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‘It was like an apocalyptic movie’: 20 climate photographs that changed the world
They are the images that made us sit up and take notice. As world leaders gather for Cop27, these pictures prove that global heating isn’t a distant possibility – it’s already here

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Horrid.
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Youtube just offered an ad for a new book by Bill Gates.

First time in eons that I watched an 90" ad to the end.

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France has been given the green light to ban short haul domestic flights.

The European Commission has approved the move which will abolish flights between cities that are linked by a train journey of less than 2.5 hours.

The decision was announced on Friday. The changes are part of the country’s 2021 Climate Law.

France is also cracking down on the use of private jets for short journeys in a bid to make transport greener and fairer for the population.

Transport minister Clément Beaune said the country could no longer tolerate the super rich using private planes while the public are making cutbacks to deal with the energy crisis and climate change.
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Planes are horrific for Greenhouse Gasses. They are beautiful and I love them, but they are literally beautiful death. If you banned plan travel world wide I have read it would almost fix the greenhouse gas problem.

This is the beginning of the phase out of planes, I think. And I dont know how I feel about that, but long term it has to be done.
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Against the ravaging seas, Quebec's coastal communities have learned through bitter experience that the way to advance against climate change is to retreat. https://apnews.com/article/science-can
Over the past decade, civilization has been pulled back from the water’s edge where possible along the eastern stretch of the Gaspe Peninsula where coastline is particularly vulnerable to erosion. Defenses erected against the sea ages ago have been dismantled, rock by rock, concrete chunk by chunk.

Forillon National Park, nearly 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Perce, removed a road that the ocean turned into heaving chunks of asphalt and scattered with boulders year after year as winters warmed and the shore’s protective sea ice vanished.

In Perce, a town of several thousand that swells with summer visitors drawn to the majestic seascape, a manmade beach was “nourished” with pebbles and given to nature to sculpt. After extreme storms wrecked the town’s old seaside boardwalk, a new one was built farther from the water and without the concrete wall that had only added to storm wave fury.

When you try to wall off the sea, communities here learned, the sea prevails. Less destruction happens when waves have less to destroy.
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Has the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’?
Some Brazilian scientists fear that the Amazon may become a grassy savanna — with profound effects on the climate worldwide.

One of the first times Luciana Vanni Gatti tried to collect Amazonian air she got so woozy that she couldn’t even operate the controls. An atmospheric chemist, she wanted to measure the concentration of carbon high above the rainforest. To obtain her samples she had to train bush pilots at obscure air-taxi businesses. The discomfort began as she waited on the tarmac, holding one door open against the wind to keep the tiny cockpit from turning into an oven in the equatorial sun. When at last they took off, they rose precipitously, and every time they plunged into a cloud, the plane seemed to be, in Gatti’s words, sambando — dancing the samba. Then the air temperature dipped below freezing, and her sweat turned cold.

Not that it was all bad. As the frenetic port of Manaus receded, the canopy spread out below like a shaggy carpet, immaculate green except for the pink and yellow blooms of ipê trees, and it was one of those moments — increasingly rare in Gatti’s experience — when you could pretend that nature had no final border, and the Amazon looked like what it somehow still was, the world’s largest rainforest.
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Skiers in Austria didn't let a snow shortage stop them from taking advantage of the mountain.

The sparse snow cover is a problem affecting resorts across the Alps and comes amid reports that several European countries already set January heat records. https://trib.al/Ty3mAJx
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The Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa — the world’s largest natural ice skating rink and part of a UNESCO World Heritage site — may not open this winter as relatively warm temperatures in the Canadian capital put outdoor activities and other long-standing traditions on thin ice.
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If the skateway remains shuttered through the season — which typically runs from January through early March — it will be the first winter in a half-century that Ottawans miss gliding on the 4.8-mile ice path. (The entire canal is 126 miles long.) The delay has raised fears in a region familiar with biting cold that climate change is whittling away at not just glaciers and coastlines, but also culture and ordinary life.
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In the midst of an unusually warm winter across much of the northern United States and southern Canada, the Great Lakes now have the least ice cover on record for the middle of February, which is typically when the ice begins to reach its maximum extent for the season.
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As of Feb. 15, ice covered only 6 percent of the Great Lakes, compared with a historical average for the date of 41 percent, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. The previous record low for Feb. 15 was 7.8 percent in 2012.

