Climate Change / Global Warming Discussion

[mspohr]

Rising sea levels will disrupt millions of Americans’ lives by 2050, study finds

Floods could leave coastal communities in states like Florida and California unlivable in two decades

www.theguardian.com

Sea level rise driven by global heating will disrupt the daily life of millions of Americans, as hundreds of homes, schools and government buildings face frequent and repeated flooding by 2050, a new study has found. Almost 1,100 critical infrastructure assets that sustain coastal communities will be at risk of monthly flooding by 2050, according to the new research by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The vast majority of the assets – 934 of them – face the risk of flood disruption every other week, which could make some coastal neighborhoods unlivable within two to three decades

 

[mspohr]

Climate crisis driving exponential rise in most extreme wildfires

Scientists warn of ‘scary’ feedback loop in which fires create more heating, which causes more fires worldwide

www.theguardian.com

The analysis of satellite data showed the number of extreme fires had risen by more than 10 times in the past 20 years in temperate conifer forests, such as in the western US and Mediterranean. It has increased by seven times in the vast boreal forests in northern Europe and Canada. Australia was also a hotspot for these devastating fires. The scientists also found that the intensity of the worst wildfires had doubled since 2003, and that the six years with the biggest numbers of extreme fires had all occurred since 2017. On average across the globe, extreme wildfires have more than doubled in frequency and intensity over the past two decades. The researchers also warned that the rise in the huge fires was threatening to create a “scary” feedback loop, in which the vast carbon emissions released by the fires cause more global heating, which causes more fires.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

Rising sea levels will disrupt millions of Americans’ lives by 2050, study finds

Floods could leave coastal communities in states like Florida and California unlivable in two decades

www.theguardian.com

Sea level rise driven by global heating will disrupt the daily life of millions of Americans, as hundreds of homes, schools and government buildings face frequent and repeated flooding by 2050, a new study has found. Almost 1,100 critical infrastructure assets that sustain coastal communities will be at risk of monthly flooding by 2050, according to the new research by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The vast majority of the assets – 934 of them – face the risk of flood disruption every other week, which could make some coastal neighborhoods unlivable within two to three decades

NASA Sea Level Change Portal: Overview

An overview of the goals and objectives of the NASA Sea Level Change Team.

sealevel.nasa.gov

In fact NASA has a team dedicated just to the matter of Sea Level Change.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1805201272703705591

As it can be seen in the reported graph since early May 2023, every single day has set a new daily ocean temperature (Sea Surface Temperatures SST) record.

It just ended now - an extraordinary streak of 415 days.

This is good news. Maybe that this is happening because El Niño is over now? We cannot say anything also because the current 365-day Global Temperature Deviation is still increasing.

We have to wait and see what will happen in the following months.

Sorry to inform you that according to NOAA the info given in the quoted post IS WRONG!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1805627956414530016

In fact for those saying that global Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) are no longer at record levels, that may be the case for ECMWF (Copernicus) data, but NOAA data shows record global SSTs are ongoing (See reported graph by NOAA).

So my hope that the 0.2°C Anomaly of the Global Temperature Deviation is stabilizing is NOT CONFIRMED BY NOAA!

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1805304552301768915

It looks like at COP29 in Azerbaijan there are GOOD INTENTIONS to work out the Climate Change issue.

I invite all TMC Members to watch the reported video.

 

[mspohr]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1805304552301768915

It looks like at COP29 in Azerbaijan there are GOOD INTENTIONS to work out the Climate Change issue.

I invite all TMC Members to watch the reported video.

Too bad the capitalists torpedo all of the good intentions.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

Too bad the capitalists torpedo all of the good intentions.

For the time being we have to trust COP29. True problem is that if the 0.2°C Anomaly of the Temperature Deviation doesn't stabilize in August when La Niña will kick in we will be, as Dr. Gavin Schmidt Director of NASA GISS said, in UNCHARTED TERRITORY.

Then it will be up to the UN to decide any action to be taken.

 

[mspohr]

For the time being we have to trust COP29. True problem is that if the 0.2°C Anomaly of the Temperature Deviation doesn't stabilize in August when La Niña will kick in we will be, as Dr. Gavin Schmidt Director of NASA GISS said, in UNCHARTED TERRITORY.

Then it will be up to the UN to decide any action to be taken.

The UN is powerless.
Global capitalism runs the show.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

The UN is powerless.
Global capitalism runs the show.

Ok you know that I disagree with you on this matter. Main thing is that we try to be positive IMO.

 

[mspohr]

It doesn’t make sense: why US tariffs on Chinese cleantech risk the green transition | Jeffrey Frankel

Global demand for renewable energy is surging so why make solar panels, wind turbines and EVs dearer for western consumers?

www.theguardian.com

To be sure, while historically low labour costs and economies of scale have helped reduce the price of Chinese solar panels and EVs, generous government subsidies – often in the form of cheap credit – have also played a significant role. But it remains unclear how blocking these low-cost imports, as many western politicians propose, would benefit workers and consumers in the US and the EU. Do American and European policymakers prefer that their own taxpayers, instead of Chinese citizens, bear the costs of clean-energy subsidies? Recall that western countries wanted China to pay its fair share of the energy transition. Admittedly, promoting climate policies by emphasising their potential to create green jobs for domestic workers could be an effective political strategy. But we should recognise that these arguments are political, not economic.

