Is it too late?

[bcuster]

BOM officially declares El Niño, warns of extreme heat risk over spring and summer

One of the world's most consequential climate drivers, El Niño, is underway for the first time in eight years, according to Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

www.abc.net.au

 

[bcuster]

A Supernova Blew Out Part of Earth's Atmosphere, Scientists Say

Ozone Wipeout In October 2022, humanity narrowly avoided a disaster of epic proportions. A powerful supernova some 1.9 billion light-years away rocked the universe, sending a massive burst of gamma rays toward the Earth. At the time, astronomers dubbed the flareup the BOAT – the brightest of all...

www.yahoo.com

 

[bcuster]

Strange this article being considered "entertainment news" Quite frightening to me:

Does the Earth have a Mysterious 27.5 Million Year Catastrophe Cycle?

Writer and director Thunder Levin (the twisted mind behind the Sharknado franchise) has an obvious penchant for smashing seemingly unrelated threats together. He took that philosophy to the ultimate extreme in 2017’s Geo-Disaster (streaming now on Peacock) by putting the Earth in the path of...

www.yahoo.com

 

[bcuster]

Rising sea levels dooms million dollar vacation homes:

Demolition begins for Rodanthe oceanfront homes bought by Park Service

Work has begun to proactively tear down two houses on the Outer Banks before they could fall into the sea like many others in recent years.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Pickman's model]

Scientist: Global warming accelerating

One of modern climate science's pioneers is warning that the world isn't just steadily warming but is dangerously accelerating, according to a study that some other scientists call a bit

richmond.com

It was never going to be linear. And the longer we go without dramatically reducing human emissions, the more other emissions will grow

 

[PTK]

A Supernova Blew Out Part of Earth's Atmosphere, Scientists Say

Ozone Wipeout In October 2022, humanity narrowly avoided a disaster of epic proportions. A powerful supernova some 1.9 billion light-years away rocked the universe, sending a massive burst of gamma rays toward the Earth. At the time, astronomers dubbed the flareup the BOAT – the brightest of all...

www.yahoo.com

"the GRB that rocked the world last year"

Rocked the world? Slightly depleted the ozone layer for a few minutes, with no recorded effects on life.

 

[WouldBe]

Strange this article being considered "entertainment news" Quite frightening to me:

Does the Earth have a Mysterious 27.5 Million Year Catastrophe Cycle?

Writer and director Thunder Levin (the twisted mind behind the Sharknado franchise) has an obvious penchant for smashing seemingly unrelated threats together. He took that philosophy to the ultimate extreme in 2017’s Geo-Disaster (streaming now on Peacock) by putting the Earth in the path of...

www.yahoo.com

You'll not have to worry about it. The next one is 'expected' in 20 million years.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

You'll not have to worry about it. The next one is 'expected' in 20 million years.

But surely, with the advances in medical knowledge......?


Damn! I forgot about global warming.

 

[PTK]

You'll not have to worry about it. The next one is 'expected' in 20 million years.

That reminds of that story related by, I think, Patrick Moore, in which he gives a lecture in which he states that Sun will come to the end of its life in about five billion years.

Afterwards, someone approaches him and says “the Sun will die in five million years?”

“No,” he replies. “Five BILLION”.

“Phew, that’s a relief” says the audience member.

 

[Pickman's model]

No great hopes for the next cop Op-ed: There cannot be another COP - ESI-Africa.com

 

[Pickman's model]

Cheery news from the Guardian CO2 readings from Mauna Loa show failure to combat climate change are we fucked? Yes we are

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Rising sea levels dooms million dollar vacation homes:

Demolition begins for Rodanthe oceanfront homes bought by Park Service

Work has begun to proactively tear down two houses on the Outer Banks before they could fall into the sea like many others in recent years.

www.yahoo.com

One of the messed-up things about houses on the Outer Banks is that many of these houses have been damaged or destroyed multiple times and rebuilt with subsidized flood insurance.

