Climate Change / Global Warming Discussion

[Raffy.Roma]

Climate experts sound alarm over thriving plant life at Greenland ice sheet

Research shows there has been a near-quadrupling across Greenland of methane-producing wetlands

www.theguardian.com

Significant areas of Greenland’s melted ice sheet are now producing vegetation, risking increased greenhouse gas emissions, rising sea levels and instability of the landscape.

A study has documented the change since the 1980s and shows that large areas of ice have been replaced with barren rock, wetlands and shrub growth, creating a change in environment.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1757455761981026554

There are oscillations in the graph of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere and CO2 is naturally higher in the winter.
In fact over the summer, plants use CO2 from the atmosphere to grow. In winter, plants decompose and release CO2.
Overall, CO2 continues to rise due to increasing emissions - mostly from burning fossil fuels.
I invite all TMC Members to watch the reported video by NASA.

 

[mspohr]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1757455761981026554

There are oscillations in the graph of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere and CO2 is naturally higher in the winter.
In fact over the summer, plants use CO2 from the atmosphere to grow. In winter, plants decompose and release CO2.
Overall, CO2 continues to rise due to increasing emissions - mostly from burning fossil fuels.
I invite all TMC Members to watch the reported video by NASA.

We need more plants and fewer cows

 

[Raffy.Roma]

We need more plants and fewer cows

Yes whatever is useful to lower the Atmospheric CO2 is good. But main thing is that we stop burning fossil fuels as much as possible.
IMO Governments all over the world should force everybody to calculate his own Carbon Footprint to raise the awareness of this matter to public opinion.

 

[fhteagle]

We need more plants and fewer cows

I think this can be better said as, "we need more healthy pastures and zero concentrated animal feed operations (CAFOs)".

It is really hard to keep a pasture land healthy, productive, and carbon sinking/methane radicalizing without periodic cycling of ruminants.

In other words, animals aren't the problem. What and how and where we feed them is.

 

[mspohr]

I think this can be better said as, "we need more healthy pastures and zero concentrated animal feed operations (CAFOs)".

It is really hard to keep a pasture land healthy, productive, and carbon sinking/methane radicalizing without periodic cycling of ruminants.

In other words, animals aren't the problem. What and how and where we feed them is.

Unfortunately, it's not possible to support the current level of meat consumption without CAFOs. (95+ % of meat comes from CAFOs).
We all would love to think that our meat comes from happy cows roaming free in the wild but the reality is that we all want fatty marbled meat from CAFO and there is just not enough land to support the current level of production. We already use 70% of farm land supporting CAFO.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1757759007388004362

As records continue to be smashed month after month, it is now more widely appreciated that the warming rate is at least 50% higher than earlier decades, at 0.3°C per decade.

If this warming rate will be confirmed it would mean that before 2050 not only we will overtake the threshold of 1.5C set by the Agreement of Paris, which actually we already did in last 12 months, but we will also overtake a Global Temperature Deviation of 2C.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1757892634083758452

Sea surface temperatures across the Atlantic Main Development Region (MDR), where most of our Category 3 or stronger hurricanes form during the peak months of hurricane season, are as warm today in mid-February as they typically are in middle July.

Incredible!

I invite all TMC Members to watch the reported video.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1757892634083758452

Sea surface temperatures across the Atlantic Main Development Region (MDR), where most of our Category 3 or stronger hurricanes form during the peak months of hurricane season, are as warm today in mid-February as they typically are in middle July.

Incredible!

I invite all TMC Members to watch the reported video.

Michael Lowry is Hurricane Specialist & Storm Surge Expert.

 

[mspohr]

What will Spain look like when it runs out of water? Barcelona is giving us a glimpse | María Ramírez

Angry farmers, worried tourism workers and unprepared politicians – Catalonia is on the frontline of a drought-stricken future, says Spanish journalist María Ramírez

www.theguardian.com

It’s not just Catalonia. The European Drought Observatory’s map of current droughts in Europe shows the entire Spanish Mediterranean coast in bad shape, with red areas indicating an alert similar to those in north Africa and Sicily. Catalonia may be going through the worst drought on record for the area, but the southern region of Andalucía has faced continuous drought since 2016. Last year, Spain’s droughts ranked among the 10 most costly climate disasters in the world, according to a report by Christian Aid.

 

[mspohr]

End fossil-fuel era to address colonial injustices, urges prominent historian

West should address ‘colonisation of the present’ and not focus on past, argues David Van Reybrouck

www.theguardian.com

There is more to colonialism than historical colonialism,” Van Reybrouck said. “Today’s climate change is deeply colonial: it has been largely caused by the temperate zones from the northern hemisphere and it is most deeply felt in the tropics and the Arctic. You cannot decolonise without decarbonising and vice versa.”

