Climate Change / Global Warming Discussion

[Raffy.Roma]

California's insurance crisis is spiraling out of control

The withdrawal of American National from the state is set to leave tens of thousands without coverage.

www.newsweek.com

The insurance crisis in California is deepening at a time when homeowners in the state are becoming more vulnerable to the risk of extreme weather events—such as wildfires, which have always been common in the state but are expected to become more frequent and more severe as a result of global warming.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1742934284217008623

It’s important to clarify ongoing climate change and implications soon. There is limited time to prepare for actions needed to cool Earth and preserve a bright future.

James Edward Hansen is Director of Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions at Columbia's University's Earth Institute. Formerly Director of NASA GISS.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1764254749925204257

Some places in Europe didn't just record their warmest February on record.... They went on to beat their warmest MARCH temperature levels.

The Climate Change issue is getting really SERIOUS.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

Pivotal Moment For Humanity as Disasters Threaten to Converge

A new review of literature on global climate change written by an international team of more than 200 researchers leaves no room for doubt: humanity is heading for disaster, unless significant steps are taken to change that course.

www.sciencealert.com

A new review of literature on global climate change written by an international team of more than 200 researchers leaves no room for doubt: humanity is heading for disaster, unless significant steps are taken to change that course.

How disastrous? The research team mentions trillions of US dollars in climate-related damage, billions of people pushed into hardship around the world, and millions of lives lost as a result of a rapidly warming planet.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

Pivotal Moment For Humanity as Disasters Threaten to Converge

A new review of literature on global climate change written by an international team of more than 200 researchers leaves no room for doubt: humanity is heading for disaster, unless significant steps are taken to change that course.

www.sciencealert.com

A new review of literature on global climate change written by an international team of more than 200 researchers leaves no room for doubt: humanity is heading for disaster, unless significant steps are taken to change that course.

How disastrous? The research team mentions trillions of US dollars in climate-related damage, billions of people pushed into hardship around the world, and millions of lives lost as a result of a rapidly warming planet.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/kerry-calls-climate-change-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction-derides-skeptics/2014/02/16/1283b168-971a-11e3-ae45-458927ccedb6_story.html

To this concern I wish to report this article where the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry calls the Climate Change issue a weapon of mass destruction.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1764682847195922555

In this graph you have the Global Temperature Deviation in last 2000 years and better understand the gravity of the situation that we are having now.
It's crystal clear that the Global Temperature Deviation is going out of control in the period in which we are living now.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765065264109101393

The North Atlantic sea surface temperature has been at record warm levels for an entire year now, setting daily record highs every day for 365 consecutive days.
This means that the Energy Imbalance caused by the GHE and the decreasing Albedo is increasing more and more. As we know 93% of the Energy Imbalance is absorbed by the Oceans.
I invite all TMC Members to watch the reported video.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

Experts Warn of Imminent Mass Coral Bleaching as Oceans Warm

The imminent mass coral reef bleaching event could be the world in the history of our planet, experts have warned.

earth.org

As the global sea surface temperature set a new record high on Monday at 21.17C following months of above-average temperatures, scientists are raising the alarm about a potential fourth mass coral bleaching event.

Speaking with Reuters, the coordinator of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Coral Reef Watch Derek Manzello said it was likely that the entire Southern Hemisphere would experience bleaching this year.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765333689083326841

The Earth Observation Department of ESA detects oil spills on the sea surface from space with radar satellites which basically measure surface texture.
In fact radar satellites detect the motion of oil on the sea surface because oil spills appear as black smears on a grey background on radar satellite images.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

Ice-free summers in Arctic possible within next decade, scientists say

Home of polar bears, seals and walruses could be mostly water for months as early as 2035 due to fossil fuel emissions

www.theguardian.com

The Arctic could have summer days with practically no sea ice within the next decade due to emissions from burning fossil fuels, a study has found.

This would transform the unique habitat, home to polar bears, seals and walruses, from a “white Arctic” to a “blue Arctic” during the summer months, scientists said. The calculation used for “ice free” means less than 1m sq km, in which case the Arctic would be mostly water.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

Ice-free summers in Arctic possible within next decade, scientists say

Home of polar bears, seals and walruses could be mostly water for months as early as 2035 due to fossil fuel emissions

www.theguardian.com

The Arctic could have summer days with practically no sea ice within the next decade due to emissions from burning fossil fuels, a study has found.

This would transform the unique habitat, home to polar bears, seals and walruses, from a “white Arctic” to a “blue Arctic” during the summer months, scientists said. The calculation used for “ice free” means less than 1m sq km, in which case the Arctic would be mostly water.

Melting Arctic ice will have catastrophic effects on the world, experts say. Here's how.

Melting in the Arctic could have disastrous effects on the rest of the world.

www.google.com

The biggest long-term effect of warming in the Arctic will be sea level rise, Oscar Schofield, a professor of biological oceanography at Rutgers University, told ABC News.

