We're Turning The Planet's To Shit: Climate Change & Humanity's Ability To Ruin Anything Good

[Grand Potentate]

Climate Change Is Causing Wetter, Heavier Rainfall, New Study Shows

Warmer air holds more moisture, which means more rain.

gizmodo.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Bottled water is 3,500 times worse for the environment than tap water

It may not be shocking that bottled water is bad for the environment, but scientists have crunched the numbers to work out exactly how much worse it is.

www.euronews.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

The mighty Mississippi is so low, people are walking to a unique rock formation rarely accessible by foot | CNN

People are hiking across the Mississippi River's rocky, dry bed to reach Tower Rock, which is usually only reachable by boat.

www.cnn.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

380 Million Tons of Plastic Are Made Every Year. None of It Is Truly Recyclable

Not even water bottles and milk jugs meet standards for recyclability, a new report finds.

gizmodo.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

These Numbers Are All Wrong

A new UN report says we're on track for 2.5 degrees of warming, not the target 1.5. We need to reduce emissions by 45%, but we're headed for a 10% increase.

gizmodo.com

A new UN report says we're on track for 2.5 degrees of warming, not the target 1.5. We need to reduce emissions by 45%, but we're headed for a 10% increase.​

 

[güero]

380 Million Tons of Plastic Are Made Every Year. None of It Is Truly Recyclable

Not even water bottles and milk jugs meet standards for recyclability, a new report finds.

gizmodo.com

That is extremely US-specific. E.g. >90% of one-way PET bottles are truly recycled (bottle-to-bottle) in plenty of countries, pretty much all of those with a deposit return system. US is changing though, there is lots of legislation coming in various states. Eg pretty sure Florida has started designing a deposit system (and other recycling infrastructure stuff)

 

[Grand Potentate]

Why the US is suffering a widespread drought

It’s not just the west that has to worry.

www.theverge.com

 

[Fwiffo]

These Numbers Are All Wrong

A new UN report says we're on track for 2.5 degrees of warming, not the target 1.5. We need to reduce emissions by 45%, but we're headed for a 10% increase.

gizmodo.com

A new UN report says we're on track for 2.5 degrees of warming, not the target 1.5. We need to reduce emissions by 45%, but we're headed for a 10% increase.​

Today the UN secretary said it is 2.8c. Inflation affecting everything.

 

[Fwiffo]

Climate change: Kilimanjaro's and Africa's last glaciers to go by 2050, says UN

Many iconic glaciers will melt regardless of the world's actions to combat climate change, the UN says.

www.bbc.com

It's lost for Kilimanjaro, Yosemite and Alps. But you still have a chance to save my country's glaciers.

 

[Grand Potentate]

 

[Grand Potentate]

Drought Is Killing Zebras, Elephants, and Wildebeest in East Africa

An ongoing dry spell is endangering some of the continent's most iconic wildlife.

gizmodo.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Northern Italy Sees Hottest October Since 1800

The record high temperatures followed a long and unusually dry heatwave in the summer months, which resulted in hundreds of deaths and slashed agricultural output.

www.telesurenglish.net

your tailor will have your flame resistant suit available shortly.

 

[Dropbear]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/12/02/zombie-virus-russia-permafrost-thaw/

 

[güero]

DNA from 2m years ago reveals lost Arctic world

Breakthrough pushes back DNA record by 1m years to time when region was 11–19C warmer than today

www.theguardian.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

DNA from 2m years ago reveals lost Arctic world

Breakthrough pushes back DNA record by 1m years to time when region was 11–19C warmer than today

www.theguardian.com

well i'm sure that's a good enough reason to keep pumping all this liquid natural gas.

 

[Grand Potentate]

WHO COULD HAVE EVER POSSIBLY SEEN THIS OUTCOME???

 

[Fwiffo]

Please fix the pipeline. Signed us Canadians.

 

[güero]

well i'm sure that's a good enough reason to keep pumping all this liquid natural gas.

