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• “Be very worried: Gulf Stream collapse could spark global chaos by 2025” announced the New York Post.
• This latest alarmist rhetoric provides a textbook example of how not to communicate climate science.
• These headlines do nothing to raise public awareness, let alone influence public policy to support climate solutions.

We see the world we describe

• It is well known that climate anxiety is fuelled by media messaging about the looming climate crisis.
• This is causing many to simply shut down and give up — believing we are all doomed and there is nothing anyone can do about it.
• This is also not the first time such headlines have emerged.

The currents are not collapsing (anytime soon)

• The latest series of alarmist headlines may not have fixated on an impending ice age, but they still suggest the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation could collapse by 2025.
• This is an outrageous claim at best and a completely irresponsible pronouncement at worst.
• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been assessing the likelihood of a cessation of deep-water formation in the North Atlantic for decades.
• Other assessments, including the National Academy of Sciences Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change: Anticipating Surprises, published in 2013, also reached similar conclusions.

Understanding climate optimism

• Ritchie persuasively argued that more people located in the green “optimistic and changeable” box are what is needed to advance climate solutions.
• More importantly, rather than instilling a sense of optimism that global warming is a solvable problem, the extreme behaviour (fear mongering or civil disobedience) of the “pessimistic changeable” group (such as many within the Extinction Rebellion movement), often does nothing more than drive the public towards the “pessimistic not changeable” group.

A responsibility to communicate, responsibly

• This is only amplified in situations where scientists make statements where creative licence is taken with speculative possibilities.
• Climate scientists have agency in the advancement of climate solutions, and with that agency comes a responsibility to avoid sensationalism.

• BOSTON, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortune announced today that Healthy.io CEO and founder Yonatan Adiri was named in its inaugural list of 10 Innovators Shaping the Future of Health .
• The list highlights people who are making a meaningful impact in health in their communities or globally through technology, education, awareness, advocacy, research, or development.
• Tens of billions of government dollars were invested in free home-testing, delivering a compounding effect that can help rebuild healthcare in an affordable, equitable and humane way," said Adiri.
• This marks the first time the FDA has granted clearance for a smartphone-powered home test to determine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR).

• 3 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 , a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech and energy tech companies in North America.
• Axonius earned its spot on the Fast 500 with more than 46,000% revenue growth since 2018.
• Overall, 2022 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 companies achieved revenue growth ranging from 241% to 125,138% from 2018 to 2021, with median growth of 611%.
• Now in its 28th year, the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 provides a ranking of the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies both public and private in North America.

• Fractal launches Asper.ai - a purpose-built interconnected AI product for consumer goods, manufacturing, and retail
  NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fractal ( www.fractal.ai ), a global provider of artificial intelligence and advanced analytics solutions to entities including Fortune 500companies, today announced the launch of Asper.ai.
• "The opportunity for AI to unlock efficiency and drive growth is massive," said Pranay Agrawal, Co-founder & CEO, Fractal.
• Asper.ai, a Fractal company, enables interconnected and automated decisions at the intersection of demand and supply.
• Fractal currently has close to 4800 employees across 16 global locations, including the United States, UK, Ukraine, India, Singapore, and Australia.