Climate change projected to fuel rise in suicide deaths

[DEATH IS FREEDOM]

Next to a spinning fan, I am tormented by the summer heat. It is hot and will get hotter in the future. The main cause of the warming of the Earth´s climate is the change in the chemical composion of the air caused by humans through the emission of greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide.

Large areas of the Earth will become uninhabitable. Until the year 2050, an estimated 250 million people will be forced to flee from their homes due to climate change. This will be the biggest refugee disaster in history.

The warming of the planet may mean more suicides, new research suggest. In warmer temperatures suicide rates increase. As global temperatures rise, climate change´s impacts on mental health are becoming increasingly evident. Resent research has linked elevated temperatures to an increase in violence, stress and decreased cognitive function leading to impacts such as reduced test scores, lowered worker productivity and impaired decision-making. Suicide is one of the top 10 causes of death in the United States. Unlike other leading causes - which include heart disease, cancer, homicide and unintentional injury - suicide rates have increased rather than fallen over time.

Heat death is a painful way to leave life. First you get symtoms of heat exhaustion, sweating, nausea and headache. The skin turns reddish and the internal organs begin to fail. The brain stops functioning normally and everything can end with a heart attack.

Climate change can kill us all - either because of the heat or by suicide.

StanfordReport: The effects of climate change on suicide rates

 

[Blue Elephant]

Climate change is a natural effect, whatever they say on TV is just propaganda.

 

[Havnis]

Climate change is a natural effect, whatever they say on TV is just propaganda.

Climate can be changed by organism activities, the planet earth had cooled down with the emergence of plants, whether human activities currently affects the planet or not, it is a possible, Anthropocene is real.

 

[Blue Elephant]

Climate can be changed by organism activities, the planet earth had cooled down with the emergence of plants, whether human activities currently affects the planet or not, it is a possible, Anthropocene is real.

To some degree yes, we are changing it and whatever we are doing is bad or very bad but we're not the main factor here. The propaganda is there not for us to become better but for the people to keep spending more so they keep working more so they keep being stupid.

 

[DEATH IS FREEDOM]

Climate change is a natural effect, whatever they say on TV is just propaganda.

So your opinion is not propaganda? Climate change doesn´t usually occur as quickly as today. The Earth´s climate has been significantly warmer for most of the planet´s history. We are in an ice age because there are glaciers on the Earth. The only problem on this planet is 8 billion people and civilization which don´t fit in here.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

Guess we can all at least hope the weather becomes so bad it makes more normal people support the right to die and other such beliefs.

 

[EyesOfNight]

What a shocking study. "Quality of life decreases and so does the will to live" Absolutely revolutionary.

Humanity is so fucked. It's kinda sad that I intend to dip before it all comes crashing down. I would have loved to see it.

Climate change is a natural effect, whatever they say on TV is just propaganda.

It's true that there is a natural climate change, however

 

[BlackEyedDog]

to me climate change deniers are people who deny obvious science which is now slapping us all in the face. the age of the anthropocene. been dealing with them for decades and it's one of the reasons how we got here. to me these are people who basically say we're supposed to eff up the planet, like this is just the way it goes. other than the usual obvious vested interests, literally trillions of dollars.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

I would never kill myself bc of climate change and things I have no influence in the world. Who would care whether I killed myself bc of climate change or not?

 

[BlackEyedDog]

it adds to the despair, misery and feeling of uncertainty. so anyone of us may not cbt over climate change specifically, but OP is sharing a research study about how it would effect suicide rates. i'm not one to be like, hey that research is definitely wrong because i would never, or it's not true because it didn't happen to me. then we might as well start to decide who has just the right reasons to cbt while we're at it. the global south will especially suffer and is already experiencing 40c days. see the heat index in places across asia/sea, schools needing to be closed, farms drying up, etc. same with europe last few years as each year has successfully gotten warmer. so do i tend to think that 2019 study might be on to something, yeah def.

 

[DEATH IS FREEDOM]

 

[anhedonya]

I knew it'd be a debate the second I clicked the thread lol. God. Anyways- I know exactly what you mean. The A/C broke a while ago and it was bearable for a while- now I have to take a shower almost twice a day and keep all the curtains closed 24/7 to be even mildly comfortable. I have two fans going at all times in any given room and it barely makes a difference. The summer heat- I have never before seen it being this bad, I mean you literally can't do any outdoor activity for more than a half hour without risking heatstroke. Almost happened to me the other week and I was taking ample breaks and drinking water.

The heat issue is distinctly tied to my lack of money to fix the house's cooling- so not only am I miserable because of the summer heat, I feel even worse being reminded that it's my circumstances stopping me from having a comfortable sleep. Did you know a replacement is around two thousand dollars? Hahahahaha. If I don't laugh I'll scream.

 

[BlackEyedDog]

I knew it'd be a debate the second I clicked the thread lol. God. Anyways- I know exactly what you mean. The A/C broke a while ago and it was bearable for a while- now I have to take a shower almost twice a day and keep all the curtains closed 24/7 to be even mildly comfortable. I have two fans going at all times in any given room and it barely makes a difference. The summer heat- I have never before seen it being this bad, I mean you literally can't do any outdoor activity for more than a half hour without risking heatstroke. Almost happened to me the other week and I was taking ample breaks and drinking water.

The heat issue is distinctly tied to my lack of money to fix the house's cooling- so not only am I miserable because of the summer heat, I feel even worse being reminded that it's my circumstances stopping me from having a comfortable sleep. Did you know a replacement is around two thousand dollars? Hahahahaha. If I don't laugh I'll scream.

i feel for you, excessive heat makes me miserable and i think AC should be a human right

 

[DEATH IS FREEDOM]

Civilization is a short-lived success so no matter what we do humanity will go extinct and our societies will die. Climate change of today is only a symptom of overpopulation and environmental degradation.

Cornell University Press: All societies die