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The Catastrophe: Climate change and the 22nd Century

sudshr47 March 28, 2019

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NOTE FOR 2019 READERS: This is the sixth in a series of open letters to the next century. The series marks a little-known chronological milestone. According to UN data, life expectancy at birth in 27 countries now exceeds 81 years — meaning babies born in 2019 are more likely than not to see the year 2100.

What will the world be like at the other end of our kids’ lives? Today’s scientific discoveries, Silicon Valley visions, and science fiction can give us glimpses. But in this series of digital time capsules, we also recognize that our hopes and fears can shape what the future will become. 

Dear 22nd century, Read more…

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AOC obliterates claim that the Green New Deal is ‘elitist’ in stirring speech

sudshr47 March 27, 2019

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s signature Green New Deal may not have gained enough votes in the Senate on Tuesday, but that hasn’t stopped a stirring speech of hers from going viral.

The New York Congresswoman spoke on Tuesday at a House Financial Services Committee meeting, slamming the idea that the deal and general concern over the environment is “elitist.”

During the meeting, Republican Congressman Sean Duffy had dramatically argued this very point, saying that the GND would increase the total cost of housing for lower income earners and the homeless.

“If you’re a rich liberal from maybe New York or California, it sounds great because you can afford to retrofit your home or build a new home that has zero emissions, that’s energy efficient,” Duffy said. Read more…

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Here’s a running list of all the ways climate change has altered Earth in 2019

sudshr47 March 16, 2019

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Earth is now the warmest it’s been in some 120,000 years. Eighteen of the last 19 years have been the warmest on record. And concentrations of carbon dioxide — a potent greenhouse gas — are likely the highest they’ve been in 15 million years. 

The consequences of such a globally-disrupted climate are many, and it’s understandably difficult to keep track. To help, here’s a list of climate-relevant news that has transpired in 2019, from historically unprecedented disappearances of ice, to flood-ravaged cities. As more news comes out, the list will be updated. Read more…

1Guess what? U.S. carbon emissions popped back up in a big way

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Drivers capture avalanche tearing down side of Colorado mountain

sudshr47 March 4, 2019

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Drivers going down a Colorado highway had quite the close call, after an avalanche ripped down the side of a mountain in front of them.

On Sunday afternoon, said avalanche moved down through Ten Mile Canyon, located between Frisco and Copper Mountain.

There were several videos of the incident posted online, capturing the snow piling down toward the road.

Caught on camera: @KDVR viewer captured this video of an #avalanche near I-70 today in Ten Mile Canyon between Frisco and Copper Mountain. #CoWX #KDVR pic.twitter.com/eL6uIwB4c3

— Jeremy Hubbard (@JeremyHubbard) March 3, 2019 Read more…

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44 years ago, this legendary scientist predicted Earth’s rapid warming trend

sudshr47 February 19, 2019

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In 1975, geologist Wallace Broecker penned a scientific paper warning about the still little-discussed concept of “global warming.” Forty-four years later Broecker has died at 87, but not before proving himself a legendary earth scientist, repeatedly underscoring that amassing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has stoked relentless climate change.

Ancient air found in ice cores proves, indisputably, that Earth’s carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations are the highest they’ve been in at least 800,000 years — though other measures show that CO2 concentrations are now likely the highest they’ve been in 15 million years. The planet is responding: 18 of the last 19 years have been the warmest on record.  Read more…

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Earth’s coldest years on record all happened over 90 years ago

sudshr47 February 9, 2019

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Here’s a statistic: On Earth, 18 of the last 19 years have been the warmest in recorded history.

And as both NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Wednesday, the last five years have been the five hottest in history — since quality record-keeping began in the 1880s. It’s an unmistakable, accelerating warming trend.

The globe’s 21st-century heating, however, becomes all the more stark when compared to the coldest years on record. As climate scientist Simon Donner, who researches human-induced climate change at The University of British Columbia, underscored via a list posted on Twitter, the planet’s 20 coldest years all occurred nearly a century ago, between 1884 and 1929. Read more…

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This glacier has a gigantic cavity and that’s not good for the sea level

sudshr47 February 3, 2019

Whether they’re in your teeth or in an Antarctic glacier, cavities are a bad sign.
The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica has developed a cavity roughly two-thirds the size of Manhattan and about 1,000 feet tall, according to a NASA Jet Propulsion L…

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Beyoncé is promoting a plant-based diet by offering ‘lifetime’ concert tickets

sudshr47 January 31, 2019

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Remember all those articles that came out last year advising us to switch to “flexitarian” diets in order to fight climate change? Beyoncé clearly does.

Following the publication of a scientific study that advised changing to more plant-based meals in order to keep “the food systems within environmental limits”, the singer shared a post on Instagram promoting The Greenprint Project — a website linked to a diet book recently published by her trainer Marco Borges, for which her and Jay-Z provided the intro.

“Our Greenprint is the positive impact we can have on the world by eating plant-based meals,” explains the site, before giving examples of how this type of diet can help the environment. Read more…

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The polar vortex will return, this time with the coldest temps of the year

sudshr47 January 24, 2019

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It’s coming back.

The polar vortex — a deep mass of frigid air that rotates around the top of the world — has been knocked off balance, which means it’s liable to spill cold air into the U.S. Although winter temperatures in the lower 48 states have generally been normal or warmer than average, a blast of intensely cold air first spilled down to the Midwest and the northeastern U.S. around January 20. Now, atmospheric scientists say it’s likely to return at the end of January.

For many places, that means it will be the coldest stretch of the year. 

“It’s going to get really cold at the end of January and early February,” Jeff Weber, a meteorologist with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, an earth sciences research organization, said in an interview. Read more…

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Extreme weather — not politicians — convinces Americans that climate change is real

sudshr47 January 22, 2019

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Americans find today’s climate science increasingly convincing, and a damaging mix of exceptional drought, storms, and record-breaking heat is the reason why. 

The results of a new survey — conducted in November 2018 by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute and the research organization The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research — found that nearly half of Americans said today’s climate science “is more convincing than five years ago, with extreme weather driving their views.”

Overall, seven in 10 Americans reported that climate change is happening. 

“The results of the survey demonstrate that most Americans consider climate change a reality and acknowledge that human activity is at least somewhat responsible,” Trevor Tompson, director of The AP-NORC Center, said in a statement.  Read more…

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