Global warming?

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Clashing with Trump, US government report says climate change will batter economy

Reuters

Clashing with Trump, US government report says climate change will batter economy

water
lack of and pollution
the destuction of humankind

Their water became undrinkable. Then they were ordered to pay more for it.

Their water became undrinkable. Then they were ordered to pay more for it.

Climate-heating greenhouse gases at record levels, says UN
Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are far above pre-industrial levels

Climate-heating greenhouse gases at record levels, says UN




Tory MPs demand net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
Theresa May called on to commit to ambitious climate target

Tory MPs demand net-zero carbon emissions by 2050

News Desk
California’s Efforts to Prevent Wildfires Reflect a National Climate Crisis
Even in a wealthy, Democratic state, local politics and sparring special-interest groups are impediments to needed climate-adaptation legislation.

By Carolyn Korma

Personal History
A Surfer’s Perspective on Malibu in Flames

I’d got out of the fire, and now all I wanted was to get back into the fire.

By Jamie Brisick

Surge in marine refuges brings world close to protected areas goal
By Jonathan Watts on Nov 23, 2018

Surge in marine refuges brings world close to protected areas goal


an odditty

dont mind saying and reporting on our beloved neighours Aussie
but they seem to continue on there 3rd world country habit of having a disastrous time with there LIVE CATTLE EXPORT,esp sheep suffering
get your act together on that Au
not the first time youve had a balls up happening

wont mention your to the migrant/refugees on Manus/and the other place you dump/secrete them all

Thousands of cattle unloaded from live export ship seen rocking as it tried to leave harbour


Witnesses took photographs of a ship bound for the Middle East rocking from side-to-side before authorities intervened.

To share or not to share?
Tribes risk exploitation when sharing climate change solutions.

By Paola Rosa-Aquino on No

Tribes have climate wisdom — and good reason not to share it



Thousands of cattle unloaded from live export ship seen rocking as it tried to leave harbour


Witnesses took photographs of a ship bound for the Middle East rocking from side-to-side before authorities intervened.

Nearly 200 Sea Turtles Die in Cape Cod Cold Snap

New Bear on the Block: Grizzlies Spotted in Black and Polar Bear Habitats

 

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Going, Going ... Glacier National Park's Iconic Glaciers Are Melting Away

Rising temperatures over the past 50 years have not been kind to the glaciers. With climate change continuing, the once-giant ice slabs could soon disappear.

Going, Going … Glacier National Park’s Iconic Glaciers Are Melting Away


Climate Change Is Happening in the U.S. Now, Federal Report Says — in Charts
Global Warming Is Messing with the Jet Stream. That Means More Extreme Weather.
IPCC: Radical Energy Transformation Needed to Avoid 1.5 Degrees Global Warming
This Summer’s Heat Waves Could Be the Strongest Climate Signal Yet
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President Donald Trump might have recently dismissed two major climate reports, but almost everyone else agrees we need to move fast on climate solutions. That’s why the city council of Washington, D.C. just voted unanimously to adopt a 100 percent clean electricity bill. How you like them apples, Don?

America’s capital city laid out a pretty ambitious climate measure this morning that includes incentives for electric vehicles, new standards for building efficiency, and an expanded carbon fee on natural gas, oil, and other polluting forms of fuel. D.C. plans to take money generated by that fee and invest it in a “green bank,” like a piggy bank that can only be tapped to help low and mid-income folks retrofit their homes and put up solar. The best news? The city aims to hit that 100 percent goal by 2032. That’s the most ambitious goal of any state or city in the U.S.A yet!

“This bill was two years in the making, involved everyone from neighborhood moms to top business leaders to champions on the D.C. Council,” said Mike Tidwell, a director of one of the organizations involved in the process. “We’re going to send clean energy to the White House and members of Congress whether they’re ready for it or not.”

This was a preliminary vote. The D.C. Council will vote on the measure again in December — most of the statute is expected to go into effect around Christmas. The White House Grinch better get ready for a whole lotta green coming his way!

— Zoya Teirstein

an obvious
paid for utterances like that,pathetic

Zinke says Northern California fire costs likely in billions

• By JONATHAN J. COOPER, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Zinke says Northern California fire costs likely in billions

 

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disgustingv abuse

Energy Speculators Jump on Chance to Lease Public Land at Bargain Rates

The Trump administration’s policy of encouraging more oil and gas drilling combined with a loophole in federal rules has been a boon for investors with a taste for gambling — and has drawn criticism that it is a bad deal for taxpayers.

By Eric Lipton and Hiroko Tab

Energy Speculators Jump on Chance to Lease Public Land at Bargain Rates

Countries vowed to cut carbon emissions. They aren’t even close to their goals, U.N. report finds

A new ‘emissions gap’ report says we’re even further from where we need to be than we thought.

