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David Wallace-Wells

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"The US accounts for more than a third of the expansion of global oil and gas production planned by mid-century, despite its claims of climate leadership. Canada and Russia have the next biggest expansion plans, followed by Iran, China and Brazil." (1/2)
link [url]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/12/us-behind-more-than-a-third-of-global-oil-and-gas-expansion-plans-report-finds?CMP=share_btn_tw[/url] or https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/12/us-behind-more-than-a-third-of-global-oil-and-gas-expansion-plans-report-finds?CMP=share_btn_tw (guardian=embedded media). 
Peter Kalmus

@ClimateHuman
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.@billmckibben
 writes: "We are truly in the midst of the climate battle now, all around the world, with new developments daily in the ongoing fight between activists who want to speed up the transition to clean energy and the fossil fuel industry that wants to slow it down."
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Paul Beckwith reposted

Peter McCartney

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All we hear from the fossil fuel cheerleaders is that if Canada doesn't extract all its oil and gas other "bad" countries will do it instead. But five nations are planning a majority of the world's new fossil fuel production: US, Canada, Australia, UK and Norway — in that order.
DJ, today the main road leading into The Hague again will be blocked by climate protesters. 
[url]https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/09/police-criticised-for-reporting-xr-demo-children-to-abuse-agency/[/url] or https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/09/police-criticised-for-reporting-xr-demo-children-to-abuse-agency/  (xr=Extinction Rebellion)
Domestic abuse watchdog Veilig Thuis has criticised police for reporting around 30 children who were arrested during Extinction Rebellion protests in The Hague as at-risk cases.
Veilig Thuis said it was “surprised” to have received dozens of referrals for parents who took their children on the demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday, which ended peacefully.
“We think it was unnecessary to refer these cases to us,” said spokesman Onno Aerden. “Demonstrating is not a form of child abuse.”
Police arrested more than 2,900 people over the two days for taking part in the unauthorised protests that blocked the A12 motorway heading into the city.
One mother, Musetta Blaauw, told AD the police decision to refer her two children, aged 16 and six, to the agency was “pure intimidation”.
“This was a peaceful demonstration, not hooligans rioting,” she said. “We were just sitting on the motorway singing songs and eating biscuits.”
Dick Goijers, spokesman for The Hague’s police division, admitted that almost all the children arrested had been referred to Veilig Thuis, but said this was “standard procedure” for “arrests and other situations where children are at risk, such as neglect.”
But Aerden said police appeared to be using the agency’s name “as a kind of threat” to parents taking part in the demonstration. “A referral to Veilig Thuis is not a punitive measure and shouldn’t be used as such,” he said.
DJ, "Veilig thuis"/Safe-at-home is already overloaded with taking care of children that are in real risk situations. The police may report children in climate protests to "safe-at-home" following political orders... the Mayor of The Hague is [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Zanen[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Zanen a member of the neo-liberal party for decades...
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DJ-There is a very large gap between those taking climate problems very serious and those "trying to make a living"....My view; blocking roads in protest against fossil fuel subsidies (over 47 million per year in NL) has to be part of a communication strategy.  
In the UK XR/eXtinction Rebellion almost ends up at a terrorist list. NL did criminalize other protest groups (peace movement, squaters, anti-nuclear)...in part by violent actions by the police and than blaming the protest groups. Also right wing groups may decide climate protests go to far...so "the police" than would act as an in-between party while in fact possibly involved in organizing right wing protests...
Maybe most of the public only will learn reality the hard way....we may need more, worse, climate disasters...
The global economy for now is based on a high level of fossil energy consumption. The damage that brings are kept out of the energy costs...tax payers end up paying for it....We may need an elite-responsible of wasting most energy...it is just a small group-to take steps back. Stop private jets, cheap flying etc. Also here it are the poor paying for the rich...if not dying for a rich exclusive club of billionaires almost claiming 0,1% "own this planet"...
For that matter it is also a fight for democracy....

