Notices by O=C=O (tuxom@mastodon.at)

#Exxon Knew about #ClimateChange almost 40 years ago
(Article from 2015)

A new investigation shows the oil company #understood the #science before it became a public issue and spent millions to #promote #misinformation.
This knowledge did not prevent the company (now #ExxonMobil and the world’s largest #oil and #gas company) from spending decades refusing to publicly acknowledge #climate #change and even promoting climate misinformation.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/

#ClimateCrisis #Capitalism

Stunning Wolverine Glacier pics from the front lines of #ClimateChange

As Earth's #climate shifts under the strain caused by #human civilization, scientists have turned to one of the world's oldest natural wonders for answers: #glaciers. Since 1966, researchers have been measuring how the mass of these dense pockets of #ice and #snow changes over time.

The #Wolverine #Glacier is one of several examples in #Alaska that has been monitored for decades.

https://mashable.com/article/wolverine-glacier-photos-climate-change-research/

#ClimateCrisis

'Historic, Catastrophic' Category 5 Hurricane #Dorian Hits Bahamas, Still Threatens Southeast US Coast

As footage of the devastation began to emerge online, one expert warned that "if we continue to increase our emissions of greenhouse gasses, these kind of damages will also increase."
..pointed out that this is the 4th consecutive year that the Atlantic has seen a category 5 hurricane:"people are going to need to rally to the relief of what must be devastated islands."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/01/historic-catastrophic-category-5-hurricane-dorian-hits-bahamas-still-threatens

Evacuations begin as #Hurricane #Dorian bears down on northern #Bahamas

Forecasters expected Dorian, packing 150 mph (240 kph) winds, to hit some Bahamian islands Sunday before heading near #Florida and then skirting along or off the #US Southeast seacoast.
In the Bahamas, tourists were sent to government shelters in schools, churches and other buildings offering protection from the storm while residents were evacuating.

https://indianexpress.com/article/world/evacuations-begin-as-dorian-bears-down-on-northern-bahamas-5955319/

#ExtremeWeather

#Insektensterben: Auch in den #Niederlanden verschwinden #Insekten

Eine Analyse der Insektenbiomasse in zwei niederländischen Naturschutzgebieten zeigt einen drastischen Rückgang der #Biomasse an Insekten in den letzten Jahrzehnten.
...zeigt, dass die Biomasse an bodenlebenden Käfern in diesem Zeitraum um mindestens 40%, die der Motten sogar um etwa 60% zurückging.
Insgesamt passten die Daten zu ähnlichen Resultaten in anderen Ländern.

https://www.spektrum.de/news/auch-in-den-niederlanden-verschwinden-insekten/1669214

#Biodiversität #Massenaussterben

Reporting on the State of the Climate in 2018

International authoritative climate report states 2018 was the fourth warmest year on record
Last year was the 4th warmest year on record despite #LaNiña conditions early in the year and the lack of a short-term warming #ElNiño influence until late in the year
... found that the major indicators of #ClimateChange continued to reflect trends consistent with a #warming planet.

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/reporting-state-climate-2018

#ClimateCrisis

Boris Johnson's car blocked by #climate protesters during journey to meet Queen to become prime minister

Police officers seen moving demonstrators away to allow convoy to pass

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-protest-greenpeace-motorcade-mall-buckingham-palace-a9018971.html

#climate #activity

#Europe sees first #heatwave of the year | World Meteorological Organization #WMO

Many parts of Europe are experiencing the first heatwave of the year as a result of warm air masses from Africa, setting new daytime and overnight temperature records for June. The heat poses a risk to people's health and the environment.

It is premature to attribute the unusually early heatwave to #ClimateChange, but this is consistent with climate scenarios.

https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/europe-sees-first-heatwave-of-year

#ExtremeWeather

#ClimateChange: #Greenland lost 2 billion (!) tons of ice this week, which is very unusual

Over 40% of Greenland experienced melting Thursday, with total #ice loss estimated to be more than 2 gigatons (equal to 2 billion tons) on just that day alone.
While Greenland is a big island filled with lots of ice, it is highly unusual for that much ice to be lost in the middle of June. The average "melt season" for Greenland runs from June to August.

https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/06/14/us/greenland-sudden-ice-melt-wxc/index.html

#ClimateBreakdown

Atmospheric #Methane Levels Are Going Up—And No One Knows Why

Methane are rising faster than #climate #experts #anticipated, triggering intense debate about why it's happening.
“And then, boom, look at how it changes here,” Dlugokencky says, pointing at a graph on his computer screen. “This is really an abrupt #change in the global methane budget, starting around 2007.”

Hmmm ... now we will experience in real time what a #TippingPoint is.

https://www.wired.com/story/atmospheric-methane-levels-are-going-up-and-no-one-knows-why/

#ClimateBreakdown

#Yukon temperatures are the highest in 13,600 years

Warming of over 2 degrees Celsius is above the global average and well above the average of the rest of the #Arctic region 

https://climateandcapitalism.com/2019/04/11/yukon-temperatures-are-the-highest-in-13600-years/

#ClimateCrisis

#Geoengineering debate shifts to #UN environment assembly

Countries will discuss whether to commission a study of technologies to blunt the effects of #ClimateChange.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00717-6

#ClimateCrisis

Get ready for a serious wave of #climate #activism
Between the Youth #Strike4Climate and the #ExtinctionRebellion, we are in for some serious disruption.
The movement is growing all over Europe, where 70,000 students in 270 towns and cities have been striking. According to Buzzfeed, the movement is being driven almost exclusively by teenage girls and young women, many of whom are rejecting the role of men who have been running the environmental movements in the past.

https://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/get-ready-serious-wave-climate-activism-students-take-streets.html

In Response to Lies and Hate, Let Me Make Some Things Clear About My #ClimateStrike

If everyone listened to the scientists and the facts that I constantly refer to—then no one would have to listen to me or any of the other hundreds of thousands of school children on strike for the climate across the world. Then we could all go back to school...

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/02/03/response-lies-and-hate-let-me-make-some-things-clear-about-my-climate-strike

#ClimateCrisis