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Capitalism won't solve it. From the FT!
bcuster
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Scientists beam solar power to Earth from space for 1st time ever
The Space Solar Power Demonstrator's MAPLE experiment was able to wirelessly transfer collected solar power to receivers in space and direct energy to Earth.
www.space.com
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Couple of articles by Kaiser (and others) about the climate and the class strudel (sorry....) in Germany.
globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org
progressive.international
Students for Future: Towards Ecological Class Politics
globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org
The first signs of an ecological class struggle in Germany
After years of rapprochement, Germany’s climate and labour movement are jointly going on strike to demand socio-ecological public infrastructure.
progressive.international
Aquamarine
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Some say this could be the silver bullet.
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
World will miss 1.5C warming limit - top UK expert
Former head of the UN climate science body told the BBC's Today programme he was very pessimistic.
www.bbc.co.uk
I think we can all join Prof Bob Watson in his pessimism!
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
Got me thinking of unprecedented ocean temps & what affect that’ll have on hurricanes - plus an active El Niño. It doesn’t bode well.
amp.cnn.com
What record warm ocean temperatures could mean for hurricane season | CNN
The Atlantic hurricane season is headed into uncharted territory with water temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico warmer than they have ever been on record.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
World will miss 1.5C warming limit - top UK expert
Former head of the UN climate science body told the BBC's Today programme he was very pessimistic.www.bbc.co.uk
I think we can all join Prof Bob Watson in his pessimism!
Really grim news this, been covered a bit.
Looks like limiting it to 1.5 degrees has gone, they're talking about even 2 degrees not being likely.
Things are really fucked.
Hilldweller
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neither a surprise, but still 
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
Is it even using the right language to reach uninterested people, to talk about 1.5 or 2 degrees of warming? I suspect there are many who haven't been paying attention who sit there thinking, well, it's 19 C outside now, I wouldn't mind it a couple of degrees warmer. And they all have a vote. How can the rest of us get through to them that it doesn't mean 2 degrees warmer where you are? Sen. James Inhofe, who brought a snowball into the Senate, clearly doesn't understand what it means.
And it doesn't seem to work by saying it means more heatwaves, more flooding, more sea level rise, more crop loss, more uninhabitable lands, more refugees - because they can't see the connection between 2 degrees and all that, and are baffled and annoyed by all the noise.
To say nothing of the powerful who are more concerned about their immediate profits than even something five years down the line, let alone what happens to anyone else.
How do we get through?
And it doesn't seem to work by saying it means more heatwaves, more flooding, more sea level rise, more crop loss, more uninhabitable lands, more refugees - because they can't see the connection between 2 degrees and all that, and are baffled and annoyed by all the noise.
To say nothing of the powerful who are more concerned about their immediate profits than even something five years down the line, let alone what happens to anyone else.
How do we get through?
The factor I've highlighted ought to reach at least some of those unconvinced.
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
I'm afraid you may be right and it's for all the wrong reasons.
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
And then we have the collapse of the Gulf Stream!
“The Gulf Stream system could collapse as soon as 2025, a new study suggests. The shutting down of the vital ocean currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) by scientists, would bring catastrophic climate impacts.”
www.theguardian.com
“The Gulf Stream system could collapse as soon as 2025, a new study suggests. The shutting down of the vital ocean currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) by scientists, would bring catastrophic climate impacts.”
Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests
A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis
Storm Fox
Trying the find the next noun to verb
And then we have the collapse of the Gulf Stream!
“The Gulf Stream system could collapse as soon as 2025, a new study suggests. The shutting down of the vital ocean currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) by scientists, would bring catastrophic climate impacts.”
Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests
A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis
We are totally fucked.
Signal 11
also programmed for conversational english
And then we have the collapse of the Gulf Stream!
“The Gulf Stream system could collapse as soon as 2025, a new study suggests. The shutting down of the vital ocean currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) by scientists, would bring catastrophic climate impacts.”
Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests
A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis
There's a better article here covering more of the recent developments, by Prof. Rahmstorf who is quoted at the end of the Guardian article.
bcuster
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bcuster
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Declining firefly population:
www.theatlantic.com
Humans Love Fireflies. Maybe Too Much.
Growing tourism could be a gift or a curse for lightning bugs.
bcuster
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Glacial break causes major flooding in Alaska, officials issue emergency declaration
A glacier lake outburst flood is wreaking havoc near Juneau, Alaska, where structures have been destroyed as a result of a break on the Mendenhall Glacier.
gosub
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The Atlantic is at risk of circulation collapse. It would mean even greater climate chaos across Europe
Amid news of lethal heatwaves across the Northern Hemisphere comes the daunting prospect of a climate disaster on an altogether grander scale. New findings published in Nature Communications suggest the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, or Amoc, could collapse within the next few...
hash tag
Books, not bombs
Interesting experiment
www.theguardian.com
German supermarket trials charging true climate cost of foods
Penny chain raises price of products including wiener sausage, cheese and yoghurt in week-long experiment
8ball
1,200 lights
I went to a Six Sigma event once and can verify that even a three must be pretty bad, as for a five... <shudders>
bcuster
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How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox
Declining rainfall, rising temperatures and invasive species have left the islands more susceptible to wildfires.
teqniq
DisMembered
53 dead (so far) and thousands missing in wildfires on Maui
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