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1.5C is actually a pretty conservative estimate, and there are suggestions that we have breached well beyond that point already.

Many climate scientists sounding the alarm get attacked and silenced (and activists get killed!), so there's reason to believe that things are actually much worse than the media lets on.

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I don't think they're quiet because of attacks and silencing, but from their data they pick the conservative numbers, to have some defense against people saying they're being alarmists. So the reality could be a lot worse...

no, really ? are you perhaps making up this killing of scientists ?

My apologies, I must have gotten things confused with the climate scientist who self-immolated in protest. Comment has been edited to reflect this.

Still, climate activists are routinely targeted: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63064471

I'm still vaguely recalling an article about a climate scientist disappearing under suspicious circumstances, but I cannot find it now.

thank you, no harm done

Meanwhile on YouTube you can find conspiracy theory videos how everyone, including scientists, activists organized by some shadowy cabal, is conspiring against you oh and the government is in on it too. Meanwhile oil companies, etc have provably lead to the deaths of 1700 people and the only motivation they need is profit.

You refer to the killing of scientists, while the parent comment refers to the killing of activists. Please do try to avoid the bending of words, intentional or otherwise.

Backing the parent comment, please see https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/report-says-200-environme...

>Please do try to avoid the bending of words, intentional or otherwise.

Ironic considering that the original claim was:

>Many climate scientists sounding the alarm get attacked and silenced (and activists get killed!)

But the source you provide only mentions "environmental and land defense activists".

I made an error in my original comment. Please check out the reply.

I vaguely recall a climate scientist disappearing under odd circumstances but I can't recall where. Maybe this was a scientist and activist in Latin America.

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