River_Ghost
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...orever-chemicals-in-drinking-water-180980270/
Beyond this. I rest my case.
Beyond this. I rest my case.
Climate Change Anecdotes
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EgonSpengler
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I hope you don't like mustard too much. I just read that this year's crop of mustard seed could be down as much as 50%, due in part to heat waves in France and Canada impacting the fecundity of the plants. Plants that normally produce 8-10 seeds are producing only 4-6. The war in Ukraine has made it worse.
Top 5 global exporters of mustard seed in 2020: Canada, Germany, Russia, India, Ukraine.
Top 5 global exporters of mustard seed in 2020: Canada, Germany, Russia, India, Ukraine.
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I truly find this fascinating. I've been working on AGW advocacy for 25+ years now, enough time to see cycles in the counter-memes.
How can your belief have gotten into your head? You'd be doing me a big favor, because I've never seen someone (who I consider basically reasonable) hold that belief before.
Like, if I hold AGW as important, the something as simple as "LNG or coal?" is a very important question to both ask and then answer. And then, whoever is actually correct, should have that information spread into policy. Or, at least, get factored into the other ways those two sources are beneficial or damaging.
It is a difficult question, that depends on leakage rate and the timescale we care about. I think the critical unknown is where the tipping points are. If what really matters is whether we get to 2 C over pre-industrial levels in the next 20 years to avoid methane hydrates breaking down then leaky Saudi LNG could well be worse. If what matters is the change over the next 200 years coal will be worse.
Of course the main point is that "LNG or coal" is a false dichotomy, certainly if we are talking about beyond the next year or two.
EnglishEdward
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There was no real proper winter here in Norfolk this year.
stfoskey12
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In 2015 I was living in North Carolina, and we experienced our warmest December on record, with temperatures in the 70s (low 20s C) quite often, and nights frequently staying in the 60s (high 10s C). Normal is highs in the 50s (low 10s C) and lows in the 30s (low 0s C). It was quite humid and rainy and felt vaguely tropical a lot of the time.
Then by 2021 I had moved to Oklahoma, and experienced the warmest December on record there. Most days would get into the 60s and 70s (average temperatures are similar to North Carolina), and there was almost no rain. I have heard second hand that farmers are complaining about more bugs in the winter due to increased winter heat waves. Summer temperatures in Oklahoma have not changed as much apparently.
One other big change is seeing wildfire smoke somewhat frequently. I saw it in 2018 when the western part of Oklahoma had fires from an exceptional drought. And in late summer/early fall 2020 and 2021 there were smoky days from the fires out west.
All that being said, I'm in my 20's, so I never really got to experience a pre-global warming world. My dad once mentioned that he remembered the winters in North Carolina being colder when he was a kid, and the stats back that up.
Then by 2021 I had moved to Oklahoma, and experienced the warmest December on record there. Most days would get into the 60s and 70s (average temperatures are similar to North Carolina), and there was almost no rain. I have heard second hand that farmers are complaining about more bugs in the winter due to increased winter heat waves. Summer temperatures in Oklahoma have not changed as much apparently.
One other big change is seeing wildfire smoke somewhat frequently. I saw it in 2018 when the western part of Oklahoma had fires from an exceptional drought. And in late summer/early fall 2020 and 2021 there were smoky days from the fires out west.
All that being said, I'm in my 20's, so I never really got to experience a pre-global warming world. My dad once mentioned that he remembered the winters in North Carolina being colder when he was a kid, and the stats back that up.
We lived in NC (outside of Chapel Hill) from the mid 60s until 1990. We had many cold winters with lots of snow and ice followed by ice storms in the spring. NM and OK are about the same latitude as NC and winters in the 90s in NM were similar to those in NC with significant snow and cold (snow on Halloween and in mid April) but with less rain. No more. By 2000 winters were warmer and shorter and the rain not happening. The trend has continued for the last 20 years.
stinkubus
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It's been over 90 degrees in northwest Pennsylvania for at least 10 of the last 14 days. This is easily the most prolonged heat wave I've ever lived through here. The forecast for the coming week is saying we're going to get some relief, but this entire summer has been miserable.
Buy stock in companies that make ice cream!
Angst
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britain used to have many more grape fields for wine in the bronze age afaik and the moors afaik are a result of deforestation followed by climate change, even at a slow pace
wine's coming back to england baby but damn am i frustrated with no real action being done to prevent this
my whole city will be underwater in a century :l
it's like we're speedrunning the bronze age collapse
In India’s capital, New Delhi, mountains of rubbish are on fire.
Blazes are breaking out in slums, residents are suffering heat stroke and dehydration, and there are shortages of electricity and water. This is life when an extreme heatwave hits.
New Delhi and parts of northwest India have been facing unprecedented heat, with temperatures up to 10 degrees hotter than normal.
Blazes are breaking out in slums, residents are suffering heat stroke and dehydration, and there are shortages of electricity and water. This is life when an extreme heatwave hits.
New Delhi and parts of northwest India have been facing unprecedented heat, with temperatures up to 10 degrees hotter than normal.
Spoiler 1/2 hour video I have not yet watched :
EnglishEdward
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It appears that, allegedly as a consequence of global warming, octopuses are massing off the shores of Britain getting ready to invade:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...octopus-boom-prompts-joy-and-concern-cornwall
I am undecided as to whether to blame Macron or Putin?
I reckon they should put them in a blender, freeze them and sent them up North to feed farmed Alex Salmond.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...octopus-boom-prompts-joy-and-concern-cornwall
I am undecided as to whether to blame Macron or Putin?
I reckon they should put them in a blender, freeze them and sent them up North to feed farmed Alex Salmond.
I had heard we expected jellyfish to do better than bony fish in a warming world, which was a problem because jellyfish are not very tasty, but octopuses are really good, so I do not see this as such an issue.
Eating octopus is like eating whales and dolphins.
Why? Because they are similarly intelligent, or similarly rare?Eating octopus is like eating whales and dolphins.
They are highly intelligent and we should start somewhere in in thinking about consuming intelligent life. Endangered should not be the only criteria for not eating.
They are intelligent, and have recently been acknowledged as worthy of animal welfare protections equivalent to vertebrates in the UK. I do not think there is any evidence they are as intelligent as pigs, let alone dolphins and whales.
E.man
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Interesting.
Is anybody there paying attention yet ?
We've been on about it for about 50 years.
