Strongest Arctic cyclone on record led to surprising loss of sea ice

"The loss of sea ice in six days was the biggest change we could find in the historical observations since 1979, and the area of ice lost was 30% greater than the previous record,"

sciencedaily.com/releases/2022

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

A small percentage of land and coastal waters provides most of the global population with the ecosystem services needed to support human well-being, and maintaining these areas can advance the United Nations’ development, climate and biodiversity conservation goals, according to an international team of researchers

psu.edu/news/research/story/sm

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #COP15

Under the moon (25% lower down), a fainter orangeish reflection in the water (a narrow horizontal ellipse). Water surface is invisible.

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Summary: Rising red moon at 69°N
Background - black at bottom, very dark violet further up
Centre: Moon in last quarter, terminator 30° counter-clockwise from the vertical. Yellow in the top 25%, lower part covered by 3 RED wavy bands of cloud, top band darker than the rest. Image of moon surrounded by dark red halo.

So, I'd like to thank all the sighted people here on mastidon who take the time to describe pictures to us blindies. Most people on other social media sites wouldn't do that. I appreciate it so much #ThankYouForHavingPatience #ThisIsSoAwesome

Strong opinion 

If you're not willing to give up your car, you're not serious about the #ClimateEmergency.

Worst fall in #UK #LivingStandards since records began, says #OBR | #Economics | The Guardian

I will concede that international conditions and events have a large bearing on economic conditions but the #Tories are solely responsible for this situation through 12 years in power and driving through the worst possible form of #Brexit.

theguardian.com/business/2022/

#UK #Politics

Stop all negotiations on marine geoengineering

For example, with ocean fertilization that will cause algae bloom,
research has showed that there could be the problem of harmful algae bloom which can cause toxicity and death of marine organisms or even render the aquatic ecosystem hypoxic by creating dead zones

blueprint.ng/cop27-stop-all-ne

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #climate #COP27

If you are a part of todays conversation, thank you. Boost today’s topic so we can get others involved. Remember it’s a conversation. Everyone is invited. DON’T take it personal. We can agree to disagree.
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So far, 27 years of COP meetings have been a complete failure; you can't argue with physics. Anyone saying otherwise has fossil fuels or books to sell. #EmergencyMode

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