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#Climate #ClimateChange #Models
A few folks have asked about solutions.
While agriculture’s role in #climate change is often ignored, climate solutions related to that sector are largely 1) already available 2) scalable & 3) significant.
Think precision (aka “smart”) agriculture, breeding crops for drought & heat tolerance, limiting soil erosion through farming practices that don’t disrupt soil structure, emerging alternative proteins, reducing food waste. And on and on… /2
I don’t like to mention that rich guy over at #Twitter, but he’s rambling on about #ClimateChange & agriculture, which is in my wheelhouse. And he is also unabashedly & absurdly wrong.
Misinformation on climate change is irresponsible & dangerous, so let’s be clear:
25% to 30% of global emissions come from our #food system.
As UT Austin’s Michael Webber describes, agriculture is a major cause, victim and - importantly - meaningful solution to #climate change.
More at https://ourworldindata.org/greenhouse-gas-emissions-food
How much of global greenhouse gas emissions come from food?
Estimates of food emissions can range from one-quarter to one-third. Where do these differences come from?Our World in Data
As a scientist who studies #science policy & risk communication, as a science journalist who has been writing in popular outlets about #ClimateChange & #scicomm for 20 years, & as a former congressional staffer focused on #climate & #energy policy in the early 2000s… This article is frustrating.
“Scientific communication failures linked to faster-rising seas”
The ENES community has just published a public draft of their "infrastructure strategy for climate modelling", which covers everything from hpc, to software and people.
We're very keen on comments. Details on my blog here:https://www.bnlawrence.net/science/2023/06/infrastructure-strategy/
Please boost, we need feedback!
#enes #climate #modelling #modeling #simulation #hpc
Draft ENES Infrastructure Strategy Open for Comment
One of the many reasons I have been so quiet of late is that I have been bevering away on a new ENES infrastructure strategy for climate modelling. We now have a draft out for public feedback, so p...www.bnlawrence.net
U.S. to send real-time satellite and sensor data to Canada to help detect wildfires
#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #climate #canada #USA #US
U.S. to send real-time satellite and sensor data to Canada to help detect wildfires
U.S. Department of Defense began sending real-time data to Canadian authorities FridayReuters (The Globe and Mail)
According to these climate scientists here are the top four political actions you can take to "help get bold #climate policies in place."
1. Vote
2. Get active in a political party or climate organization
3. Create media attention
4. Contact your rep
Source: https://wecanfixit.substack.com/p/12-ways-to-delay-climate-action
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12 ways to delay climate action
Identifying 12 ways to delay climate action (bonus: LOL-able cartoons!); When will it be too hot to have birthday parties outside? What does collective climate action look like?Kimberly Nicholas (We Can Fix It)
Whenever someone tells you that the climate crisis is a personal responsibility issue, show them this:
The climate crisis is a billionaires crisis, a trillion-dollar corporations crisis, a capitalism crisis, a systemic inequality crisis.
#climateChange #climateCrisis #climateCatastrophe #climate #corporatocracy #capitalism
Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions, study says
A relatively small number of fossil fuel producers and their investors could hold the key to tackling climate changeTess Riley (The Guardian)
A comic I drew five years ago while hunkered indoors next to an air purifier in Seattle as wildfires raged in the Northwest. Now the east coast has the ticks AND the smoke.
#climate #climatecrisis #climatechange #wildfires
Rising temperatures could transform plankton and other tiny aquatic organisms into a huge source of #carbon #emissions, a little-known—and potentially catastrophic—climate tipping point that could accelerate #globalwarming.
A study, published Thursday in Functional Ecology, found that rising temperatures cause a sudden shift in these microbes’ eating habits, flipping them from carbon absorbers to carbon emitters.
https://grist.org/science/plankton-climate-tipping-point-carbon-emissions/
Another climate tipping point to worry about: Plankton
Rising temperatures could turn one of the world's most common organisms into a major source of carbon emissions.Kate Yoder (Grist)
“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: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/climate-change-finance/ #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. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31052023/ohio-state-college-climate-bill/ #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)
Follow Climate Scientists on Mastodon
There was a recent thread about #climate scientists leaving twitter and establishing a presence on Mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/110424837555301600
Here is a climatelist.csv file of the #ClimateScience accounts mentioned in this thread: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uQYbFguzK4syGWIBafwGZjPYtr-IVYwz/view?usp=sharing
You can save this file and import it to Mastodon to follow all of the these accounts.
You can then create a "Climate" list and go through your most recent follows and add them to this list.
