An incredibly well-timed Landsat 9 pass captured the effects of yesterday’s catastrophic glacier collapse near the Nepal–Tibet border. The event was so massive that it was detected by seismometers around the world.
things have changed a bit in Paris since the pandemic— Notre Dame looks squeaky clean, l'As du Falafel fell off hard—but it all pales in comparison to the the total victory in the War On Cars car traffic has been crushed and the city is so obviously better off that nobody could possibly complain
I hope you're enjoying the weather this summer. I expect it will be one of the coolest summers in the next two decades!
Insane satellite imagery. This is the change from May to July. Europe has cooked. (🎥 Colin McCarthy)
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
It feels strange that humanity dreams of finding life on distant planets while forests here vanish every day. A forest takes decades to grow, to cool the air, protect wildlife, and create peace—yet only moments to destroy. The most important world is the one we already inhabit.
Lush Forest Stream with Wooden Path
ALT: Lush Forest Stream with Wooden Path
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Then they came for the capital gains, which they said should be taxed as income. And I did not speak out. Because I had all of my company stock in a tax-sheltered backdoor Roth.
First They Came for the Pieds-à-Terre…
First they came for the pieds-à-terre, which they said were driving up the cost of housing. And I did not speak out. Because my pied-à-terre was in Greenwich...
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At this point, solving climate change is cheaper than not solving it -- not only on some grand 50 year time horizon, but tomorrow, today, immediately. Soving climate change *is* affordability. Maybe Dems should tell voters about that.
L'homme est fou. Il adore un Dieu invisible et détruit une nature visible, inconscient que la nature qu'il détruit est le Dieu qu'il vénère. - Hubert Reeves
Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought - Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas #AMOC #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought
Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas
theguardian.com
Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed. That energy is all around us. And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
Emmy Noether was described by Albert Einstein (& others) as the most important woman in the history of #mathematics. + Many important contributions to abstract algebra + Proved Noether's first & second theorems, which are fundamental in mathematical physics Born #OTD in 1882. #WomenInSTEM #WHM
NEW – Analysis: CO2 from UK data centres could be ‘hundreds of times’ higher than thought | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here ➡️ bit.ly/4btjs3j
We call ourselves "intelligent," yet the humblest fungus can decompose waste and build soil, a tree can harness solar energy, and a wetland can purify water—all without toxic byproducts. True intelligence is learning from these systems, not bulldozing them.
A trippy trio of swirls in the Gulf of Alaska. Just fascinating.
Speed and scale of US military’s AI war planning raises fears human decision-making may be sidelined
Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than ‘speed of thought’
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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread." Anatole France
All these point in one direction: the climate is changing, and the rapid changes started after the steam engine was invented and society started using fossil fuels to generate heat and power on an industrial scale. Perhaps we ought to think about curtailing our use of fossil fuels? Just an idea.
And, if you prefer more details, then a graphic with a more complete range of indicators is also available, including Arctic sea ice, ocean heat content, tropospheric temperatures, cherry blossom dates and humidity over land. ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