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Dutch Josh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: May 01 2013 Location: Arnhem-Netherla Status: Offline Points: 86492	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dutch Josh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 13 2023 at 4:40am
	Peter Kalmus reposted David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells · 21h "The US accounts for more than a third of the expansion of global oil and gas production planned by mid-century, despite its claims of climate leadership. Canada and Russia have the next biggest expansion plans, followed by Iran, China and Brazil." (1/2) link [url]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/12/us-behind-more-than-a-third-of-global-oil-and-gas-expansion-plans-report-finds?CMP=share_btn_tw[/url] or https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/12/us-behind-more-than-a-third-of-global-oil-and-gas-expansion-plans-report-finds?CMP=share_btn_tw (guardian=embedded media). Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman · 11h . @billmckibben writes: "We are truly in the midst of the climate battle now, all around the world, with new developments daily in the ongoing fight between activists who want to speed up the transition to clean energy and the fossil fuel industry that wants to slow it down." - Paul Beckwith reposted Peter McCartney @Climate_Pete · 19h All we hear from the fossil fuel cheerleaders is that if Canada doesn't extract all its oil and gas other "bad" countries will do it instead. But five nations are planning a majority of the world's new fossil fuel production: US, Canada, Australia, UK and Norway — in that order. DJ, today the main road leading into The Hague again will be blocked by climate protesters. [url]https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/09/police-criticised-for-reporting-xr-demo-children-to-abuse-agency/[/url] or https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/09/police-criticised-for-reporting-xr-demo-children-to-abuse-agency/ (xr=Extinction Rebellion) Domestic abuse watchdog Veilig Thuis has criticised police for reporting around 30 children who were arrested during Extinction Rebellion protests in The Hague as at-risk cases. Veilig Thuis said it was “surprised” to have received dozens of referrals for parents who took their children on the demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday, which ended peacefully. “We think it was unnecessary to refer these cases to us,” said spokesman Onno Aerden. “Demonstrating is not a form of child abuse.” Police arrested more than 2,900 people over the two days for taking part in the unauthorised protests that blocked the A12 motorway heading into the city. One mother, Musetta Blaauw, told AD the police decision to refer her two children, aged 16 and six, to the agency was “pure intimidation”. “This was a peaceful demonstration, not hooligans rioting,” she said. “We were just sitting on the motorway singing songs and eating biscuits.” Dick Goijers, spokesman for The Hague’s police division, admitted that almost all the children arrested had been referred to Veilig Thuis, but said this was “standard procedure” for “arrests and other situations where children are at risk, such as neglect.” But Aerden said police appeared to be using the agency’s name “as a kind of threat” to parents taking part in the demonstration. “A referral to Veilig Thuis is not a punitive measure and shouldn’t be used as such,” he said. DJ, "Veilig thuis"/Safe-at-home is already overloaded with taking care of children that are in real risk situations. The police may report children in climate protests to "safe-at-home" following political orders... the Mayor of The Hague is [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Zanen[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Zanen a member of the neo-liberal party for decades... ------------- DJ-There is a very large gap between those taking climate problems very serious and those "trying to make a living"....My view; blocking roads in protest against fossil fuel subsidies (over 47 million per year in NL) has to be part of a communication strategy. In the UK XR/eXtinction Rebellion almost ends up at a terrorist list. NL did criminalize other protest groups (peace movement, squaters, anti-nuclear)...in part by violent actions by the police and than blaming the protest groups. Also right wing groups may decide climate protests go to far...so "the police" than would act as an in-between party while in fact possibly involved in organizing right wing protests... Maybe most of the public only will learn reality the hard way....we may need more, worse, climate disasters... The global economy for now is based on a high level of fossil energy consumption. The damage that brings are kept out of the energy costs...tax payers end up paying for it....We may need an elite-responsible of wasting most energy...it is just a small group-to take steps back. Stop private jets, cheap flying etc. Also here it are the poor paying for the rich...if not dying for a rich exclusive club of billionaires almost claiming 0,1% "own this planet"... For that matter it is also a fight for democracy....
	We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ~Albert Einstein

