I waiting for a plane yesterday and a pilot who was deadheading (and looked quite conservative) talked about how violent the weather has become. Even if you have conservative politics when your profession daily sees the result of climate change (and you’ve been doing it for 35 years) you cannot keep your head in the sand. Hopefully, he realizes their other lies.
Thailand posted a record breaking temperature of 114 last Friday, a first time ever temperature. They are having the worst Asian heat wave ever recorded. This heatwave has struck many Asian countries.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/04/17/historic-heat-wave-asia-thailand/#
As I have posted previously, I constantly suffer from "climate grief." Because there is inertia in the climate system, we are just now feeling the effects of emissions (that cause climate change aka global warming) that were put into the atmosphere 30-40 years ago. Which means that even if we stop emitting the gases (mostly CO2) that cause global warming today, we have 30-40 years of warming ahead (and we haven't stopped). Fasten your seat belts....
This is going to be interesting. Could oil companies be made to pay states for climate damages caused by Big Oil?
From NBC News:
The Supreme Courton Monday allowed lawsuits brought by municipalities seeking to hold energy companies accountable for climate change to move forward in a loss for business interests.
The court turned away oil company appeals in five cases involving claims brought by cities and municipalities in Colorado, Maryland, California, Hawaii and Rhode Island as part of efforts to hold businesses accountable for the effects of climate change.
The relatively narrow legal issue is whether the lawsuits should be heard in state court instead of federal court. Litigants care because of the widely held view that plaintiffs have better chances of winning damage awards in state courts.
Dang. I didn't know the climate challenge embedded in the debt ceiling fight; the renewable energy tax credits are at risk. Inside Climate News is a highly respected source of climate info.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21042023/why-the-debt-ceiling-debate-is-also-a-climate-fight/
I know the author of this article on Climate data; he has a steady-state personality, not ego driven and not ever someone I would describe as an alarmist.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/opinion/climate-change-excessive-heat-2023.html
@raincloud Thanks for sharing this! Great article. The part I liked the most was the hope that was mentioned towards the end. Important to keep in mind, even amidst the chaos of accelerating climate change.
"On that front, there is some reason for cautious hope. The world is on the brink of a clean energy transition. The International Energy Agency recently estimated that a whopping $1.8 trillion will be invested in clean energy technologies like renewables, electric cars and heat pumps in 2023, up from roughly $300 billion a decade ago. Prices of solar, wind and batteries have plummeted over the past 15 years, and for much of the world, solar power is now the cheapest form of electricity."
Some recent climate news.
New rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission will require sizable companies to disclose to the public how climate change could threaten their business.This will include information about their emissions. Not only will their carbon footprint be reviewed but also how climate change might put the business at risk.
Tiny Nanoplastics have been found in arteries and their presents in believed to be tied to strokes, heart attacks and death. This plastic can be inhaled, ingested or enter through the skin.
One in 50 people living in two dozen coastal cities in the United States could experience significant flooding by 2050, according to Virginia Tech-led research. 1 in 35 private property may be damaged.
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-thousands-coastal-residents.html
You can add something new that climate change is messing with.
TIME!
Yep. The rotation of the earth is beginning to slow, just a tad, and there are ramification for the world. Remember all the issues with Y2K? Well, this might be more challenging to fix!
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-climate-messing.html