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ps://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/11/27/countries-vowed-cut-carbon-emissions-they-arent-even-close-their-goals-un-report-finds/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1ef2de429147

Megafires are becoming increasingly common in California and climate change is a leading factor

Megafires are becoming increasingly common in California and climate change is a leading factor


rightly so also
REPEAT NO SHAME
remember China quickly reversed its policy ecently

Sotheby's And Bonhams Bow To Pressure, Ban The Sale Of Rhino Horn Artifacts

Sotheby's And Bonhams Bow To Pressure, Ban The Sale Of Rhino Horn Artifacts



most unfortunate of couse
note remote beach

As Many As 145 Pilot Whales Die Stranded On Remote New Zealand Island


November 26, 201812:28 PM ET

As Many As 145 Pilot Whales Die Stranded On Remote New Zealand Island

How Inequality Increases Environmental Damage for Everyone (But Not Equally)

James Boyce of PERI discusses how inequalities in power encourage the creation of environmental damage. Inequality disempowers some communities while allowing the powerful to profit at the environment’s and everyone else’s expense

 

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Heavy smog shrouds buildings in Jinan, China, in 2016. (Reuters)
Nations must triple efforts to curb greenhouse gas
Governments of the world need to triple their current efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in order to keep global warming under the crucial limit of 2 °C by 2030. The United Nations’ annual emissions-gap report projects that emissions will rise by 10% between 2017 and 2030 — they need to drop by 25% instead. The report also points out ways to close the gap, and says that scaling up and replicating existing policies could be enough, while also contributing to key sustainable development goals.

Nature | 2

often try and imagine what it would be like if our PM was ike that
pigheaded and obstinate
i am sure we would work at getting id of it

TOP STORY
Trump is Leading America Down a CO2 Highway to Disaster
It is up to us demand our leaders listen to their own scientific agencies.
BY MICHAEL E. MANN

What Is Arctic Browning? Dying Plants in the Region Could Make Climate Change Worse
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average.



Trump doesn’t ‘believe’ his own administration’s climate report

Trump doesn’t ‘believe’ his own administration’s climate report

Trump doesn’t ‘believe’ his own administration’s climate report


Greece's refugee crisis creates a strain on an already fragile ecosystem

Greece's refugee crisis creates a strain on an already fragile ecosystem

clever graphics no doubt

Fish Species Forecast to Migrate Hundreds of Miles Northward as U.S. Waters Warm
A study of 686 North American fish species forecasts a bigger migration with global warming than scientists had expected. Coastal communities will be left to adapt.

Fish Species Forecast to Migrate Hundreds of Miles Northward as U.S. Waters Warm


are there deniers in the nouse

shit house that is

Deadly heat, spreading diseases, overwhelmed hospitals: A new study warns that climate change is already posing health risks worldwide.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 6:40 PM EST


The report, published in the public health journal The Lancet, incorporates the work of 24 academic institutions and United Nations agencies and follows a major climate assessment issued last week by the United States government.


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PARIKA, GUYANA
Sanctuary Beach
Four species of marine turtles, all of which are either vulnerable or endangered, make their way to Shell Beach to lay their eggs.
READ MORE →

 

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Science, Tech & Environment

Zinke announces new leases for offshore wind power on both US coasts

Zinke announces new leases for offshore wind power on both US coasts

sad for the average person,but no sympathy fo the wealthy who may livecoaseal,and have insurance to cfover therecoastal mansions, mebeeee

The government's climate report brings bad news for Texas, including energy infrastructure along the Gulf Coast. Researchers predict we'll see almost $21 billion in coastal flood damage by 2030.

ignorance/pigheadedness are the only words to describe anyone who wont take into consideration more learned people than him,or look at possible alternatives
again
how you can live/allow it to make decisions for you i will never comprehend
a decent person would vacate the position
not even apply for the role,knowing its behaviour over time

along with the tsunammi,was rareky needed to be mentioned say 30 years ago

Brace Yourselves for El Niño Likely in 2019


Two U.S. pipelines rack up violations, threaten industry growth

Two U.S. pipelines rack up violations, threaten industry growth | Reuters

French President Holds Firm On Clean-Energy Goals, Despite Protests

French President Holds Firm On Clean-Energy Goals, Despite Protests
November 27, 20189:31 PM ET



French President Holds Firm On Clean-Energy Goals, Despite Protests

UN: Nations Must Triple Action to Avoid Disastrous Climate Change

either way
as bad as its predecessor, Trumalike gonchos al; of a similar mold

Internal Watchdog: Zinke Didn’t Shrink Monument to Benefit Utah Lawmaker

 

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How to survive a wildfire: let's copy tactics from nature
Trees grow thicker bark and animals burrow for protection. We can use similar techniques to save human lives

Supported by

How to survive wildfires: let’s do as nature does | Alistair Smith and Crystal Kolden

QUICKSILVER

Mercury Pollution Is Way Up. One Huge Culprit? Gold Mines
BY SOPHIA CHEN

The first big international effort to combat mercury pollution is zeroing in on small gold mines, which account for almost half of annual emissions.


'Our consumption choices are driving biodiversity loss'
Humankind is decimating plant and animal species, with alarming consequences for the planet. From the UN biodiversity conference in Egypt, Cristiana Pasca explains why preserving biodiversity is key to our survival.

