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2024-06-17 at 7:05 PM UTC in A water war is looming between Mexico and the US. Neither side will winA water war is looming between Mexico and the US. Neither side will win
“Not a single drop of rain has fallen in more than eight months,” said Salvador Alcántar, a congressman in Chihuahua. “Climate change is here to stay, we have to learn to deal with it.” River water and groundwater supplies are fast diminishing and farmers have been suffering for years, he told CNN.
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Today’s rate of atmospheric CO₂ increase is 10x faster than at any other point in the past 50,000 years. During the largest of the natural rises, CO₂ increased by ~14 ppm in 55 years, occurring about once every 7,000 years or so. At today’s rates, that magnitude of increase takes only 5 to 6 years.
“Studying the past teaches us how today is different. The rate of CO2 change today really is unprecedented,” said Kathleen Wendt, an assistant professor in Oregon State University’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences and the study’s lead author.
“Our research identified the fastest rates of past natural CO2 rise ever observed, and the rate occurring today, largely driven by human emissions, is 10 times higher.” -
2024-06-17 at 6:56 PM UTC in Earth is warming at a record rate, with 92% of last year's heat caused by humans
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2024-06-17 at 6:54 PM UTC in Luxury homes on these beaches are losing value fast, as effects of climate change hit hardLuxury homes on these beaches are losing value fast, as effects of climate change hit hard
As sea levels rise and storms intensify, coastal real estate is seeing flooding and erosion like never before. From Dana Point, California, to Long Island, New York, and Nantucket, Massachusetts, some of the nation’s priciest coastal real estate is in an increasingly precarious position due to climate change.
This year’s hurricane season is already underway, and the forecast is for “above-normal” activity, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It predicts up to 13 hurricanes, with four to seven categorized as “major” storms. -
2024-06-17 at 6:49 PM UTC in Environment Canada says it can now rapidly link high-heat weather events to climate changeEnvironment Canada says it can now rapidly link high-heat weather events to climate change
Donner compares it to a cancer diagnosis.
"We know that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer, but your doctor is not going to tell you which cigarette will be the one that gives you cancer," Donner said.
"And so we know climate change causes more heat waves, more heavy rainfall and more storm surges. But we can't look at the heat wave and say exactly, 'This one is caused by climate change.'"
Climate scientists have changed their approach to such questions, he said, by looking for models that define the likelihood of climate change playing a role in a specific weather event.
"So everything's being affected by climate change. So the question really is, how much more likely or how unusual is this event?" he said. -
2024-06-17 at 6:45 PM UTC in Scorching Northern Hemisphere heat leads to deaths and wildfiresScorching Northern Hemisphere heat leads to deaths and wildfires
The United States is bracing for chaotic weather this week, with the South set to experience another heat wave following a short respite from searing temperatures earlier this month. The National Weather Service expects some areas to reach temperatures so high they'll hit new daily records.
And it's not just the U.S. Across the Northern Hemisphere, in Europe and Asia, extreme temperatures are causing deadly heatstroke and early wildfires ahead of the start of the astronomical summer on Thursday. -
2024-06-17 at 6:40 PM UTC in China hit by deadly flooding and extreme heat at same timeChina hit by deadly flooding and extreme heat at same time
China has experienced extreme weather events over recent years which experts say are linked to rising global temperatures caused in large part by carbon emissions.
Climate change is also believed to be behind recent deadly heatwaves in India and South-East Asia. -
2024-06-17 at 6:37 PM UTC in New watch.I don't wear watches. How can you stand having something on your wrist all the time? Would drive me bananas.
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2024-06-17 at 6:36 PM UTC in Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to HousingBanks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing
Big money is finally waking up to the fact that climate change is a gigantic problem. Property is the world’s greatest store of wealth, with a total value just shy of $380 trillion. This is four times global GDP. But there’s a new kind of toxic asset emerging in property portfolios. The number of homes in what you might call “subprime” locations is rising and, in some parts of the world, property value—like a crumbing coastline—is at risk of erosion. Lenders are getting noticeably more reluctant to lend against these assets. No wonder. In the Asia-Pacific region, nearly one in 10 properties owned by real estate investment trusts could be at “high risk” of climate-change-related damage—particularly those on seafronts, a report from climate risk consultancy XDI announced in May.
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2024-06-17 at 6:31 PM UTC in Another jury just IGNORED a judge and STOPPED five climate protesters being convictedAnother jury just ignored a judge and stopped five climate protesters being convicted
More than 130 health professionals have been arrested for climate protest in the last few years. Information published by the British government on climate change and health in May 2022, which quotes from the Lancet, a leading medical journal, helps explain why so many are ready to risk their livelihoods for the public:
The science is unequivocal; a global increase of 1.5°C above the pre-industrial average and the continued loss of biodiversity risk catastrophic harm to health that will be impossible to reverse. -
2024-06-17 at 6:28 PM UTC in Earth is warming at a record rate, with 92% of last year's heat caused by humans^ False.
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2024-06-16 at 11:19 PM UTC in Chess Username
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2024-06-16 at 10:03 PM UTC in Chess UsernameMaybe I'll go with something not even related to chess.
Maybe just steal one of the many usernames I've seen on here. -
2024-06-16 at 9:51 PM UTC in Chess UsernameAfter not playing for so long, I need to review the lessons.
So I went back to chess.com
For now... -
2024-06-16 at 1:43 PM UTC in Chess UsernameWow some of these are really great!
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2024-06-16 at 1:42 PM UTC in Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their workI don't have ilk.
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2024-06-16 at 4:28 AM UTC in Chess UsernameIts been about 3 years or so since I last played chess.
I used to play on chess.com but deleted that app.
Now I want to play on lichess.
Plese help me think of some good usernames for chess. -
2024-06-16 at 1:49 AM UTC in 🍬🍬Candy~Land🍬🍬
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2024-06-16 at 1:38 AM UTC in What is the link for the secret nis webcam chat party?It's a honey pot.
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2024-06-16 at 1:37 AM UTC in El Niño is dead. Here’s what to expect in the coming monthsHope in one hand and shit in the other, see which fills up first.
