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Amateur Climate Scientist.
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Brazil’s National Institute of Space Research (INPE) has detected 733 fires in the Pantanal biome so far this month, with the previous record for fires in Pantanal for June being 435 registered in 2005. www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...
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“You have treaties that were meant for a stable climate, but now are trying to be enforced in a climate that is not stable” “If there is no water, what can we realistically be expected to pay with? No-one can be forced to give away what they don’t have,” www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...
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On Thursday, Minnesota became the 10th state to report infected herds. According to the USDA, 82 herds in the US have tested positive for the H5N1 virus. There are still no mandatory requirements to report sick cows, only recommendations. 🤦‍♀️ www.accuweather.com/en/health-we...
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Between 1979 and 2020, “severe-or-greater” turbulence has become 55% more frequent over the North Atlantic over the course of that time period. Fly the unfriendly skies. www.cnbc.com/2024/05/26/c...
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The violent weather flooded streets, knocked down trees and power lines and shattered the windows of downtown hotels and office buildings, sending glass raining onto the streets below. www.accuweather.com/en/severe-we...
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“These latest floods have caused a major humanitarian emergency in Afghanistan, which is still reeling from a string of earthquakes at the beginning of this year as well as severe flooding in March,” www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...
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The National Weather Service confirmed eight EF3 tornadoes as of Tuesday morning, with an additional 17 EF2s, and it will add to that total this week after new storm surveys. www.accuweather.com/en/severe-we...
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911: "Emergency services, how may I be assistance" Caller: "Help, I hear what sounds like sirens and lots of noise in the trees around me, I can't hear my TV. Is this the end of the world?" 911: "I'm very sorry ma'am... Have you tried touching grass?" www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...
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Southern California steelhead trout have been pushed to the brink of extinction as their river habitats have been altered by development and fragmented by barriers and dams. phys.org/news/2024-04...
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"The “massive flood” at the Bei River is the earliest on record to hit China in the highest category of a four-tier classification system, according to Yin, the forecaster. Floods of this magnitude usually occur after late June" www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...
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Perfect example of having to choose between the lesser of two evils, graph included. We can crash this train going 150mph or we can crash it going 125mph. No, we are not going to stop the train like the engineer says we need to in order to survive, that's not on the ballot.
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The amount of PFAS entering the atmosphere this way may be comparable to or greater than from industrial manufacturing. #ToxicWorld eos.org/articles/oce...
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254 millimeters of rain—about two years' worth—fell on the desert United Arab Emirates on Tuesday. Official media said it was the highest rainfall since records began in 1949, before the formation of the UAE in 1971. phys.org/news/2024-04...
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"Climate change is a major factor behind these unusual weather patterns and above normal rainfalls, but it's not just Pakistan which is affected, the whole region is experiencing changes in temperature patterns," phys.org/news/2024-04...
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Sounds of the natural world are rapidly falling silent and will become “acoustic fossils” without urgent action to halt environmental destruction Don't know what you got until it's gone. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"It is the earliest that temperatures in the city have passed 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit), which the JMA classifies as a "summer's day", since records began there in 1877." phys.org/news/2024-04...
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Our study makes clear that middle-aged Americans today are experiencing more loneliness than their peers in European nations. This coincides with existing evidence that mortality rates are rising for working-age adults. United we stand, Divided we fall. medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04...
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Scientists have seen an unusually high number of algae called Gambierdiscus that can produce a wide variety of neurotoxins that can be harmful to fish and dangerous to humans. High ocean temps are causing this spike. 200+ events recorded for 30 species. www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...
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Floods have swamped parts of Russia and Kazakhstan after Europe’s third-longest river burst its banks, forcing more than 100,000 people to evacuate and sparking protests against the authorities, due to lack of help and getting no warnings. www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...
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Key backup tubes inside the Glen Canyon Dam might be damaged, potentially threatening the delivery of water to Lake Mead in the future if water levels ever dip too low in Lake Powell. phys.org/news/2024-04...
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A warmer-than-normal winter has left little snow on the ground and has compounded droughts. Also zombie fires have been burning over the winter under thick layers of snow cover. www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
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Preliminary data shows that deforestation in the region was 40% higher in the first three months of this year than in 2023 as armed groups tightened their control over the rainforest. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/a...
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"We need robust legislation and also regulations to compel companies to do what they need to do and not what they wish to do," Climate pledges are a joke. phys.org/news/2024-04...
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"Our new approach suggests that if ocean warming and acidification continue on the current trajectory, up to 100% of the biological processes in fish and invertebrate species will be affected" Up from 20 and 25% Worse than expected 🥃 phys.org/news/2024-04...
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Oh, look, that irrelevant old guy that wears gowns and runs a Ponzi scheme rife with sex abuse scandals is trying to preach about human dignity. I say he should fuck right off with his hypocritical nonsense.
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Carbon dioxide, the most important and abundant of the greenhouse gases caused by humans, rose in 2023 by the third highest amount in 65 years of record keeping, NOAA announced Friday Good thing we had all those climate conferences and climate pledges. /s phys.org/news/2024-04...
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While the researchers suspect the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus killed the penguins, the field tests were inconclusive, the university said. Samples are being shipped off to labs that the researchers hope will provide answers in coming months. www.unmc.edu/healthsecuri...
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"Dairy cows have not been affected before in the United States, or anywhere else in the world to my knowledge, and we've never before seen such clear evidence of mammal-to-mammal transmission," Mother nature whispers in my ear. "Tick Tock" www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. said it killed about 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 young hens that were infected, about 3.6% of its total flock. www.expressnews.com/business/art...
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Just a reminder: On a warming Earth, it's not the sea level rise, storms, or heat that will bring us to a halt, it's the little things that will do us in.