Climate Change / Global Warming Discussion

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1758842916171141297

In this graph the Anomaly of the sea surface temperature of this year 2024 when compared to previous year 2023 is better shown.
The sea surface temperature of this year 2024 exceeds the previous record by a huge margin.
The graph is worrisome so please don't look it up.

 

[mspohr]

Very cool: trees stalling effects of global heating in eastern US, study finds

Vast reforestation a major reason for ‘warming hole’ across parts of US where temperatures have flatlined or cooled

www.theguardian.com

Trees provide innumerable benefits to the world, from food to shelter to oxygen, but researchers have now found their dramatic rebound in the eastern US has delivered a further, stunning feat – the curtailing of the soaring temperatures caused by the climate crisis.

A major reason for this anomaly, the new study finds, is the vast reforestation of much of the eastern US following the initial loss of large numbers of trees in the wake of European settlement in America. Such large expanses have been reforested in the past century – with enough trees sprouting back to cover an area larger than England – that it has helped stall the affect of global heating. “The reforestation has been remarkable and we have shown this has translated into the surrounding air temperature,” said Mallory Barnes, an environmental scientist at Indiana University who led the research. “The ‘warming hole’ has been a real mystery and while this doesn’t explain all of it, this research shows there is a really important link to the trees coming back.”

Barnes, too, stressed that reforestation was no substitute for the need to drastically cut planet-heating emissions, which hit a new global high last year.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1759257509263532111

These 3 Countries, Buthan, Suriname and Panama have already a Negative Carbon Footprint.
A single Country can achieve a Negative Carbon Footprint, it's only a matter of will.
As American people say "Where there is a will there is a way".
I invite all TMC Members to watch the reported video.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1759338305202565215

In this pic we can see the increase of atmospheric CO2 in last 10 years (NOAA Source).

 

[Raffy.Roma]

Amazon rainforest could reach ‘tipping point’ by 2050, scientists warn

‘We need to respond now,’ says author of study that says crucial forest has already passed safe boundary and needs restoration

www.theguardian.com

Up to half of the Amazon rainforest could hit a tipping point by 2050 as a result of water stress, land clearance and climate disruption, a study has shown.

The paper, which is the most comprehensive to date in its analysis of the compounding impacts of local human activity and the global climate crisis, warned that the forest had already passed a safe boundary and urged remedial action to restore degraded areas and improve the resilience of the ecosystem.

Wish to remind that a collapse of the Amazon rainforest is a potential feedback loop which could cause a rapid collapse of the AMOC.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1760030955631223213

We know there cannot be global security without climate security.

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry

 

[fhteagle]

This is insane....

Litigation Terrorism - How Fossil Fuel Companies Use ISDS To Bully Foreign Countries - CleanTechnica

ISDS -- a system most of us have never heard of -- allows foreign investors to pursue huge damage awards in secret tribunals.

cleantechnica.com

 

[mspohr]

This is insane....

Litigation Terrorism - How Fossil Fuel Companies Use ISDS To Bully Foreign Countries - CleanTechnica

ISDS -- a system most of us have never heard of -- allows foreign investors to pursue huge damage awards in secret tribunals.

cleantechnica.com

Just standard capitalist pursuit of profit without any morals.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

‘No one wants to be right about this’: climate scientists’ horror and exasperation as global predictions play out

As the northern hemisphere burns, experts feel deep sadness – and resentment – while dreading what lies ahead this Australian summer

www.theguardian.com

Guardian Australia asked seven leading climate scientists to describe how they felt as much of the northern hemisphere is engulfed by blistering heatwaves, and a number of global land and ocean climate records are broken.

It’s as if the human race has received a terminal medical diagnosis and knows there is a cure, but has consciously decided not to save itself.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1760100045066490123

98% of Costa Rica's power already comes from renewables. Half of the land is covered by forest. They're aiming to transform their entire economy to have a zero Carbon Footprint.

This is the way to go. Let's try to get a zero (or even better a negative) Carbon Footprint for ALL Countries.

I invite all TMC Members to watch the reported video.