'Our consumption choices are driving biodiversity loss' | DW | 28.11.2018



BUMMER
fond love of both
see them as an integral part in keeping this planet in existence
esp the bees
we are bad b......ds in our use of chemicals herbicides/pesticides

Those waiting to see how newly-appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh will rule on environmental cases will have to wait a little longer. He did not weigh in on the ruling since he was not yet confirmed when arguments were heard.

Supreme Court Sends Endangered Frog Case Back to Lower Court

At Least 1 Million Bees Found Dead in Cape Town

Kenya: Bees help indigenous Yiaku defend and monitor their ancestral forest

Kenya: Bees help indigenous Yiaku defend and monitor their ancestral forest byShadrack Kavilu [11/28/2018]

even the Germanss are too busy allowing ther coal mining corporate to harvest coal from there/a last remaiining forest in Germany,apparently

- The Yiaku’s use of beekeeping and other traditional practices to conserve their forest has earned them recognition and autonomy from the Kenyan government, which in 2008 granted the community full responsibility for managing the forest.
- This is the second part of Mongabay’s three-part profile of the Yiaku’s management of their ancestral forest.

- The Yiaku, former hunter-gatherers who live in Mukogodo Forest in central Kenya, have kept bees since ancient times.
- They consider honey a valuable commodity and use it not only as food but in traditional rituals and medicine. Beekeeping is also part of the community’s customary system of forest management, helping the Yiaku defend the forest against intruders and monitor its health.
- The Yiaku’s use of beekeeping and other traditional practices to conserve their forest has earned them recognition and autonomy from the Kenyan government, which in 2008 granted the community full responsibility for managing the forest.
- This is the second part of Mongabay’s three-part profile of the Yiaku’s management of their ancestral forest.

Kenya: Bees help indigenous Yiaku defend and monitor their ancestral forest

 

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Bolsonaro backers wage war on the rainforest
Most in Brazil’s heavily-deforested western border support Jair Bolsonaro and his promises of progress instead of protection

by Dom Phillips in Porto Velho

Bolsonaro backers wage war on the rainforest

behave yourselves BRAZIL

Let's Explore the Amazon!
Next September, join us for a week of adventure and learning in some of the most remote rainforest eco-lodges in the world, deep in the Peruvian Amazon.
LEARN MORE →

National Climate Assessment

UN
: Climate change, depleted resources leave world hungry
As climate change destabilizes every ecosystem on earth, food scarcity is going to worsen, according to a new report from the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization. The U.N. assessment shows how climate change has depleted the world’s resources to the point where food systems are in peril. About 820 million people are currently malnourished, and if no action is taken, that number is only going to rise.

UN: Climate change, depleted resources leave world hungry

The government's climate report brings bad news for Texas, including energy infrastructure along the Gulf Coast. Researchers predict we'll see almost $21 billion in coastal flood damage by 2030.

as we know
the pure ignorant idiocy of it all
wno could totally believe in itsef only


I don’t believe it. Right now, we’re the cleanest we’ve ever been.”
—President Donald Trump, dismissing without evidence his own administration's prediction that climate change will impose devastating environmental and economic costs by 2090.


The invisible diminishment of insects
Insects are “the little things that run the natural world”, said naturalist E. O. Wilson — and this invisible army of environmental engineers is dwindling. Scientists are struggling to understand what it means to have animals still exist in their billions, yet also be horrifically diminished. “We see a hundred of something, and we think we’re fine,” says entomologist David Wagner, “but what if there were 100,000 two generations ago?”


Claws out: crab fishermen sue 30 oil firms over climate change
Fossil fuel companies including Chevron and ExxonMobil ‘knowingly caused harm’ by contributing to warming, group says

Claws out: crab fishermen sue 30 oil firms over climate change
What to expect from the G20 Buenos Aires 2018 | Al Jazeera English

like/d ha

Daily Shouts
Spooky Climate-Change Stories
“The Hook,” “The China Doll,” “The Green Ribbon,” and other stories surprisingly linked to greenhouse-gas emissions.

By Rebecca Saltzman

 

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GOOD LUCK
wish you collectively had clout UN

Here's a plan: a utility is teaming up with the world's largest hog producer to power homes using pig waste.

Envoys from almost 200 countries will convene next week in Katowice, Poland, for an UN conference on reining in global warming. The goal this year is to draw up a rulebook for implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement (the one Trump backed out of). Here's what to watch.

On the Friday after Thanksgiving—weeks earlier than expected and with the nation focused on food comas and shopping deals—the Trump administration quietly released the congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment. The report catalogs the damage and financial losses projected for a climate now unmoored from 12,000 years of relative stability. The NCA's conclusion is that much of what humans have built, and are building now, is unsuited to the world as it exists. As time goes on, the added cost of living in that world may exceed hundreds of billions of dollars—annually. —Josh Petri

How Inequality Increases Environmental Damage for Everyone (But Not Equally)
James Boyce of PERI discusses how inequalities in power encourage the creation of environmental damage. Inequality disempowers some communities while allowing the powerful to profit at the environment’s and everyone else’s expense

POLAND

Far-right populists and climate policy: an attempt to move the goalposts
With the COP24 starting next week, right-wing populists are seeking to reframe the discussion about climate change even in ultra-ecological Germany. Environmentalists face a dilemma — to rebut or ignore the deniers.

