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An area of primary rainforest the size of Switzerland was felled last year suggesting world leaders’ commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 is failing
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^ grim.
Also grim: https://twitter.com/adamvaughan_uk/status/1673257439859453953
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This is worth a few minutes of your time.
https://youtu.be/STzhJPapFW4
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Fuck me, the number of climate change denier responses is depressing.
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Twitter is overrun with them since buying blue checks came in
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World’s hottest day since the day before. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66120297
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^ but it rained in Zaragoza, there can't be global warming etc etc.
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How likely is mass migration?
https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-crisis-niche-migration-environment-populationFor every 0.1C warming from where we currently are is estimated to move 140m out of favourable climate conditions for life and in to conditions that have been linked to issues including increased mortality, decreased labour productivity, decreased cognitive performance, impaired learning, adverse pregnancy outcomes, decreased crop yield, increased conflict and infectious disease spread
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Natural gas far worse than originally thought and its use as a transition fuel questionable
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/climate/natural-gas-leaks-coal-climate-change.html?unlocked_article_code=FaNfV7fZ_Ios3Fr34C_oHKSUyl1GT8PZ-IVhVd5EwwWptUCWSJDBJCBTui0z2N8ID065PvWeWc0xp-6q66CkQQS7KilibTaxQGFCaz7PHMkTgURYdyPkAy6szASSOoJRTSGums0I__1mRtsn45wy89gca9ExXHu4ipX0OtYum6nk_o2CnIrwPoULcfcdTx11Zn5S-afsO-c7D11Ybx1Vv7VKWJqhx6V64vOaY0a4zqeUqCZvf0TZ3fzyQxU2eNngRByvIU_SzLPgL7ingEKsZJryeRAFOhE4ElY-As785Ego6x1E0Znmu0zcjhrZw5jyeoVVOQXTuNishCi5VLzb3z_69KrU0IfXOURUp53NUwMeanwhile grant sharps promises to max out North Sea production
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Apparently the Gulf Stream might collapse the year after next. Or not until 2095. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/25/gulf-stream-could-collapse-as-early-as-2025-study-suggests
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15 must watch climate documentaries
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jul/30/disaster-movies-films-climate-crisis-documentaries
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Enjoyed this interview
https://youtu.be/aQzdK1uGhWA
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Has this been posted yet?
https://my2050.beis.gov.uk/?levers=111111111111111Fun to play with, scary too to see how far we are from net zero and the total commitment needed across all sectors. Also things like farming and food are not included.
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There's been a fair bit of news about geoengineering in recent months. The EU and US both seem to be keen on serious talks with the rest of the world. https://rb.gy/vmdiw Projects for discussion include:
- stratospheric aerosol injection (micron-sized particles that reflect the sun, distributed 20km-25km above the earth’s surface)
- thinning cirrus clouds to allow more infrared rays to leave the atmosphere
- launching sunshades into space
- marine cloud brightening, using 10,000+ autonomous ships to generate low cloud
- coating the Arctic with small glass beads
- fertilise oceans to cause algal bloom
- carbon capture and storage
Perhaps it's time? If it's our last best hope, maybe we'll regret it if we don't try.
It sounds like something best left to the script of a disaster movie, but there are so many actual disasters happening around the world that reality is already as bad as a disaster movie for many people.
- stratospheric aerosol injection (micron-sized particles that reflect the sun, distributed 20km-25km above the earth’s surface)
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It isn’t time. Those wacky plans are put forward to simply carry on with oil.
This is why we’re in so much trouble. We have a whole civilisation built on fossil fuels, and no way of maintaining it without them, and their continued use will make the planet largely uninhabitable. The scary part is just how quickly this is happening, we simply won’t be able to produce enough food for everyone. -
Most of these are ideas that tech bros like as they can feel good about themselves for being saviours, not have to address thier lifestyle choices, can raise a bunch of venture capital for and all it achieves is kicking the can down the road and sustaining the status quo
One area currently getting some attention is the impact that reducing the sulphur in shipping fuel has had, turns out we had been inadvertently geoengineering and we now have some data on its potential impact
https://www.science.org/content/article/changing-clouds-unforeseen-test-geoengineering-fueling-record-ocean-warmth -
Those wacky plans are put forward to simply carry on with oil.
we simply won’t be able to produce enough food for everyone.
Yes to both. The scariest bit is that nobody knows what will happen. * There are chain reactions going on which we won't know about until after they've happened. Maybe lots of plants will just stop pollinating? Sometimes I really think I should be stocking up, like the mad survivalists. (Buying food, not crossbows.) Is anyone else considering this?
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What are the odds on this government announcing airport expansion shortly?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/10/sunak-government-will-go-down-in-history-as-failing-uk-on-climate-greenpeace-says?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Sorry I should have given reason for post in post, the potential for fresh water "wars" is mildly terrifying.