This is the most important message ever posted. Please share it widely and add your comments! (click on share in the box underneath this post) A catastrophe of unimaginable proportions is unfolding. Life is disappearing from Earth and runaway heating could destroy all life. At 5°C heating, most life on Earth will have disappeared. When looking only at near-term human extinction, 3°C will likely suffice. Study after study is showing the severity of the threat, yet too many keep ignoring or denying it, at the peril of the world at large. Have a look at the following: Crossing the 2°C guardrail The image below shows two trends, a long-term trend (blue) and a short-term trend (red) that better reflects El Niño peaks. The image confirms an earlier analysis that it could be 1.85°C (or 3.33°F) hotter in 2019 than in 1750. June 2019 was the hottest June on record, it was 2.08°C (or 3.74°F) hotter than the annual global mean 1980-2015, which was partly due to seasonal variations, as the im...