A mayor who makes her city fossil-free by 2040 has done more against colonialism, racism and discrimination than another mayor who decolonises all the street names, statues and schoolbooks while keeping the city running on fossil fuels,” he said.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1758179138995716523

NASA uses Satellites to detect how glaciers shrink because of Global Warming, like in the case of the Klinaklini Glacier which is the largest glacier in western North America outside of Alaska.
Here we have 2 pics took in 1984 and 2023 and it's noticeable how the Klinaklini Glacier retreated more than 3 miles because of Global Warming.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

In this video it is explained that, in case of AMOC collapse, the consequences for all living species including us will be serious. The AMOC already collapsed in the past and there are some feedback loops that, in case of AMOC collapse, it will be fast and mankind will not manage to adapt to the new situation caused by the AMOC collapse.
I STRONGLY RECOMMEND all TMC Members to watch the reported video.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

In this video it is explained that, in case of AMOC collapse, the consequences for all living species including us will be serious. The AMOC already collapsed in the past and there are some feedback loops that, in case of AMOC collapse, it will be fast and mankind will not manage to adapt to the new situation caused by the AMOC collapse.
I STRONGLY RECOMMEND all TMC Members to watch the reported video.

Collapse of Atlantic ocean current could turn Ireland’s climate into Iceland’s

Potential changes to system known as Amroc would transform Ireland’s benign climate, Fianna Fáil senator warns

www.irishtimes.com

Ireland must prepare for the potential collapse in the future of an ocean current system known as the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc), according to Fianna Fáil Senator Malcolm Byrne.

His call follows publication of a study showing circulation of the Atlantic Ocean is heading towards a tipping point that is “bad news for the climate system and humanity”. The gulf stream, which is part of the current system, ensures Ireland has a relatively benign climate.

Speaking in the Seanad, Senator Byrne added: “The collapse of Amoc – while it may not be something that happens in our lifetime – would have serious consequences for future Irish generations. It could result in Ireland’s climate changing to become similar to Iceland’s, which is something that will have profound implications ... As a State, nothing should be off the table in terms of preparation.”

 

[Raffy.Roma]

February on course to break unprecedented number of heat records

Rapid ocean warming and unusually hot winter days recorded as human-made global heating combines with El Niño

www.theguardian.com

February is on course to break a record number of heat records, meteorologists say, as human-made global heating and the natural El Niño climate pattern drive up temperatures on land and oceans around the world.

A little over halfway into the shortest month of the year, the heating spike has become so pronounced that climate charts are entering new territory, particularly for sea-surface temperatures that have persisted and accelerated to the point where expert observers are struggling to explain how the change is happening.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

February on course to break unprecedented number of heat records

Rapid ocean warming and unusually hot winter days recorded as human-made global heating combines with El Niño

www.theguardian.com

February is on course to break a record number of heat records, meteorologists say, as human-made global heating and the natural El Niño climate pattern drive up temperatures on land and oceans around the world.

A little over halfway into the shortest month of the year, the heating spike has become so pronounced that climate charts are entering new territory, particularly for sea-surface temperatures that have persisted and accelerated to the point where expert observers are struggling to explain how the change is happening.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1758836212318531794

As it can be seen in the reported graph the first 8 days of February 2024 have been the hottest on record.

 

[mspohr]

The East Coast Is Sinking The East Coast Is Sinking

New satellite-based research reveals how land along the coast is slumping into the ocean, compounding the danger from global sea level rise. A major culprit: overpumping of groundwater.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

The East Coast Is Sinking The East Coast Is Sinking

New satellite-based research reveals how land along the coast is slumping into the ocean, compounding the danger from global sea level rise. A major culprit: overpumping of groundwater.

Study: From NYC to D.C. and beyond, cities on the East Coast are sinking

Population centers are seeing areas of rapid “subsidence” alongside more slowly sinking or relatively stable ground, increasing the risk to roadways, runways, building foundations, rail lines, and pipelines, according to the research.

news.vt.edu

A large area of the East Coast of the USA is sinking at least 2 mm per year, with several areas along the mid-Atlantic coast of up to 3,700 square kilometers, or more than 1,400 square miles, sinking more than 5 mm per year, more than the current 4 mm per year global rate of sea level rise.

So the combined effect of the East Coast Sinking plus the sea level rise caused by the Global Warming issue is responsible of 6 to 9 mm per year of the East Coast disappearing.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1758965854983573957

As I always said the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry is confirming that the Climate Crisis is having severe implications for GLOBAL SECURITY at the Munich Security Conference.
That's why IMO the Climate Crisis should be discussed at the UN Security Council.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit

The last 12 months were the hottest on record, temporarily sending the world past a deeply symbolic mark.

www.bbc.com

World leaders promised in 2015 to try to limit the long-term temperature rise to 1.5C, which is seen as crucial to help avoid the most damaging impacts.

This first year-long breach doesn't break that landmark Paris agreement, but it does bring the world closer to doing so in the long-term.

Urgent action to cut carbon emissions can still slow warming, scientists say.

In fact the period from February 2023 to January 2024 reached 1.52C of Global Temperature Deviation and warming, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service.