You know I‘ve been an advocate of climate improvement for a long time.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Midwest Soil Is Eroding Faster Than Ever. Modern Farming Could Be to Blame

"The Midwest is losing soil, for most of these sites, about 100 times faster than it’s forming."

gizmodo.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Amazon’s Plastic Waste Soared in 2021, Report Finds

The retail giant says it generated 214 million pounds of plastic waste last year. An advocacy group says it produced three times as much.

gizmodo.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Big oil is behind conspiracy to deceive public, first climate racketeering lawsuit says

Lawyer in a civil lawsuit launched by towns in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico describes why it is using laws used to target mob bosses

www.theguardian.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

This was the hottest year yet for the UK

It’s been a disastrously hot year.

www.theverge.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Scientists sound alarm as ocean temperatures hit new record

PARIS: The world's oceans, which have absorbed most of the excess heat caused by humanity's carbon pollution, continued to see record-breaking temperatures last year, according to research published Wednesday (Jan 11). Climate change has increased surface temperatures across the planet, leading...

www.channelnewsasia.com

 

[Fwiffo]

Climate change: UAE names oil chief to lead COP28 talks

The CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has been chosen as president-designate of key climate meeting.

www.bbc.com

The road to the solution for climate change runs through big oil.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Honduras Loses 10% of its Forests in Just 11 Years

The latest news and information from Costa Rica including breaking news, weather, travel, events, sports and more.

ticotimes.net

 

[Grand Potentate]

Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless, analysis shows

Investigation into Verra carbon standard finds most are ‘phantom credits’ and may worsen global heating

www.theguardian.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Huge Trash Buildup Totally Covers Section of Balkan River

The Drina river is drowning in 350,000 cubic feet of garbage.

gizmodo.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Coldest wind chill ever recorded in continental US, say forecasters

The cold on Mount Washington in New Hampshire on Friday was producing a wind chill of -108F (-77C).

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Fwiffo]

Coldest wind chill ever recorded in continental US, say forecasters

The cold on Mount Washington in New Hampshire on Friday was producing a wind chill of -108F (-77C).

www.bbc.co.uk

I hope it goes to Europe so we can share the pain and misery.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Colorado River crisis is so bad, lakes Mead and Powell are unlikely to refill in our lifetimes

One California water manager says Colorado River reservoirs aren't likely to refill. Scientists agree that the region needs to plan for a drier future.

www.latimes.com

This is legitimately insane if you really think about it.

 

[Fwiffo]

Opinion: The Great Salt Lake is disappearing. Utah has 45 days to save it

Salt Lake City's namesake is evaporating, and with it a resource crucial to the West's economy, weather and health — not to mention millions of migratory birds.

www.latimes.com

This one isn't behind a pay wall but the one I read from the Globe basically says the salt lake will dry up in 5 years. If it does, there could be dust storms picking up arsenic from the lake bed and blowing it across North America. Conservation efforts would only solve about 15-20% of the annual shortfall never mind increase the lake's body.

Solutions involve trucking in water from the Pacific or digging deeper for ground water or sacrificing the northern saltier part and preserving the less salty lake with an active ecosystem. Not sure dumping more water in a climate that is constantly depleting it is a solution.

 

[Grand Potentate]

So-called Doomsday Glacier is 'in trouble,' scientists say after finding surprising formations under ice shelf | CNN

Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" -- nicknamed because its collapse could drive catastrophic sea level rise -- is melting rapidly in unexpected ways, according to new research.

www.cnn.com

This is legitimately terrifying

 

[Fwiffo]

Next 5 years from 2021... hopefully it holds so my aunt can do her Antarctica cruise expedition thing in 2024.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Freak Forecast: Half the U.S. Set to Freeze While Other Half Faces Record-High Temps

Only a thin strip of the country is set to be near average over the next few days. Forecasters are calling the forthcoming temps "anomalous."

gizmodo.com

completely normal forecast.

 

[Grand Potentate]

The Canadian Super Pigs Are Here

A new breed of massive, cold-weather-proof hog is venturing south.

gizmodo.com

way to go canada

Thruth did you have these fuckers out on the farm?

 

[Thruth]

The Canadian Super Pigs Are Here

A new breed of massive, cold-weather-proof hog is venturing south.

gizmodo.com

way to go canada

Thruth did you have these fuckers out on the farm?

there are herds not that far away from my place.

this one was shot in 2016.

 

[Grand Potentate]

there are herds not that far away from my place.

this one was shot in 2016.

God damn that fucker is huge!

 

[Dropbear]

there are herds not that far away from my place.

this one was shot in 2016.

Fun to hunt and a year’s supply of tamales there!

 

[Grand Potentate]

The world is on track to overshoot 1.5 degrees of warming, so it's time to study reflecting sun away from the Earth, UN says

On Monday the U.N. released a report on solar radiation modification, saying the "speculative group of technologies" needs formal study and governance rules.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Fwiffo]

Carbon dioxide emissions reached a record high in 2022

Thursday’s report was described as disconcerting by scientists who warn that energy users around the world must cut emissions to slow the dire consequences of global warming.

www.nbcnews.com

Only a new Chinese lab virus and selective extinction events targeted at homo sapiens will save us now!