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- reanimate6
Despite its efforts for nearly two decades to raise doubts about the science of climate change, newly discovered company documents show that as early as 1977, Exxon research scientists warned company executives that carbon dioxide was increasing in the atmosphere and that the burning of fossil fuels was to blame.
- organicgrid1
- devastatingdasohr
- I lived in Cali for 20 years, they always need water, the problem is politics with the Colorado river and AZmoldero
- what moldy said...pretty sure this is a pic of a manmade lake (it's for recreation first and foremost look at the houseboats ffs)PonyBoy
- Colorado needs water! Time to cut them off :-)formed
- Cut off LA!instrmntl
- http://en.wikipedia.…ETM
- PhanLo1
North America if all the glaciers and icecaps melted.
http://www.christopherbretz.ca/p…
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- sted2
- if a kid got front stage along all media to discuss how flossing builds societal bridges and we need to do it more i hope adult o child challenges itdeathboy
- fuckin like 30 kids flossin is my nightmare and feels no different than thisdeathboy
- it makes perfect sense that basic hygiene would be among your nightmares.ben_
- He's devolved into a chatbot.i_monk
- You’re comparing the health of the planet to a dance move. You’re not only an idiot, you’re an asshole too. Congrats, notes boy. Commence with your incoherence.monospaced
- lol, I should have googled flossing. officially old.ben_
- haha dont use a simile or you become an asshole! the health of a planet? how was its physcials results? you probably dont understand how stupid of a statementdeathboy
- that is... and ben i found humor in your ignorant response. ill informed.. ignorant seems mean. i dont follow trends either. but still funnydeathboy
- im just more curious to know what mono thinks is a healthy planet. 120 over 80? haha the divide is so largedeathboy
- Trying to take refuge in semantics is a sure sign even you know you've lost the debate.i_monk
- trying to take refuge in semantics how imonk?deathboy
- utopian3
"Just more fake news for the lame stream media" - Trump
- Who are the two snowflakes, is your butt hurt?utopian
- well not me but that video means exactly what? its a bit up their with starving polar bear photo if you remember thatdeathboy
- for memory https://business.fin…deathboy
- its why context matters. if your video showed similar drone footage, or any comparison or any "non-visual" emotional trigger it could be worth a pennydeathboy
- but as it is. its pointless. good job sharing pointless shitdeathboy
- well helping hindu media get some of google bucks producing trigger content.. god news is going to totally be all nightcrawler shit.deathboy
- Are you commenting on every post trying to argue climate change is just normal?monospaced
- ha mono are you suggesting climate change is not normal? do you get all the funnies in that?deathboy
- Miguex-2
What was that about trying to put vegans as the example for environmentally conscious?
Do vegans don't own cars?
Do vegans don't use plastic of any kind?
Do vegans don't use mobile phones?
Do vegans don't do online shopping?
Do vegans don't use AC?
Showers, computers, glass recycling, reusable diapers, laundry. napkins, straws, paper, shower efficiently, buy second hand only, turn off lights, manual gardening, rechargeable batteries, paperless bank statements, etcThe list can go FOREVER, how did being vegan become the ideal for environmentally conscious?
- being vegan is a good start. if the whole world was veggie it would greatly reduce environmental damage, although maybe there would be more of a veggie shortagedocpoz
- why are people so threatened by vegans?BusterBoy
- research into it!mugwart
- Because raising animals for a food source is one of the biggest drains on energy with the least returns. I'm not Vegan but it makes sense.ben_
- @Miguex
Are you implying that the environmental benefit of being vegan is a hoax? Or that the impact of being vegan is lesser than those on your list?soundofreason - It's also totally feasible to be vegan and not use at least three items on your list.soundofreason
- Also, it should read:
Do vegans not own cars?
...soundofreason - so vegans must do ALL the things? I don't get this post.inteliboy
- Given we've killed off most of our megafauna, we need livestock to generate shit, so there's that at least, in favour of some meat or dairy consumption.Nairn
- ..unless, of course, environmentalism's ambition is the creation of vast swathes of soya monoculture.Nairn
- So many Americans get triggered by word Vegan. What a dull bunch.utopian
- utopian6
The Energy 202: Trump has dismissed climate change as 'nonsense.' His administration just said otherwise.
- utopian3
Scientists disprove global warming took a break
Washington (AFP) - A reported pause in global warming between 1998 and 2014 was false, according to US-British research published Wednesday that confirmed the findings of a controversial US study on ocean warming.
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of York, England, corroborated the results of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) research paper in 2015.
Their findings were reported in the US journal Science Advances.
The NOAA paper had shown ocean buoys now used to measure water temperatures tend to report slightly cooler temperatures than older ship-based systems.
The switch to buoy measurements had hidden some of the real-world warming during the 1998-2014 period, the NOAA scientists concluded.
The NOAA paper had drawn outrage from some scientists who insisted there had been a "global warming hiatus" and from critics who consider global warming a hoax.
The US House of Representatives, controlled by the Republican Party, had even demanded the NOAA scientists provide lawmakers with their email exchanges about the research.
