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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: 90sRetroFan Date: April 21, 2023, 6:32 pm
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: 90sRetroFan Date: May 7, 2023, 9:36 pm
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/climate-change-vietnam-records-highest-121848539.html
[quote]Climate change: Vietnam records highest-ever temperature
of 44.1C
...
Other countries in the region have also been experiencing
extremely hot weather.
Thailand reported a record-equalling 44.6C in its western Mak
province.
Meanwhile Myanmar's media reported that a town in the east had
recorded 43.8C, the highest temperature for a decade.
Both countries experience a hot period before the monsoon season
but the intensity of the heat has broken previous records.
In Hanoi, climate change expert Nguyen Ngoc Huy told AFP that
Vietnam's new record was "worrying" given the "context of
climate change and global warming".
"I believe this record will be repeated many times," he said.
"It confirms that extreme climate models are being proven to be
true."
The world has already warmed by about 1.1C since the industrial
era began and temperatures will keep rising unless governments
make steep cuts to emissions.
In Vietnam's central city of Danang, farmer Nguyen Thi Lan told
AFP the heat was forcing workers to start earlier than ever and
finish by 10:00.
Vietnam's previous record temperature of 43.4C was set in
central Ha Tinh province four years ago.
Further west, the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka recorded its highest
temperature since the 1960s while Indian authorities said parts
of the country were experiencing temperatures that were three or
four degrees above normal.
...
In its report, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change said "every increment of global warming will intensify
multiple and concurrent hazards".[/quote]
Do we all know who is to blame? (Hint: breaking records is part
of their culture.)
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records#History
[quote]On 10 November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing
director of the Guinness Breweries,[3] went on a shooting party
in the North Slob, by the River Slaney in County Wexford,
Ireland. After missing a shot at a golden plover, he became
involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in
Europe, the golden plover or the red grouse (it is the
plover).[4] That evening at Castlebridge House, he realised that
it was impossible to confirm in reference books whether or not
the golden plover was Europe's fastest game bird.[5][6] Beaver
knew that there must have been numerous other questions debated
nightly among the public, but there was no book in the world
with which to settle arguments about records. He realised then
that a book supplying the answers to this sort of question might
prove successful.[7] [/quote]
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: 2ThaSun Date: May 17, 2023, 5:37 pm
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World 'more likely than not' to breach 1.5C soon
[quote]Temperatures are now more likely than not to head over
the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold in the next five years, though
not year on year. The World Meteorological Organization says
we're still headed in the wrong direction on climate change.
#News #Reuters #newsfeed #climatechange #temperature
#parisagreement [/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guo2FH2bUs4
Ice sheets in Greenland, Antarctica melting faster than
previously thought, research shows
[quote]New research shows that the massive ice sheets at the top
and bottom of our planet are shrinking much faster than
previously thought. The international study compiled satellite
measurements over time and depict what one researcher described
as a "devastating trajectory." William Brangham discussed the
implications of the analysis with Twila Moon of the National
Snow and Ice Data Center.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDmAIffgkro
See what three degrees of global warming looks like
[quote]If global temperatures rise three degrees Celsius above
pre-industrial levels, the results would be catastrophic. It’s
an entirely plausible scenario, and this film shows you what it
would look like.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uynhvHZUOOo
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: 2ThaSun Date: May 21, 2023, 11:16 am
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California could lose two-thirds of its beaches by the end of
the century. Here’s which ones are at risk
[quote]Rising seas and hammering waves could radically transform
California beaches by the end of the century, pushing the
coastline straight through homes in Stinson Beach and right near
a wastewater treatment plant in San Francisco. In Half Moon Bay,
a beach beloved by surfers would lose all its sand.
These are some of the worst-case scenarios in a new report
projecting that a majority of California beaches could disappear
by 2100 if more isn’t done to curb greenhouse emissions and take
measures to protect the coast.
The dire outlook, which foresees a range of 25% to 70% of the
state’s beaches eroding completely, is based on models that
incorporate historic rates of coastal erosion and projections
for sea level rise and future wave heights. Though the study
covers a long period, Californians got a preliminary glimpse
this winter when storms pummeled local beaches.[/quote]
Entire article:
HTML https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/california-beach-sea-level-18076405.php<br
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest98 Date: May 22, 2023, 4:11 pm
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HTML https://www.miragenews.com/end-population-growth-to-build-back-1010438/
End Population Growth to Build Back Biodiversity on World
Biodiversity Day
[quote]
If we want to ‘Build Back Biodiversity,’ the theme of World
Biodiversity Day on 22 May, we need to end human population
growth, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA).
SPA national president Ms Jenny Goldie says the one habit that
is truly negative for biodiversity is promoting population
growth.
“It would be nice if the UN’s CBD had had the courage to spell
it out, but they haven’t, so we will,” says Ms Goldie. “The UN
Sustainable Development Goals, which are highly influential
around the world, suffer from the same failure of nerve and
honesty.
“Whether it’s urban expansion encroaching on natural habitat or
farmland to feed ever more people, the effect of population
growth on biodiversity is generally harmful,” says Ms Goldie.
The Canadian ecologist and ecological economist Professor
William Rees, originator and co-developer of ‘ecological
footprint analysis’, has written about biodiversity loss:
…the overall driver is what an ecologist might call the
“competitive displacement” of non-human life by the inexorable
growth of the human enterprise.
