ExtinctionR

ExtinctionR, 16 hours ago (edited 16 hours ago) to random

World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target.

“I think we are headed for major societal disruption within the next five years,” said Gretta Pecl, at the University of Tasmania. “[Authorities] will be overwhelmed by extreme event after extreme event, food production will be disrupted. I could not feel greater despair over the future.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

ExtinctionR, 1 day ago to random

Shell sold carbon credits for carbon that was never captured.

"It has to rely on subsidies, which become problematic because the government ends up subsidizing polluters," he said, adding that it also shows the need for a higher price on carbon.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/shell-greenpeace-quest-1.7196792

ExtinctionR, 1 day ago to random

“We’re departing the climate of the 20th century right now and we just can’t handle these events,” Dessler said. “So they’re getting slightly more extreme, but they’re passing our ability to handle them.”

https://apnews.com/article/bizarre-weather-climate-heat-flood-extreme-e13a4a5f2c4de870269b36d5de570aa5?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share

ExtinctionR, 4 days ago to random

More than 400 people have been rescued from floods around Houston, whilst many more have evacuated themselves.

https://apnews.com/article/flooding-texas-houston-rain-793f0bcb98c9ec87da0727517e7f1787

ExtinctionR, 5 days ago to random

"Highly unequal societies are generally lower-taxing societies and invest less in public goods like healthcare, education and infrastructure. Carbon emissions and crime rise with inequality, while mental and physical health declines."

Should billionaires be banned?

#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment

https://insidestory.org.au/the-case-for-banning-billionaires/

ExtinctionR, 5 days ago to climate

"So-called overshoot days occur when a country's demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what the planet can regenerate in that year."

#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-has-already-exceeded-its-annual-ecological-limits/a-68964065?mobileApp=true

ExtinctionR, 8 days ago to random

“It looks as if it has been carpet bombed.” The most recent bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/may/01/great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching-crisis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

ExtinctionR, 10 days ago to random

"Here at the end of the world the grief is unimaginable, it is too deep and wide, we are standing and weeping at the border of madness, it is all rage and fire."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/apr/29/a-cup-of-tea-and-a-biscuit-for-the-end-of-the-world?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

ExtinctionR, 10 days ago to climate

A melting Arctic is driving polar bears South in search of food while grizzly bears are moving North. In some cases they have mated producing a fertile hybrid called a "pizzly" bear.
#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=21-P13-00041&segmentID=5

ExtinctionR, 10 days ago to climate

There are many voices and opinions in the climate movement, and whether you side towards radical voices, or think Rupert Read has it right as he argues in this essay, the consensus says everyone now has a duty to do something.

#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment

https://aeon.co/essays/is-civil-disobedience-a-moral-obligation-in-a-time-of-climate-crisis

a permaculture garden.

ExtinctionR, 12 days ago to climate

Advertisements are basically Dick Pics from Corporations.

#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment

ExtinctionR, 12 days ago to climate

As hot weather affects the Philippines, and across South East Asia as far as India, the impacts are felt by hundreds of millions of people.
In Thailand at least 30 have died from heatstroke, and in the capital Bangkok, temperatures reached 40.1C on Wednesday, while authorities warned of a possible “heat index” of past 52C on Thursday.
#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/26/asia-heatwaves-philippines-bangladesh-india?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

ExtinctionR, 13 days ago to random

Colombia is now looking to reduce power consumption as water levels in dams are dropping so low power cuts will soon become inevitable.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/colombia-ap-bogota-homes-el-nino-b2533645.html?utm_source=press.coop

ExtinctionR, 13 days ago to random

Massive bushfires in Australia have been implicated as part of the cause of increased ozone holes over Antarctica. The impact on life there isn't clear yet, but greater energy expenditure into UV protection such as melanin is hypothesized as one.
https://theconversation.com/longer-lasting-ozone-holes-over-antarctica-expose-seal-pups-and-penguin-chicks-to-much-more-uv-227218

ExtinctionR, 14 days ago to climate

"Globally, malaria cases are on the rise. Infections increased from 233 million in 2019 to 249 million in 85 countries in 2022. Malaria deaths rose from 576,000 in 2019 to 608,000 in 2022, according to the World Health Organization."

#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-world-health-organization-africa-malaria-nigeria-b2534436.html?utm_source=press.coop

ExtinctionR, 14 days ago to random

With temperatures already reaching 30°C and a hot summer forecast Japan is advising citizens how to avoid heatstroke.

#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/3285/

ExtinctionR, 14 days ago to random

"The fishermen and their families in the coastal village of Ramayapatnam can say few words in English. But almost everyone here uses the phrase “climate change” in describing the changes they’re seeing."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2024/bay-of-bengal-climate-change/?utm_source=press.coop

ExtinctionR, 15 days ago to random

The environmental impact of China's addiction to cement:
"Today, China still accounts for just over half of the world's total annual 4.1bn tonnes of cement production (52%)."
#climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240419-the-environmental-cost-of-chinas-addiction-to-cement

ExtinctionR, 15 days ago to random

How did we even end up with billionaires so cruel, so unempathetic, so heartless, and apparently so stupid they can scarcely count all the zeros of their wealth.

ExtinctionR, 17 days ago to random

The Biden administration is finally stepping up and putting some limits on the trashing of the natural environment and endless opportunities to extract hydrocarbons from US land that it has allowed fossil fuel multinationals.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/19/nation/biden-shields-millions-acres-alaskan-wilderness-drilling-mining/

ExtinctionR, 17 days ago to climate

"Deaths related to heat have increased by around 30% in Europe in the last 20 years, the report said."
#Climate #ClimateCrisis

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/health-harming-heat-stress-rising-europe-scientists-say-2024-04-22/#:~:text=Deaths%20related%20to%20heat%20have,outdoor%20workers%20from%20extreme%20heat.

ExtinctionR, 19 days ago to climate

"The researchers estimate that the northern permafrost region emitted 38M tons of CH4 and 670,000 tons of N2O into the atmosphere between 2000 & 2020. That's very little compared with the emissions of a major industrialized country, but the pace may accelerate as the world warms."

#climate #ClimateCollapse #ClimateCrisis

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-northern-permafrost-region-emits-greenhouse.html

ExtinctionR, 20 days ago to random

In 100 years, ¼ of China’s urban coastal land could sit below sea level because of a combination of subsidence from weight of buildings and ground water extraction and sea level rise caused by carbon emissions, a study has found.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/19/asia-pacific/society/china-city-sink-study/