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Sad, mad, and remembering the incredible mountains traversed by endless trains full of oil and gas destined to destroy the land. Slowly, and...

Sad, mad, and remembering the incredible mountains traversed by endless trains full of oil and gas destined to destroy the land. Slowly, and sometimes quickly. #Jasper

I’m just gonna leave this here “…while it's often assumed that regions most vulnerable to climate change are those with the...

I’m just gonna leave this here “…while it's often assumed that regions most vulnerable to climate change are those with the highest (dry bulb) temperatures, like the desert southwest, models project future lethal wet bulb temperature events in areas that are already humid. In North America, this is most of the midwest and eastern United States.” https://www.salon.com/2021/07/18/wet-bulb-temperature-climate-change/ https://int.nyt.com/newsgraphics/hurricanes/maps/img/map-main_420_v3876.png

The crazy huge exuberant inflorescences of the Mexican Blue Palm are a joy to behold.

The crazy huge exuberant inflorescences of the Mexican Blue Palm are a joy to behold.

So, AI, you want to be a writer? ...the libraries of the world haveyawned themselves tosleepover your kind.don't add to...

So, AI, you want to be a writer?
...the libraries of the world have
yawned themselves to
sleep
over your kind.
don't add to that....
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42254-024-00713-4.epdf
https://allpoetry.com/so-you-want-to-be-a-writer

Yes. And it makes me wonder what scientists can and should be doing in addition to pure, basic, fundamental studies of causes, rates,...

Yes. And it makes me wonder what scientists can and should be doing in addition to pure, basic, fundamental studies of causes, rates, dynamics, and effects of #climatechange, that can contribute to practical, scalable mitigation and solutions. Hope is not free.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/magazine/extinction-species-scientists-climate-change.html

Hurricane Otis' winds increased 115 mph and went from tropical storm to Category 5 hurricane in <1 day.This plot shows the predicted...

Hurricane Otis' winds increased 115 mph and went from tropical storm to Category 5 hurricane in <1 day.

This plot shows the predicted models (colored lines) vs actual behavior (dashed). From NYT.

It's this kind of nonlinearity in behavior (and our meteorological understanding) that makes me wonder if those folks who speculated that maybe the poles were so hot in Eocene because super big and super frequent cyclones transported so much heat to high latitudes were not crazy.

#climatechange

This year's Canadian wildfires released 2 Gt of CO2 (so far).That's 5% of global energy/industrial emission of ~36.8 Gt of CO2 last...

This year's Canadian wildfires released 2 Gt of CO2 (so far).

That's 5% of global energy/industrial emission of ~36.8 Gt of CO2 last year.

Staggering.

One cannot just "change management practices" of remote and enormous boreal forests to prevent wildfires.

Unless by management you mean stop burning fossil fuels, stop using the atmosphere as a sewer, stop subsidizing the oil industry, and stop pretending that just planting more trees is a solution.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/magazine/canada-wildfires.html

#climatechange

We need a Dia de los Muertos for species.Last Monday the USFWS delisted another 21 species from the Endangered Species Act.Due to...

We need a Dia de los Muertos for species.

Last Monday the USFWS delisted another 21 species from the Endangered Species Act.

Due to Extinction.

Species that took millions of years to develop, and may have held biological, behavioral, aesthetic secrets that we will never know, because we will never see one of them again, on a chilly morning stroll on the beach, or a sunny forest glade, or a misty shallow bay.

Remember our relations.

The Kaua'i O'o.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrcCK2zERdM&t=3s

#climatechange

These are the conversations we need to have. We need mining. We need individuals to understand the impact of their lives and stuff on the...

These are the conversations we need to have. We need mining. We need individuals to understand the impact of their lives and stuff on the land. What we don't need is mining execs saying you're a hypocrite for caring about water, Indigenous rights, local stakeholders, ESG, responsibility, accountability, especially when (in the US) they've fought relentlessly against any reasonable reform of the 1872 act putting mining above all other public land use. Nice @thetyee #mining
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/10/09/Christopher-Pollon-Pitfall/

It's good to see efforts to make this kind of wisdom less tacit, if such a thing is possible, and hopefully not commodified, like...

It's good to see efforts to make this kind of wisdom less tacit, if such a thing is possible, and hopefully not commodified, like corporate mindfulness. And I hope that listening is not just for mining nuggets of "knowledge" from unconventional sources for competitive advantage, but willingness to see with different perspective and relational wisdom. #intellectualhumility
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03063-w

"If maintenance of the status quo is the goal, higher education has managed to create the ideal system."...

"If maintenance of the status quo is the goal, higher education has managed to create the ideal system."
https://www.chronicle.com/article/higher-eds-ruinous-resistance-to-change
#highereducation

Dear #NewYorkTimes:It would be really great if maybe fewer than 7 out of 10 times I am just getting into an interesting article, I don’t...

Dear #NewYorkTimes:
It would be really great if maybe fewer than 7 out of 10 times I am just getting into an interesting article, I don’t run into “According to Blahby McPrivilite, professor of bladdyblah at Yale University,....”
Sincerely,
Willing to consider some thoughts from non-Ivy-League professors

Six years later, much of this article bears repeating. Migration, economic development, and changing environmental and resource security...

Six years later, much of this article bears repeating. Migration, economic development, and changing environmental and resource security will create winners and losers benefitting the communities and institutions that see how those futures will be different from today’s. A forward-looking, grand-challenge-, interdisciplinary-, solutions-oriented northern university could seize the opportunity.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2017/09/19/Canada-Needs-a-Northern-University/

My Geococcyx friend stopped by for a quick chat this morning.

My Geococcyx friend stopped by for a quick chat this morning.

"If you wish to deny that the evidence for [#climatechange] exists, then you are challenging the basic tenets of science — and that...

"If you wish to deny that the evidence for [#climatechange] exists, then you are challenging the basic tenets of science — and that is delusional. It's the same old mix of conspiracy theories, tired, outmoded ideologies and long discredited scientific theories that hold even less water than they did a century ago."
https://www.salon.com/2023/08/07/what-climate-change-deniers-get-totally-about-the-little-ice-age/

Momentary solace on the north side of San Francisco Peaks.

Momentary solace on the north side of San Francisco Peaks.

This is distressing... https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151578/fires-rage-in-british-columbia#wildfire #britishcolumbia...

This is distressing... https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151578/fires-rage-in-british-columbia
#wildfire #britishcolumbia #climatechange

The monsoon took it’s sweet time getting to southern Arizona this year, but last evening dumped 1.72” in about 45 minutes in our...

The monsoon took it’s sweet time getting to southern Arizona this year, but last evening dumped 1.72” in about 45 minutes in our neighborhood. I just wish we could get power back on now 🥵.

I don't think most Americans realize that although the sensibly hottest places (e.g., Arizona) will suffer from their own climate change...

I don't think most Americans realize that although the sensibly hottest places (e.g., Arizona) will suffer from their own climate change effects (like water stress), thanks to humidity the more direct and imminent effects of deadly heat are going to be in the southeast, midwest, east coast. #wetbulbtemperature #endlesssummer #climatechange

Get ready for more tension between the need to shift to clean energy and the supposed nimbyism of valid concern and caution over rushed...

Get ready for more tension between the need to shift to clean energy and the supposed nimbyism of valid concern and caution over rushed infrastructure and mining. Ezra's latest piece is a (relatively thoughtful) example. Purportedly green tech investors crying environmental hypocrisy and the need to scale renewables to current and increasing energy demand is another. We need to address the supply side too: energy efficiency and sufficiency.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/opinion/newsom-california-building-permitting-procurement.html

#climatetech #renewableenergy