Some new research has come out showing that for every .1C rise in temperature, there's a 7.2% loss in marine life.

Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds | Marine life | The Guardian

Long-term warming reduces fish biomass, but heatwaves shift it | Nature Ecology & Evolution

Climate Reanalyzer

Scientists Thought Antarctic Ice Melt Helped Fight Climate Change. It Doesn’t

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Homeowners are faced with continually less options - and even when new options are presented, they're often traps

Home Foreclosures Surge 38% in a Year: The U.S. Housing Market on the Brink

Why This Tiny Apartment is Taking Over American Cities : r/collapse

Trump pauses 50-year mortgage plan, drafts 401(k) down payment access

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Odds have risen sharply for a breach of the minimum power pool level as soon as July (worst case) and December (most probable) of this year. On top of that, it's been revealed that structural limitations to the dam itself might mean that MPP is the lowest level at which any water can be reliably delivered downstream.

The coming failure of Glen Canyon Dam - High Country News

No deal forces Colorado River crisis to continue | Western Colorado | gjsentinel.com

The Colorado River rift abides - High Country News

Lake Powell forecast plummets toward critical lows, study says

Big Decisions Loom for a Rapidly Shrinking Lake Powell - Circle of Blue

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New research indicates that several tipping points may be officially crossed before we technically hit 1.5C. The paper also researched the impacts of duration above a benchmark vs highest temperature peak.

Global warming must peak below 2°C to limit tipping point risks - University of Exeter News

The implications of overshooting 1.5 °C on Earth system tipping elements—a review - IOPscience

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It seems that collapse is a weight, slowing pressing down making life harder for the every-day person.

Home owners struggle as insurance premiums rise more than 50 per cent in five years - ABC News

Job Searches Lengthen, Savings Dwindle for Americans - Business Insider

Social Security trust fund could run dry earlier than expected, analysis finds - CBS News

California's Housing Crisis Has Turned RVs Into Rental Properties : r/collapse

Oil majors profit $467bn since Russia’s Ukraine invasion | Global Witness

Maxing out your 401(k) or pouring money into index funds makes you complicit in the problem — you're literally funding the endless, exponential-growth doomsday machine of modern capitalism. : r/collapse

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In an extraordinary and illegal move, Trump says he's transferring 10 billion dollars from the US government to his "Board of Peace," which he chairs and can therefore use the funds as he wishes : r/law

Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk | The New Republic

Trump: "The Supreme Court has given me the unquestioned right to ... destroy foreign countries." Oh? Is that correct? : r/law

Can they actually do this? JD Vance: "We're announcing today that we have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that is going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people' : r/law

Former ICE instructor testifies agents were trained to discard constitutional rights : r/law

Musk's xAI, Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems

Pentagon pressures Anthropic on AI access

DOJ Withheld Epstein Files Including Allegations That Trump Sexually Abused a Minor: Report

The Epstein files arrest of former ‘Prince’ Andrew makes Trump’s Justice Department look pathetic | The Independent

Trump responds to question about Prince Andrew’s arrest: ‘I’m the expert… I’ve been totally exonerated.’ : r/law

Supreme Court rules that Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal | CNN Politics

President Trump imposes a 10% global tariff under Section 122 and says all existing tariffs will remain in place, despite the recent Supreme Court ruling. : r/law

FedEx sues Trump administration for tariff refunds after ruling

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One area of collapse I find very intriguing is humanity's response. How do regular people react, and what do those in power do? Here are a few examples from news this week.

Activist group Extinction Rebellion says it is under FBI investigation | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera

Switzerland Will Vote on 10-Million Population Cap Proposal in June - Bloomberg

Munich Security Conference 2026: Macron says Europe 'must act proudly, not be vilified'

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A recent cold snap in Florida did ~$1 billion in damage to agriculture. This is likely just the beginning of many such events, and could lead to widespread food insecurity and other catabolic collapse consequences.

Florida nurseries face millions in losses from devastating freeze damage

Florida suspends farm inspections after freeze and drought losses

'It's still early': South Florida farmers assess crop damage after hard freeze

Damage to Florida's crops could top $1 billion due to freeze

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