Clif @Clif@qoto.org

More evidence we are approaching disastrous global warming tipping points that may be irreversible. Scientists say leaders must take more action to cut carbon emissions faster: “Of particular concern are the likely collapse of the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets and the abrupt melting of permafrost grounds in the Arctic, which would result in additional sea-level rise and greenhouse gas releases, leading to more warming.” @OECD https://www.oecd.org/environment/climate-tipping-points-abc5a69e-en.htm @OECD #climate #climatechange

@virginiaheffernan Are you serious!? Comparing those that oppose geoengineering to antivaxers?

Consider this opinion piece from Naomi Klein:

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/opinion/sunday/geoengineering-testing-the-waters.html

#climateChange #geoengineering

Another addition to my collection of #climatechange indicators: https://zacklabe.com/climate-change-indicators/.

This new graphic shows temperature (linear) trends over land areas for 4 distinct periods, which captures long-term warming and some decadal variability.

ℹ️ Data from https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/

Does #climate technology hold the key to #netzero emissions? 🌍

The ERC-funded project GENIE has embarked upon the largest-ever, multidisciplinary review of more than twenty related emerging technologies.

More 👉 https://bit.ly/climate_technology

#IPCC #ResearchImpactEU #climatechange

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1598648955034046464

To all Mastodon-admins: seems like there's an attack on all instances by troll accounts. Servers get slow because of it.
They use thousands of subdomains of activitypub-troll.cf. My 'pull' queues skyrocketed.

I now blocked the domain activitypub-troll.cf and all is back to normal. Please check if you're hit too.

Now seems like a good time to talk about how far-right extremists are using the Overton Window theory to force their ideas into the mainstream. The premise here is that today’s fringe ideas/beliefs can become tomorrow’s normal by shifting the boundaries of acceptable discourse. You do that by introducing people to more & more extreme ideas, so everything else seems reasonable in comparison.

eg, when “praising Hitler” becomes the comparison point, low-key bigotry suddenly doesn’t seem so bad. 1/

"I confess that if ever I have to say one more single word about Ye, Trump, Jones, Tucker Carlson, or any other racist oxygen-hogs, I will catch fire like a former drummer from Spinal Tap. My silence is not complicity, it is some combination of exhaustion, boredom, and a line-in-the-sand refusal to engage with idiots."
@Dahlialith nails it: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/12/kanye-alex-jones-anti-semitism-what-now.html

i am just getting flooded with bots on elon net. I think I'm just going to hang out here.

If you are concerned about "free speech," you should probably be concerned about the top Republican candidate for the presidency calling for the Constitution, which includes the First Amendment, to be suspended.

Elon Musk is now trying to breathe life into made-up conspiracies about Democratic fundraising and Brazil’s elections. Tesla and SpaceX can go screw themselves. Every purchase and every contract is financing this insanity.

3 December 1923 | A Polish Jewish woman, Ruth Hermansztadt, was born in Kielce.

In Auschwitz from 30 May 1942.
No. 7544
She was evacuated to Ravensbrück and liberated there.

See an online lesson dedicated to the fate of women Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en

#Auschwitz #history #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #women #Ravensbrück #people #education

@rahmstorf it's not as if. It is exactly that. At some point it will hit home to everybody and sadly I think it will be when it's too late.

If you protest against the worsening climate disaster, you are punished much harder than if you perform the same actions for other reasons. It’s like those in power have a bad conscience, they know they are failing and angrily lash out against those holding up a mirror to them.
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RT @Sophiemcneill
Outrageous decision just now in a Sydney court

Climate activist Violet Coco given 15 month sentence, 8 months no parole after she block…
https://twitter.com/Sophiemcneill/status/1598513805855961088

"Scientists and advocates have told the Guardian they have become unnerved by a recent resurgence of debunked climate change denialist talking points and memes on Twitter, with the term #ClimateScam now regularly the first result that appears when “climate” is searched on the site."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/02/climate-change-denialism-flooding-twitter-scientists

DECEMBER THIRD: HOLD THE DATE

WE'RE FILLING THE #ABLEG AND MCDOUGALL PARK.

We NEED to tell @abdaniellesmith
(blocked) that the Albeta Sovereignty Act is unconstitutional and Albertans oppose to the bill.

Want to help with the organizing? Join here: https://discord.gg/aJXVdxHu

Boost quickly and boots widely.

I've been responding to what I perceive as intelligent but naive questions about climate on a site called Quora for some years.

It too has become rapidly worse over the past few months. I am used to having my expositions attacked by the usual denial pseudoscience, but that's stopped happening.

Now I'm just accused of being foolish or corrupt for trying to, you know, explain what's actually going on.

This Quora/Twitter/etc dynamic launched Mastodon (for me anyway) as a practical alternative.

One of my favorite articles this week: Tyler Winkler at WHOI wrote about paleo-hurricane research and what he and others are learning about #hurricane frequency over the past 2,000 years.

https://theconversation.com/were-decoding-ancient-hurricanes-traces-on-the-sea-floor-and-evidence-from-millennia-of-atlantic-storms-is-not-good-news-for-the-coast-186899

New visualization on my #climatechange indicators page - https://zacklabe.com/climate-change-indicators/ 📈

Now I am showing global temperatures compared to only over land or only over ocean areas. This is all relative to the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline. The graphic will be updated monthly now.

Where's the familiar "face" on the Moon? This is a different perspective on our satellite, via Artemis I.

You can really see the difference between the far and near sides of the Moon here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/52535497487/in/album-72177720303788800/
#NASA #space #Artemis1