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[Intro]

There’s a fine line

(Between reap and mine)

[Refrain]

Is it exploration

(Or exploitation)

Is it a solution

(Or more n’ more pollution)

[Bridge]

There’s a fine line

(Between reap and mine)

Be careful…

(You don’t trip over it)

[Refrain]

Is it co-habitation

(Or exploitation)

… a resolution to a solution

(Or more n’ more pollution)

[Bridge]

There’s a fine line

(Between reap and mine)

Be careful…

(You don’t trip over it)

[Refrain]

Is it co-habitation

(Or exploitation)

… a resolution to a solution

(Or more n’ more pollution)

Mass consumption

(Alas… devolution)

[Outro]

There’s a fine line

(Between reap and mine)

Be careful…

(You don’t trip over it)

Reaper of the mine

(Till the well runs dry)

Try, try, try

(Till the day ya die)

ABOUT THE SCIENCE

Earth’s climate is a nonlinear, chaotic system composed of interdependent subsystems—atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere. Drawing from chaos theory and nonlinear thermodynamics, this paper examines how feedback loops and tipping points interact to accelerate global warming. Building on prior work establishing the non-linear acceleration hypothesis, we present evidence that the doubling time of climate change impacts has decreased from approximately 100 years to less than 2 years. Data from 2024–2025 confirm record atmospheric CO₂ concentrations, fossil fuel emissions, and temperatures, signifying a transition to a phase of self-reinforcing instability. We synthesize recent research showing that cascading climate feedbacks are now driving a compound collapse of planetary systems — from carbon sinks turning into carbon sources to economic, health, and ecological destabilization. These interlinked “tipped tipping points” constitute what we term the Domino Effect — a systemic cascade that threatens global habitability within the century.

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Conclusion: A Closing Window

The events of 2024–2025 reveal the limits of incremental mitigation. Stabilizing Earth’s climate now demands more than emission reductions — it requires active carbon removal, ecosystem restoration, and an immediate global phase-out of fossil fuels.

As the planet’s natural stabilizers fail, humanity faces a critical juncture: continue deferring action or act decisively to preserve habitability. The evidence is unequivocal — the feedback loops have tipped, the tipping points have cascaded, and the window for prevention is rapidly closing.

* Our probabilistic, ensemble-based climate model — which incorporates complex socio-economic and ecological feedback loops within a dynamic, nonlinear system — projects that global temperatures are becoming unsustainable this century. This far exceeds earlier estimates of a 4°C rise over the next thousand years, highlighting a dramatic acceleration in global warming. We are now entering a phase of compound, cascading collapse, where climate, ecological, and societal systems destabilize through interlinked, self-reinforcing feedback loops.

Tipping points and feedback loops drive the acceleration of climate change. When one tipping point is toppled and triggers others, the cascading collapse is known as the Domino Effect.

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