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- nb2
- https://www.youtube.…Bluejam
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- monospaced0
Nairn's post reminded me of this man's dedication over the last four decades. Change can be seen in a lifetime, which is a short timeframe in the big scheme of things.
- isn't there a story of a french man who did this with oak trees? I always assumed it was apocryphal; but hoped that it wasn'thans_glib
- I've heard that story, and it's fiction.monospaced
- Maybe this works in India or whatever, but in most civ world you can't really go plant a forest - most land is private land so planting is illegal.grafician
- ^this also says a lot about our priorities too lolgrafician
- I mean planting is illegal but deforestation is welcomed. Smh...grafician
- You're assuming it has to be illegal, kinda missing the point I'm afraid. Fact is, even tiny forests on private land help.monospaced
- It works in India and also anywhere trees can grow, which includes most of the civilized world. India is part of the civilized world, last I checked.monospaced
- Planting trees starting now will only trap a decade's worth of carbon release. That's like a "first month free" for a climate change subscription on Netflix...grafician
- Not sure what you’re arguing. Why you’re arguing. Or why this is even downvoted.monospaced
- Planting trees is always good.monospaced
- Again you step in with the wrong presumptions. So...you can't do this thing in Europe unless you own that land. Get it?
Even if it's badly needed!grafician - So bottom line, sure, it's great what this man did. But the point is we shouldn't cut the original forest in the first fucking place!grafician
- India, Brasil and other countries with large forest areas cut down trees to make space for farming or whatever at an alarming rate.grafician
- An no, many don't consider India a civilised country...grafician
- Instead of getting my point, you’re mansplaining something else. It can be done anywhere in the world. I presumed nothing wrong. You did.monospaced
- reforestation can work in a lot of places in the world, including developed nations. Private or public lands and enterprises. Don’t argue that isn’t true.monospaced
- I don’t care if someone considers India a shithole or not, it is not “uncivilized” as you said, nor is it undeveloped as a whole. Just stop.monospaced
- I own (a small parcel of) land in upstate NY. The state sells saplings native to the area for around $1 each (in bundles of 25/100) so people will reforest landhardhat
- utopian2
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson mouths to GOP group that climate change is 'bullsh--' just weeks before deadly heat wave!
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin called climate change "bullsh--" during a GOP luncheon in early June, just weeks before a heat wave claimed dozens of lives in the Pacific Northwest. Scientists have linked the historic high temperatures to climate change.
- BaskerviIle2
How did a small town in Canada become one of the hottest places on Earth?
https://www.theguardian.com/comm…
"On Sunday, the small mountain town of Lytton, British Columbia, became one of the hottest places in the world. Then, on Monday, Lytton got even hotter – 47.9C (118F – hotter than it’s ever been in Las Vegas, 1,300 miles to the south."-
A heatwave in Seattle? Extreme weather is no longer ‘unprecedented’ – it has become the norm
https://www.theguardian.com/comm…
"Every day seems to bring “unprecedented” floods, heat or wildfires. Surely it’s time to stop pretending “precedent” means anything any more – as the Oregon Climate Office tweeted in response to the Portland heatwave: “The past is no longer a reliable guide for the future.” Extreme weather is no longer exceptional; it has become the norm. The climate crisis is not around the corner, it is here. And things are only going to get worse."- Aaaaaaand it gone. Lytton burns to the ground days after setting a record for highest temp in canadamonNom
- https://www.msn.com/…monNom
- fucknb
- utopian1
E-Commerce Mega-Warehouses, a Smog Source, Face New Pollution Rule
Southern California is home to the nation’s largest concentration of warehouses — a hub of thousands of mammoth structures, served by belching diesel trucks, that help feed America’s booming appetite for online shopping and also contribute to the worst air pollution in the country.
- there is an app for that. Capitalism once solving solutions and saving your lazy asshotroddy
- https://apps.shopify…hotroddy
- *providing solutionshotroddy
- https://apps.shopify…hotroddy
- lol look at this guy all triggered into posting about an appmonospaced
- Why are you bringing up capitalism? Almost like you’re implying it’s not the driving force behind California feeding and maintaining the nations economy.monospaced
- I mean, California is the fifth largest economy on the planet, beating out almost every country entirely. It’s pure capitalism at work. They’re the best at it.monospaced
- I was literally at that exact center the other day picking up solar panelscannonball1978
- utopian2
Scientific Consensus: Earth's Climate is Warming: Facts
Multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals show that 97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree.