Dutch Josh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: May 01 2013 Location: Arnhem-Netherla Status: Offline Points: 86492	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dutch Josh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 15 2023 at 2:39am
	[url]https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh2458[/url] or https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh2458 ; Abstract This planetary boundaries framework update finds that six of the nine boundaries are transgressed, suggesting that Earth is now well outside of the safe operating space for humanity. Ocean acidification is close to being breached, while aerosol loading regionally exceeds the boundary. Stratospheric ozone levels have slightly recovered. The transgression level has increased for all boundaries earlier identified as overstepped. As primary production drives Earth system biosphere functions, human appropriation of net primary production is proposed as a control variable for functional biosphere integrity. This boundary is also transgressed. Earth system modeling of different levels of the transgression of the climate and land system change boundaries illustrates that these anthropogenic impacts on Earth system must be considered in a systemic context. See also [url]https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/seafloor-methane-tipping-point-reached.html[/url] or https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/seafloor-methane-tipping-point-reached.html The bold black line at the top of the image below, adapted from Climate Reanalyzer, shows extremely high sea surface temperatures up to September 13, 2023, much higher than in any previous year on record. The image below, created with NASA data, shows why these extremely high sea surface temperatures are so worrying. The image shows monthly mean global surface temperature anomalies (open ocean) vs 1901-1930. The ochre trend, based on January 1900-August 2023 data, indicates the latent heat tipping point was crossed in 2021 and the seafloor methane tipping point could be crossed in 2033. The red trend, based on August 2008-August 2023 data and better reflecting variables such as El Niño, indicates that the seafloor methane tipping point could be crossed late 2023. Data show the seafloor methane tipping point was reached in August 2023. The latent heat tipping point is estimated to correspond with a sea surface temperature anomaly of 1°C above the long term average, 1901-1930 on the above image, as discussed in earlier posts such as this one. Sea ice constitutes a latent heat buffer, consuming incoming heat as it melts. While the ice is melting, all energy (at 334 J/g) goes into changing ice into water and the temperature remains at 0°C (273.15K or 32 °F). Once all ice has turned into water, all subsequent energy goes into heating up the water, and will do so at 4.18 J/g for every 1°C the temperature of the water rises. DJ, we are ignoring public health risks -to secure profits for the very rich criminal 0,1%...That "elite" in part is also making money out of wars.... "Never waste a good crisis" for profits...has turned into creating profit making crises....We CAN and SHOULD !!!! stop a lot of diseases before they become pandemics ! We CAN and SHOULD limit further climate destruction...We NEED international cooperation to deal with these major crises. Pushing for NATO expansion now is yet another act of insanity !
	We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ~Albert Einstein

