Climate News & Discussion

[MattinBama]

A bit of news from both poles to start it off-

Dismay as huge chunk of Greenland’s ice cap breaks off

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An enormous chunk of Greenland’s ice cap has broken off in the far northeastern Arctic, a development that scientists say is evidence of rapid climate change. The...

apnews.com

Extensive damage at two huge Antarctic glaciers could have major consequences for sea level rise

Satellite images show that two important glaciers in the Antarctic are sustaining rapid damage at their most vulnerable points, leading to the breaking up of vital ice shelves with major consequences for global sea level rise.

www.cnn.com

 

[92tide]

both poles are the problem !1!!111!11

 

[MattinBama]

both poles are the problem !1!!111!11

If we’d stop measuring glaciers they’d stop melting.

 

[MattinBama]

A few recent warming articles-

Earth Hasn’t Warmed This Fast in Tens of Millions of Years

Chemical analyses of ancient sediments allowed scientists to put together one of the most comprehensive climate histories of the planet

www.scientificamerican.com

Heat waves are becoming more deadly as nights warm faster than days

Lower nighttime temperatures that typically provide critical relief from the hot days are disappearing as the climate changes.

www.cnbc.com

Northern hemisphere breaks record for hottest ever summer

Past three months were 1.17C above 20th-century average, with 2020 on track to be one of five warmest years, Noaa finds

www.theguardian.com

 

[TexasBama]

A few recent warming articles-

Earth Hasn’t Warmed This Fast in Tens of Millions of Years

Chemical analyses of ancient sediments allowed scientists to put together one of the most comprehensive climate histories of the planet

www.scientificamerican.com

Heat waves are becoming more deadly as nights warm faster than days

Lower nighttime temperatures that typically provide critical relief from the hot days are disappearing as the climate changes.

www.cnbc.com

Northern hemisphere breaks record for hottest ever summer

Past three months were 1.17C above 20th-century average, with 2020 on track to be one of five warmest years, Noaa finds

www.theguardian.com

the earth has been warmer before.

of course, we didn’t have 8 billion people on the earth then

 

[TIDE-HSV]

the earth has been warmer before.

of course, we didn’t have 8 billion people on the earth then

Earth has also been a snowball before, which may be closer to its normal state. There weren't any people...

 

[MattinBama]

Not the first time in the past year that there have been stories about wetlands being on fire.

In Brazil, it’s not just the Amazon that’s burning. The world’s largest wetland is on fire too

A fire has been burning since mid-July in the remote wetlands of west-central Brazil, leaving in its wake a vast charred desolation bigger than New York City.

widerimage.reuters.com

 

[MattinBama]

World fails to meet a single target to stop destruction of nature – UN report

‘Humanity at a crossroads’ after a decade in which all of the 2010 Aichi goals to protect wildlife and ecosystems have been missed

www.theguardian.com

 

[MattinBama]

'Hundreds of thousands' of migratory birds dead in New Mexico

Researchers in New Mexico estimate that hundreds of thousands of migratory birds have died recently across the state, with climate change and the massive fires in the Western U.S. among the possible causes.

thehill.com

 

[MattinBama]

The climate refugees are here. They're Americans.

Wildfires are forcing people from their homes in droves. Where will they go now?

theweek.com

At least 33 people have died in recent days, and more than 5 million acres have been scorched as out-of-control blazes rage across the American West. The 2020 wildfire season in California is already the most destructivein the state's history — exceeding the record set in 2018, which in turn beat the record set in 2017. Experts agree that rising temperatures from climate changehave turned much of the region into dry kindling, ready to spark in an instant.

 

[Bamaro]

It'll start getting cooler, you just watch. I dont think science knows actually.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

It'll start getting cooler, you just watch. I dont think science knows actually.

Well it is pretty cool today here in Atlanta.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Well it is pretty cool today here in Atlanta.

I was delighted to hear his repudiation of science...

 

[MattinBama]

The Arctic Is Shifting to a New Climate Because of Global Warming

Open water and rain, rather than ice and snow, are becoming typical of the region, a new study has found.

www.nytimes.com

 

[MattinBama]

Amazon rainforest: Farmers are losing everything to deforestation fires as experts warn it is reaching tipping point

The lands and livelihoods of those trying to farm sustainably are being wrecked by huge fires ripping through the Amazon.

news.sky.com

 

[MattinBama]

Climate change: World is getting close to exceeding temperature limit, UN report says

The United Nations says the world is getting hotter and is getting close to passing one of the limits set by global leaders five years ago.

www.fox10phoenix.com

 

[Bamaro]

Climate change: World is getting close to exceeding temperature limit, UN report says

The United Nations says the world is getting hotter and is getting close to passing one of the limits set by global leaders five years ago.

www.fox10phoenix.com

Its a hoax but if you ask me privately, 1 on 1, I'll admit its so, and then lie about it later.

 

[MattinBama]

Humans Wiped Out Two-Thirds of the World’s Wildlife in 50 Years

Threats to global biodiversity are also threats to humans, experts warn

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[MattinBama]

Not the first place their fleets have wiped out, won’t be the last.

Chinese fishing armada plundered waters around Galápagos, data shows

Hundreds of vessels caught logging 73,000 hours of fishing in just one month in new analysis

www.theguardian.com

 

[MattinBama]

'Shocking': wilderness the size of Mexico lost worldwide in just 13 years, study finds

Researchers say loss of 1.9m square kilometres of intact ecosystems will have ‘profound implications’ for biodiversity

www.theguardian.com