Jussi Pasanen

A designer who would like to ensure that there remains a liveable world for our kids to enjoy

@jopas.bsky.social

[Jussi Pasanen @jopas]

(Thread) I have been trying to understand the root causes of human-induced ecological and climate breakdown, and have written several essays about the systemic problems and drivers. I am collecting them here:

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

'In our interpretation, aerosol climate forcing grew (became more negative by about 0.5 W/m2) during the period of rapid global warming (1970-2005), which implies a high climate sensitivity (4.5°C ± 0.5°C) for best agreement with warming of the past two centuries."

[Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy]

Incredible new study of annual mass change for EACH world's glacier from 1976 to 2024! 😲💪

Since 1976, glaciers have lost 9179 Gt of water
= 25.3 mm MSL rise!
41 % (10 mm) occurred in the last decade
6 % (1.5 mm) occurred in the single record year 2023!

https://t.co/zgpL6tpiCv

[Kate Aronoff @KateAronoff]

I wrote about a Senate hearing yesterday featuring our aspiring AI overlords, who promise an “almost unimaginably bright” future while making the present shitty

[Leah Greenberg says NO KINGS ❌👑 @Leahgreenb]

I cannot stress enough that some of the most powerful people on the planet have been captured by a worldview that is fundamentally anti-human

[Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) 🪬 @DoctorVive]

"'Many of the events predicted for 2050 or 2070 are already happening. We underestimated the speed of change'."

https://t.co/FXPYNID9Qb

[Jussi Pasanen @jopas]

@dwallacewells Ha, reminds me of 'Customer Lifetime Value', which naturally refers to the (monetary) value extracted from the customer, rather than the value provided to them

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

“Expected lifetime consumption potential.”

[Nikhil Pal Singh @nikhil_palsingh]

They really think that they are the only essential human agents and the rest of us are disposable. A stunning and virulent delusion. The enemies of society now rule it.

[john thackara 约翰·萨卡拉 @johnthackara]

From woke, to war: inside the mirror world of sustainable finance regulators @uk_morningstar https://t.co/ZyXfzL21xH

[Kate Aronoff @KateAronoff]

I wrote about the doom loop of the climate crisis and the collapse of our shared reality for understanding and/or doing anything about it

[Kate Aronoff @KateAronoff]

“stuffy”

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

Since the first Earth Day, the world has produced 3 times as much CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels than it had in its entire industrial history up to that point.

[Prof. Ryan Katz-Rosene @ryankatzrosene]

Atmospheric CO2 usually peaks around May each year. Yet the most recent weekly average at Mauna Loa has already set a record: The highest it’s been for the last 800,000 years, at 430ppm.

[Martha Lincoln @heavyredaction]

Remarkable how moving uni classes online during COVID was seen as unacceptably watering down the learning experience, but replacing faculty with AI is now being cast as an enlightening inevitability

[LeRoy @LeeRussian]

Legit pic. Loresho bordering kangemi
Credits to the owner...

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

“We love those Nordics, we love those Nordics, especially as global warming picks up—we’re going to play some games in the arctic.”

[Isaac Bogoch @BogochIsaac]

Measles cases in Ontario have passed 900 so far in 2025, far exceeding the annual totals recorded over the past decade.

The measles vaccine is highly effective at preventing infection, widely available at no cost, and backed by decades of safety data.

[World Meteorological Organization @WMO]

Across Europe, regional sea levels are rising at an average rate of 2–4 mm per year. Mean sea level change is a critical indicator of climate change.

The visualization by @NASA shows changes using the metaphor of a submerged porthole.

#ESOTC2024 report: https://t.co/W9Wczjw9SP

[Prof. Ryan Katz-Rosene @ryankatzrosene]

People are used to trend lines that go "up" in climate-related graphs, so they may not appreciate how significant this is. Yes, temperature is increasing, and CO2 is increasing. But this is the *annual growth rate of CO2*. Even if the line was FLAT, CO2 would still be increasing!

[James Edward Hansen @DrJamesEHansen]

2025 global temperatures are expected to stay at or above 2024’s record levels, reinforcing that climate sensitivity and aerosol forcing have likely been underestimated. See 15 Apr - 2025 Global Temperature - https://t.co/3rNcEsFybd