Sea level rise from melting and continued climate change will exacerbate coastal erosion, flood areas that had previously never seen flooding and even increase inland flooding as the salty ocean waters change groundwater tables and inundate freshwater resources, Twila Moon an Arctic Scientist said.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/07/opinions/climate-scientist-scare-doom-anxiety-mcguire

CNN
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Are you frightened by climate change? Do you worry about what sort of world we are bequeathing to our children and grandchildren? In the words of science writer and author of “The Uninhabitable Earth” David Wallace-Wells, “No matter how well informed you are, you are surely not alarmed enough.”

I would put it even more strongly.

If the fracturing of our once stable climate doesn’t terrify you, then you don’t fully understand it. The reality is that, as far as we know, and in the natural course of events, our world has never — in its entire history — heated up as rapidly as it is doing now. Nor have greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere ever seen such a precipitous hike.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765928116059251196

The climate changes over time. But not like this. Not this fast.

Please consider also that the reported graph, where the Global Temperature Deviation in last 22000 years is drawn, is updated to 2021. Now the Global Temperature Deviation is even higher!

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1766120158748356753

Code FUBAR (Fouled Up Beyond All Repair)!

Today is the day we have to extend the y-axis to accommodate a new record Global sea surface temperature of 21.21C (red line).

This post is worrisome so please don't look it up.

 

[mspohr]

Earth Matters: No technological miracles needed to address climate; Green New Deal push relaunches

Rod Lamberts wrote a decade ago: If there’s one thing decades of advertising, public relations, psychology research and science communication have taught us, it’s that throwing facts at opposing opinions with the hope of changing people’s minds is like...

www.dailykos.com

Since he was a kid in the 1970s, Mark Z. Jacobson has been focused on solutions to prevent the damage caused by burning fossil fuels, first in relation to lethal air pollution and later on climate change. Fifteen years ago, based on a foundation of research he had begun a decade earlier, Jacobson and Mark A. Delucchi developed A Plan to Power 100 Percent of the Planet with Renewables (2009). Jacobson subsequently co-founded (with financier Marco Krapels and anti-fracking activist Mark Ruffalo) The Solutions Project in 2013. This was followed in 2015 with an article written by Jacobson, Delucchi, and other team members in the peer-reviewed journal Energy & Environmental Science titled “100% clean and renewable wind, water, and sunlight (WWS) all-sector energy roadmaps for the 50 United States.” It outlined a path for all 50 states to be 100% renewable by 2050. In 2017, a Jacobson-led team produced another study, “100% Clean and Renewable Wind, Water, and Sunlight All-Sector Energy Roadmaps for 139 Countries of the World.”

The promise of a climate-friendly, renewables-powered world is encouraging. But, as noted, Jacobson’s blueprint is technological. What can be done depends on a political blueprint as well. Something full-blown but flexible. Like, say, a version of the Green New Deal.

 

[cpa]

Code FUBAR (Fouled Up Beyond All Repair)!

For completeness:

The letter F in FUBAR originally was another word that is not suitable for general audiences. The euphemistic "fouled" was substituted.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

For completeness:

The letter F in FUBAR originally was another word that is not suitable for general audiences. The euphemistic "fouled" was substituted.

Yes I know but as you said correctly that word is not suitable for general audiences.

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1766320188285477188

CRITICAL 1.5°C THRESHOLD FOR GLOBAL TEMPERATURE DEVIATION NOW BREACHED FOR 12 MONTHS

That breaks the Paris Agreement!

The terms and spirit of the Paris Agreement are broken!

Financial Post, Feb 2024

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1766320188285477188

CRITICAL 1.5°C THRESHOLD FOR GLOBAL TEMPERATURE DEVIATION NOW BREACHED FOR 12 MONTHS

That breaks the Paris Agreement!

The terms and spirit of the Paris Agreement are broken!

Financial Post, Feb 2024

This is a RED CODE ALERT IMO!

I THINK THAT THE UN SHOULD TAKE AN UNPRECEDENTED ACTION BECAUSE OF THIS EVENT!

 

[Raffy.Roma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1763190890141454652

So we have a Global Temperature Deviation of about 1.8°C for February 2024.
Made a rapid calculation. This means that while the Global Temperature Deviation for last 12 months was 1.56°C now the Global Temperature Deviation for last 12 months is about 1.61°C!

This is really worrisome. So please don't look up this post.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1766298058890080581

RECORD LAST 6 MONTHS TEMPERATURE DEVIATION Sept. 2023 to Feb. 2024 +1.65°C
NASA Source

This is compatible with RECORD LAST 12 MONTHS GLOBAL TEMPERATURE DEVIATION +1.61°C that I calculated.

Once again WE HAVE OVERTAKEN THE THRESHOLD OF 1.5°C FOR THE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE DEVIATION SET BY THE AGREEMENT OF PARIS!

THIS IS A RED CODE ALERT FOR MANKIND!

AN UNPRECEDENTED ACTION HAS TO BE TAKEN BY THE UN TO WORK OUT THE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE IMMEDIATELY IMO!