This winter’s lack of ice — part of a longer-term decline in Great Lakes ice coverage tied to human-caused climate change — could have implications across and downwind of the lakes not just for the rest of this winter and the coming spring and summer, but all the way into next winter.

“There have been significant downward trends in lake ice for many years. This year is a continuation of warming winters and declining ice,” University of Michigan climate researcher Richard Rood said in an email. “The downward trend has been punctuated by some years of high ice coverage, related to cold air outbreaks.”
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Senator Whitehouse lays it all out.
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I had this playing as I was doing my morning household tasks, but from one thing I took away from it is that it’s possible that the current Culture War is partly the result of Fossil Fuel doing a Wag-the-Dog set of manipulations to distract the populace from “emissions”?

Not totally shocking, but is that sort of the take-away from this?
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Temperatures soared to record levels in Greenland early this week, up to 50 degrees above normal in some places. Researchers say this early warm spell could make its ice sheet more vulnerable to melt events this summer.

Recent summers have brought record-setting melting of the massive ice sheet, which is the world’s largest contributor to rising sea levels, outpacing the Antarctic ice sheet and mountain glaciers.

“It was certainly a very unusual event, that such a high temperature was reached in the middle of winter,” Ruth Mottram, a climate scientist at the Danish Meteorological Institute, wrote in an email. “There was indeed a March record set this week.”

This latest warm spell in Greenland pushed the temperature in its capital, Nuuk, up to 59.4 degrees (15.2 Celsius) on Sunday, the warmest on record for March or April, according to climate expert Maximiliano Herrera. The average March high in Nuuk, which sits on the southwestern coast of the island, is about 23 degrees (minus-5 Celsius).
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On the other side of the planet.

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The storm was born in the Indian Ocean on Feb. 6 and has been on a long, winding journey since, walloping both Madagascar and Mozambique and causing at least 21 deaths.

Now, poised to hit Mozambique for a second time, the storm has set a world record for tropical storm longevity, enduring 31 days and counting.

“At this time, it does appear to be a new record holder for ‘longest-lasting’ recorded tropical cyclone … but we are continuing to monitor the situation,” said Randall Cerveny, the World Meteorological Organization’s rapporteur for weather and climate extremes, in a news release.

Over its lifetime, Freddy has tracked more than 5,000 miles since it developed between Western Australia and Indonesia and even attained the strength of a Category 5 hurricane. It’s presently crossing the Mozambique Channel for a third time.

Remarkably, the storm has rapidly intensified six times.

Rapid intensification describes an uptick in winds of 35 mph or greater in 24 hours. Research has shown rapid intensification increasing in frequency in many ocean basins because of rising ocean temperatures linked to human-caused climate change.
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A zillion years ago I was about to pull the trigger for a trip to Madagascar. They got hit by a big storm and asked tourists to please stay away while they cleaned up. I never did get around to rescheduling that trip.

Today, SWMBO pointed out an ad encouraging tourists to come to Vanuatu - real cheap, considering. I think they have got to still be reeling from getting direct hits for two cyclones and two earthquakes in two days.

For sure they can use that tourist dollar but I would think they have more important things to worry about.

Tropical Cyclone Kevin brings destructive winds and heavy rain to Vanuatu's capital Port Vila

I really like Vanuatu, and would love to go back, but I don't want to get in the way of recovery work - that's just rude.
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Looking at it another way, maybe your tourist dollar could help fund the rebuilding.
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I posted about Freddie a week ago. I saw yesterday somewhere it's still going strong. :eek:
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Suranis wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:08 am Looking at it another way, maybe your tourist dollar could help fund the rebuilding.
No doubt.

