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Paul Beckwith

@paulhbeckwith.bsky.social

Climate Systems Scientist Website: PaulBeckwith.net YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@paulhbeckwith?si=3ijcLGbn7mZgQZHM

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wvcaver.bsky.social@wvcaver.bsky.social · 2d ago

“For the first 2 billion years of its history, Earth’s atmosphere and ocean looked very different than today, lacking the oxygen that complex life relies upon. Then, some 2.45 billion years ago, a torrent of oxygen sprang forth from the ancestors of cyanobacteria…the Great Oxidation Event, or GOE.”

What triggered one of the most dramatic changes in Earth’s history?

New science may explain mysterious gap before oxygen flooded our planet billions of years ago

science.org

Chris Wood@chriswoodwriter.bsky.social · 3d ago

Baked in: "Earth will experience an increasingly erratic climate: more frequent and intense extremes in temperature, precipitation and storms — not only more heatwaves and droughts, but also more cold spells and floods." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Climate free fall’: why the biggest risk to our economies is yet to be recognized

Increasing instability of the ocean, ice and atmosphere threatens farming, finance and society. We all need to wake up to that fact.

nature.com

Thiago Carvalho@cyrilpedia.bsky.social · last wk.

'It’s “not outside the realm of possibility” that the event could combine with climate change to raise global average temperatures in 2027 as high as 1.7°C above the pre-industrial average, he said at the briefing.' www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’

Forecasters predict that the monster climate pattern will combine with global warming to push global temperatures in 2027 to new heights.

nature.com

Tympanic & Frisketty@luckyerica3.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Our findings suggest that, without focused climate mitigation efforts, temperature-related suicide mortality could increase substantially in the coming decades owing to rising temperatures, underscoring the urgent need for integrated public health strategies /1 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Multi-country projections of temperature-related suicide mortality - Nature Mental Health

Using data from 751 locations in 26 countries and climate projections under 3 emissions scenarios, this study models temperature–suicide associations and projects future temperature-related suicide mo...

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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai@bigearthdata.ai · 2w ago

Sperm Whales "Regularly" Toot Gas To Hang Motionless In The Ocean While They Sleep ->IFLScience | More on "Sperm whale vertical sleeping behavior" at BigEarthData.ai | #Whale #Wildlife #Ocean

Sperm Whales "Regularly" Toot Gas To Hang Motionless In The Ocean While They Sleep

Studies on dolphins and porpoises have shown that some cetaceans – the group that includes whales and dolphins – sleep with one side of their brain at a time, something known as unihemispheric sleep. This allows them to continue moving and breathing while underwater. We think it likely that they are sleeping with both sides of their brain. Patrick Miller But less is known about how other, larger whales sleep. Some have been observed engaging in a motionless, drifting behavior, yet the sperm whale's habit of sleeping vertically with its head pointed to the surface is unique. According to Professor Patrick Miller at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, this is due to their unusual heads. “Sperm whales are named for their large ‘spermaceti’ oil that is located in their heads,” explained Miller to IFLScience. “Because the oils are lighter (less dense) than other parts of the body, this causes sperm whales to passively rotate to the iconic head-up posture that we can see in photographs and observe using animal-attached tags.” The secret of sperm whale sleep The giant sperm whales can hang motionless in the water for up to 20 minutes at a time during these dives. But...

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Mukesh Kumar@mukeshk.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happy to share our new paper in @agu.org Earth's Future with @pyrogeog.bsky.social @climate-guy.bsky.social @mojisadegh.bsky.social. We investigated three key drivers of home survivability—building age, surrounding fuels, and fire weather conditions. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Residential Structure Survivability to Large Wildfires in the United States

Around half a million homes were exposed to large fires in the US, with 68% of exposures and a sixfold increase during 2001–2020 in the West Survivability declined by 12% in the western US in the...

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Ivi Choc@ivichoc.bsky.social · 3w ago

#FYI #PaulBeckwith #atmosphere #air #airQuality #wildfire #wildfires #particulateMatter #US #USA #Canada #HealthEffect #climatechange Wildfires hitting hard in the northern hemisphere. Part II. of Paul showing useful tools and publications (& Sir Isaac Newton ESP again in a supporting role ^.^)

Paul Beckwith@paulhbeckwith.bsky.social · 3w ago

My new video… Analysis of Wildfire Smoke and Air Quality - Plus Beckwith Interview on Prime Time National News at 6 youtu.be/T9B7_cwKago?... #climate #weather #fires #wildfires #smoke #Toronto #Ottawa #NewYork #NYC #Washington #Boston #Philadelphia