me

Have you read any of his books?

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