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: https://globalecoguy.org/drawing-lines-in-the-climate-sand-ccbbc605bfe2
#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)
Coccolithophores (phylum Haptista) are a type of #phytoplankton covered in white calcium carbonate coccolith plates. Blooms in the surface seas can be seen in satellite images because these shells. They are the primary component in #chalk deposits such as the white cliffs of Dover (the "calcite belt" in the temperate north) and as such are very important for the biological carbon pump.
#climate
Emiliania huxleyi (below) is a common species.
https://joidesresolution.org/the-magical-world-of-coccolithophores/
The Magical World of Coccolithophores
What are these beautiful algae? Where are they found and why are they important? Teachers down load the word document at the end of the article with questions. These photographs show 4 coccolitho…JOIDES Resolution
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
Viral infections likely mediate microbial controls on ecosystem responses to global warming
https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article/99/3/fiad016/7057867
Viral infections likely mediate microbial controls on ecosystem responses to global warming
We provide a roadmap for understanding how viral infections within microbial food webs may mediate the effects of global warming on ecosystem carbon and nutrienWieczynski, Daniel J (Oxford University Press)
Tag yourself, I'm at 35-40m.
World, countries and cities here: https://www.floodmap.net/elevation/worldelevationmap/
World Elevation Map: Elevation and Elevation Maps of Cities, Topographic Map Contour
List of countries for Elevation and Elevation Maps of cities, towns and villages, topographical and contour representation.www.floodmap.net
🟠Solidarity demo for Just Stop Oil and open letter
Today in Helsinki by the 🇬🇧embassy!
🟠Read and sign our open letter - we demand release of JSO prisoners (who got 3yrs and 2yrs 7mths in prison) and express the concern for the new police laws in the UK which severely damage civil liberties.
🟠Please support the peaceful climate protestors, and uphold the right to protest.
https://www.facebook.com/events/226202056680702?
https://tinyurl.com/FreeMorganAndMarcus
#ClimateCrisis #JustStopOil #ukpolitics #democracy #justice #climate
Solidarity for Just Stop Oil / Solidaarisutta Just Stop Oilille
Causes event in Helsinki, Finland by Elokapina - Extinction Rebellion Finland on Saturday, April 29 2023www.facebook.com
Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists, concerned that it will add to global warming.
This month, the global sea surface hit a new record high temperature. It has never warmed this much, this quickly
Scientists don't fully understand why this has happened
But they worry that, combined with other weather events, the world's temperature could reach a concerning new level by the end of next year
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65339934
Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists
There’s growing concern that the oceans are heating up quickly – and scientists are unsure of the implications.By Matt McGrath and Mark Poynting (BBC News)
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
The science on climate change has been clear for a very long time now. Yet despite decades of appeals, mass street protests, petition campaigns, and peaceful demonstrations, we are still facing a booming fossil fuel industry, rising seas, rising emis…Verso
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)
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #Anticapitalism #ExtinctionRebellion
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #environment #cartoon
Palm oil produced in Malaysia is of particular concern as tariffs on the product, currently at 12%, will be eliminated.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/03/pacific-trade-deal-make-mockery-uk-climate-ambitions-cptpp
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #Deforestation #PalmOil
Pacific trade deal ‘will make mockery of UK’s climate ambitions’
CPTPP membership will result in more deforestation and endanger animal welfare, say campaignersHelena Horton (The Guardian)
“Retrofit housing stock, shift from mass ownership of combustion-engine cars to expanded zero-carbon public transport, electrify industries, build new homes to Passivhaus standard, roll-out a zero-carbon energy supply and, crucially, phase out fossil fuel production.”
@kevinclimate #climate
https://theconversation.com/ipccs-conservative-nature-masks-true-scale-of-action-needed-to-avert-catastrophic-climate-change-202287
IPCC's conservative nature masks true scale of action needed to avert catastrophic climate change
Climate models embed colonial attitudes and massive inequality.The Conversation
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: https://www.ipcc.ch/
@Sheril oh thank you for sharing this!! She is one of my #hero’s!! #Hero #greatwomen #Science #climate #pittsburgh #book
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/08/court-restrictions-on-climate-protesters-deeply-concerning-say-leading-lawyers
The three – David Nixon, Amy Pritchard and Giovanna Lewis – were jailed after addressing the juries at separate trials to explain their motivation for taking direct action. #climate #protest #activism
Court restrictions on climate protesters ‘deeply concerning’, say leading lawyers
Three non-violent Insulate Britain activists have been jailed for telling juries why they were protestingSandra Laville (The Guardian)
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