Dutch Josh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: May 01 2013 Location: Arnhem-Netherla Status: Offline Points: 86492	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dutch Josh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 16 2023 at 2:01am
	Peter Kalmus reposted Democracy Now! @democracynow · 20h Ahead of a March to End Fossil Fuels in New York on Sunday, scientist @ultracricket talks about why she and hundreds of others wrote a letter to President Biden demanding climate action. "The science has come to such a complete consensus and we just want fossil fuels to stop." DJ, governments, most political parties, end up working for fossil fuel economies...In that way AGAINST public basic safety... [url]https://www.omroepwest.nl/nieuws/4755642/liveblog-mogelijk-opnieuw-tienduizenden-mensen-naar-klimaatdemonstratie-op-a12[/url] or https://www.omroepwest.nl/nieuws/4755642/liveblog-mogelijk-opnieuw-tienduizenden-mensen-naar-klimaatdemonstratie-op-a12 ; THE HAGUE - Day eight of the announced blockades of the A12 motorway. Where several hundred people demonstrated in recent days, Extinction Rebellion expects tens of thousands of people on and around the Utrechtsebaan in The Hague today - just like last Saturday. In our live blog we will keep you informed throughout the day. 10.30 am: Still quiet around A12 It is still very quiet around the Malieveld and the A12 on Saturday morning around 10.30 am, our reporter sees. DJ...democracy has become democrazy...investing trillions into wars while NOT dealing with essential problems.... Peter Kalmus reposted Damian Carrington @dpcarrington · Sep 13 Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find - First complete ‘scientific health check’ shows most global systems beyond stable range in which modern civilisation emerged Story by me link [url]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/earth-well-outside-safe-operating-space-for-humanity-scientists-find?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other[/url] or https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/earth-well-outside-safe-operating-space-for-humanity-scientists-find?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other (DJ-guardian is promoting war...it has become part of the problem...) Earth’s life support systems have been so damaged that the planet is “well outside the safe operating space for humanity”, scientists have warned. Their assessment found that six out of nine “planetary boundaries” had been broken because of human-caused pollution and destruction of the natural world. The planetary boundaries are the limits of key global systems – such as climate, water and wildlife diversity – beyond which their ability to maintain a healthy planet is in danger of failing. The broken boundaries mean the systems have been driven far from the safe and stable state that existed from the end of the last ice age, about 10,000 years ago, to the start of the industrial revolution. The whole of modern civilisation arose in this time period, called the Holocene. The assessment was the first of all nine planetary boundaries and represented the “first scientific health check for the entire planet”, the researchers said. Six boundaries have been passed and two are judged to be close to being broken: air pollution and ocean acidification. The one boundary that is not threatened is atmospheric ozone, after action to phase out destructive chemicals in recent decades led to the ozone hole shrinking. The scientists said the “most worrying” finding was that all four of the biological boundaries, which cover the living world, were at, or close to, the highest risk level. The living world is particularly vital to the Earth as it provides resilience by compensating for some physical changes, for example, trees absorbing carbon dioxide pollution. - The assessment, which was published in the journal Science Advances and was based on 2,000 studies, indicated that several planetary boundaries were passed long ago. The boundary for biosphere integrity, which includes the healthy functioning of ecosystems, was broken in the late 19th century, the researchers said, as destruction of the natural world decimated wildlife. The same destruction, particularly the razing of forests, means the boundary for land use was broken last century. Climate models have suggested the safe boundary for climate change was surpassed in the late 1980s. For freshwater, a new metric involving both water in lakes and rivers and in soil, showed this boundary was crossed in the early 20th century. Another boundary is the flow of nitrogen and phosphorus in the environment. These are vital for life but excessive use of fertilisers mean many waters are heavily polluted by these nutrients, which can lead to algal blooms and ocean dead zones. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization data, three times the safe level of nitrogen is added to fields every year. The boundary for synthetic pollution, such as pesticides, plastics and nuclear waste, was shown to have been passed by a 2022 study. The Richardson-led analysis assessed air pollution for the first time, which affects plant growth and monsoon rains. It found air pollution has passed the planetary boundary in some regions such as south Asia and China, but not yet globally. Ocean acidification is also assessed as getting worse and being close to exceeding the safe boundary. The scientists said: “This update finds that six of the nine boundaries are transgressed, suggesting that Earth is now well outside of the safe operating space for humanity.” - Rockstrom said: “If you want to have security, prosperity and equity for humanity on Earth, you have to come back into the safe space and we’re not seeing that progress currently in the world.” Phasing out fossil fuel burning and ending destructive farming are the key actions required. The planetary boundaries are set using specific metrics, such as the level of CO₂ in the atmosphere for climate change. The Earth’s systems are resilient to some level of change, so most of the boundaries have been set at a level higher than that which persisted over the last 10,000 years. For example, CO₂ was at 280 parts per million until the industrial revolution but the planetary boundary is set at 350ppm. Prof Simon Lewis, at University College London and not part of the study team, said: “This is a strikingly gloomy update on an already alarming picture. The planet is entering a new and much less stable state – it couldn’t be a more stark warning of the need for deep structural changes to how we treat the environment.” DJ...the article is describing the picture science agrees upon...The "feed backs" due to global warming-like "explosive increase" of methane release may NOT be included...because they did not happen yet...[url]https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/seafloor-methane-tipping-point-reached.html[/url] or https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/seafloor-methane-tipping-point-reached.html If "politics" keeps failing we should know what the outcome means for us. We-as humans-may not survive at +3C above pre-industrial. Some regions run higher risks. Those regions now did see extreme high temperatures, wild fires, extreme rain...(Mediterranean region as an example). It does decrease food production, logistics... DJ-my view- extreme weather itself may become the main killer...
	We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ~Albert Einstein

