Amazon deforestation at 17%—scientists warn 20-25% triggers irreversible climate shift
A Bluesky post highlights scientists' long-standing warning about the Amazon tipping point as clearing reaches dangerous levels.
What to know
- Amazon deforestation has reached 17% of total forest cover, according to a scientist's post, approaching the 20-25% threshold scientists have identified as triggering irreversible climate tipping.
- Online conversation centers on systemic failure: politicians and corporate interests prioritize profit over ecological warnings that have been public for years.
- Commenters are split between despair (believing the tipping point is already crossed or imminent) and calls to action (reducing beef and palm oil consumption, demanding government intervention).
- A minority voice argues that doomerism itself undermines climate action, countering claims that all is lost.
The dispute Whether the tipping point has already been crossed (irreversible) or whether mitigation efforts still have meaningful value—optimists argue every fraction matters; pessimists say we are past the point of no return. · positions read across 93 posts and comments
Humanity is acting with suicidal stupidity and the tipping point is already crossed or imminent; systemic change is politically impossible.
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“How stupid is humanity. Extinction stupid.”
robertjeff57-58.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
Individual consumer choices (reducing beef, avoiding palm oil) and direct action can slow destruction if enough people change behavior.
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“It's being cut down to plant palm oil plantations (to sell to junk food manufacturers) & to create more area for beef production. Please check grocery item labels for palm oil & don't buy.”
norska11.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
Doomerism is counterproductive; every fraction of carbon reduction matters, and fighting for mitigation is still the right course.
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“None of that is true. El Niño HAS started, although it hasn't yet reached full strength, and there is no 'edge' beyond which the climate is 'beyond repair'. There's everything to fight for, every fraction of a degree matters. Doomerism is…”
perahlberg.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
The fundamental problem is structural: politicians care only about votes and money, corporations only about profit, and most people cannot afford to prioritize environmental concerns.
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“Many people don't see or understand the problem, partly due to poor communication. Many more can't afford to care. Corporate interests care only about money. Politicians only care about money & votes; trees don't vote.”
pooetryman.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
abilutangwa.bsky.social Bluesky poster
How it unfolded 2 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump postscomments
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Online conversation spirals into climate despair and criticism
Responses flood in with expressions of alarm and frustration, with many commenters characterizing humanity's inaction as existentially reckless and politicians as indifferent to ecological warnings.
“How stupid is humanity. Extinction stupid.”
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Wow How stupid is humanity Extinction stupid
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💯! Smart enough to see the cliff. Stupid enough to keep accelerating.🤬🌎
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This truly makes me sick to my stomach. Destruction of trees is so horrific. I can't watch or listen to one being chopped down. I adore trees. They're magical. 💔
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Scientist posts Amazon deforestation warning on Bluesky
A post by abilutangwa highlights that the Amazon has already been cleared 17%, approaching the critical 20-25% threshold beyond which scientists warn the forest becomes irreversibly destabilized.
“Scientists warned for years: if we clear 20-25% of the Amazon, we cross the point of no return. We've already cleared 17%. We are right on the edge.”
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Scientists warned for years: if we clear 20-25% of the Amazon, we cross the point of no return. We've already cleared 17%. We are right on the edge.
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No one in power cares my man.. we will have to suffer first
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😆 is that all theyre worried about 1. Further amplified anti neutrino impact to core 2. Hlobal subduction and a simultaneous volcanic events 3. Global heating leading to unbearable and beyond ez bake oven deadly 4. Inc glacial melt, further coagulation, and evaporative lower saline mix. Incrain💯
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What people are saying 19 voices from 1 site · best of 93 · verbatim
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It's being cut down to plant palm oil plantations (to sell to junk food manufacturers) & to create more area for beef production. Also, for biofuel. Please check grocery item labels for palm oil & don't buy. Please reduce or eliminate beef from your diet. You can help with reducing the damage. 💙🌍
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The shit for brains regime here wants to clear our old growth forests THAT WILL NOT REGENERATE. Turnip's EO says killing endangered species is no longer a concern. I say we send all these miscreants to a few states and wall them off. They are unsuitable for society.
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Wrong question. The right one is: Do we have the will? Many people don't see or understand the problem, partly due to poor communication. Many more can't afford to care. Corporate interests care only about money. Politicians only care about money & votes; trees don't vote.
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Haiti is fucked all because of some French debt? Generationally fucked because of something great grandpa did?
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The rainforest used to be known as the lungs of the earth, so vast they would control certain weather patterns. perhaps this is the main reason why the rain is dropping in different places and the weather patterns have been so messed up.
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We had a fire 8 years ago in my country, biggest one yet and it took our biggest forest. It took them 6 years to start replating. With all the voluntary work organization did, it was not enough without support. Now, every year we have a huge storm that destroys all trees and stops regrowth.
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None of that is true. El Niño HAS started, although it hasn't yet reached full strength, and there is no 'edge' beyond which the climate is 'beyond repair'. There's everything to fight for, every fraction of a degree matters. Doomerism is as much an enemy of the planet as climate denialism.
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Trump will buy more meat just ensure more forest is cleared -surprised he hasn’t made a joke about that yet
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PEOPLE ARE MORONS! They choose not to listen to scientists. Making money is much more important! Humans have known about the destruction humans cause for several decades, but have continued with the same behaviors. Americans elected a complete FOOL who thinks coal is great.
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There is no planet B. Not even for billionaires.
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Brazil … you can stop it . It’s not about feeding yourself or the world, it’s about short term greed for a few. The good that nature gave you , has been taken away by those few. We are all connected, and we as a people need to change. Otherwise, we cease to exist . Stand up Do your part 
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Unfortunately we passed the edge this year. Our climate now is beyond repair. And El Niño hasn’t even started.
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The Amazon = the lungs of the planet. Question: Can you live without YOUR lungs?
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And forever wars!🤬 What could possibly go wrong? 🤬 Apparently, we're determined to find out—with humanity strapped to the hood.🤬🌎
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🔥Heat records shattered 🌊 Seas rising 🔥 Wildfires 🧊 Ice disappearing 🌳 Amazon near tipping point 🌪️ Extreme weather 💧 Water supplies under pressure 🌾 Food systems vulnerability 🐝 Ecosystems collapsing It's a countdown to the future apocalypse. We can still change the trajectory. Act NOW & save 🌎!🙏🇨🇦
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Maniacal governments, incompetent leaders, religious fanatics, compromised lawmakers, greed, climate change, AI… what could go wrong?
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Reminded me of the Haiti/Dominican Republic border ugliness.
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Shocking. Humans are locusts, we swarm and we destroy.
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This planet is our mistress, our master. We act the fool, we think we control her? Can use her anyway we wish. She can snuff the human race out, reboot the planet and start over. How many times has she done this? Time don't mean a damn thing to her.