<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">NEWS RELEASE 6-APR-2026<b></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><font size="4">Wildfires an increasing threat for species during climate change</font></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(251, 0, 7); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(251, 0, 7);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/releaseguidelines">Peer-Reviewed Publication<span style="font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; font-kerning: none; color: rgb(251, 0, 7);"></span></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Nature Climate Change 6-Apr-2026</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(14, 115, 192); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><span style="font-kerning: none; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Doi <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-026-02600-5"><span style="font-kerning: none; color: rgb(14, 115, 192);">10.1038/s41558-026-02600-5 </span></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014</b><b></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(154, 154, 154); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(154, 154, 154); min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Wildfires are becoming more frequent and are ravaging new parts of the world due to global warming. A study led by researchers from the University of Gothenburg shows that this change is increasing the vulnerability of thousands of plants, animals and fungi.</b><b></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As global temperatures rise, the incidence of wildfires is increasing in many regions. This is mainly because higher average temperatures and changing weather conditions are drying out land and vegetation, making them more flammable. The study in Nature Climate Change shows that wildfires can break out closer to the poles than before. In some areas, the fire seasons may also double in length. This is under a medium scenario where the emissions don\u2019t sharply increase or get cut till the end of this century.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">\u201cOur research shows that wildfires pose an ever-increasing threat to biodiversity. We find that nearly 84 per cent of species vulnerable to wildfires will face a higher risk by the end of this century,\u201d says Xiaoye Yang, a researcher at the University of Gothenburg and the study\u2019s lead author.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Combines 13 climate models</b><b></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Previous research into how biodiversity is affected by global climate change has mainly focused on gradual changes to habitats. Less attention has been paid to how climate-driven wildfires affect the long-term survival of plants and animals. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The research team, including Chalmers University of Technology, combined 13 climate models with a machine learning-based method to forecast changes in the wildfire burned area and the length of the fire season up to the end of this century. They then assessed how these changes affect the risk to species worldwide, based on a Red List from the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). The Red List includes 9,592 species whose survival is currently threatened by the increasing occurrence and severity of wildfires.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">\u2013 Species with small ranges are particularly vulnerable. The most affected species are concentrated in South America, South Asia and Australia, and a large proportion of them are already endangered. An increase in the frequency of wildfires could push some of them closer to extinction, says Xiaoye Yang.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Even species that have previously been spared from wildfires are facing a new threat, but there is a lack of research to assess how serious that threat is.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Global trends of increasing risk</b><b></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The researchers calculated the increase in wildfires based on the IPCC\u2019s various global warming scenarios. Under a moderate scenario involving a temperature rise of around 2.7 degrees compared with pre-industrial levels, the study shows that:</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">\u2022 The global area affected by wildfires could increase by around 9.3 per cent</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">\u2022 Fire seasons could be extended by 22.8 per cent</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">\u2022 Almost 84 per cent of species vulnerable to fire will face an increased risk of wildfires</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The study highlights significant regional differences. Whilst the risk of wildfires is increasing in many parts of the world, certain regions in Africa may see a reduction in the area affected by fires due to a wetter climate in the future.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Climate action can reduce risk</b><b></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The researchers also show that measures to limit emissions can significantly reduce the occurrence of wildfires. Compared with a high-emissions scenario, a future with moderate emissions could reduce the increase in species\u2019 vulnerability to wildfires by more than 60 per cent. Regions such as New Zealand, South America and areas near the Arctic would benefit most from reduced emissions.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">\u201cCurrent conservation strategies for vulnerable plants and animals risk underestimating future threats if they do not take into account disturbances such as wildfires,\u201d says Xiaoye Yang.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(109, 109, 109); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(109, 109, 109); min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>JOURNAL</b><b></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nature Climate Change</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>DOI</b><b></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(14, 115, 192); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 115, 192);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-026-02600-5">10.1038/s41558-026-02600-5 <span style="font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; font-kerning: none; color: rgb(14, 115, 192);"></span></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>METHOD OF RESEARCH</b><b></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Computational simulation/modeling</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>ARTICLE TITLE</b><b></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Wildfire Risk for Species under Climate Change</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>ARTICLE PUBLICATION DATE</b><b></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">6-Apr-2026</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(237, 237, 237); min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></p><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div></div>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br><br>\u201cA new area of study is the field that some of us are beginning to call social traps. The term refers to situations in society that contain traps formally like a fish trap, where men or whole societies get themselves started in some direction or some set of relationships that later prove to be unpleasant or lethal and that they see no easy way to back out of or to avoid."<br><br>John Platt. Social Traps. American Psychologist, August 1973<br><br>--------------------<br><br>An Ambio article by some heavyweights in climate adds some timely detail to the earlier story.<br><br>\u201cA team including the likes of Will Steffen, Paul Crutzen, Veerabhadren Ramathan, Johan Rockstrom, Marten Scheffer and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber begin the abstract of their article by saying \u2018Over the past century, the total material wealth of humanity has been enhanced \u2026\u2019 and they end it by saying, \u2018we risk driving the Earth System onto a trajectory toward more hostile states from which we cannot easily return.\u2019\u201d<br><br>https://mountainjournal.org/why-rising-temps-mean-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/<br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"></div>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br><br>\u201cA new area of study is the field that some of us are beginning to call social traps. The term refers to situations in society that contain traps formally like a fish trap, where men or whole societies get themselves started in some direction or some set of relationships that later prove to be unpleasant or lethal and that they see no easy way to back out of or to avoid."<br><br>John Platt. Social Traps. American Psychologist, August 1973<br><br>--------------------<br><br>An Ambio article by some heavyweights in climate adds some timely detail to the earlier story.<br><br>\u201cA team including the likes of Will Steffen, Paul Crutzen, Veerabhadren Ramathan, Johan Rockstrom, Marten Scheffer and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber begin the abstract of their article by saying \u2018Over the past century, the total material wealth of humanity has been enhanced \u2026\u2019 and they end it by saying, \u2018we risk driving the Earth System onto a trajectory toward more hostile states from which we cannot easily return.\u2019\u201d<br><br>https://mountainjournal.org/why-rising-temps-mean-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/<br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div>
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