Climate News: part 3

[Tug Tide]

Biden Administration Sets Date for First West Coast Offshore Wind Lease Sale

Discover the latest updates on the Biden administration's initiatives as they announce the first West Coast offshore wind lease sale date.

gcaptain.com

 

[twofbyc]

And on a side note…Alaska and federal officials have shut down the opilio (snow) crab season for this year because billions of opi’s have disappeared. Every expert involved in searching for the “why”, to this point, are pointing to the fact that the Bering Sea has warmed about 3 degrees F in the last couple of years. Research is ongoing but season might not open next year, either.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

And on a side note…Alaska and federal officials have shut down the opilio (snow) crab season for this year because billions of opi’s have disappeared. Every expert involved in searching for the “why”, to this point, are pointing to the fact that the Bering Sea has warmed about 3 degrees F in the last couple of years. Research is ongoing but season might not open next year, either.

When they migrate north for cooler water, it's also much deeper, finally to deep for the crabbers to even find them, much less set pots...

 

[twofbyc]

When they migrate north for cooler water, it's also much deeper, finally to deep for the crabbers to even find them, much less set pots...

There is thinking that disease may play a part as well.
I’m surprised the Republicans aren’t telling the fishermen who will basically go out of business that it’s Biden’s fault for not keeping the water colder.

 

[NationalTitles18]

 

[Go Bama]

Very interesting video. These carp are in the Tennessee River now.

I go fishing every April with old friends from the days when I was in dental school. Two of these guys own houses on an inlet called Lick Creek. They have staked crappie beds all over this inlet and know the beds like the back of their hands. It's a really fun weekend that we all look forward to. We fish, watch the Masters or NCAA tournament, tell lies about how good we were when we play ball or how good we were with women, cuss, spit, and do the things guys do. Good times.

The carp are driving the crappie away. We used to catch north of a couple of hundred nice crappie. Now, we still catch enough to have a good fish fry on Saturday night, but the fishing is nowhere near as good as it used to be.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

I watched that video a few weeks ago. I love his videos because they are quick, to the point and very interesting. He doesn't pad his videos to make them longer for ad revenue like so many on YT.

 

[Bamaro]

Greenhouse gas levels have hit yet another record – here's why

Carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane reached record high concentrations in the atmosphere in 2021 and have continued to rise through 2022.

Researchers at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a UN agency that has published an annual greenhouse gas bulletin since 2006, measured atmospheric concentrations of the key greenhouse gases at more than 100 monitoring sites around the world.

They found atmospheric carbon dioxide, responsible for about 66 per cent of global warming since 1750, increased on average by 2.5 parts per million to 415.5 parts per million in 2021. Nitrous oxide, responsible for about 7 per cent of warming, increased by 1.3 parts per billion to 334.5 parts per billion. These increases were slightly higher than the average year-to-year increase over the previous decade.

Methane, responsible for about 16 per cent of warming, saw the largest single-year increase since researchers started keeping records 40 years ago. Between 2020 and 2021, atmospheric methane increased by 18 parts per billion to reach 1908 parts per billion, more than two and half times pre-industrial levels.

But, whata bout the price of gas?

 

[mdb-tpet]

We'll all do our part to fix this as long as no American has to buy less, pay more, drive less, eat less meat, turn off their lights, or make any reasonable sacrifices.

 

[Bamaro]

‘We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator,’ UN chief warns

The world is losing the battle against climate change, the head of the United Nations warned Monday, and it will soon be too late to undo the damage being inflicted on the planet.

“The clock is ticking,” he said. “Greenhouse gas emissions keep growing, global temperatures keep rising, and our planet is fast approaching the tipping point that will make climate chaos irreversible. We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator.”

The UN chief acknowledged that conflicts including the war in Ukraine had had “dramatic” global impacts, but he said it was “unacceptable, outrageous and self-defeating” for lawmakers to put climate change “on the backburner.”

‘We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator,’ UN chief warns (msn.com)

 

[Bamaro]

COP27: Al Gore tells world leaders no room for 'moral cowardice' in climate fight

Former Vice President Al Gore on Monday joined leaders at the United Nations' COP27 climate conference in Egypt, urging nations around the world to make hard decisions and act fast to fight climate change. "It is not time for moral cowardice," Gore said. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders to "cooperate or perish" in the effort to drastically reduce carbon emissions that are leading to a "climate hell." He singled out the two worst polluters, China and the United States. Leaders of poor nations called for the world's leading economies to shoulder the costs of reducing emissions. "Africa should not pay for crimes they have not committed," Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera said. [The Associated Press]

 

[Bamaro]

Global population hits 8 billion as growth poses more challenges for the planet

The world’s population will reach 8 billion people on Tuesday, representing a “milestone in human development” before birth rates start to slow, according to a projection from the United Nations.

