WTF Climate Change News

Innula Zenovka · Oct 19, 2022

Innula Zenovka said:
These are some new ones, it seems (unless it's simply a re-announcement of previous plans, which they often do, I suppose)

Government to unveil crackdown on climate activism and strike action

Suella Braverman to reveal plans to grant police new powers to counter tactics favoured by Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion

www.theguardian.com

However, since she's now resigned, it's questionable whether Grant Shapps, her replacement, will push for quite such draconian measures (which I don't see making it through the Lords anyway, and I'm not at all sure this government will last long enough to pass them).

Beebo Brink · Oct 20, 2022

Amount of ocean heat found to be accelerating and fuelling extreme weather events

The rate of warming in the top 2km has doubled from levels in the 1960s, review finds

www.theguardian.com

Even if we get to net zero in 2050 the ocean heat content continues to go up, and sea levels go up for a couple of centuries beyond that.

Beebo Brink · Oct 21, 2022

In a warming world, who wins: Goats or sheep?
The decline of ice in Glacier National Park is revealing once buried salt licks. Now mountain goats and bighorn sheep are fighting over them.

Beebo Brink · Oct 21, 2022

Image-rich article on Bangladesh farmers dealing with rising waters. It's not a happy ending per se -- the construction of these floating mats is backbreaking work and the expense of the materials is rising -- but this approach shows tenacity and resilience.

Bangladesh farmers revive floating farms, as seas rise

Mohammad Mostafa, a farmer in the low-lying deltas of southwestern Bangladesh, has revived his forefathers' farming practice of growing crops on floating rafts as rising seas and storm flooding threaten more and more farmland.

www.reuters.com

Beebo Brink · Oct 22, 2022

Quick primer on the effect of climate change on the jet stream:

Aribeth Zelin · Oct 22, 2022

Beebo Brink said:
Quick primer on the effect of climate change on the jet stream:

While, this isn't good, I'm still enjoying the cooler weather.... >.>

Beebo Brink · Oct 22, 2022

Next pandemic may come from melting glaciers, new data shows | Infectious diseases | The Guardian

Beebo Brink · Oct 24, 2022

Let's make things worse by trying to ignore it!

Bureau of Meteorology was ‘cowering in the corner’ on climate crisis, former staff claim

Exclusive: Claims that discussing climate change at BoM ‘is basically banned’ come after allegations of a toxic workplace culture

www.theguardian.com

Innula Zenovka · Oct 25, 2022

Beebo Brink · Oct 26, 2022

And now, back to our regularly scheduled pessimism....

Washington Post: Climate warming methane emissions rising faster than ever, study says

The WMO’s Greenhouse Gas Bulletin said that “global emissions have rebounded since the COVID-related lockdowns” and that the increases in methane levels in 2020 and 2021 were the largest since systematic record keeping began in 1983.

“Methane concentrations are not just rising, they’re rising faster than ever,” said Rob Jackson, a professor of Earth system science at Stanford University.

“Government decisions and actions must reflect the level of urgency, the gravity of the threats we are facing, and the shortness of the time we have remaining to avoid the devastating consequences of runaway climate change,” said Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat. “We are still nowhere near the scale and pace of emission reductions required."

Instead, the U.N. report found, the world is barreling toward future of unbearable heat, escalating weather disasters, collapsing ecosystems and widespread hunger and disease.