 

[Pickman's model]

and another thing Too little, too late: the desperate search for cod babies

 

[bcuster]

Global warming could turn many people into drunks and drug users, study claims

Scientists in New York have found a notable correlation between higher temperatures and increased hospital admissions for drug and alcohol use in that state.

studyfinds.org

 

[yield]

Global warming could turn many people into drunks and drug users, study claims

Scientists in New York have found a notable correlation between higher temperatures and increased hospital admissions for drug and alcohol use in that state.

studyfinds.org

“People took such awful chances with chemicals and their bodies because they wanted the quality of their lives to improve. They lived in ugly places where there were only ugly things to do. They didn’t own doodley-squat, so they couldn’t improve their surroundings. So they did their best to make their insides beautiful instead.” – Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions

 

[bcuster]

Simulation shows what sea level rise would look like in our cities

While world leaders debate how best to tackle climate change at COP28, CNN’s Elisa Raffa shows us how rising sea levels could impact cities like Dubai and New York over the next 30 years.

www.yahoo.com

 

[farmerbarleymow]

2024 could hit an average of 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures which apparently would be the first time in human history. 2023 is looking to be 1.4C above.

2024: First chance of 1.5 °C year

The Met Office outlook for global temperature suggests 2024 will be a further record-breaking year, expected to exceed 2023, which is itself almost certain to be the warmest year on record.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

 

[SpookyFrank]

Cheery news from the Guardian CO2 readings from Mauna Loa show failure to combat climate change are we fucked? Yes we are

We tried doing nothing, and somehow that didn't work.

 

[Pickman's model]

We tried doing nothing, and somehow that didn't work.

ramping up co2 and methane emissions isn't really doing nothing

 

[Rob Ray]

COP28 summarised:

The text that was presented to delegates on Wednesday morning at Cop28 – and that was adopted a few minutes ago - enjoins countries for the first time to embark on a de facto phase out of fossil fuels. But it cannot require them to do so and it contains “a litany of loopholes”

 

[Flavour]

It's a bullshit deal and I expected nothing more than that.

 

[stavros]

There appears to be a lot of back-slapping coming out of Dubai.

 

[Pickman's model]

To be fair it's much better than I expected but changes things not a jot

 

[lazythursday]

I think it's progress of a sort. Perhaps if we had had the international commitment to transition away from fossil fuels in place last year it would have been slightly more difficult for the government to go ahead with the new oil and gas exploration - maybe that could just have tipped the balance of political argument. Maybe.

But when it comes down to it, we are hurtling towards 1.5 and 2 degrees and this dancing around the language of non-binding text is really neither here nor there. Best summation I've read of where we actually are post-COP, in terms of the physics and scale of the challenge, is this by Kevin Anderson: Quick response to the draft final text of COP28 - Climate Uncensored (and the linked article - How Alive is 1.5?)

 

[stavros]

I think it's progress of a sort. Perhaps if we had had the international commitment to transition away from fossil fuels in place last year it would have been slightly more difficult for the government to go ahead with the new oil and gas exploration - maybe that could just have tipped the balance of political argument. Maybe.

Could it tip Starmer and Labour into saying they'll take away the recently issued licences? I doubt it, but it'd be a welcome U-turn.

 

[danny la rouge]

There appears to be a lot of back-slapping coming out of Dubai.

Face slapping might be more appropriate.

 

[tommers]

 

[tommers]

Cop28 president says his firm will keep investing in oil

Exclusive: Sultan Al Jaber says Adnoc has to meet demand for fossil fuels, and hails ‘unprecedented’ Cop deal

www.theguardian.com

 

[stavros]

Cop28 president says his firm will keep investing in oil

Exclusive: Sultan Al Jaber says Adnoc has to meet demand for fossil fuels, and hails ‘unprecedented’ Cop deal

www.theguardian.com

Every day I hear a new definition of "unprecendented".

 

[chilango]

Face slapping Knee capping might be more appropriate.

Ffy