Widow Underwing (Catocala vidua)
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Unit, Wisconsin, USA
2019-08-08 _F2A6800aaa
“The annual migration back to the northern hemisphere is likely to bring a new wave of H5N1, which is already affecting animals and humans.”
“Scientists Fear Bird Flu Surge as Billions of Birds Start to Fly Home”
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Washington wants the severest of climate scenarios else they would chose to do something about it, Genocide:
“The IPCC’s latest climate assessment says the world must cut greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by 2035, but the U.S. is already behind on a less ambitious target.”
“Scientists called for a 60% carbon cut. The U.S. is years away.”
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“The UN has released the World Water Development Report 2023, which paints a grim picture of rising global water scarcity. The report says that seasonal scarcity will continue to increase due to climate change.”
“UN warns of 'imminent' global water crisis”
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What is appropriate punishment for these politicians that failed to avoid the coming climate outcome?
“The UN has released the World Water Development Report 2023, which paints a grim picture of rising global water scarcity. The report says that seasonal scarcity will continue to increase due to climate change.”
“Gut-Wrenching Climate Report Leaves Even More Fingers Pointing At Political Inaction
It's not just a government problem — but they are the most influential players in this game.”
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“Storm-weary California lashed with 12th 'atmospheric river' cloudbursts”
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“Wildfires in Northern Forests Broke Carbon Emissions Records in 2021
Boreal forests store huge amounts of carbon, but the warming and drying climate is leading them to burn bigger, hotter and more frequently.”
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“Climate Change Wreaks Havoc in Southern Africa
Cyclone Freddy displaced more than 400,000, confirming scientists’ worst fears about extreme weather caused by global warming.”
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"Is PERMAFROST the Climate Tipping Point of No Return?”
“Arctic air is warming, causing scientists to worry that melting arctic ice and snow could also lead to a sudden permafrost thaw and release of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) that forms a climate tipping point or feedback loop. Thawing of permafrost has been linked to releasing zombie viruses not seen in millennia and the feedback loop mentioned in the recent IPCC report and COP27 focused on the release of CO2. This is something that US leaders hope the 2022 climate change bill (Inflation Reduction Act) could help avoid, but the trigger temperature may be coming sooner than expected.
In 2008, Tim Lenton published a groundbreaking paper on tipping points. Permafrost was left off the list at the time. But since then, additional research has shown that this truly enormous store of carbon is far more susceptible to global warming than we just recently believed.
If the permafrost that covers much of the northern hemisphere were to reach this tipping point, it would add many gigatons of greenhouse gas into our atmosphere, significantly worsening climate change, and threatening many of the other climate tipping points.
This episode of Weathered explores the latest research on the possibilities of abrupt permafrost thaw as well as the much deeper yedoma regions that could be triggered later on.”
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