Trees:
Sam Carana\William Hall
I am currently collecting some of the latest scientific research on the End Permian Mass Extinction (EPME) event where sedimentary records tracing the geochemical, microfossil, and geophysical changes have been studied down to centimeter scales. In areas of China and in the Sydney (Australia) Basin, analysis of cores show a sharp transition from coal beds formed in peaty mires under dense forests of broad-leafed trees to layers of charcoal and comparatively sterile mineral soils, with shallow and largely anaerobic seasonal ponds replete with bluegreen algae and fungi that took tens to hundreds of thousands of years to redevelop much biodiversity.
● Vajada et al. 2020 End-Permian (252 Mya) deforestation, wildfires and flooding—Anancient biotic crisis with lessons for the present - https://www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S0012821X19305679...
● Mays et al. 2020 Refined Permian–Triassic floristic timeline reveals early collapse and delayed recovery of south polar terrestrial ecosystems - https://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10158563
● Mays et al. 2021 Lethal microbial blooms delayed freshwater
ecosystem recovery following the end-Permian
extinction - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-25711-3.
● Lu et al. 2020 Continental records of organic carbon isotopic composition (δ13Corg), weathering, paleoclimate and wildfire linked to the End-Permian Mass Extinction - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119764
(There's a lot more where these came from)
And we know what happened in Australia's 2019-2020 Black Summer and in Siberia since 2018 to 2021 -- This is just the beginning unless we can stop and reverse global warming very soon (or it will be too late!).
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Catocala species
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Unit, Wisconsin
2020-08-12 _F2A6676aaa2p
Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, adding to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth’s largest trees, officials said on Friday.
Fires in Sequoia national park and the surrounding national forest that also bears the trees’ name tore through more than a third of groves in California and torched an estimated 2,261 to 3,637 sequoias. Fires in the same area last year killed an unprecedented 7,500 to 10,400 of the 75,000 trees.
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In 2013, the park had done climate modeling that predicted extreme fires wouldn’t jeopardize sequoias for another 50 years, said Christy Brigham, chief of resource management and science at the two parks. But that was at the start of what became a punishing five-year drought that essentially broke the model.
Amid the drought in 2015, the park saw giant sequoias torched for the first time. Two fires in 2017 killed more giant sequoias, serving as a warning for what was to come. “Then the Castle fire happened, and it was like, ‘Oh, my God,’” Brigham said. “We went from the warning sign to hair on fire. To lose 7,000 trees in one fire is crazy.”
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“US wildfires have killed nearly 20% of world’s giant sequoias in two years
Blazes in western US have hit thousands of Earth’s largest trees, once considered almost fire-proof”
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Deb Haaland should be expelled from her Tribe:
“Interior Secretary Deb Haaland moves to ban the word 'squaw' from federal lands”
How about banning the word neocon slim sellout Deb?!
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Oh Golly! And look! He’s white! Who'd of thunk it?!:
“Serial Rapist Who Pleaded Guilty To Sexually Assaulting 4 Teenagers Avoids Any Jail Time”
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“‘Explosive’ fire in California’s Sierra Nevada is much more likely on super hot, dry days
For each 1° Celsius increase in temperature, fire risk increases by about 20 percent.”
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Christofascism - People being viewed as property has roots in the bible:
Exodus 21:20-21
20; “Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, 21; "but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property"
Deuteronomy 21:10-13
13; “When you go out to war against your enemies, and the Lord your God gives them into your hand and you take them captive, 11; "and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you desire to take her to be your wife, 12; "and you bring her home to your house, she shall shave her head and pare her nails. 13; "And she shall take off the clothes in which she was captured and shall remain in your house."
Deuteronomy 22:28–29
28; "If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered,(A) 29; "he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.
The New Testament:
Ephesians 6:5
6"Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ."
1 Peter 2:18
18; "Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, (A) not only to those who are good and considerate,(😎 but also to those who are harsh.
1 Timothy 6: 1-2
1; "All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect,(A) so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered.(😎 2; "Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers."
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MAKE SURE TO CLEAR ALL YOUR WEALTH OUT OF AMERICA, and take your spending with you:
“Top 10 Countries with the MOST Americans Living Abroad.”