Far-right populists and climate policy: an attempt to move the goalposts | DW | 28.11.2018



poms
are proud of thee article i think

SICK PLANET
The Climate Apocalypse Is Now, and It’s Happening to You
BY ADAM ROGERS
Goodbye, Arctic. Hello, heat stroke and asthma attacks. New climate reports connect the dots between predictions and your life—today.
going to be badbastards by the look of it

Brazil reneges on hosting UN climate talks under Bolsonaro presidency
Reversal comes two months after country agreed to host COP25 conference in 2019 – and one month after far-right climate sceptic

Brazil reneges on hosting UN climate talks under Bolsonaro presidency

 

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We broke down what climate change will do, region by region
Yeah, we read each chapter of the report so you don't have to.

We broke down what climate change will do, region by region

Even if we’re able to keep human-caused warming to less than 2 degrees C above pre-industrial levels, it might not be enough to save polar ice sheets. A new study from Nature Climate Change shows that ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are likely on a path of irreversible decline. “Greenland & Antarctica will likely collapse, in very different ways,”tweeted Mike MacFerrin, a glaciologist known as “Ice Sheet Mike,” who wasn’t involved in the study. “Just depends how fast.”

— Greta Moran

thining of tear gas tbh
usage of,quell the dissenters ha

Thousands of Australian Students Strike Over Climate Change Inaction

The Last Four Years Were Likely the Hottest on Record

lets hope they prove there woth
likely a 000 x better thanwhats there cuently

Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal Proposal Now Backed by 15 House Democrats


Climate change: 2018 set to be one of hottest ever years
Global temperatures are set to far overshoot an international target to limit the increase, UN scientists say. Another expert study warns of the health risk posed to vulnerable people by the growing number of heatwaves.

CO2 levels hit new record high in 2017
The warming effect of greenhouse gases has increased 41 percent since 1990, according to the UN's weather organization. It said the window of opportunity to act against climate change "is almost closed."

Climate change: 2018 set to be one of hottest ever years | DW | 29.11.2018
like the Indigenous of Australia doing some fantastic work in NT Au
govt sponsored apparently

The Bangladeshi tribe that’s guarding turtles, co-authoring research papers
BY SHREYA DASGUPTA ON 29 NOVEMBER 2018
Mongabay Series: Indigenous Peoples and Conservation

The Bangladeshi tribe that’s guarding turtles, co-authoring research papers byShreya Dasgupta [11/29/2018]

- A team of indigenous parabiologists in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts, documenting their forest’s wildlife, have uncovered a surprisingly wide range of species.
- The parabiologists belong to the Mro ethnic group and work with the Creative Conservation Alliance co-founded by Shahriar Caesar Rahman and colleagues. They set up camera traps, monitor hunting and consumption of turtles and other wild animals in villages; act as protectors of hornbill nests; and serve as community leaders.
- The Mro parabiologists have become so crucial to the researchers’ work that they are regularly listed as formal co-authors of scientific papers.
- The Mro-CCA partnership has earned Rahman several laurels, including, most recently, the 2018 Whitley Award, dubbed the “green Oscars.”

The Bangladeshi tribe that’s guarding turtles, co-authoring research papers

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY


22 NOVEMBER 2018

A Thai dam devastates a rainforest and its birdlife
Woodland birds flee, leaving only a handful of species that thrive in degraded habitat.

 

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The White House keeps spreading disinformation about the National Climate Assessment. A press release from the EPA, using the words “fact check,” cites the Daily Caller in falsely claiming that the blockbuster report was based on worst-case scenarios. Katharine Hayhoe, a coauthor of the assessment, corrected this myth in a tweet: “The report considered a very broad range of scenarios, from one where carbon emissions go negative to one where they continue to grow.” Hats off to the climate scientists who probably needed a rest after finishing the 1,656-page tome, but now have to defend their work.

Oil Pipeline Spills 8,000 Barrels of Crude in Peruvian Amazon

California has big dreams — and they’re stuck in traffic.

California has big dreams — and they’re stuck in traffic.

Whew, it’s been a big week for climate change news. Grist has been trying to make climate change mainstream for, uh, two decades now, so it feels like the moment of public reckoning has finally arrived. There’s no room for doubt that climate change is coming for our asses.

Here’s how we know:

Exhibit A: The Trump administration tried burying the Fourth National Climate Assessment by releasing it on Black Friday. Instead, Trump has been bugged about it, and coverage has skyrocketed (point your browser to Grist dot org). The report broke down climate consequences region-by-region in the United States. Each of the 10 regions lays out some pretty nasty effects. So we read each chapter and compiled this handy breakdown. Check it out — we guarantee you’ll find something you won’t like!

Exhibit B: On Tuesday, the U.N. released its annual report card on climate change. The bad news is we’re failing to address the biggest problem facing humanity. The good news? There’s so much room to improve! Cities and businesses could also help pick up the slack. The report is sure to be on the minds of world leaders as they gather in Poland for a climate summit next week.