In a statement, the UN said the figure meant 1 billion people had been added to the global population in just 12 years.

Middle-income countries, mostly in Asia, accounted for most of the growth over the past decade, gaining some 700 million people since 2011. India added about 180 million people, and is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous nation next year.

But even while the global population reaches new highs, demographers note the growth rate has fallen steadily to less than 1% per year. This should keep the world from reaching 9 billion people until 2037. The UN projects the global population will peak at around 10.4 billion people in the 2080s and remain at that level until 2100.

Most of the 2.4 billion people to be added before the global population peaks will be born in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the UN, marking a shift away from China and India.

Having more people on Earth puts more pressure on nature, as people compete with wildlife for water, food and space. Meanwhile, rapid population growth combined with climate change is also likely to cause mass migration and conflict in coming decades, experts say.

And whether it’s food or water, batteries or gasoline, there will be less to go around as the global population grows. But how much they consume is equally important, suggesting policymakers can make a big difference by mandating a shift in consumption patterns.

Carbon emissions of the richest 1%, or about 63 million people, were more than double the emissions of the poorest half of humanity between 1990 and 2015, according to a 2020 analysis by the Stockholm Environment Institute and non-profit Oxfam International.

 

[twofbyc]

Aaaaand..today set the all time record for the hottest day in December. Previous record, I think, was only five years old…?
85 degrees is beach weather…and no big changes for the next 6 days.
Meanwhile…Gulf Shores mayor is crying because state’s dragging its feet when it comes to permitting/funding (with taxpayer dollars) beach replenishment; you know, that endlessly futile (and expensive) process of sucking up sand from a short distance off the beach (which nature washed off the beach, which it does regularly) and pumping it back on the beach so the rich don’t lose their paradise.
Orange Beach/Gulf Shores have never been anything but launch points for great fishing trips and, in the last 30 years, another playground for the rich.
Public beach access is steadily shrinking but the density of beach goers is increasing. Personally I’d rather let it go back to being a fishing destination until Mother Nature reclaims it all, and spend my tax dollars where they are really needed, instead of subsidizing the lifestyle of the wealthy.

 

[twofbyc]

Correction - record was set in 1998…but it was 81 degrees. Kinda blew by that one…

 

[twofbyc]

Update on the Gulf Shores part of my post: now, at the ever decreasing beach access parking lots, it’ll cost you $15 to park - period, even for an hour.
So I’m hoping our ever changing climate can stir up a Cat 10 hurricane and wipe the Alabama Coast clean, from Fort Morgan to the Florida line; and take all those rich snobs with it.
Said parking fee increase (it currently is $10 for all day, $4 for half day which is no more) goes into effect next year (I didn’t hear date but surely before summer). Scumbags.

 

[92tide]

Update on the Gulf Shores part of my post: now, at the ever decreasing beach access parking lots, it’ll cost you $15 to park - period, even for an hour.
So I’m hoping our ever changing climate can stir up a Cat 10 hurricane and wipe the Alabama Coast clean, from Fort Morgan to the Florida line; and take all those rich snobs with it.
Said parking fee increase (it currently is $10 for all day, $4 for half day which is no more) goes into effect next year (I didn’t hear date but surely before summer). Scumbags.

they have to find a way to keep the riff-raff away

 

[Bamaro]

U.S. expected to announce major breakthrough in quest for zero-carbon nuclear fusion energy

Washington — The U.S. Department of Energy said Sunday it would announce a "major scientific breakthrough" this week, after media reported a federal laboratory had recently achieved a major milestone in nuclear fusion research. The Financial Times reported Sunday that scientists in the California-based Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) had achieved a "net energy gain" from an experimental fusion reactor.

That would represent the first time that researchers have successfully produced more energy in a fusion reaction - the same type that powers the Sun - than was consumed during the process, a potentially major step in the pursuit of zero-carbon power.

U.S. expected to announce major breakthrough in quest for zero-carbon nuclear fusion energy - CBS News

 

[Padreruf]

U.S. expected to announce major breakthrough in quest for zero-carbon nuclear fusion energy - CBS News

This would be life/earth/universe changing....

 

[Bamaro]

Renewables to overtake coal as world’s top energy source by 2025, IEA says
Led by solar energy, renewables are poised to overtake coal as the largest source of electricity generation worldwide by early 2025, helping to keep alive the global goal of limiting Earth’s warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit), according to the Paris-based agency’s latest forecasts.

Renewables to overtake coal as world’s top energy source by 2025, IEA says (msn.com)

 

[crimsonaudio]

U.S. expected to announce major breakthrough in quest for zero-carbon nuclear fusion energy - CBS News

Have to wait until Tuesday for more but this could be huge. HUGE!