“Top 10 Easiest Countries Americans can Emigrate to.”
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“Biden has delivered just 8% of the funding he campaigned on for climate, infrastructure, health.
Biden campaigned on $7 trillion for climate, health, and infrastructure. So far, only $550 billion has passed Congress.”
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“Biden didn’t deliver on a $15 wage.
Biden didn’t deliver $2000 checks.
Biden didn’t deliver student loan forgiveness.
Biden didn’t deliver a public option.
Biden didn’t deliver on Eviction Moratorium
Biden didn’t deliver a $3.5 trillion Recon bill.
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“Its capitalism, not government, that is the problem. The fusion of corporate and state power means that government is broken. It is little more than a protection racket for Wall Street. And it is our job to wrest government back. This will come only through the building of mass movements.” Chris Hedges
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“Take it From This Veteran: Militarism and Police Culture Created Kyle Rittenhouse”
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Examples of America’s White Supremacist Judiciary:
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America’s Judiciary is an abomination:
“Willful blindness” in law represents a bad faith decision to deliberate ignore certain facts in order to avoid having to make undesirable decisions based on them. The United States’ legal system exhibits its own willful blindness by dismissing the negligence of corporate executives who choose to remain ignorant about the harm their companies are causing, allowing them to avoid penalty by claiming “plausible deniability”. It is therefore reasonable to conclude that the legal system itself is willfully blind to corporate willful blindness.”
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“Russian region cancels school as temperatures plunge below minus 50”
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“if we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason’s and Dixon’s, but between patriotism and intelligence on one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other.” Ulysses S. Grant
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"A year that began hopefully is ending grimly. Western political elites, unable (and perhaps unwilling) to turn a deadly pandemic and climate crisis into a life-preserving opportunity, have only themselves to blame."
“How Europe and the US Wasted the Opportunity Presented by the Covid and Climate Crises
Western elites blew it. And the world will now likely pay a very high price for these mistakes.”
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Sam Carana:
350 wha!? “Methane reached a peak level of 3,644 ppb recently.”
“HUMAN EXTINCTION BY 2022?
The October 2021 temperature anomaly shows that the Arctic is heating up enormously, with anomalies up to 9.1°C (first image in this set).
The second image shows anomalies from 1900-1920. Globally, the temperature over the past century, i.e. from 1920 to 2020, has risen by 1.3°C. When adjusting data to reflect a pre-industrial base, ocean air (2m) temperatures and higher polar anomalies, temperatures may have crossed 2°C long ago.
The third image shows two trends, based on NASA 1880-October 2021 data, adjusted to reflect a pre-industrial base, ocean air (2m) temperatures and higher polar anomalies. The linear trend (green) misses the point that the temperature rise is accelerating. The polynomial trend (black) shows the potential for 3°C to be crossed by 2026.
Acceleration of the temperature rise may speed up further soon, for reasons including aerosols, sunspots and El Niño, further decline of Arctic snow and ice, seafloor methane and more.
The image featuring the temperature bar illustrates the potential for a rise from pre-industrial of more than 18°C by end 2026.
Acceleration of the temperature rise may speed up further soon, for reasons including aerosols, sunspots and El Niño, further decline of Arctic snow and ice, seafloor methane and more.
The image with the three trend shows the same black polynomial and green linear trends, based on NASA 1880-October 2021 data, as well as a blue polynomial trend based on 2015-October 2021 data. Data are again adjusted to reflect a pre-industrial base, ocean air (2m) temperatures and higher polar anomalies.
The blue polynomial trend better reflects short-term climate forcing such as from aerosols, sunspots and an upcoming El Niño. The blue trend also shows the potential for 3°C to be crossed by the end of 2022.
Ominously, methane recently reached very high levels. As illustrated by this image, the MetOp-B satellite (also known as MetOp-1) recorded a peak methane level of 3644 ppb and a mean level of 1944 ppb at 367 mb on November 21, 2021, pm.
Given that humans may go extinct with a 3°C rise, and a 5°C rise will likely end most life on Earth, the COP26 summit in Glasgow could have acted more decidedly.
From the set at:
From the post 'Human Extinction by 2022?', at:
Ominously, methane has recently reached very high levels.”
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