Exhibit C: On Wednesday, a report compiled by a group of international experts called climate change “the biggest global health threat of the 21st century.” Yikes! Prognosis: more disease and way more disasters in the future.

Well, there you have it. The news is bleak, but at least it puts an end to all of this pussyfooting around climate change. Unless you’re our climate-denying president or you live under a rock, you know by now that climate change is real and it isn’t going to be pretty. Welcome to the Anthropocene.

— Zoya Teirstein

biggest personal wory, insecticides/pesticides
scary,even if food producing
nd theyre not even the destructive spraying mcs

‘Our Food Systems Are Failing Us’: 100+ Academies Call for Overhaul of Food Production

Millions of Americans may be pushed away from the coast in the coming years, and the U.S.isn't prepared for the consequences of such a mass migration.

The Insect Apocalypse Is Here
What does it mean for the rest of life on Earth

On first read, "the insect apocalypse" sounds appealing. Getting rid of mosquitoes couldn't hurt, right? But insects are the base of the natural food pyramid. Their loss could alter the planet in unthinkable ways.

The Insect Apocalypse Is Here

 

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good luck to them both
futue citizens of the world, caing people


On the surface, Noor Noor and Terry Burns don’t have much in common. The former is a 28-year-old student at Cambridge, getting a degree in environmental conservation that he plans to use back home in Cairo, Egypt. The latter sells lawn ornaments and homegrown vegetables out of her house in Jamestown, Pennsylvania, population 617.

Noor and Burns have never met but they're linked by the global trade in nonlethal weapons, a growing industry that burst into the headlines this week when the US Border Patrol tear gassed asylum-seekers on the country’s southern border. It’s the most recent high-profile incident in a decade that has seen rising use of tear gas around the world.

Greece's refugee crisis creates a strain on an already fragile ecosystem

Nearly 1 million refugees and migrants have passed through Greece since the Syrian war began, leaving its environment and economy under duress — particularly during summers when tourism is in full swing.

Learn more >

GEOPHYSICS


26 NOVEMBER 2018

Oil drilling linked to a spate of Los Angeles earthquakes
A frenzy of drilling may have caused quakes in the first half of the twentieth century.

9 POLITICS & POWER

Trump Digs Mining-Linked Jobs Out of a Hole

Nearly 100,000 new jobs for mining “support activities” have been created under the U.S. president.


JOBS IN SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR MINING HAVE RISEN 37 PERCENT SINCE JANUARY 2017.


KUDOS ON THE ECONOMY, BUT ON THE TRADE SIDE, THESE FRICTIONS ARE HAVING REAL IMPACT.


a worry apparently,sinosaur age Poland

UPDATES
Mystery Seismic Wave Just Swept Earth, But Scientists Can't Work out Why
"I don't think I've seen anything like it," said one seismologist.
BY KATHERINE HIGNETT

Climate Change Is Already Costing America $500 Billion a Year
Recent climate reports all underestimate the risks of runaway catastrophic climate change.
htt
A warning of future years both hot and dry
A double whammy of heat and aridity is now more likely to strike regions around the globe.

ps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07567-8
Polish artists turn coal into ‘black gold’ as the mining industry shifts

Reuters

Polish artists turn coal into ‘black gold’ as the mining industry shifts

 

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good luck to them

Germany protests call for leadership on climate action
From Berlin to Cologne, protesters have gathered to demand more from the government in the fight against climate change. Greenpeace said Germany must lead, and that means phasing out coal by 2030.

Germany protests call for leadership on climate action | DW | 01.12.2018

Where is Europe's air safe to breathe?
Air pollution kills hundreds of thousands of Europeans every year. But breathing is riskier in some places than others. In countries like Poland, change is happening — but only slowly.

Where is Europe's air safe to breathe? | DW | 09.11.2018


them as well,theyre trtying, getting there slowly id say

China issues air pollution warnings, 79 cities blanketed in heavy smog
Authorities have warned residents to stay inside as thick smog shrouds dozens of Chinese cities. Officials are considering temporary driving bans and an extension to the shut down of heavily polluting factories.

China issues air pollution warnings, 79 cities blanketed in heavy smog | DW | 01.12.2018

What the new climate report says about where you live
There's a lot of info in here about what we're in for.

listen


The plastic backlash: what's behind our sudden rage – and will it make a difference? – podcast

The plastic backlash: what's behind our sudden rage – and will it make a difference? – podcast

as it will BRAZIL/THE AMAZON DESTRUCTION of,im sure

Environmental scandal casts a cloud in Chile
A poisonous cloud is hovering over the Chilean coastal town of Quintero, and residents are complaining of respiratory problems, dizziness and vomiting. Yet those responsible are driving economic growth in the country.

Environmental scandal casts a cloud in Chile | DW | 16.11.2018

In Mount Everest Region, World's Highest Glaciers Are Melting, Receding
In this photo essay, the editor of the Nepali Times describes the dramatic changes underway in the ice and snow of the Himalayan Mountains

In Mount Everest Region, World's Highest Glaciers Are Melting, Receding

NZs perspective on it

New Zealand beached whales: Why are so many getting stranded?