The US government agency agreed to transmit data and respond to scientific questions but refused to hand over the emails of the study's authors, a decision supported by scientists worried about political interference.
"Our results mean that essentially NOAA got it right, that they were not cooking the books," said Zeke Hausfather, a graduate student in UC Berkeley's Energy and Resources Group and lead author of the new study.
- 'Hiatus' debunked -
The International Panel on Climate Change, in a report published in September 2013, said the average global warming between 1951 and 2012 had been 0.12 degrees Celsius (0.22 degrees Fahrenheit) per decade.
But between 1998 and 2012, warming had amounted to only 0.07 degrees Celsius per decade, indicating a 'global warming hiatus.'
The 2015 NOAA analysis, which was adjusted to correct for the "cold bias" of buoy measurements, found there was no detectable slowdown in ocean warming over the previous 15 years.
Reporting in the journal Science, the NOAA scientists said the oceans has actually warmed 0.12 degrees Celsius per decade since 2000, nearly twice as fast as the earlier estimates of 0.07 degrees Celsius per decade.
That brought the rate of ocean temperature rise in line with estimates for the previous 30 years, between 1970 and 1999.
The new study uses independent data from satellites and Argo floats, a worldwide satellite-based location and data collection system, as well as from buoys.
The information gathered confirmed the NOAA results in 2015 were correct, the scientists said.
"We were initially skeptical of the NOAA result, because it showed faster warming than a previous updated record from the UK Met Office," said Kevin Cowtan of the University of York.
"So we set out to test it for ourselves, using different methods and different data. We now think NOAA got it right, and a new dataset from the Japan Meteorological Agency also agrees," he said.
Science is not a belief system...it's a system of facts.
- don't worry too much about this shit, look at your "California has 1 year of water stored" post from over a year ago._niko
- the 5 year stretch was the worst ever but it's had its ups and downs historically.
http://www.laalmanac…_niko - Thanks for posting fake news again.Hayoth
- I found the article on Breitbart Newsutopian
- designbot0
And now for a brief intermission, Al Gore's Carbon Footprint:
Gore’s mansion, [20-room, eight-bathroom] located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).
he average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average.
Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.
Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.
Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.
In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006.”
- Always good for a laughdesignbot
- //Great reason to fight against cleaner technologies.DrBombay
- is this you trying to back up your point?lowimpakt
- I knew you guys would get all uptight..haha. No, this is just pure comedy.designbot
- hey look Gore's a hypocrite big fucking deal. In other news man made climate change is a fact of life, get used to it.eieio
- But I wouldn't be surprised if some of you peeps on QBN were just as big of hypocrites.designbot
- talk alot of shit and do nothing about it.designbot
- peeps http://images.chron.…DrBombay
- "But I wouldn't be surprised if some of you peeps on QBN were just as big of hypocrites."
No shitGeorgesII - Rick isn't a hypocrite. He sits here all day trying very hard to improve his shitty life. :Dmathinc
- So fuck you designbot!mathinc
- how do you reconcile your credulity about religion and hocus pocus god shit, and suddenly you are very skeptical about this?spifflink
- about this issue?spifflink
- yuekit2
Indonesia’s palm oil fires are emitting more greenhouse gases every day than the entire US
http://qz.com/528160/indonesias-…
- what? no? but, but it's all the conservative american's faultgilgamush
- Isn't the US simply used here for comparison, rather than to ignite the chip on your shoulder?MrT
- that is correct, the shoulder chip is in response to the never ending party politics that worm their way into scientific debategilgamush
- "Hero of the stupid" - gilgamushutopian
- "derp herp derhur dee durp" - utopiangilgamush
- My perception is that the gop has wound the science debate into their own politics and are ferverous about it.monospaced
- Ramanisky24
Frightening footage of people in the water off the coast of Lahaina on Maui during the fire.
- Imagine jumping into water as a last resort...knowing that the waters are infested with aggressive tiger and black tip reef sharks.utopian
- Ramanisky22
- Jesus ...
Hawai'i?Continuity - ^ yup, MauiRamanisky2
- Awful.Continuity
- Reckon property developers will do a land grab?PhanLo
- Jesus ...
- utopian1
Glacial break causes major flooding in Alaska, officials issue emergency declaration.
Alaska is Warming at twice the rate of the rest of the U.S.
- fucking aquaammaaaaannPhanLo
- plopmilfhunter
- "I don't want to be a house anymore.
I want to be raft!"Bluejam - Thanks NFT's...hydro74
- Ramanisky23
- waiting for tormorrow for the next record... to the moon as we bitcoiners say...neverscared
- Fish are gonna leave the area or go deeper. Nobody's sticking around for that
-SHULAShulaDon92
- utopian4
Nebraska and Colorado are sparring over water rights. It could be the new norm as rivers dry up.
Residents on this state line have built their industry, economy and lives around the South Platte River. But as an intense and widespread drought digs into the High Plains, flows have decreased.
Unwilling to leave things to chance, Nebraska has taken action by invoking the fine print of a century-old water compact between the two states — and sparking new tension in the process.