Dutch Josh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: May 01 2013 Location: Arnhem-Netherla Status: Offline Points: 86492	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dutch Josh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 22 2023 at 4:12am
	How humans are killing themselves, a "mega-mix" of; -War [url]https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/09/how-will-the-biden-administration-cope-with-its-loss-in-ukraine.html[/url] or https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/09/how-will-the-biden-administration-cope-with-its-loss-in-ukraine.html Declare victory over Russia because Russia was stopped at the border with Poland. Then forget about all the details and consequences and move towards war on China. and [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gplplX40H8o[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gplplX40H8o ; Geopolitical Review: US Preps Taiwan Proxy vs. China, NATO Postures as Ukraine Fails DJ...I am not that "optimistic" on US/NATO not going nuclear over Ukraine. The underlying mental "problem" is "western superiority" or nuclear war... For some in "the west" non-western global dominance seems to be unacceptable.... -Diseases Of course one can ignore CoViD, flu, M-pox, etc..."living with diseases" ...make insane claims catching a disease makes you stronger/gets you immunity (for a.o. CoViD)....however reality is more and more people end up with long term health issues...For now it look likes vaccines do limit damage however most children never were vaccinated... H5N1 soon will reach even the millions of birds in Antarctica-soon in a "warm summer"....H5N1 is spreading also in more and more mammals-increasing the risks of recombination/mix with H1/H2 types of (human) flu... -Climate Food production and logistics is moving towards the danger zone...From chickens/eggs to harvests getting destroyed. Getting food to the places in need of food is getting harder...Also extreme weather/heat/drought is becoming a mass killer... We may have run out of time to stop major disasters... -Economic collapse You can not have a real economy based on fiat-money...someone has to pay for that. China, Africa etc. may no longer be willing to pay for western currencies...So hyperinflation may be around the corner... Western companies may move to BRICS+ countries-now with over half of the global population per 2024...Foreign "policy/insanity" is leaving the west both without afordable energy, basic materials and a market... --------------- Can we still limit damage ? The longer we wait the harder it gets... -Global cooperation on climate, health, "green" economies and an end to poverty should be on top of a global agenda. -Media/journalist going for the best available info-not des-info... -Creating public support -worldwide- for needed changes; -We have to reduce fossil fuel use (cars, air travel) NOW ! -Public health is not "free" but the outcome of hard work by many -If we do not end war, war will end us....
	We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ~Albert Einstein

Dutch Josh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: May 01 2013 Location: Arnhem-Netherla Status: Offline Points: 86492	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dutch Josh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 23 2023 at 3:23am
	[url]https://tass.com/economy/1676903[/url] or https://tass.com/economy/1676903 ; ARCTIC TODAY 19 SEP, 13:51 Tropical fish caught in White Sea near Arkhangelsk It is noted that its appearance in the White Sea is an exceptional phenomenon ARKHANGELSK, September 19. /TASS/. Garfish, which normally is found near Africa's western coast and near Europe's south, was caught in the White Sea in the Arkhangelsk Region, the Kenozero National Park's press service said. "The migrant from far-away southern waters - garfish (or sea needle) was caught in the White Sea, not far from the village of Lopshenga," the press service said. "The garfish's habitat is the western coast of Africa and Europe." Garfish is a long and slender fish with a laterally compressed body and elongated jaws, resembling a pterodactyl's beak. Garfish can be found in the Black and Baltic Seas. But, according to the national park's ichthyologist Gennady Dvoryankin, its appearance in the White Sea is an exceptional phenomenon. "Obviously, the fish has been brought to the Barents Sea by the Gulf Stream, and then it just got lost and after long wanderings it ended up near the national park shores," the press service quoted the expert as saying. "Presently, the fish is being studied at the laboratory." DJ...just another warning ! All kinds of forms of life are on the move searching for a new place to find food, to survive. Lots of species will NOT survive ! Peter Kalmus reposted Bill McKibben @billmckibben · 18h The new @propublica revelations about Clarence Thomas are the most shocking yet. He wasn't just taking cash from right-wing billionaires, he was helping them raise it--all in the sacred cause of blocking environmental regulations link; [url]https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus[/url] or https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus DJ-Uncontrolled capitalism leads to widespread corruption and "democrazy"....at the end "everything has to be for sale"...from politicians to science... [url]https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,4066.0.html[/url] or https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,4066.0.html Arctic refreezing season may have started. However storms may see reduction of Arctic Sea ice later on...Greenland, Antarctic Ice is in a dramatic shape... Projections. (Table JAXA-Ant1) Average remaining melt (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in Feb 2024 of 0.80 million km2, 1.15 million km2 BELOW the 2023 record low minimum of 1.95 million km2 which would be 1st lowest in the satellite record. This projection probably exaggerates the melt in the Weddell Sea in particular DJ...glaciers, icebergs breaking away..Warmer (often record hot) ocean water will result in more extreme weather events. It will increase famines/starvation-with increasing food supply risk also for area's that believed to be safe. (US, Europe, India, China). We have a very complex supply/logistcs system where a lot of steps may go wrong.
	We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ~Albert Einstein

