Clif @Clif@qoto.org

Hello people of the Fediverse! Some of you may have heard that a new Mastodon client, Ivory,  is in development for iOS (and Mac!). This is true! Tapbots is going all in on Mastodon and we hope this place continues to grow and thrive. Tweetbot will continue to be developed alongside Ivory as a lot of code is shared. A new Mac version of Tweetbot and Ivory are also currently in development and we are working hard on getting those towards a public beta state.

Utqiaġvik, #Alaska as of 8am Wednesday up to 28F (-2.2C), which is a new record high temperature for Nov 30th. Previous record 27F (-2.8C) set in 1967. Temperature could well go higher next few hours. Unbroken climate observations at Utqiaġvik since autumn 1920. #akwx @Climatologist49 @ajatnuvuk

DON’T FORGET: “Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the #Hyperloop was announced—even tho he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project to get in the way of that actually succeeding.” — @parismarx @Gizmodo
https://gizmodo.com/silicon-valleys-transportation-failures-tesla-waymo-bir-1849382788
#cities #Urbanism #ElonMusk #transportation #HighSpeedRail #publictransit

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) has been unanimously elected leader of House Democrats, the first Black person to lead either party in either chamber.

A new chapter with new leadership.

Well done, Mr. Leader!

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.