But the airport, which is quite small, is gonna be busy with relieif flights. Interisland planes will eother be damaged or used up with relief flights. Electricity generation will be redoced. Tourist resort staff, will be busy trying to get their homes livable. Ground transport, sketchy at best of times will be very difficult. Coastal boats will be damaged or their capacity stretched. The seabed will be all churned up and coral damaged, so there won't be anything for divers or the tourist submarine (if its still there) to look at.

Baby sitting tourists that cant get off the island to do touristy stuff is not what they need.

Vanuatu actually has enormous natural energy resources, they just need someone to figure out how to exploit their volcanos. Lots of heat and lots of water - why hasn't that equation been solved before now?
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Menindee: Millions of dead fish wash up near Australian town

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The large-scale fish deaths were first reported on Friday morning in the New South Wales' (NSW) town of Menindee.

The state's river authority said it was a result of an ongoing heatwave affecting the Darling-Baaka river.

Locals say it is the largest fish death event to hit the town, that experienced another significant mass death of fish just three years ago.

In a Facebook post, the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) said the heatwave put "further stress on a system that has experienced extreme conditions from wide-scale flooding".

Heatwaves have become more frequent, more intense, and last longer because of human-induced climate change. The world has already warmed by about 1.1C since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions.

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The temperature in Menindee was expected to reach 41C on Saturday.

He added that locals in the regional town rely on the Darling-Baaka for water supplies, "we use the river water for washing and showering in so people won't be able to use that water for those basic needs again," he said.

"Over time those people won't be able to access that water for domestic use which is just shameful".

This week's fish deaths throws a light on the troubles facing the Murray Darling Basin. Drought and increased human use has impacted the health of the Murray Darling ecosystem.

The Murray Darling Basin authority said agriculture, industries and communities have used water from the river system which has resulted in less water flowing through the river.
Reminds me of a few years back when rising water temperatures in the Peconic River and the Great Peconic Bay on Long Island caused a large die off of menhaden ("the most important fish in the sea"). Menhaden are very sensitive to low oxygen levels. Most of the dead fish floated onto the south shore of the western North Fork. Our Town of Riverhead had to pay a not so small fortune to collect and dispose of the fish.

Bad as we thought that was the Menindee situation is much worse. More dead fish. A small human population with fewer resources to deal with it. :(
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Menindee: Australia begins mass fish death clean-up

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Fish will be cleared from "high density areas", but it will not be possible to remove all the carcasses, police say.

Police reassured local residents that the water supply remained "high quality".

The deaths are thought to have been caused by low oxygen levels in the river after a recent heatwave.

An emergency hub has been set up in the town of Menindee in western NSW to co-ordinate the response and monitor water quality.

Describing the operation as "very challenging and significant", NSW Police Commander Brett Greentree said the event was "unprecedented in terms of the millions of fish which have died."

"Our purpose is making sure Menindee has clean water supply… I'm comfortable we're in a good spot regards to water quality at the moment," he told reporters.

Commander Greentree said contractors with specialised skills would use "a netting procedure" to remove the fish.

"But I need to be very upfront with the community and say 'will every fish be removed?' I don't think so, from the information I've had," he added.

Posting a Facebook video showing rotting fish lining the riverbank, local resident Graeme Crabb wrote "the worst is still coming".
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Curious:
Climate change is making major league sluggers into even hotter hitters, sending an extra 50 or so home runs a year over the fences, a new study found.

Hotter, thinner air that allows balls to fly farther contributed a tiny bit to a surge in home runs since 2010, according to a statistical analysis by Dartmouth College scientists published in Friday’s Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. They analyzed 100,000 major league games and more than 200,000 balls put into play in the last few years along with weather conditions, stadiums and other factors.

“Global warming is juicing home runs in Major League Baseball,” said study co-author Justin Mankin, a Dartmouth climate scientist.

