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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest55 Date: March 8, 2022, 10:19 pm
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California Hasn't Seen Drought Conditions Like This Since 1984
[quote]People and companies are competing for the world's most
basic resource - water- in California. We're in Madera County,
California, where a never-ending drought is pitting citizens
against corporations.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3YtOnpTYH8
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest55 Date: March 16, 2022, 10:08 pm
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Holes the size of city blocks are forming in the Arctic seafloor
[quote]Marine scientists have discovered deep sinkholes -- one
larger than a city block of six-story buildings -- and
ice-filled hills that have formed "extraordinarily" rapidly on a
remote part of the Arctic seafloor.
Mapping of Canada's Beaufort Sea, using a remotely operated
underwater vehicle and ship-mounted sonar, revealed the dramatic
changes, which the researchers said are taking place as a result
of thawing permafrost submerged underneath the seabed.
The changes the scientists observed occurred between 2010 and
2019, during which four mapping surveys had taken place,
covering an area of up to 10 square miles (26 square
kilometers). [/quote]
[quote]It's the first time an area of submerged permafrost, a
frozen layer of Earth's surface, has been surveyed in this way,
and it's not known how widespread similar changes are elsewhere
in the Arctic.
On land, thawing permafrost has led to radical shifts in the
Arctic landscape, including ground collapses, the formation and
disappearance of lakes, the emergence of mounds called pingos,
and craters formed by blowouts of methane gas contained in the
permafrost. These extreme features have affected infrastructure
such as roads and pipelines.
"We know that big changes are happening across the Arctic
landscape, but this is the first time we've been able to deploy
technology to see that changes are happening offshore too," said
marine geologist Charlie Paull, a senior scientist at Monterey
Bay Aquarium Research Institute and one of the lead authors of a
study on the phenomenon published Monday in the peer-reviewed
scientific journal PNAS.
"Clearly, such large changes would have significant implications
for any infrastructure that might be placed on the seafloor.
Currently, there is little infrastructure in this remote region
of the Arctic. However, this may change as continued warming
makes the region more accessible," he added.[/quote]
Entire article:
HTML https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/14/world/arctic-seafloor-holes-permafrost-scn/index.html
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest55 Date: March 24, 2022, 10:12 pm
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More than a dozen tornadoes strike Texas and Oklahoma causing
widespread damage to communities
[quote]A string of tornadoes struck Oklahoma and Texas causing
injuries and damaging dozens of homes. Kris Van Cleave has the
latest from hard-hit Jacksboro, Texas.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA2qS4GZaD4
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest55 Date: March 26, 2022, 4:50 pm
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Thousands flee after Philippine volcano Taal erupts south of
Manila | DW News
[quote]The Philippines' second-most active volcano, Taal,
erupted on Thursday, blowing a one-kilometer-high
(3,280-foot-high) plume of steam and ash into the sky. The tiny
volcano south of the capital, Manila, led officials to raise an
alert level due to heightened risks to nearby villages. Magmatic
materials came into contact with water in the main crater of
Taal Volcano in Batangas province, government experts said. The
activity set off the steam-driven blast with no accompanying
volcanic earthquake, officials said, adding that it was still
unclear if the unrest could lead to a full-blown eruption. The
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs)
raised the alarm to the third of a five-step warning system.
"This means that there is magmatic intrusion at the main crater
that may further drive succeeding eruptions," Phivolcs said.
Alert level 5 means a life-threatening eruption that could
endanger communities is underway.[/quote]
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: Zea_mays Date: March 27, 2022, 1:29 pm
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[quote]2021 emissions surge leaves less than 10 years to avoid
1.5 degree warming: study
Although carbon emissions dropped sharply in 2020 amid the COVID
pandemic, a subsequent surge wiped out any time the decrease may
have bought, according to a new study published in the journal
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.
[...]
International governments have identified 1.5 degrees Celsius as
the temperature increase that warming must be kept below to
avert long-term catastrophe.
[...]
The biggest single-sector rebound was in the aviation industry,
which saw a 25.8 percent domestic increase and an 18.1 percent
international rebound.
