peterdutoit , to random
@peterdutoit@mastodon.green avatar

So burning fossil fuels plays a role in making heatwaves worse which then leads to this:

“To meet the demand, utilities in New England burned more [methane] gas. [Methane] gas burned in the power sector reached nearly 2.0 billion cubic feet (Bcf) on both June 19 and 20, compared to about 1.20 Bcf per day consumed on the Wednesday and Thursday of the previous week.”

And so the vicious cycle continues!

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=62403

peterdutoit , to random
@peterdutoit@mastodon.green avatar

This we can say with considerable certainty: We are completely unprepared to deal with a world at +1.5°C (imminent) given that this is the experience at +1.3°C

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nn140qp4do

GottaLaff , to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

“Good Day Sunshine: Thanks to the remarkable recent growth in power, the world was expected to get roughly a fifth of its total electricity from the sun during the solstice, according to a new report on clean-energy capacity.”
https://www.newsweek.com/good-day-sunshine-solar-hits-record-global-power-supply-summer-solstice-1915500

WildEyedBoyFromFreecloud ,
@WildEyedBoyFromFreecloud@masto.ai avatar

@GottaLaff It's gray here today, so clearly we drained the sun. Hope it recharges.

mscheffel ,
@mscheffel@techhub.social avatar

@GottaLaff Just got solar generator set up for the home. Backup energy for now, scaling up to whole house. If I can get internet and mobile in a green way somehow I will no longer be beholden on utilities.

My set up is portable in case I need to join you up North. Don’t tell Alberta about the clean energy in my luggage.

ClimateNewsNow , to random
@ClimateNewsNow@federated.press avatar

Fossil fuel consumption, emissions hit all-time highs: Research.

Overall energy emissions increased by 2 percent last year, exceeding 40 gigatonnes of CO2 for the first time, the report said. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4731955-fossil-fuel-consumption-emissions-hit-all-time-highs-research/

deborahh , to random
@deborahh@mstdn.ca avatar
breadandcircuses , to random
@breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social avatar

Today is day — every year on the summer solstice!

Get your local US stripes here: https://climatecentral.org/graphic/2024-warming-stripes

And get your international here: https://showyourstripes.info

GottaLaff , to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

A record-breaking number of mosquitoes are carrying West Nile virus around Las Vegas

Climate change is expanding the reach of insect-borne diseases. ' exploding mosquito population offers a case study of what's to come.
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/las-vegas-mosquitoes-carrying-west-nile-virus-record-rcna157818

mloxton ,
@mloxton@med-mastodon.com avatar

@GottaLaff
Yes.
Zoonosis of many kinds will increase as reservoir hosts migrate and favorable terrain shifts
It's going to get wild

rvaughnmd ,
@rvaughnmd@med-mastodon.com avatar

@GottaLaff

This is fine. Putting Fauci in prison will solve this problem

ClimateNewsNow , to random
@ClimateNewsNow@federated.press avatar

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites could damage the Earth’s protective ozone layer when they are deorbited, new research suggests.

Mega satellite constellations such as SpaceX’s Starlink spew copious amounts of aluminium oxide gas in the atmosphere.

SpaceX has launched more than 6,000 satellites and counting to beam internet, with each new model getting heavier.

https://www.independent.co.uk/space/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-internet-b2565081.html

mastodonmigration ,
@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online avatar

@PamelaBarroway @ClimateNewsNow

He couldn't do it without a license from the FCC. And why a communications agency is responsible for regulating polluting outer space is a very good question.

PamelaBarroway ,
@PamelaBarroway@mstdn.social avatar

@mastodonmigration @ClimateNewsNow 💯 None are climate / atmospheric / space scientists ... and for this, they should be.

ClimateNewsNow , to random
@ClimateNewsNow@federated.press avatar

Amazon announced Thursday that North American deliveries will ditch its air pillow packaging in favor of recycled paper filler, the latest move in the shipping company’s sustainability push.

https://thehill.com/business/4731174-amazon-packaging-recycled-paper-north-america-deliveries/

pascaline , to random Dutch
@pascaline@mastodon.nl avatar

This is so sad.

"
"Despite a record rise in the use of renewable energy in 2023, consumption of fossil fuels climbed to a record high last year, driving emissions to more than 40 gigatonnes of CO2 for the first time.

While energy industry emissions may have reached a peak in advanced economies, developing economies are continuing to increase their reliance on coal, gas and oil.
"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/20/fossil-fuel-use-reaches-global-record-despite-clean-energy-growth


ScientistRebellion , (edited ) to random
@ScientistRebellion@social.rebellion.global avatar

Another example of affecting rich nations yet the worlds and do not appear at all.

in . They treat these events as one offs or strange occurrences despite these flooding events happening with increasing frequency.

This is a crisis and we need people in rich nations to recognize it for what it is. They have the most power politically and economically to act.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/06/20/toronto-gardiner-expressway-flooding-overnight-storm/

mrbrown ,
@mrbrown@mastodon.uno avatar

@ScientistRebellion are you suggesting that the average citizen in every other country in the rest if the non-western world has a better information and a deeper awareness on climate change?

maybe that's true: they do not have going on. and, sure, they have better average education and independent media.

kaybee , to random
@kaybee@mastodon.online avatar

Tips to survive the heat:

  1. Drink lots of fluids
  2. Wear light-colored clothes
  3. Prosecute fossil fuel executives for crimes against humanity
  4. Take a cold shower

#heatwave #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

peterdutoit , to random
@peterdutoit@mastodon.green avatar

Absolutely no one can say we have not been warned.

Reports of impacts from all the regions highlighted here are now a plenty.

We are at +1.3°C of heating (latest 5-year avg.)
We are to pass +1.5°C permanently shortly.

We are in a full blown .

Data: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_SYR_FullVolume.pdf

Free_Press , to random
@Free_Press@mstdn.social avatar

NEARLY 1,000 HEAT DEATHS!

Death toll from heat at hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia passes 900

Temperatures hit 51.8°C (125F) in Mecca, Islam's holiest city as 1.8 million people took part in the annual pilgrimage.

MULTIPLE parts of the planet suffering from excessive, deadly heat brought on by global warming!

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/06/19/death-toll-from-heat-at-hajj-pilgrimage-in-saudi-arabia-passes-900_6675195_4.html

Deadly heat kills hundreds

ScientistRebellion , to random
@ScientistRebellion@social.rebellion.global avatar

Asking nicely has not yielded any results as CO2 emissions have steadily increased in rich nations. The will of the people have been overridden by the will of the oil barons.

Join us in disrupting them. We don't have many options left.

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/6/16/what-grief-for-a-dying-planet-looks-like-climate-scientists-on-the-edge-2

mrbrown ,
@mrbrown@mastodon.uno avatar

@ScientistRebellion wow! how does it feel being covered by 🇶🇦
do you feel like an object of by the state owned media group of third largest world producer of LNG?
don't worry Kalmus and friends will be welcome at University if Doha where they can keep on protesting on the steps of the Sheikh palace

Piousunyn ,
@Piousunyn@universeodon.com avatar

@ScientistRebellion Always thought oil should be owned by all the people not just a few? Pinko me.

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