Clif @Clif@qoto.org

It's that time of year for annual reminders, so…

In #weather world, "Blizzard" is not a synonym for "Snowing Hard". The US NWS definition has three parts:
1) Sustained wind or frequent gusts ≥ 35 mph
2) Falling and/or blowing snow reduces visibility to ≤1/4 mile
3) Above conditions last ≥3 hours

#akwx #winter

Puerto Rican municipalities have filed a lawsuit in federal court saying ExxonMobil Corp, Shell Plc, Chevron Corp and others colluded to publicly downplay the risks of their fossil-fuel products on climate change and are financially responsible for damages from the devastating 2017 hurricane season, which was made worse by global warming

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/puerto-rican-towns-sue-big-oil-under-rico-alleging-collusion-climate-denial-2022-11-29/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #PortoRico #Caribbean

Modern Slavery Is a Global Problem in All Renewable Energy Supply Chains: New Report

https://www.ecowatch.com/slavery-renewable-energy-supply-chains.html

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate

For thousands of kilometers along the western coasts of the Americas, low-oxygen waters known as oxygen minimum zones stretch out into the Pacific Ocean. In part due to climate change, this oxygen-starved region is likely to get wider and deeper, expanding by millions of cubic kilometers by the end of the century, models in a new study predict. Larger oxygen minimum zones threaten marine ecosystems and species, along with the industries that depend on them

https://phys.org/news/2022-11-climate-pacific-low-oxygen-zone.html

#Climate

NASA cancels greenhouse gas monitoring satellite due to cost

(AP) — NASA is canceling a planned satellite that was going to intensely monitor greenhouse gases over the Americas because it got too costly and complicated.

But the space agency said it will still be watching human-caused carbon pollution but in different ways

https://www.wishtv.com/news/national/nasa-cancels-greenhouse-gas-monitoring-satellite-due-to-cost/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #NASA

Another month, same story 🌡️

Red shading indicates warmer than average temperatures. Overall, the average October 2022 global surface air temperature was +0.96°C (1.73°F) above the 1951-1980 climate baseline.

Musk himself has:
- Spread Covid misinformation
- Called safety precautions “fascist”
- Forced his own workers back to work forcibly infecting hundreds of them
- Fired employees w/ Covid for taking sick days
- Cast doubt on vaccines
- Dismissed mass death of over a million people saying, “everybody dies” https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/29/twitter-covid-misinformation-policy/ #covid #musk #twitter #twittermigration #journalist #technology #tech #technews

Why it's a big deal that 1/6 rioters have been convicted for seditious conspiracy: it cements 1/6 as an insurrection.

That has 14th Amendment implications for lawmakers who participated.

Today is my 1 month anniversary of signing up for Mastodon. A few observations—after spending 13+ years on Twitter:

•The Mastodon community is kinder & more focused on lifting one another up than tearing down.

•Mastodon is learning from Twitter's mistakes by including accessibility options, incorporating an edit button, & not centralizing everything

•Engagement is not dependent on clickbait or outrage, but genuine positive content.

None of the above are absolutes, but overall, glad I'm here.

Hello! We, the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, are #newhere on Mastodon.

We are an institute for basic research and develop advanced models of the Earth system, perform targeted observations, and advance theoretical concepts to support our chosen mission: 'To understand Earth's changing climate'.

Follow us for the latest news from #climate research and climate modeling.

We are one of 86 institutes of the @maxplanckgesellschaft

Giving up on 1.5C climate target would be gift to carbon boosters, says IEA head - Exclusive: Fatih Birol says claims that limit is dead are ‘factually incorrect and politically very wrong’The world can still limit global heating to 1.5C, and to claim that the target is now out of reach is to play into the hands of fossil fuel proponents, the... #theguardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/30/giving-up-on-15c-climate-target-would-be-gift-to-carbon-boosters-says-iea-head

Mapped: Carbon Dioxide Emissions Around the World https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/mapped-carbon-dioxide-emissions-around-the-world/

To battle climate change, scientists tap into carbon-hungry microorganisms for clues. New technique could fast-track future carbon-free solar fuels.

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have demonstrated a new technique, modeled after a metabolic process found in some bacteria, to convert carbon dioxide into liquid acetate, a key ingredient in producing "liquid sunlight" or solar fuels through artificial photosynthesis.
#climate #climatechange #science
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/11/221129112619.htm

Hey, climate people.
One good way to find other #climate people here is to look at the followers list of someone you already find worthy of following and look at THEIR followers list for ideas. It's an easy click to then follow any of them you like.

It is disturbing that many people can't recognize fascism unless it looks exactly like Nazi Germany.

@GeraldKutney I haven't spent very much time here, just yet but I have yet to come across a single climate denier. There may be no need for #ClimateBrawl here🤔 😄