The title says it all, really. World leaders have impotently addressed our climate crisis with never ending verbal diarrhea and useless treaties with next to no action on addressing our climate crisis. Now we are in a full blown climate emergency.
Now we are in a full blown climate emergency with very little chance for doing anything about. Arctic sea ice almost hit a new record low (2012 still lowest) but as we near Nov. there is exceptionally low ice regrowth...
There is exceptionally low ice regrowth since the temperature of the atmosphere just above the surface, and that of the ocean at the surface and just below the surface are above the freezing point of sea water.
This is not rocket science people, without temperatures below freezing the ice won’t reform. After a few more “fun” videos on other topics I’ll get back to hardcore science for abrupt climate change. This assumes that I can overcome my present addiction to @StephenKing novels.
I love the @StephenKing novels. “Under the Dome”, “The Stand”, and I’m now halfway through “The Tommyknockers”. These fiction novels are excellent for preparing ones mind for the dystopian horrors that will become our reality as abrupt climate change accelerates...
Abrupt climate change is accelerating us to global food shortages, collapsing nations, and wreaking havoc on the idea of organized society and civilization...
Who knows, maybe I will soon try my own hand at writing some climate dystopia, combining our abrupt climate change with the mastery of King-like @StephenKing horror. Stay tuned!!
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Standing on the brink of Niagara Falls is a perfectly apt metaphor for abrupt climate change. At this point in time, humanity is teetering on the brink of the cliff, and is poised to plunge over the Falls without even a rudimentary barrel...
The power of nature comes into focus when one is next to the brink, and our mind imagines the fear we would feel if we were a few yards away from our location on the observation lookout and in the river instead, being swept along by the swift water...
California’s Central Valley is as important to eaters as Hollywood is to moviegoers and Silicon Valley is to smartphone users. This jewel of the USA farm system produces almost all US almonds, walnuts, and pistachios; over 90% of broccoli, carrots, garlic, celery, grapes, ...
...tangerines, and artichokes; over 75% of cauliflower, apricots, lemons, strawberries, and raspberries; over 40% of lettuce, cabbage, oranges, peaches, and peppers; as well as more than 20% of milk production.