New Zealand beached whales: Why are so many getting stranded?



would add thats an obvious we should be aware of
dont think a sensible reasonable person would blatantly/ignorantly even,blame any occcurence on GW/CC


however
by the same token, when an adamant ignorant denier expects others to be looking at its beliefs as unchangeabe gospel, no thanks
and kids wont be fooled by such nonsense
some supposed adults i would say yes


"We've had an unusual week, which we haven't got to the bottom of, and it's fair to say it's been an entirely unusual year," Dr Karen Stockin, a marine mammal scientist based at New Zealand's Massey University, told AFP news agency after the latest mass stranding.

 

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Trump administration’s climate report raises new questions about nuclear energy’s future

Trump administration’s climate report raises new questions about nuclear energy’s future

California has big dreams — and they’re stuck in traffic.

lil dissapointed with our neighbours

Thousands of Australian Students Strike Over Climate Change Inaction

nothin sacred

Fighting a Corporate Scheme to Sell the Mojave Desert's Water

California has big dreams — and they’re stuck in traffic.

no sympathy
think the non response e PR
and others

Hurricane Florence’s Surge Is Expected to Hit Homes That Already Cost the Government Millions

Hurricane Florence’s Surge Is Expected to Hit Homes That Already Cost the Government Millions — ProPublica

wonderful

Patagonia to donate $10 million from Trump tax cuts to green groups

Patagonia to donate $10 million from Trump tax cuts to green groups


To share or not to share?
Tribes risk exploitation when sharing climate change solutions.

Tribes have climate wisdom — and good reason not to share it

Warning for Seafood Lovers: Climate Change Could Crash These Important Fisheries

Atlantic and polar cod face a double whammy as the planet warms: rising ocean temperatures and acidification could cut reproduction by nearly two-thirds, new research shows.

DID YOU HEAR?



"Climate change is a dire health crisis. If we don't start taking these preventative measures, mitigating the greenhouse gas pollution that is choking us every day, many more Americans will continue to suffer and die."

–Dr. Renee Salas, author of a U.S. policy brief that accompanied a newhealth and climate change report.

Warning for Seafood Lovers: Climate Change Could Crash These Important Fisheries


WHO getting in on the act now,good


World Health Leaders: Climate Change Is Putting Lives, Health Systems at Risk


Doctors today are seeing early warnings of the ‘overwhelming impact’ on public health as global temperatures rise.

World Health Leaders: Climate Change Is Putting Lives, Health Systems at Risk

 

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Mount Everest Region, World's Highest Glaciers Are Melting, Receding

In this photo essay, the editor of the Nepali Times describes the dramatic changes underway in the ice and snow of the Himalayan Mountains.

BY KUNDA DIXIT, NEPALI TIMES
NOV 26, 2018
This photo essay was shot and written by Kunda Dixit, editor and publisher of theNepali Times, and first appeared in that publication.

Imja Tso, a glacial lake, did not exist on trekking maps 30 years ago. Today it is 2 kilometers long and 1 kilometer wide. Credit: Kunda Dixit/Nepali Times

In Mount Everest Region, World's Highest Glaciers Are Melting, Receding

Atlantic Coast Pipeline Can’t Cross Streams Until Court Case Is Resolved


Going, Going ... Glacier National Park's Iconic Glaciers Are Melting Away
Rising temperatures over the past 50 years have not been kind to the glaciers. With climate change continuing, the once-giant ice slabs could soon disappear.
Georgina Gustin
BY GEO

Going, Going … Glacier National Park’s Iconic Glaciers Are Melting Away

odd one

Will Climate Change Remake Human Biology?

Will Climate Change Remake Human Biology? – Future Human – Medium

FOOD
clever sensible man
beef,better than oil
dont need to decry cattle
love AUSTRALIA

60 Minutes Australia: The new boom (2015)

Published on Apr 10, 2018
There's a new boom sweeping across Australia and it's attracting the shrewdest brains and fattest wallets in the land. It's beef – it has been branded the new iron ore, and it's big business. Where mining was the only show in town, now, the cattle industry is riding high. After years of drought, dwindling prices, and the live export controversy, properties you couldn't give away are today worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The smart money is snapping them up – Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest, Gina Rinehart, and the most unlikely cattle baron of them all.

5 Ways to Make a Difference in the Life of a Monarch

New Bear on the Block: Grizzlies Spotted in Black and Polar Bear Habitats

yes,beautiful

History of Sustainable Oyster Harvests

An archaeological investigation of shell middens near the Chesapeake Bay offers clues to the sustainable oyster harvesting practices of Indigenous peoples. Photo by Chris Wong/Alamy Stock Photo

In the Chesapeake Bay, Shell Mounds Show a Long History of Sustainable Oyster Harvests
Indigenous peoples in the Chesapeake harvested oysters sustainably for thousands of years—until the introduction of new techniques by Europeans decimated the stocks.

 

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DONT try and put it back on farmers world

not that you are,you too good a souce for that

Farmers, Don't Count on Technology to Protect Agriculture from Climate Change


The worsening impact of heat, drought and extreme weather will overtake tech and science advances within decades at the current pace, new U.S. climate report warns.