- well we are in a 40-100k warming cycle that has existed regardless of humans...deathboy
- would one expect no warming?deathboy
- Whether it's man made or occuring naturally it's happening Deathboy. Large groups of people are already moving because of it.PhanLo
- How's your little island house you were building Deathy?PhanLo
- uh yea who says climate change isnt happening? the ppl who are suspect are the ones who say they can stop climate changedeathboy
- my house is fine. should be good until long after im deaddeathboy
- and honestly. ppl who promise they can stop climate change. 1. its obvious laugh. 2. if possible would it be good. Stop a change of seasons for summer all yeardeathboy
- how would that play out. there is natural rhythms with environment. and they are much like free market capitalism. self correcting and balancing.deathboy
- but u get people trying to engineer, same as they do in markets with laws and rules and u can expect more harm. thank god our no tech yetdeathboy
- Coupled with the death of the oceans, climate change could end our civilisation. There's a few other things we could throw in too.PhanLo
- Death of our oceans... Can u explain that one? Over fishing? Dumping? But climate change can well change alit look at mayansdeathboy
- Hell geological proof in the empty quarter it was once lush. Humans have changed and adapted. As we will regardless of false prophets and economic sacrifices todeathboy
- Stop climate change. Hell one big event like a yellowstone explosion could drastically change everything. Might be scary but our control is actually very littledeathboy
- Let's be honest. Isn't current political climate shit much like tribe leaders recruiting witch doctors for crops and to make weather behave. It's not newdeathboy
- Hell a popular witch doctor is a kid who strangely never visits china...deathboy
- Hard to take it serious when u have seen the same dog and pony show spanned over milleniumsdeathboy
- Can't explain it?deathboy
- utopian1
The Great Barrier Reef has lost half its corals within 3 decades
Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost 50% of its coral populations in the last three decades, with climate change a key driver of reef disturbance, a new study has found.
- how was the reef 1000k to 10k years ago?deathboy
- when talking climate and time we are talking so much longer than normal human life spandeathboy
- You are clearly a Coviodiot. Stop posting patient zero.utopian
- just want context of the reefs existence. seems pretty scientific in forming an opinion right?deathboy
- how much can u make. like 7 bucks an hour in the ukraine?deathboy
- naw u have 0 idea of ukrainedeathboy
- deathboy isn't it exhausting being a know-it-all contrarian on every fucking topic?inteliboy
- not really. is it exhausting being contrarian to a know it all?deathboy
- Nairn1
Adding powdered rock to farmland can improve soil quality and - BONUS! - draw down comparably huge amounts of CO2 through natural weathering processes.
Bonzer.
- Ok, now let's calculate the amount of carbon needed to make the powedered rocks and see if the budget adds up.zarkonite
- We already know a big part of the problem can be solved just by planting trees, but will governments actually do any of this?yuekit
- Apparently we already have rock dust as a largely unused waste-product and it can be used it some areas to promote tree growth.
Win win win!Nairn - I view these sort of developments as mid-measures that alongside genuine improvements can buy time for our descendents.Nairn
- lukus_W0
One of the things that scares me most, are predictions that we're all going to be fighting wars over water shortages in our old age.
- don't worry Lukus, we can all move to the states, they got the biggest gunsgeorgesIII
- (well, obviously robots will be doing the fighting .. but still)lukus_W
- that's reassuring, thx georgeslukus_W
- I think you are confusing this with the plot of Tank Girlheavyt
- Mad Max???Amicus
- it will look something like this video http://www.youtube.c…SlashPeckham
- kingsteven2
The world is on lockdown. So where are all the carbon emissions coming from?
https://grist.org/climate/the-wo…
In a sad irony, the decrease in air pollution may make it even hotter. Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego, explained that many polluting particles have a “masking” effect on global warming, reflecting the sun’s rays, canceling out some of the warming from greenhouse gas emissions. With that shield of pollution gone, Ramanathan said, “We could see an increase in warming.”
Appreciate the bluer skies and fresher air, while you can. But the emissions drop from the pandemic should be a warning, not a cause for celebration: a sign of how much further there is to go.
- Oh for fuck’s sake, we can’t catch a break!Gnash
- heh, i thought that was a good follow up to the article you posted gnash... 5.5% reduction from lockdown but 7.5% annual reduction required ooftkingsteven
- the whole opposite effect of the air clearing up... if it’s dirty it traps heat, if it’s clean it lets more heat in. Soooo, now what?Gnash
- Good article, though.Gnash
- there was a paper last week that suggested that the relationship between air pollution and covid isn't that peoples lungs are damaged/ more susceptiblekingsteven
- but that the virus is suspended for longer and travels further by surfing the particulate matter in the air. so maybe a small R0 reduction from that and a smallkingsteven
- reduction from higher temps may at least help in the short term. if anything this crisis in general shows us how much can change in a short period.kingsteven
- Gnash1
Even maintaining a Covid-level of emissions is not enough to stop climate change. we are fucked if this is true.
Fall in COVID-linked carbon emissions won’t halt climate change - UN weather agency chief