Cobb climate almanac & weather forecast for Monday, December 30, 2024

UN declares decade of deadly heat, calls for action against climate breakdown World News

Climate Liability Laws, Litigation Add to Oil Industry Headache

The shift toward eating meat has piqued my interest. Does this represent a growing trend, and if so, what does that mean for efforts to nudge people toward more plant-based diets

I dont think she is denying that the is real, just making observations about -

The monetization of doom reinforces the entire Doomscroll Industrial Complex. As more creators join the ecosystem, the competition to craft the most engaging, fear-driven narratives intensifies. For subscribers, the cost isnt just financial its emotional and psychological.

When doom becomes a product, fear becomes the price we all pay.

Stop but stay informed.

Try to spend some time engaging with local community associations and local government. Make them aware their insurance companies are ripping them off because of impacts of caused by because of . Get them to pressure their companies to sue for compensation from fossil fuel producers and suppliers including and .

Get involved and get active.

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What impact do current climatic changes have on the famous gentoo penguin

Jak vliv maj souasn klimatick zmny na proslulho tuka oslho

a few illionaires can decide that millions of people are insane and fight them with all means (often violent and intimidating)

the more reason to keep on the non violent peaceful rebellions against the extinction of a pleasant healthy climate everywhere

have a pleasant rebellious 2025
make it as insane as possible

war is a choice of crooks
do not watch inauguration of the fraudulous sexoffender
do not use sewer X from that psycho

Kenya's celebrated coffee under threat as farmers hit by

De eerste stappen worden gezet: vanaf 2025 worden de meest vervuilende bedrijfsauto's en vrachtwagens uit veertien geweerd. Gemeenten voeren een -emissiezone in om de luchtkwaliteit in die gebieden te verbeteren en de -uitstoot te verminderen.

The yellowed leaves of the apple seedlings are still attached unlike last year's batch.

I hope they're hibernating properly...

Scotland's new, larger 'green' ferry emits more CO2 than old diesel ship (although lower NOx and SOx)

Our chapter is officially out

Six Ways Can Contribute to Mitigation and Adaptation

Small problem with Westenberg's doom complex - it's based on earth history and data trends - not Joe Shmoe's "predictions."

The frailty of the climate system and the rapid decline of biodiversity is playing out now. The only uncertainty is how bad it will get & how fast - and if it can be reversed at all.

...For that the odds are poor given the delay in changing course and political dysfunction.

preaching that all is well -- denial.

The worlds 10 most costly climate disasters of 2024 caused $229bn in damages and killed 2,000 people, the latest annual analysis of insurance payouts has revealed.

The TOP #5 being:

#1/ Yaiza Hernndez

#2/ Franoise Vergs

#3/ OBJECTHOOD #9

#4/ Imani Mason Jordan

#5/ M Murphy

-racism

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Year in Review: 8 Hopeful Climate Stories of 2024

Direct action gets the goods!

How radical spectacles create space for progress

When radical activism takes place at the same time as formal institutional challenges, studies show the combination can help increase support for more moderate activism. Researchers call this the radical flank effect.

Grim climate news continues as hydroelectricity falters, deforestation accelerates for biofuels and coal stages a resurgence in India, highlighting challenges in the global energy transition.

Drought brought on by climate change affects West TX water supply / Public News Service

Incinerators: New plans to limit burning rubbish for energy

Ministers say fresh rules announced today will limit the development of new waste incinerators, which burn rubbish to make electricity and emit gases that are harmful for the environment.

Just under half of all the UK's household rubbish is now burned, and a recent BBC investigation showed that incinerating bin bags, which can release large amounts of carbon dioxide, was as bad for the climate as burning coal.

Talks to halt plastic pollution, protect biodiversity and end desertification have all failed this year, but one way forward is for small groups of states to form alliances that address common priorities.

What if every pet was vegan Heres how much it would help the planet

Whadafuq
It's 10C (50F)!!
In Montreal on a December 30

That's APRIL weather, not December!

As the Grampians fires approached, 20 kangaroo joeys took shelter in a living room. Experts say others arent so lucky

Wildlife Victoria expects catastrophic and long-term impacts for wildlife, including substantial loss of life, burns, blindness and starvation

I wrote this text 3 years ago. Sometime I would help colleagues to include topics in their courses or projects.

Episode 4 of the Raised Beaches Podcast, a podcast on paleoclimate and global change is out! The deep dive in this episode is on Milankovitch Cycles. Get it on Buzzsprout or wherever you get your podcasts.

In the intro, I discuss Holocene sea level changes in Okinawa, the Aso Caldera, ammonite fossils, and an overview of my activities in 2024.

For the deep dive, I discuss Milankovitch Cycles, the three types of orbital changes and how they affect climate, as well as the LR04 benthic O and Chinese speleothem O proxy records, that demonstrate the orbital control on climate change.

In the further discussion, I discuss how James Croll originally proposed an orbital control on climate change before Milankovitch, why Charles Darwin was a fan, and why Croll's theory was not accepted. I also show how Milankovitch Cycles also affect the climate of Mars.

In the papers section, I discuss one paper by Rubio-Sandoval et al (I am a coauthor) on deducing paleo sea level in Camarones, Argentina. There are four periods of higher-than-present sea level at this location. (link in the next post)

I will be posting the video version of this podcast in the coming days!

30.12.2024 - 08:00 Uhr
Chart des deutschen Strommix ber die letzten 6 Stunden.

Climate change alters bird migration patterns, raising risks for South Korea's aviation

Changing weather patterns affect the safety of air travel in South Korea due to shifts in bird movements

Teaching about the climate crisis: Jubilant protests, restorative justice and role play

'Dangerous New Era': Climate Change Spurs Disaster In 2024

From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa, nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024

(text available in reading mode)

Could a miracle pill for cows help save the environment

Teaching about the climate crisis: Jubilant protests, restorative justice and role play

Canberra considers recycled water as population and climate strain supplies - published 30 Dec 2024

14 min

Restoring regional hydrology and improving local weather conditions with Gabion. When improving and restoring ecology is really as cheap as chicken wire and some rubble, why are we spending tens of billions of dollars on renewables but nothing on measures like this

It scandalous that funding this isnt a top priority. Its chump change compared to the money being lavished on renewables.

This is the cheap obvious stuff.

Second and third attempts at Daybreak and we still didnt win. But we got closer. It can be done.

Indonesia risks carbon backfire with vast deforestation for sugarcane

A plan to clear rainforests half the size of Switzerland for sugarcane plantations, which commenced recently, would nearly double the countrys total greenhouse gas emissions & impact Indigenous communities in Papua, a new report warns

We dream of long lives.
Our kids must settle for "good".
Theirsfor lives at all.

Plans rest on stability,
Climate's first casualty.

Waves pound coasts of Ecuador and Peru, closing ports, killing 2

An early-warning system for the end of the world POLITICO

Make sure taxpayer-funded hydrogen hubs actually benefit communities and the climate -