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: 90sRetroFan Date: May 22, 2023, 11:59 pm
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It's already too late. The best that can be done is to make it
as easy as possible for:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/climate-refugees/
to migrate to wherever they want.
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: 90sRetroFan Date: May 24, 2023, 10:10 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBsJVYWToSo
The correct answer is for as many people in Tuvalu as possible
to become:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/climate-refugees/
ASAP. Or would you rather trust a Eurocentrist from a tropical
island who wears a Western suit while talking about global
warming?
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest98 Date: May 29, 2023, 2:24 pm
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HTML https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/tantallon-hammonds-plains-pockwock-wildfire-evaucations-forest-fire-halifax-1.6857729
Thousands of homes under evacuation order as Halifax-area
wildfire burns out of control
[quote]
A wildfire that has consumed numerous homes is still burning out
of control northwest of Halifax on Monday, with thousands of
residences under a mandatory evacuation order.
The Halifax Regional Municipality said 16,400 people have been
affected by evacuations.
"It's safe to say they have all been human caused, we haven't
had reports of lightning in the area, so it's human activity
that's causing them," Tingley said.
Halifax Mayor Mike Savage described the wildfire as
"unprecedented" during the news briefing.
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest98 Date: May 29, 2023, 6:04 pm
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HTML https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/northern-b-c-alberta-and-all-of-ontario-under-high-to-extreme-wildfire-risk-what-to-know-1.6417903
Northern B.C., Alberta and all of Ontario under 'high' to
'extreme' wildfire risk
[quote]
Wildfires have burned more than 2 million hectares of land
across Canada so far this year, during what has been one of the
earliest fire seasons on record.
According to the National Wildland Fire Situation Report, the
fires in Yukon, B.C. Alberta, Northwest Territories,
Saskatchewan and Manitoba are among the nearly 1,600 recorded so
far this year.
Many parts of Canada are blanketed in red or yellow, indicating
a high degree of fire risk, according to the Natural Resources
of Canada interactive fire risk map.
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HTML https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/29/loss-and-damage-fund-nature-developing-world-aoe
It's OK for planet exploitation and destruction to be "white".
Experts call for ‘loss and damage’ fund for nature in developing
world
[quote]
Wealthy countries should pay for the loss and damage they cause
to nature in poorer countries in the same way as for climate
impacts, researchers have argued.
At the Cop27 climate talks in November, world leaders agreed to
a dedicated “loss and damage” fund providing financial
assistance to poor nations stricken by climate disaster. More
developed countries, which are largely responsible for driving
climate breakdown, are to pay compensation to poorer nations,
which are typically more vulnerable to its impacts.
Now researchers are arguing a similar fund should be created for
nature loss. This is because habitat loss and overexploitation
of resources in poor countries is driven by consumption in the
global north, researchers argue in a comment piece published in
Nature Ecology & Evolution. The trade agreements between the two
are based on historical injustices and power imbalances.
Researchers state: “Global biodiversity loss has been
disproportionately driven by consumption of people in rich
nations. The concept of ‘loss and damage’ – familiar from
international agreements on climate breakdown – should be
considered for the effects of biodiversity loss in countries of
the global south.”
Like climate breakdown, loss of wildlife has significant social
and economic impacts. As a result of the expansion of
destructive mining, agriculture and deforestation by wealthy
nations, people in poorer nations often have fewer natural
resources to feed themselves, fewer opportunities to generate an
income, and have a loss of cultural values, according to the
researchers.
EU fleets overfishing in west Africa to feed consumers in Europe
is an example, with researchers saying this has caused
“considerable negative impacts on local communities who are
reliant on fish for income and for food, resulting in poverty,
unemployment, declining health and social stress in the local
communities”. In the UK, a recent government report calculated
that our domestic consumption of crop, cattle and timber
commodities was associated with 35,977 hectares (88,863 acres)
of tropical deforestation in 2018.
“It’s the most vulnerable, poorest people that are the hardest
hit by biodiversity loss and need extra support in dealing with
its impacts. That’s the issue,”
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest98 Date: May 31, 2023, 2:22 pm
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HTML https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/31/nova-scotia-wildfires-canada
‘Unprecedented’ Nova Scotia wildfires expected to worsen,
officials warn
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Officials in the province of Nova Scotia say unprecedented
wildfires that have forced thousands from their homes will keep
growing despite the “water, raw muscle power and air power”
deployed by fire crews.
As of Wednesday, more than 20,000 hectares of the Maritime
province were burning from 13 wildfires, including three fires
that considered out of control. More than 18,000 people remain
under evacuation order outside Halifax, the region’s largest
city. More than 200 structures, the majority of which are homes,
have been destroyed by the fire. No fatalities have been
recorded.
Hot, dry and windy conditions have seen the fire near the
community of Tantallon grow to 837 hectares. Temperatures are
expected to hit more than 30C this week, giving little respite
to fatigued crews.
For a province that typically measures the total amount of the
region burned in hundreds of hectares, the record-breaking
Barrington Lake blaze, stretching more than 20,000 hectares and
still growing, has pushed Nova Scotia’s scarce resources to the
brink. The largest ever fire recorded in Nova Scotia was in 1976
and measured 13,000 hectares.
On Wednesday, the province’s natural resources minister said the
conditions Nova Scotia in are “unprecedented” and expected to
worsen.
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