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21st Century Man
In reversal of Abraham Lincoln’s famous words, here is my quote for 21st Century Man: “Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a flower and planted a thistle where I thought a thistle would grow.” I thought of this when I read how…
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Can AI Reduce the Climate Emergency? Maybe.
Readers of this blog know the main obstacle to reducing the climate emergency is lack of political will in developed nations. However, recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) show AI could help decision-makers at all levels, in all places, reduce greenhouse gases/climate impacts as long as climate tipping points are not crossed before we get…
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Outgoing U. S. Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry Refers to Global Public Apathy as “a kind of de facto signature on a suicide pact”
In David Wallace-Wells March 6, 2024 New York Times interview “John Kerry: ‘I Feel Deeply Frustrated’,” Kerry was quoted about global public climate apathy, “I’ve likened it to a kind of de facto signature on a suicide pact.” Well, yeah. In my 2018 book Carbonfish Blues the end of my poem “Welcome to the Future” noted: “as…
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Same Planet, Different Worlds
World 1: Koala scorched in Australia due to massive fires according to a 2019 YouTube by The Sun with over 47 million views. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) noted, “Nearly 6,382 koalas are estimated to have perished during the 2019/2020 bushfires, nearly 15% of the population.” My June 5, 2023 post linked a July 28, 2020 bbc.com…
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It’s all so simple . . .
It’s all so simple alone on a stream or listening in desert silence. In 2014 I suggested “the term ‘climate destruction’ from now on — instead of the much less troubling global warming or climate change.” The term never caught on but it’s certainly what we are seeing with rapid ice loss in Greenland, Arctic,…
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“Atlantic Ocean is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows” — The Conversation
by René van Westen, Utrecht University; Henk A. Dijkstra, Utrecht University, and Michael Kliphuis, Utrecht University Used with permission. Superstorms, abrupt climate shifts and New York City frozen in ice. That’s how the blockbuster Hollywood movie “The Day After Tomorrow” depicted an abrupt shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean’s circulation and the catastrophic consequences. While Hollywood’s vision…
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El Niño and Warm Ocean Temperatures Increase California Rainstorms/Hurricane/Flooding/Evacuations
This is the second time I recycled a post video due to first-recorded hurricane winds off Big Sur, California, and widely-reported heavy rains, flooding, and warnings or evacuation orders affecting “over 11 million people” in the state. February 2, 2024 Los Angeles Times reporters Haley Smith and Grace Toohey quoted UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain explaining the rainstorm, “It’s…
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Climate Sensitivity, and Human Insensitivity to Precautionary Principle
German theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder’s Youtube “I wasn’t worried about climate change. Now I am,” with over a million views in the past six days, shows results if James Hansen’s warnings of climate sensitivity are correct. She said at 13:14 on the timeline, “It just blows my mind how mind-fucking stupid it is that the…
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Jargon of Possible Human Extinction at 3°C Above Year 1850 Baseline
A friend said something like, “Most people don’t understand the jargon of 2 C, 3 C, 4 C, 5 C, IPCC, and COP.” Let me put it this way: Reliable sources like James Hansen noted November 2, 2023 in a Time article by Alejandro de la Garza, “The 2°C warming limit is dead, unless we take purposeful actions…
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2023 Widely Noted as Hottest in About 125,000 Years
A friend led boatbuilding crews overseas. He told me when someone said, “Don’t worry” it only meant one thing: “Worry.” This post’s headline, in a rational world, would be enough to topple Big Oil. Think about it. The “125,000” year claim, or close versions, appeared in cbsnews.com citing “U.N.’s International Panel on Climate Change, the world’s…