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“Rich nations say they're spending billions to fight #ClimateChange. But some money is going to strange places… like a coal plant, a hotel, chocolate stores, a movie & an airport expansion.” 🤔
It’s complicated, but worth a read from Reuters: reuters.com/investigates/speci… #climate
A pledge to fight climate change is sending money to strange places
Rich countries promised $100 billion a year to reduce the effects of global warming. Reuters found large sums went to a coal plant, a hotel and chocolate shops.Reuters
“You can say gravity isn't true, but if you step off the cliff, you’re going down,” says climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe about restrictions on teaching. insideclimatenews.org/news/310… #climatechange
Students and Faculty at Ohio State Respond to a Bill That Would Restrict College Discussions of Climate Policies - Inside Climate News
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Keely Fisher chose to pursue her Ph.D. at Ohio State University because she wanted to learn about climate change from a world-class faculty. Now one year into her program, she wonders if she belongs here.Katelyn Weisbrod (Inside Climate News)
Breaking news :/
Based on daily data, the atmospheric CO2 concentration at Mauna Loa averaged ~424.0 ppm over May 2023. That's ~3.0 ppm higher than last year, and that's a lot.
It is also the highest monthly average on record, and most probably of the last 15 million years.
#co2 #ClimateChange #globalwarming #maunaloa #greenhousegas #emissions
Buckle up because El Niño is almost here, and it’s going to get hot
Prepare for temperatures reaching ‘uncharted territory,’ the World Meteorological Organization warns.
by By Justine Calma, May 17, 2023
"The next five years are almost guaranteed to be sweltering, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned today. Climate change has already raised baseline temperatures for the planet. Now, a weather pattern known as El Niño is going to make things even hotter when it develops later this year."
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ElNino #Heatwave
Read more:
theverge.com/2023/5/17/2372570…
Buckle up because El Niño is almost here, and it’s going to get hot
A one-two punch from climate change and a developing El Niño is expected to drive more extreme weather over the next five years, according to the World Meteorological Organization.Justine Calma (The Verge)
I’m not linking to any articles in the news today about how we’ve surpassed some so-called “climate threshold,” but its frustrating to see the associated misleading, doomsday headlines & imagery.
As @globalecoguy explains, #climate targets & deadlines can be “very useful as guides, but not as precise ‘all or nothing’ specifications for our future survival.” More at: globalecoguy.org/drawing-lines…
#ClimateChange is real. It’s now. But there’s still time to act. Not much.
Drawing Lines in the Climate Sand - GlobalEcoGuy.org
People like to talk about deadlines, budgets, and other targets when it comes to climate change. Like the Paris Accords, or the remaining carbon budget. But what do they mean?Dr. Jonathan Foley (GlobalEcoGuy.org)
“When a new technology becomes cheaper than the old one & can do all the same stuff, people switch…
1. The EV revolution will help save the planet’s environment bc it’ll allow us to electrify most of transportation, which accounts for ~1/4 of global CO2 emissions. 2. It’ll give us cheaper transportation than before, which will boost economic growth & make life easier for lots of people.”
Excellent explainer of why “EVs will win” by @noahpinion noahpinion.blog/p/all-the-argu… #climatechange #economics
A cartoon from 2018 that I republished over the holidays: Understanding the world through careful observation of reality isn't "partisan."
#comic #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #cartoon #science
#Dog and #cow are best #friends
Why #love one and #eat the other
If you #loveanimals #donteatanimals
#plantbased for the #animals #planet #climatechange #health
howdoigovegan.com 🌱
Sabotaging Oil and Gas Infrastructure Is an Act of Climate Heroism - System Change Not Climate Change
As corporations build fossil fuel infrastructure despite protests, we must take the tactic of sabotage seriously.Ted (System Change Not Climate Change)
"Gone for good? California's beetle-killed, carbon-storing pine forests may not come back
Ponderosa pine forests in the Sierra Nevada that were wiped out by western pine beetles during the 2012-2015 megadrought won't recover to pre-drought densities, reducing an important storehouse for atmospheric carbon."
🔗: sciencedaily.com/releases/2023…
#California #SierraNevada #forests #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
Latest comic: How do oil execs sleep at night?
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #environment #cartoon
Science Debate - the ngo I cofounded with an incredible team - lives on as Science on the Ballot!
It’s now part of the National Science Policy Network - a network of advocates for science, built by & for young scientists. They will carry the mission forward, pressing U.S. candidates to address #science #policy issues like #ClimateChange, #energy & public health before the 2024 election.
I’m so excited to watch them shine!
For more on how to volunteer or get involved: scipolnetwork.org/science-on-t…
A striking visualisation of #climatechange: the date of Kyoto cherry blossoms' reaching full bloom, plotted over the past 1000 years.
Thanks to the cultural significance of cherry blossoms in Japan, we have data on the specific day of the year when a very particular species of cherry blossom (P. jamasakura) reached "full-flowering" (満開) in a specific area on the outskirts of Kyoto (Arashiyama), all the way back to 800 AD.
