Doomsayers United

We're what now? Weeks away from Skynet?

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Nothing to see here, just the richest and most powerful country in the world declaring that its food supply is in jeopardy, carry on...

And it's only the first day of summer...

Nothing to see here, just a May snapshot of drought conditions across the country, carry on...

Get ready for a completely unbreathable, toxic, CO2-ridden atmosphere before 2080!

For the TLDR crowd: -Cape Town, South Africa (pop. 5.1 million), Chennai, India (pop. 12 millions) and Los Angeles, USA (pop. 13 million) have all already come close to their water reservoirs running completely dry. -In many places in Africa, southern Australia, northern China, India, and parts of North America are likely to run out of water within the next four years - particularly those regions that depend on water from lakes. -753 million people - about one person in 11 - could face the prospect of not having a reliable source of potable water. -This all triggers when we hit a 1.5 degree Celsius increase in global average temperatures - a line we may have already crossed. Time to get some rain barrels!

Since it looks like we've already hit the 1.5 degree Celsius increase in global average temperatures, here's a handy chart explaining what's going to happen. Full article here.