Farmers, Don't Count on Technology to Protect Agriculture from Climate Change

smile
better than the article almost blaming farmers ha, as ony giving alternative views
repeats i know but relevant reminders to those interested


Applause from Albert Bates
How to Tell if Climate Change Will Destroy Your Apartment
A climate scientist on his maps of the future
Michael Segal

15 min read

Wildfires and Wildcats: California’s Oil Ban
Not just a slogan or a march-around or talk-talk. I am talking about reality.
Albert Bates5 min read

Why People Refuse to Evacuate
Scientists are gaining a better understanding of why, no matter the severity, many residents won’t heed…
Tim McDonnell

5 min read

Infographic: Why Farmers Are Ideally Positioned to Fight Climate Change

Infographic: Why Farmers Are Ideally Positioned to Fight Climate Change

Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona, was developed with otherworldly ambitions but now may be a key component in the race to save corals. Photo courtesy of the University of Arizona
Instant Ocean

Instant Ocean | Hakai Magazine
EDITOR’S PICKS
Climate Crisis
Nine years after Barack Obama decisively destroyed any hope for a meaningful global climate deal, and in the face of a Republican president determined to play climate supervillain, the bold leadership of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other newly elected members of Congress gives us a real reason to hope. Their plan for a Green New Deal, Naomi Klein writes, will no doubt be squashed in the short term, but the concrete, achievable agenda they outline sets up the possibility that Democrats could run and win in 2020 on an ambitious and comprehensive climate agenda modeled on the most successful economic stimulus package of all time.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump continues to do everything possible to accelerate climate change and intensify the damage it causes. As Sharon Lerner reports,the EPA is poised to roll back protections on streams and rivers that impact 58 percent of America’s drinking water.

Next week The Intercept is partnering with Sen. Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and others for a live town hall about solving the climate crisis.Watch live on our Facebook page Monday at 7 p.m. ET.


COP24: Africans expect real action on climate change
If climate change and global warning continue unabated, then Africa’s future does not look bright. Experts warn that participants at the COP24 conference in Poland have to deliver on previous pledges.

smog in Katowice regularly blankets the metropolis between November and April

COP24: Africans expect real action on climate change | DW | 03.12.2018

 

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Using Trump Tax Cut for Good: Patagonia Donates $10 Million to the Planet

Brace Yourselves for El Niño Likely in 2019

5 Things to Know Before Next Week's Critical UN Climate Talk

we NZ need to chabge ou laws and be prepared to take them in, if they want
then Australia will likely jump up and down citing
'a backdoor or them into Aussie'
damn politics before people

An Island Nation Turns Away from Climate Migration, Despite Rising Seas
The people of Kiribati face a choice: Move to land in another country or try to build resilience off the coconut trade — for as long as their islands are livable.

An Island Nation Turns Away from Climate Migration, Despite Rising Seas

NATURAL DISASTERS

How Supercomputers Can Help Fix Our Wildfire Problem
BY MATT SIMON
Fires spread with a complexity that scientists can pick apart little by little, thanks to lasers, sensors, and some of the most powerful computers.


old news now but relevant reminde
to think that seveal yeas ago,wasent even on the minds of the UN huh
GOT THE PICTURE NOW WORLD

World’s Emissions Gap Is Widening, UN Warns. Here’s How to Close It.

To keep global warming under 1.5°C, countries need to increase their efforts five-fold. That means phasing out fossil fuels and increasing renewable energy.

World’s Emissions Gap Is Widening, UN Warns. Here’s How to Close It.

 

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Fellas these graphs etc are like a Year 10 student's geography project....seriously.

Do you live in the real world?

Have you seen what's going on France? Any idea why thousands upon thousands of people are protesting, day after day?

 

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In the Blink of an Eye, a Hunt for Oil Threatens Pristine Alaska
For decades, opposition to drilling has left the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge off limits. Now the Trump administration is hurriedly clearing the way for oil exploration.

In the blink of an eye, a hunt for oil threatens pristine Alaska

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For decades, opposition to drilling has left the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge off limits. Now the Trump administration is hurriedly clearing the way for oil exploration.
The New York Times • Read more »

In the Blink of an Eye, a Hunt for Oil Threatens Pristine Alaska

PHOTO GALLERY

You've Never Seen Thunderstorms Like These Before
BY MICHAEL HARDY
Photographer Mitch Dobrowner has spent the past decade tracking storms across the American heartland.


getting ridiculous and boring with a stupid statement like that
like saying males can do better as well, BS

WIN WIN

Here's a Way to Fight Climate Change: Empower Women
BY EMILY DREYFUSS
Women are disproportionately affected by climate change, says environmentalist Katharine Wilkinson, but she says there are three distinct ways to make a difference.
poo poo tlktalkagaini imagine



admit
ate a protected manatee from the mray river bowen qld Aus
best mate obliged to feed his family and me

my g...
just when one feels obliged to acccuse the UAE of being complicit with the KILLER SAUDIS in things they do

you see a heart wrenching nature doco of dugongs/
whale sharks in the med
and/or esp
enlisting a couple of Aussies, fomerly hunter/gatherers of the Manatee as theyre called hee,to assist n conservation


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Bison bars were supposed to restore Native communities and grass-based ranches. Then came Epic Provisions.

