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An Australian suburb was the hottest place on Earth yesterday

sudshr47 January 8, 2018

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The suburb of Penrith in Sydney, Australia isn’t a hot destination for tourists, but it was a searing place — temperature wise at least — on Sunday.

Penrith hit a 80-year high with temps of 47.3 degrees Celsius (117.14 degrees Fahrenheit) at 3:25 p.m., just shy of missing the area’s record high set in 1939.

It’s a far different situation to the “stupid-level cold” the U.S. is experiencing, thanks to the bomb cyclone wreaking havoc along the country’s eastern seaboard. 

#SydneyHeat: Sorry, in our earlier checks we missed a 47.8 degrees C temperature recorded at an old #Richmond station (now closed) in 1939. 47.3 today still beats the previous #Penrith record.

— Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales (@BOM_NSW) January 7, 2018 Read more…

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This powerful greenhouse gas has been rising sharply for a decade. Now we know why

sudshr47 January 5, 2018

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Just over a decade ago, scientists found that methane — a potent greenhouse gas — had begun to rapidly increase in our atmosphere. The amounts of gas leaking into the sky has risen each year since, and there are two obvious candidates for this surge: Either the release of methane from the oil and gas industry, or naturally released methane from the world’s tropical swamps and marshes. 

But when researchers did the math, things didn’t add up. 

The amount of methane in the Earth’s atmosphere has been increasing by around 25 teragrams each year since 2006 — which, NASA notes, is about the weight of a whopping 425,000 elephants (seriously). Yet, when scientists calculated the likely estimates of both methane from the gas industry or marshes, their numbers were way overblown, vastly exceeding the 25 teragrams being added each year. So for ten years, there’s been a bonafide methane mystery.  Read more…

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Hey Donald Trump, this is the difference between climate and weather

sudshr47 December 29, 2017

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No, Donald. Just … no. 

The president of the United States sent out an irresponsible and flat-out wrong tweet on Thursday that shows his total ignorance on the issue of climate change. 

In case you hadn’t heard, it’s very cold in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. and parts of Canada. Here’s what Donald Trump had to say about it: 

In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2017 Read more…

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The National Park Service removed climate change plans from website, but it may be for a good reason

sudshr47 December 23, 2017

Earlier this month, the government watchdog group EDGI found that the climate change plans for 92 different national park sites had been removed from the National Park Service website. 
On Dec. 21, EDGI, short for Environmental Data and Governan…

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This is what global warming would do to the ‘Game of Thrones’ planet

sudshr47 December 22, 2017

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The warring inhabitants of Westeros — one of the four known continents in the Game of Thrones world — dread the planet’s long, unforgiving winters. But a global warming event there, stoked by an influx of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, would likely be even more dire. 

Earlier this week, University of Bristol climate scientist Dan Lunt published a study that modeled the doubling of carbon dioxide on the Game of Thrones fantasy world. His results show that if these levels doubled over the course of a century, the average temperature on the planet would warm by over 2 degrees Celsius, or about 3.5 Fahrenheit. This climatic shift would make some areas nearly uninhabitable and unleash devastating natural disasters. Read more…

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Trump’s Irish golf course gets approval to build that wall, thanks to climate change

sudshr47 December 21, 2017

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President Trump got the go-ahead to build that wall. No, not that one — the one on the coast of his County Clare golf course in Ireland.

The “wall” is actually two walls along the country’s Western coast, running more than 2,000 feet on one side and 550 feet on the otherThe council approved construction Thursday as “coastal erosion management” in a revised development proposal for the course.

Clare County Council has today issued a decision to grant permission for the development of coastal erosion management works at, and adjacent to, Carrowmore Dunes, White Strand, Doughmore Bay and Trump International Golf Links and Hotel, Doonbeg, Clare pic.twitter.com/kch6i5GxUR

— Clare County Council (@ClareCoCo) December 21, 2017 Read more…

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Antarctica’s ice walls are no match for The Wall in ‘Game of Thrones’

sudshr47 December 20, 2017

Until a fire-spewing dragon breached The Wall in Game of Thrones, the 700-foot tall ice fortification kept murderous armies of resurrected dead from entering the Seven Kingdoms. 
Unfortunately, ice walls on Earth aren’t this robust.
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Antarctica’s ice walls are no match for The Wall in ‘Game of Thrones’

sudshr47 December 20, 2017

Until a fire-spewing dragon breached The Wall in Game of Thrones, the 700-foot tall ice fortification kept murderous armies of resurrected dead from entering the Seven Kingdoms. 
Unfortunately, ice walls on Earth aren’t this robust.
Glaciologist…

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How a simple app exposed some Apple suppliers for the toxic polluters they are

sudshr47 December 19, 2017

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Liam Gallagher voices alternative Christmas ad with a heartbreaking message about climate change

sudshr47 December 15, 2017

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Liam Gallagher is living a second life as a Twitter celebrity, thanks to his sweary, rants-laden posts in which he often lashes out at his brother Noel. 

But this Christmas has softened the legendary, bantering Mancunian — though it’s for a good cause. 

Gallagher is narrating an alternative Christmas ad from the Climate Coalition, warning about the dire consequences of climate change. 

“It’s winter, and it’s cold this time of year isn’t it?” Gallagher says in the clip with his northern accent. “Maybe you want to snuggle up with a hot chocolate or wrap up warm and wear your biggest coat. But in the grand scheme of things, our Earth is too hot, and it’s getting even hotter.” Read more…

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Emmanuel Macron lures top U.S. climate scientists fleeing from Trump research cuts

sudshr47 December 13, 2017

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In the name of furthering climate research (and trolling Donald Trump), French President Emmanuel Macron awarded “Make Our Planet Great Again” grants to 18 climate scientists, 13 of whom are from the United States.

On Monday, in preparation for the “One Planet Summit” — a meeting in which international world leaders gather to discuss global climate initiatives — the French president awarded the grants, which were announced right after Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement in June.

As Trump appears to turn a blind eye to the importance of taking action against climate change, the grants offer recipients around $1.8 million in funds to conduct their research in France over the next three to five years, NPR reports. Read more…

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