Climate News & Discussion

[Bamaro]

(Reuters) - Despite a massive reduction in commuting and in many commercial activities during the early months of the pandemic, the amount of carbon in Earth's atmosphere in May reached its highest level in modern history, a global indicator released on Monday showed.

Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, said the findings, based on the amount of carbon dioxide in the air at NOAA's weather station on Mauna Loa in Hawaii, was the highest since measurements began 63 years ago.

The measurement, called the Keeling Curve after Charles David Keeling, the scientist who began tracking carbon dioxide there in 1958, is a global benchmark for atmospheric carbon levels.

Instruments perched on NOAA's mountaintop observatory recorded carbon dioxide at about 419 parts per million last month, more than the 417 parts per million in May 2020.

Carbon dioxide in the air at highest level since measurements began (msn.com)

 

[crimsonaudio]

Carbon dioxide in the air at highest level since measurements began (msn.com)

This isn't good news. I hoped we would see a reduction which would encourage people to think more about it.

 

[Bamaro]

This isn't good news. I hoped we would see a reduction which would encourage people to think more about it.

We're screwed. This problem has yet to be taken seriously enough.

 

[92tide]

We're screwed. This problem has yet to be taken seriously enough.

it's not from lack of trying. massive amounts of money have been spent on propaganda to convince people to not pay attention to experts and to go with their patriotic gut

 

[92tide]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1402739834196611074

 

[TexasBama]

The shocking numbers behind the Lake Mead drought crisis

The Lake Mead reservoir is poised to become the focal point of one of the country's most significant climate crises: water shortages in the West.

www.cnn.com

 

[TexasBama]

But it's a dry heat

 

[TexasBama]

The Earth is now trapping an 'unprecedented' amount of heat, NASA says

The amount of heat Earth traps has roughly doubled since 2005, contributing to more...

www.chron.com

 

[92tide]

But it's a dry heat

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just in time

Badwater Ultramarathon - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Badwater Ultramarathon describes itself as "the world's toughest foot race".[1] It is a 135-mile (217 km) course starting at 282 feet (86 m)[2] below sea level in the Badwater Basin, in California's Death Valley, and ending at an elevation of 8360 feet (2548 m) at Whitney Portal, the trailhead to Mount Whitney. It takes place annually in mid-July, when the weather conditions are most extreme and temperatures can reach 130 °F (54 °C). Consequently, very few people—even among ultramarathoners—are capable of finishing the race.

 

[TexasBama]

just in time

Badwater Ultramarathon - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[TIDE-HSV]

But it's a dry heat

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It actually is, but, when the wind blows, you feel like you're in a blast furnace...

 

[TexasBama]

‘Potentially the worst drought in 1,200 years’: scientists on the scorching US heatwave

Researchers had long forewarned of this crisis and now they’re seeing their studies and models become real life

www.theguardian.com

 

[TIDE-HSV]

‘Potentially the worst drought in 1,200 years’: scientists on the scorching US heatwave

Researchers had long forewarned of this crisis and now they’re seeing their studies and models become real life

www.theguardian.com

There are a lot of areas where there should not have been settlement in the west. This will be showing why...

 

[TexasBama]

There are a lot of areas where there should not have been settlement in the west. This will be showing why...

We had days bumping 100 this week. Similar to 2011, which is our single-year drought of record, where we had extreme heat in June.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

We had days bumping 100 this week. Similar to 2011, which is our single-year drought of record, where we had extreme heat in June.

On Monte Sano, the high was 80 today. 80s in the valley are forecast all next week, so we'll be in the 70s up here, very unusual for this time of year. I'd appreciate your keeping your blast furnace down there...

 

[TexasBama]

On Monte Sano, the high was 80 today. 80s in the valley are forecast all next week, so we'll be in the 70s up here, very unusual for this time of year. I'd appreciate your keeping your blast furnace down there...

The occasional cold snap aside, we have two seasons here - this summer, and last summer.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

The occasional cold snap aside, we have two seasons here - this summer, and last summer.

We touched 90 once last summer here on the mountaintop. We're 1000' higher than the valley, but the real secret is that we're surrounded by thousands of acres of protected trees. Here's a link. The green area around the neighborhood on top is state park, Land Trust and Forever Wild. My house is the yellow balloon...

Google

 

[92tide]

We touched 90 once last summer here on the mountaintop. We're 1000' higher than the valley, but the real secret is that we're surrounded by thousands of acres of protected trees. Here's a link. The green area around the neighborhood on top is state park, Land Trust and Forever Wild. My house is the yellow balloon...

Google

that's a great forest, i miss running there

 

[TIDE-HSV]

that's a great forest, i miss running there

Unfortunately, the developed part has changed a lot since you here last. Every single vacant lot has been built on and they've started tearing down older houses to build McMansions. There is a development on Monte Sano Blvd now with huge houses on postage stamp lots. With every house, more trees are cut down and it gets a little warmer. The trees are the real reason it's so much cooler up here. I'm sure when we sell our three acres of woods, the buyer(s) will tear down this house and slice the real estate up, cutting down most of the trees...

 

[92tide]

Unfortunately, the developed part has changed a lot since you here last. Every single vacant lot has been built on and they've started tearing down older houses to build McMansions. There is a development on Monte Sano Blvd now with huge houses on postage stamp lots. With every house, more trees are cut down and it gets a little warmer. The trees are the real reason it's so much cooler up here. I'm sure when we sell our three acres of woods, the buyer(s) will tear down this house and slice the real estate up, cutting down most of the trees...

sorry to hear that. i really hate mcmansions.

the land trust folks always manned a couple of the aid stations and helped out a lot with the race, they are great folks.