Bison jerky bars were a promising, Native American-owned, community building venture. Until General Mills came along. (New Food Economy)

Bison bars were supposed to restore Native communities and grass-based ranches. Then came Epic Provisions.
Flickr / Michael Janke
Tanka, a Native-owned business, invented the commercial bison bar. But Epic took credit, built an empire on a foundation of misleading claims, promised ranchers investment that never materialized, and left an industry struggling in its wake.
November 27th, 2018

Bison bars were supposed to restore Native communities and grass-fed ranches. Then came Epic Provisions | The New Food Economy

SCIENCE
The Endangered Species Act Isn't Working
Environmentalists, hunters and farmers agree.
BY ERIK VANCE

 

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The stakes are high as the latest international climate conference gets underway in Poland. Delegates are going to lay out the methods countries will use to achieve goals set out inthe 2015 Paris climate accord. The U.S. is the only G-20 nation not to reaffirm the Paris agreement

High Stakes As International Climate Conference Begins

High Stakes As International Climate Conference Begins

Trump Was Only World Leader to Reject Climate Change
All other 19 members of the G20 support efforts to fight climate change.


Bushfire destroys pioneering Qld banana plantation

A bushfire has ripped through Rob and Krista Watkins' award winning farm at Walkamin, west of Cairns, destroying its banana crop.

Relief in Sydney but farmers face hot, dry conditions inland with little break from drought


The NSW coastline copped a belting with the recent rain, but conditions inland are still very dry.

Photosynthesizing algae produce bubbles, which make a sound that could one day be used to acoustically assess the health of marine ecosystems. Photo by Lee Rentz/Alamy Stock Photo

Photosynthesis Makes a Sound
The ping of algae turning sunlight into energy adds to the soundscape of marine ecosystems.

Based on new research, common octopuses do not seem to be picky when it comes to their living arrangements. Photo by Jose B. Ruiz/Minden Pictures

Common Octopuses Get Uncommon Houses
In the Mediterranean, octopuses adapt easily to artificial homes.
Authored by
by Richard Kemeny
Wordcount
November 28, 2018 | 550 words, about 2 minutes

Common Octopuses Get Uncommon Houses | Hakai Magazine

 

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President Trump with California governor-elect Gavin Newsom, left, as Gov. Jerry Brown walks at right during a visit to a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

— Eyes on Pacific Gas & Electric: California’s governor-elect Gavin Newsom has had a long history already with PG&E, the state’s largest utility. And one of the most critical issues on his agenda when he takes office will be the fate of the company that could be on the hook for the deadliest fire in the state’s history. “As mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011, Newsom has already had to work closely with PG&E, whose ties to the city stretch back more than a century,” Bloomberg News reports. “He was considered friendly with the company, opposing efforts to create a municipal utility. In the past year, PG&E — and almost all its top executives — gave to his gubernatorial campaign. And yet, Newsom also pushed PG&E to close one of the city’s last fossil-fuel power plants. As mayor, he berated the company for repeated equipment failures that caused manhole fires, blackouts and in one case, a sidewalk explosion that left a pedestrian with severe burns."

Flooding from Hurricane Florence is seen in Lumberton, N.C., on Sept. 17. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post)

— Assessing the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season: "Hurricane season officially ended Friday, and, for a second straight year, generated costly and deadly storms that ravaged the U.S. coast," The Post’s Brian McNoldy and Jason Samenow report. "While not as active as ‘the hurricane season from hell’ the year before, the 2018 season spawned two terrible storms in Hurricanes Florence and Michael, which will be long remembered for their devastating toll in the Carolinas and the Florida Panhandle... Counting Harvey, Irma and Maria in 2017, Michael in 2018, and Typhoon Yutu last month, which smashed into the Northern Marianas (a U.S. territory), five Category 4 or stronger tropical cyclones have struck U.S. soil in the last two years, which is possibly unprecedented.”


— The Baltic Sea offers a preview of what’s to come with global warming: The marine life in the Baltic sea is seeing declining numbers. The herring has declined to about a third of their 1990s population, cod has gotten smaller and thinner and high temperatures have killed starfish and other fragile marine life. “It all could be a sign of things to come in a warming world,” The Post’s Luisa Beck reports. “The Baltic Sea is a sort of experimental pressure cooker for marine life, a test for how species fare — and whether they can survive at all — in conditions the world’s oceans may soon experience.” One expert explains pressures have hit in the region earlier and more intensely, Beck writes, “in part due to the Baltic’s small size."
good for starters,al elps methinks ha

[WE’RE KEEN] TO SHOW SURFBOARD MANUFACTURERS THAT SUSTAINABILITY CAN ALSO MAKE BUSINESS SENSE.

4 FAST FORWARD
New Wave Surfers Are Catching Greener Boards
Surfboard makers big and small are seeing that sustainability can also be good for business, but it’s not smooth sailing just yet.

New Wave Surfers Are Catching Greener Boards