The trend of the past 50 years is hard to miss…
Meat industry blocked the IPCC’s attempt to recommend a plant-based diet
“A leak of a draft of the Intergovernmental Panel on #ClimateChange (#IPCC) report..has been particularly enlightening when it comes to just how much how delegations negotiate, watered down & delete scientists’ findings.”
qz.com/ipcc-report-on-climate-… #science #food
The meat industry blocked the IPCC’s attempt to recommend a plant-based diet
A leaked draft revealed how the meat industry is obstructing efforts to curb climate changeAurora Almendral (Quartz)
newatlas.com/environment/under…
Underwater turbulence revealed as a key factor in climate change
Much of the heat and carbon produced by humans is absorbed by the ocean. New research has shed light on the role that underwater waves play in moving that heat and carbon around our oceans, an important factor in predicting climate change.Paul McClure (New Atlas)
You may have heard that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - the #IPCC - released a new #climate report.
Here’s the most important take home:
There are *still* so many feasible & effective opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions & adapt to #climatechange available right now.
Climate solutions will improve #food, energy & water security, benefit global health, promote equity, conserve biodiversity & boost the economy.
Read more: ipcc.ch/
We're super excited for the #ClimateOfChange #Mastodon PREMIERE, Tues Feb 28 at 7pm, featuring #yyc author of #ThePatch, #ClimateOptimist and more #ChrisTurner!
Fave this post or better yet BOOST it and we'll update it during show time so YOU GET THE NOTIFICATION.
We'll also be keeping an eye on comments/questions of this post to ask Turner on the show! See you tomorrow night!
#abpoli #ableg #yeg #Alberta #abpoli #EnergyTransition #Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
Food waste is responsible for at least *6%* of global greenhouse gas emissions.
We can change that. Right now.
ourworldindata.org/food-waste-… #ClimateChange #food
Food waste is responsible for 6% of global greenhouse gas emissions
Food losses and waste – in supply chains and by consumers – account for around one-quarter of greenhouse gas emissions from food. That’s 6% of total global emissions.Our World in Data
Physicist John Tyndall is often credited w discovering the greenhouse effect, which he wrote about in 1859.
But female scientist Eunice Foote published a paper - 3yrs earlier - demonstrating how atmospheric water vapor & CO2 affected solar heating. She theorized that heat trapping gases in Earth’s atmosphere warm its #climate.
Tyndall was widely read. And Foote, being a woman, wasn't even permitted to present her own work.
climate.gov/news-features/feat… #history #science #ClimateChange #HistoryRemix
Climate change, according to my classes, instigates extreme weather swings, such as freezing winters and scalding summers.
Climate change is real, and "winter is still cold" is NOT AN EXCUSE FOR *YOUR* GODDAMN IGNORANCE
CLIMATE. CHANGE. IS. REAL.
GET THAT IN PEOPLES' HEADS!
#climatechange #climateemergency #climate #change #greenhouse #ozonelayer #climatecrisis
Bring on Climate Change Chuck!
If prophets for planetary change must come in the form of rodents, then that is what me must do.
Well, it's Groundhog Day, again.*
“Only in America do we accept weather predictions from a rodent but deny #ClimateChange evidence from scientists.”
* I share this meme every year on February 2. Source unknown. #science
🌍 #ClimateChange
Getting hotter 🔥 / colder ❄️
... or what ever I want?
Check out this neat illustrated thread on why "it hasn't warmed in 8 years" based on climate satellite data ... and what this claim has to do with cherry picking by @andrewdessler
👉 mastodon.world/@andrewdessler/…
#Science #ClimateChange #Statistics #OpenData
Andrew Dessler (@andrewdessler@mastodon.world)
Attached: 1 image A short 🧵 to explain why "it hasn't warmed in 8 years" is consistent with humans driving large warming over the century. To begin, let's consider the monthly satellite temperature record:Mastodon
The wide range of responses to this post are quite something. Lots of different expectations about what’s to come on Earth.
I’ve been working on science & policy related to climate challenges in & out of academia for decades. For what it’s worth, I’m firmly on team hope. blogs.scientificamerican.com/o…
We can address #climatechange. Many individuals, organizations & nations already are. There’s still time. Not much.
No, Climate Change Will Not End the World in 12 Years
Stoking panic and fear creates a false narrative that can overwhelm readers, leading to inaction and hopelessnessScientific American Blog Network
Quite the early eulogy for humanity. Best to tread the tight rope of #GlobalWarming reporting:
“want to scare people enough to take the problem seriously but not so much as to make them feel hopeless [while] they want to reassure people that a climate-secure future is possible but only enough to avoid complacency.”
correspondent.afp.com/watching…
Watching the world burn
With climate disasters piling up, global warming is getting worse – fast. We had better learn to embrace our despair, argues AFP’s environmental editor Marlowe HoodCorrespondent
My Asimov's Authors Blog entry regarding my Asimov's story, Venus Exegesis:
#space #NASA #venus #siblings #climatechange
fromearthtothestars.com/2022/0…
Your Truthful Sister
Christopher Mark Rose believes that humans should look more toward their nearest neighboring planet for inspiration and future exploration. His new story “Venus Exegesis” uncovered the …From Earth to the Stars