 

[mspohr]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1760100045066490123

98% of Costa Rica's power already comes from renewables. Half of the land is covered by forest. They're aiming to transform their entire economy to have a zero Carbon Footprint.

This is the way to go. Let's try to get a zero (or even better a negative) Carbon Footprint for ALL Countries.

I invite all TMC Members to watch the reported video.

Costa Rica is a very sensible country. They don't waste money on a military. They provide education and health care. Good environmental values.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1760358052052836583

The red line in this graph is the daily Global Temperature Deviation of 2024, while the black line is the daily Global Temperature Deviation of 2023.
So get ready for a warmest February on record also for February 2024.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1760656250478420271

We need to have a supermajority process instead of unanimity in the COP. We cannot let Oil Companies and Gas Companies and Petrostates tell us what is permissible.

Former Vice President of the USA Al Gore

I invite all TMC Members to watch the reported video.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

Chicago sues fossil fuel companies for role in climate crisis

Lawsuit targets BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, Phillips 66 and Shell, alleging that they intentionally misled public

www.theguardian.com

Chicago on Tuesday joined the growing list of US cities and states suing fossil fuel companies for allegedly deceiving the public about the climate crisis.

“There is no justice without accountability,” said the city’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, in an emailed statement.

The lawsuit targets major oil companies BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Phillips 66 and Shell, alleging they intentionally misled the public about the impact of their products despite longstanding knowledge of the climate dangers of oil and gas.

 

[mspohr]

The Rising Cost of the Oil Industry’s Slow Death

Unplugged oil and gas wells accelerate climate change, threaten public health and risk hitting taxpayers’ pocketbooks. ProPublica and Capital & Main found that the money set aside to fix the problem falls woefully short of the impending cost.

capitalandmain.com

 

[Raffy.Roma]

A warning on climate and the risk of societal collapse | Letter

Letter: Scientists and academics including Prof Gesa Weyhenmeyer and Prof Will Steffen argue that we must discuss the threat of societal disruption in order to prepare for it

www.theguardian.com

As scientists and scholars from around the world, we call on policymakers to engage with the risk of disruption and even collapse of societies. After five years failing to reduce emissions in line with the Paris climate accord, we must now face the consequences. While bold and fair efforts to cut emissions and naturally drawdown carbon are essential, researchers in many areas consider societal collapse a credible scenario this century. Different views exist on the location, extent, timing, permanence and cause of disruptions, but the way modern societies exploit people and nature is a common concern.

The threat to mankind given by the Climate Change issue is crystal clear. That's why I think that the UN Security Council has to rule this matter not COP29 taking place in a Petrostate like Azerbaijan.

 

[mspohr]

Colombia vows to put nature at the heart of global environmental negotiations

The country’s environment minister says nature is a ‘pillar’ of fighting the climate crisis

www.theguardian.com

The next round of global biodiversity negotiations will put nature at the heart of the international environment agenda, Colombia’s environment minister has said, as the country prepares for the Cop16 summit.

Colombia has become a leading environmental voice on the global stage. At Cop28 in Dubai last year, the leftwing Petro announced that Colombia would back calls for a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty, becoming the first large fossil fuel producer to do so. Petro said his country’s biodiversity would become the basis of its economic strength after the green transition.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1761120259216449538

The situation for what is concerning the Atmospheric CO2 is worsening and is really worrisome.
So please don't look up what has been the increase of the Atmospheric CO2 in last year in the reported tweet.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1760951423028584896

The trend is clear: the planet is warming.
The first days of February 2024 have proven to be the hottest on record since 1940.

Get ready for a new hottest February month on record.

 

[mspohr]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/opinion/climate-change-memorial.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X00.PY4B.bjp5mja9Z1Ys&smid=nytcore-android-share

Here is a proposal for the environmental movement: Pool philanthropic funds for a day, buy a small plot of land in Washington, D.C., and put up a tall marble wall to serve as a climate memorial. Carve on this memorial the names of public figures actively denying the existence of climate change. Carve the names so deep and large, our grandchildren and great-grandchildren need not search the archives.