Dutch Josh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: May 01 2013 Location: Arnhem-Netherla Status: Offline Points: 86492	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dutch Josh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 26 2023 at 2:45am
	DJ, more climate disasters in the news; South Africa, Central America-floods/landslides...abnormal heat in Brazil... [url]https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/september-2023-highest-anomaly-on-record.html[/url] or https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/september-2023-highest-anomaly-on-record.html The above image shows the temperature in 2023 as a bold black line, up to September 22, 2023, with the temperature reaching an anomaly of 1.12°C above the 1979-2000 mean for that day. It looks like September 2023 will be the month with the highest temperature anomaly on record and the year 2023 will be the hottest year on record. Note: 1979-2000 is not pre-industrial. The current El Niño is still strengthening, as illustrated by the image on the right, adapted from IRI. DJ...so already on september 22 1,12C above the 1979-2000 mean temperature.... Until now, February 2016 has been the hottest month on record. The above image, from an earlier post, shows that February 2016 was 3.28°C (5.904°F) hotter than 1880-1896 on land, and 3.68°C (6.624°F) hotter compared to February 1880 on land. Note that 1880-1896 is not pre-industrial. The image adds an even more poignant note: Looking at global averages over long periods is a diversion, peak temperature rise is the killer! The situation raises questions. How much has the temperature risen? Will the temperature keep rising? What can be done about it? How can these questions best be answered? DJ.....so more than 3C februray 2016 than the 1880-1896 average... While many politicians keep pushing the idea that 1.5°C above pre-industrial hasn't been crossed yet, we may already have crossed 2°C above pre-industrial, as discussed in this analysis. - emission reductions are best achieved early, rather than late. Yet, many politicians keep supporting fuel (fossil fuel and biofuels) and envisage burning of fuel to continue well beyond 2050 (combined with BECCS). Instead, when taking into account damage to health and the environment, and the danger of runaway temperature rise, it should be clear that better policies must be implemented soon, such as local feebates, to support better methods and technologies such as biochar, heat pumps and eVTOL air taxis. DJ....politics seem to go for short term profits...even if it would kill all of us within years.... Alarms bells have sounded loud and clear, such as here, warning that the temperature rise could be more than 3°C as early as in 2026. The precautionary principle should prevail and the looming dangers should prompt people into demanding comprehensive and effective action to reduce the damage and to improve the situation. To combat rising temperatures, a transformation of society should be undertaken, along the lines of this 2022 post in combination with a declaration of a climate emergency. DJ....every time there is a new climate conference "things went faster than expected"..... In the "still NOT over pandemic" we see politics often still in denial-very likely looking for scape goats, blame games..."of course they did know the pandemic was not over"...even if they made other claims just a few months ago... In the NATO-BRICS war "stand by Ukraine" could mean regime change in Kiev to get out of that disaster-war made by NATO...O-yes "we won" ....only the petro-$ is gone, western industry is in BRICS hands etc...but "we won"....
	We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ~Albert Einstein

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10.30 am: Still quiet around A12

Geopolitical Review: US Preps Taiwan Proxy vs. China, NATO Postures as Ukraine Fails

Tropical fish caught in White Sea near Arkhangelsk