10+ Crises In The Next Decade We Should Pay More Attention To According To Reddit Users
"I’m here to fuel my existential crisis."
"Every disaster movie starts with a scientist being ignored," a sentiment echoed by many across the internet. This feeling was brought about by the recent climate crisis protest led by over 1,000 scientists worldwide.
Peter Kalmus, a NASA climate scientist, along with other scientists, chained themselves to the JP Morgan Chase building in Los Angeles. In a viral video, Kalmus pleads in a shaky voice about the ecological catastrophe we are about to face.
He lamented how scientists have been warning all of us for decades, and their message has seemingly fallen on deaf ears. He stated that it's time to stop ignoring the experts because humanity is quite literally about to lose everything.
Historically, scientists have stuck to cold, hard facts and presented the data with a purely objective approach. This has recently begun to shift because the data they are interpreting represents a dire and frightening reality for all of us.
Kalmus and his fellow protestors were arrested by police clad in riot gear following their protest. This protest wasn't just an isolated cry for help in Los Angeles.
Members of the Scientist Rebellion staged a protest and chained themselves to the White House fence. In various parts of the world, Panamanian scientists protested at several embassies, activists glued themselves to a bridge in Germany, and in Malawi, they held a teach-in at a prominent university.
In an act of selflessness and deep compassion, climate activist Wynn Bruce set himself on fire on the steps of the Supreme Court of the United States. His friend, Kritee Kanko, stated on her Twitter account: "This is a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to [the] climate crisis."
The brave protests of the scientists sparked an online movement worldwide. In support of their cause, people started the "Let The Earth Breathe" campaign to increase awareness.
It will take more than a hashtag and individual sacrifices to avert the oncoming climate crisis. Actual change must be mandated by our government to curb the carbon emissions of the world's top polluters — the capitalist companies.
As if the world isn't already on the edge of a cliff, there are still other catastrophes that people believe we must pay attention to. We really have boxed ourselves into a metaphorical corner, haven't we?
If your palms aren't sweaty yet and your panic is still bearable, keep on reading to see the answers to this question
TheRed_Knight1. Water shortage and countries fighting over water rights
nothingbeatagoodshitPeople will look for the country with the most natural water reserves
iamdrinking
Pretty sure there are stops before agriculture gets truly and utterly messed up; have we seen any?
theoutlet
Type Flint water crisis and Nestlé on Google
c3ntur1o
Canada has 20% of the world's fresh water reserves, and not only do they have to worry about other countries invading them for their reserves, but they will also have to fend off corporations.
starx9, Pinkiepie1111
2. Fertilizer shortage didn't even hit the news
Goukaruma
Garden supply owners and farmers know about this
GreatStateOfSadness
How could there be a shortage if it's large-scale production?
Trirefringent
We depleted the natural resources, and the chemicals used to produce it are far too expensive for both producers and consumers to buy.
LoserScientist
Sri Lanka has an ongoing economic crisis and is on the brink of bankruptcy
cheesesandsneezes
Nothing to panic about at all
LoserScientist
People get scared when they see GMO on their produce, not knowing what it truly means. No one buying GMO produce means corporations won't fund it for further research because it's not profitable.
LoserScientist
3. Some superbug will eventually emerge
Representative-Fig96
4. Those creepy crawlies we so easily swat away hold our ecosystem together
LeroyBadBrown
Have you noticed this phenomenon as well?
b-monster666
Maybe the car designers are just making the windshields more angular?
Form84
Apparently not; they also factored that in and conducted an experiment.
Apophyx
5. Ocean acidification and its disastrous ramifications
patricksaurus
Coral bleaching kills corals and makes them look like dry bones, which would be apt in this scenario.
LoserScientist
The disaster has been happening for years now, and are we doing enough to combat it?
deprimeradblomkol, LoserScientist
6. Not enough savings even after decades of hard work
carelessOpinions
You can work three jobs and penny-pinch as much as you want, and still be one medical expense away from financial ruin.
restlessbish
Sounds like a nightmare, to be honest.
throneofthornes
The 120-year-old 1% will probably raffle these life-extending treatments just to have common folks like us work for them. Keep it.
BrockDiggles
7. Rapidly declining krill and phytoplankton populations
Dense-Independent-66
Okay, what? We're not nearly doing enough to save the world, are we?
Demonae
8. Plastic pollution
Zrakoplovvliegtuig
Microplastics in our human bodies, and we don't have enough data on how they affect our systems.
archipenko, Cats-Steal-Things
Oh God. Just like in the Lorax, some rich person is about to sell "pure" air.
aconfusedcanadien
9. Another housing crisis in the near future
Phil330
I read somewhere that "subscription," AKA renting, is also the future for the housing market. We should read more about feudalism and how that turned out.
Zrakoplovvliegtuig
Soon enough, they'll raise rent prices, and most of us will be homeless. They really do want to squeeze every penny out of us worker bees.
ThrowawaySleepingPup
10. Sand shortage
MrButternuss
Saudi Arabia is one of the main importers of sand from Australia.
crusafo
Have you seen the "sand avalanche" video? It looks so smooth and collapses as soon as you step on it.
seaworthy-sieve
11. Not enough professionals in some trades like teaching and the healthcare industry due to the high-stress environment and low wages
MrWizard311
People are not wanting to study plumbing, carpentry, etc.
Antamyst
Turns out people like to be compensated well for the incredibly difficult jobs they are doing. Who knew a livable wage was such a controversial idea?
TheRed_Knight
Do not read this at night before sleeping. Seriously.
Edirol1018
In the grand scheme of things, will the test even matter?
adbot-01
Life is just on constant hard mode right now.
bringitonlife
Like what the climate scientists say, the time to act is now; not next year, not tomorrow, but now. There's no amount of individual action that we can take to tilt the needle back into the safe zone.
We need to act collectively and put pressure on our governments to take this crisis seriously. Humanity is at risk, and it is terrifying; it's the kind of fear that encourages action and change, so we must act now.