It’s basic physics.

When air heats up, molecules move faster and away from each other, making the air less dense. Baseballs launched off a bat go farther through thinner air because there’s less resistance to slow the ball. Just a little bit farther can mean the difference between a homer and a flyout, said Alan Nathan, a University of Illinois physicist who wasn’t part of the Dartmouth study.
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Yep, I've been wondering if we'd be seeing this effect soon, for the reasons stated.
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W. Kevin Vicklund wrote: Sat Apr 08, 2023 2:21 pm Yep, I've been wondering if we'd be seeing this effect soon, for the reasons stated.
But, did the study include all the evidence:
In March 2018, research by FiveThirtyEight's Rob Arthur found evidence of significant difference in the composition of the cores of baseballs produced after 2015 and before.[8] Several months later, the MLB received the results of its own scientific study, looking into the increase in home run rate since 2015, and acknowledged that the increase was due, at least in part, to "a change in the aerodynamic properties of the baseball". The report suggested several steps to address the issue.[15] Researchers Brian J. Love and Michael L. Burns, writing for The Conversation, identified other factors that could be contributing to the changing baseball composition, including lowering quality of cork supplied worldwide due to climate change, and new standards for humidity control for storing baseballs at MLB stadiums.[16]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juiced_ball_theory


In June 2018 it was announced that MLB had teamed up with a private equity firm to purchase Rawlings, the longtime manufacturers of the baseballs used by MLB, for a reported $395 million. Regarding the decision to purchase Rawlings, Chris Marinak, the executive vice president for strategy, technology and innovation for MLB said, "We are particularly interested in providing even more input and direction on the production of the official ball of Major League Baseball, one of the most important on-field products to the play of our great game." The purchase of Rawlings by MLB has fueled fan concerns over a possible conspiracy by MLB to boost the offense as a way to combat low attendance and TV ratings.[17]

In 2019, the juiced ball theory came to the forefront once again, as the league was on pace to hit 6,668 home runs as of the All-Star break, which would smash the 2017 record of 6,105.[18][n 1] The Triple-A-level minor leagues also saw a sharp increase in home runs, 58% over the previous year,[n 2] after switching to the same ball used in the majors.[20][21] Pitcher Emilio Pagan said, "To see the big league ball fly for the first time—it's pretty mind-blowing. Guys that had never seen it before, well, it's hard to put into words how much farther the big league ball goes, because it's spun tighter."[22]

Shortly before the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Manfred acknowledged the difference in the balls, saying, "Our scientists that have been now studying the baseball more regularly have told us that this year the baseball has a little less drag. [...] We are trying to understand exactly why that happened and build out a manufacturing process that gives us a little more control over what's going on. But you have to remember that our baseball is a handmade product and there's gonna be variation year to year."[23] All-Star Game starting pitcher Justin Verlander said that the balls used in MLB games are "a fucking joke" and that he believes "100 percent" that the league has implemented juiced balls to increase offense.[23][24]
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Decades ago I read an article (in the Boston Globe?) about ways to make baseball more interesting for the fans.

One suggestion was to "deaden the balls" so that there would be fewer home runs and more fielding action.
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We could go back to the Dead Ball Era in the early 20th Century. Home Run Baker earned his sobriquet even though he never belted more than twelve home runs in a season. His career total was 96 home runs.

I agree that a game is more exciting when base runners are circling the bases on singles and extra-base hits. Pitchers hate pitching with a continual threat of runners on base.

But most fans only appreciate the drama of a late-inning home run with runners on to open up a larger lead or to come from behind to tie or take the lead. Home runs are easy to understand. The game-within-the-game strategy of moving runners along, taking the extra base, stealing, hit-and-run is lost on the casual fan.

I say, keep the balls the way they are. Move the fences back another 15-20 feet. That will cut down on the home runs while also allowing more balls to fall in the gaps or down the lines to go for extra-base hits.
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