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Climate scientists have discovered warning signs that the Gulf Stream may collapse, one of the planet’s most likely tipping points in the climate crisis.

The researchers found a “near-total loss of stability over the past century” for the currents, which are already at their slowest point in at least 1,600 years, but the new analysis shows they may be on the verge of shutting down.

“Really showing signs of instability is something I didn’t expect and find frightening,” said Niclas Boers, of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, who conducted the research. “It’s something you can’t do [allow to] is happening.”

Such an event will have disastrous consequences around the world, and will:

The rains on which billions of people depend for food in India, South America and West Africa are severely disrupted.

Increasing storms and lowering temperatures in Europe, raising sea levels in eastern North America.

The Amazon rainforest and Antarctic ice sheets are at risk.

Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child sexual abuse images

Apple has revealed controversial plans to scan iPhones in the United States for child sexual abuse images, with the help of a tool called NeuralMatch that scans photos before they are uploaded to iCloud.

The plan has won praise from child protection groups, but has raised concerns that the system could be abused, including by governments looking to spy on their citizens.

The Dixie Fire leaves much of Greenville, California, in the ashes of homes and cars wrecked by the Dixie Fire in downtown Greenville on Thursday. Photo: Noah Berger/The Associated Press

The fast-moving Dixie Fire reached the mountainous northern California town of Greenville on Wednesday evening, destroying much of downtown, including a gas station, hotel and bar.

The quiet, tight-knit Sierra Nevada town, partially destroyed by a fire in 1881, dates back to the California gold rush era and has some buildings over a century old.

The three-week Dixie Fire, the state’s largest wildfire this year, charred more than 500 square miles (1,300 square kilometers) and burned dozens of homes, as 5,000 firefighters put out the flames.

Biden has set a goal of making 50% of new American cars electric by 2030. Joe Biden speaks to reporters in front of a hybrid jeep at a White House event promoting clean American cars and trucks. Photo: Michael Bruchstein/Supa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Joe Biden is pressing ahead with reducing vehicle emissions and has set a goal of half of all new US car sales being electric by 2030 while also tightening pollution standards for cars and trucks, in an effort to reduce the planet’s biggest source of heating. gases in the United States.

At the White House with automakers and unions on Thursday, Biden said the future of the auto industry is “electric and there is no turning back.” He was to sign an executive order demanding that 50% of all new cars and trucks sold by the end of the decade be powered by electric batteries.

In other news… CNN has fired three employees for violating its policy that employees must be vaccinated against Covid-19. Photo: Ric Feld / AP

CNN has fired three employees who violated company policy by coming to work without a Covid-19 vaccination. “Let me be clear – we have a zero-tolerance policy on this,” Jeff Zucker, president of the media company, wrote in a note.

Eight people have been killed and thousands forced to evacuate their homes in southern Europe as intense wildfires continue to rage in the region.

Barcelona announced today, Thursday, that superstar Lionel Messi will leave Barcelona after “financial and structural obstacles” made it impossible to renew his contract. The striker, who has spent his entire career there, was expected to sign again after his contract expired in June.

Virgin Galactic said it will open ticket sales on Thursday for space flights starting at $450,000 per seat, weeks after the company’s billionaire founder Richard Branson moved closer to the edge of space.

Today’s stats: The United States has the worst healthcare among the 11 richest countries despite spending most of it

The United States came last in a ranking of the health care systems of 11 of the world’s richest countries, despite spending 17% of its GDP on health care, “much higher” than the other 10 countries, according to a new report.

Don’t Miss: Does Sunscreen Kill the Sea? People apply sunscreen while enjoying the warm weather at Mooney’s Bay Beach in Ottawa in June. Photo: Canadian Press/Rex/Shutterstock

Up to 14,000 tons of sunscreen end up on reef areas each year, but scientists are divided about how best to protect our skin without harming the environment, Emine Saner reports.

Climate Check: Facebook left climate misinformation in the fossil fuel industry unchallenged

Facebook failed to enforce its own rules to curb the oil and gas industry’s disinformation campaign about the climate crisis during last year’s presidential election, according to an analysis Thursday.

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One last thing: The cat-loving, hat-wearing Republican, New York Mayor Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels and Republican candidate for mayor of New York, will be at home with three of his 15 cats. Photograph: Ali Smith/The Guardian

Curtis Sliwa, 67, is running against Eric Adams in the November mayoral election in the most populous city in the United States. Can the attention-loving founder of Guardian Angels, who was shot six times in the 1990s after speaking out against a powerful New York crime family, beat the odds? Adam Japat reports.

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