 

[mspohr]

It’s Time for the US to Declare a National Climate Emergency

The US has no comprehensive climate action plan with clear, enforceable targets, timelines, and road maps for climate protection and restabilization—and it desperately needs one.

www.thenation.com

It could hardly be clearer that the world is already in the throes of a climate catastrophe. That means it’s high time for the U.S. to declare a national climate emergency to help focus us all on the disaster at hand. (Or as famed English poet Samuel Johnson put it centuries ago, “When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.”)

Such a declaration of a climate emergency is long overdue. Some 40 other nations have already done so, including 2,356 jurisdictions and local governments representing more than a billion people. Of course, a declaration alone will hardly be enough. As the world’s wealthiest and most powerful nation, and the one that historically has contributed the most legacy greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, the U.S. needs to develop a coherent exit strategy from the stranglehold of fossil fuels, a strategy that could serve as an international example of a swift and thorough clean-energy transition. But at the moment, of course, this country remains the world’s largest producer and consumer of oil and natural gas and the third largest producer of coal — and should Donald Trump win in November, you can kiss any possible reductions in those figures goodbye for the foreseeable future. Sadly enough, however, though the Biden administration’s rhetoric of climate concern has been strong, in practice, this country has continued to cede true climate leadership to others.

This country today has no comprehensive climate action plan that proposes clear, enforceable targets, timelines, and roadmaps for climate protection and restabilization — and it desperately needs one. Call it America’s Energy Transition: Achieving a Clean Energy Future and imagine that it would build on previous authoritative studies, analyzing renewable-energy-generating and distribution technologies in terms of their costs, commercial readiness, resource constraints, and potential efficiency. It would formulate and model competing scenarios with clusters of complementary technologies, each requiring different policies for its implementation.

Without Political Action, Don’t Hold Your Breath for a Bold Climate Plan Left to its own devices, without strong public pressure, Congress might basically ignore or fail to enact legislation to implement the results of a National Climate Action Plan, especially if Congress were still controlled by the fossil-fuel-loving Republican Party. A Republican stranglehold on Congress and/or the White House would undoubtedly stymie both the creation of a national climate plan and the implementation of its findings, as well as the clean-energy transition it would facilitate.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

Tomorrow I will start attending a 3 days training course on the Climate Change issue given by the Climate Reality Project in Rome (Italy).

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1795595745057476777

The ESA EarthCARE Satellite has spread its solar wing, and is generating power.

The EarthCARE Satellite has started his Mission!

GO BIG EarthCARE!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806218726997442626

The ESA EarthCARE (Earth Clouds Aereosols and Radiation Explorer) Satellite is giving us first data about Clouds.

Clouds have the power to affect our Climate.

That's why data released by the EarthCARE Satellite are so important for us.

I invite all TMC Members to watch the reported video.

 

[mspohr]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806218726997442626

The ESA EarthCARE (Earth Clouds Aereosols and Radiation Explorer) Satellite is giving us first data about Clouds.

Clouds have the power to affect our Climate.

That's why data released by the EarthCARE Satellite are so important for us.

I invite all TMC Members to watch the reported video.

That's amazing

 

[Raffy.Roma]

I am in Rome at Training Course of the Climate Reality Project.

GO Climate Reality Project!

 

[Raffy.Roma]

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I am in Rome at Training Course of the Climate Reality Project.

GO Climate Reality Project!

First morning of the Training Course of the Climate Reality Project has been interesting.

The speech of former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore has been GREAT!

 

[mspohr]

Weather tracker: Heavy rain in Switzerland and Italy causes flooding

Downpours moved south from Alps as far as Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany, causing rivers to overflow

www.theguardian.com

Heatwaves around the northern hemisphere have continued to dominate weather headlines. Temperatures in Saudi Arabia soared above 50C (122F) at times last week as millions undertook the hajj pilgrimage, with more than 500,000 people taken to hospital and up to 1,300 deaths subsequently attributed to heat-related illnesses. Several Balkan countries experienced power cuts last Friday as temperatures in the high 30Cs spurred a spike in the use of air conditioning units. In the US, more than 100 million people were affected by heat alerts over the past week, with daily temperature records smashed in some north-eastern states on Friday and Death Valley in California hitting 49C on Sunday. In Pakistan, hundreds of deaths have been reported since the weekend as temperatures widely exceeded 40C each day.

 

[SalisburySam]

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I am in Rome at Training Course of the Climate Reality Project.

GO Climate Reality Project!

I think the one attendee demonstrates the horrific apathy to this subject.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

I think the one attendee demonstrates the horrific apathy to this subject.

FYI you can see only one attendee because I arrived early at the training course. Later on the room was full up!

 

[Raffy.Roma]

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I am in Rome at Training Course of the Climate Reality Project.

GO Climate Reality Project!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806649135266681209

Al Gore has been GREAT at the first day of the 56th Climate Reality Leadership Training in Rome (Italy).

The attendees from across Southern Europe gathered to gain new skills, networks, and knowledge to solve the climate crisis.

I was sitting at the table at the right of the table visible in first line at the extreme left.