China and the U.S., the world's top two emitters, also saw a
bigger rebound than the worldwide average. Chinese emissions
rebounded by 5.7 percent, while American emissions rebounded by
6.5 percent, according to researchers.[/quote]
HTML https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/599592-2021-emissions-surge-leaves-less-than-10-years-to-avoid-15-degree
Translation: we have 10 years to replace democracy with a
competent form of government or else the world is fucked. (China
is at trying to meet emissions goals by recently building the
world's largest solar plant, etc.)
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: Zea_mays Date: April 6, 2022, 9:05 pm
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Is the UN going to praise the non-democratic nations who have
actually done something against global warming, like Rwanda or
China, etc.?
Non-democratic nations can actually use the UN as a platform,
but unless the UN can come to the consensus that democracy has
failed to be effective (yes, I see the irony there), then the
world is doomed.
[quote]UN warns Earth ‘firmly on track toward an unlivable
world’
Temperatures on Earth will shoot past a key danger point unless
greenhouse gas emissions fall faster than countries have
committed, the world’s top body of climate scientists said
Monday, warning of the consequences of inaction but also noting
hopeful signs of progress.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the report by the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change revealed “a litany of
broken climate promises” by governments and corporations,
accusing them of stoking global warming by clinging to harmful
fossil fuels.
“It is a file of shame, cataloguing the empty pledges that put
us firmly on track toward an unlivable world,” he said.
[...]
“Limiting warming to 1.5C requires global greenhouse gas
emissions to peak before 2025 at the latest and be reduced by
43% by 2030,” he said.
Such cuts would be hard to achieve without without drastic,
economy-wide measures, the panel acknowledged. It’s more likely
that the world will pass 1.5C and efforts will then need to be
made to bring temperatures back down again, including by
removing vast amounts of carbon dioxide — the main greenhouse
gas — from the atmosphere.
Many experts say this is unfeasible with current technologies,
and even if it could be done it would be far costlier than
preventing the emissions in the first place.[/quote]
HTML https://apnews.com/article/climate-united-nations-paris-europe-berlin-802ae4475c9047fb6d82ac88b37a690e
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest55 Date: April 11, 2022, 2:12 pm
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As Climate Fears Mount, Some Are Relocating Within the US
[quote]A small but growing number of Americans are moving to New
England or the Appalachian Mountains, which are seen as safe
havens from climate change.[/quote]
[quote]...Like a growing number of Americans, the Brazil family
realized they could no longer live in a place where they faced
soaring temperatures and worsening wildfires driven by climate
change, and so they decided it was time to move to a less
vulnerable part of the country. They chose New England, where
Mich, a psychologist, got a transfer from her employer, the US
Veterans Administration, to its office in White River Junction,
Vermont. After more than a year of living in a series of
temporary accommodations near their former Oregon home, they
moved last October to an apartment in Enfield, New
Hampshire—close to the Vermont border—where they have begun to
rebuild their lives.
“I can’t tell you how many times we looked at a map of the whole
country and asked, ‘Where do we want to live?’” Forest said in
the basement apartment where they now live with their children,
ages 5, 3, and 1. “The West Coast was no longer an option. The
Midwest didn’t appeal. And then looking out here, we don’t have
to worry about drought and fires. We don’t have to worry about
smoke and heat.”...[/quote]
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest55 Date: April 13, 2022, 12:44 am
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Iraq witnesses rise in dust storms, dozens hospitalized due to
breathing issues | Climate News
[quote]Iraq is currently witnessing a dust storm, dozens have
been hospitalized as it caused breathing problems for many.
Storm has left cities covered in orange dust and even reduced
visibility as the sandstorm continues.
#Iraq #DustStorms #WorldNews[/quote]
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest55 Date: April 21, 2022, 10:15 pm
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South Africa reels from 'worst' floods
[quote]South Africa is grappling with one of the biggest natural
disasters in the country's history. Floods have killed more than
400 people and destroyed thousands of homes.[/quote]
HTML https://www.dw.com/en/south-africa-reels-from-worst-floods/a-61526512
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest55 Date: April 24, 2022, 5:33 pm
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French election: Macron vows to overhaul climate policy • FRANCE
24 English
[quote]Emmanuel Macron, after winning Sunday's presidential
election, told supporters that he wanted to make France a
leading player in ecology.
#Macron #France #climate[/quote]
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