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That's the negative things about positive feedback loops, eventually they grow enough to be noticed, and by then is already too late to avoid them to become massive, because taking action will take time, and meaningful action even more.

And it is not the only system that went from net absorber to net emitter of carbon, the Amazon rainforest crossed that line some years ago already.

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thinking damage control: can a least destructive CO2 absorber invasive species / ecosystem outpace this positive feedback loop?

> thinking damage control: can a least destructive CO2 absorber invasive species / ecosystem outpace this positive feedback loop?

Humans can fit this description and can definitely fix this if we tried. The technology we used to cause this issue in the first place is about as complex as fire and the pointy stick compared to what we have today, our executive capacity has simply not kept pace with our technological one.

its not really an executive issue, the systems that govern our world were imposed by force and perfer loop that maintain the status quo. with such a system in place, we can't address any issue unless it is obcenely profitable.

We have far more effective executive systems available, but we aren't using them.

We invented guns centuries ago. Technology must, by now, be advanced enough to undo the effects of its bullets.

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