Joanie ✔️😉Antarctic temperature rises above 20C (68F) for first time on record.
The Antarctic Ice Sheet stores water equivalent to 58m in global sea-level rise.
The CO2 emissions from available fossil fuel on Earth is enough to ultimately melt the entire Antarctic ice sheet.
Combustion of available fossil fuel resources sufficient to eliminate the Antarctic Ice Sheet
The Antarctic Ice Sheet stores water equivalent to 58 m in global sea-level rise. We show in simulations using the Parallel Ice Sheet Model that burning the currently attainable fossil fuel resources is sufficient to eliminate the ice sheet. With cumulative ...
Our consumption of fossil fuels implies an increasing loss of land.
Water levels will impact the future of our cities.
Experiments with @[email protected]
The streets missing are under water.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Manhattan
Blue streets will be below sea-level in 700 Gt of CO2 emissions from now.
The city of Oslo, Norway, in a distant future.
Streets under sea level (left)
Streets above sea level (right)
Climate change increases heavy rain and flooding.
200.000 people are under evacuation orders in Japan.
Here's an aerial picture of #Hitoyoshi yesterday.
Southern Japan recorded its heaviest rainstorm on record: 381mm of rain fell in just 6 hours.
We are in a climate emergency.
Yangshuo, China
The area received the highest amount of rainfall ever recorded over 200 years.
"The Worst Flood in Living Memory" - Yangshuo, China | June 2020
"Unusually intense rainfall [...] affecting about 15 million residents."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/world/asia/china-floods-rain.html
Xiaolangdi Reservoir discharging 5,300 m3 of water per second.
"Bangladesh’s ministry for natural disasters has estimated that a third of the country is already underwater, with heavy rains set to continue until the end of July."
https://twitter.com/FFF_Bangladesh/status/1287064782386769920
These streets of Seoul will be under sea level in 3000 Gt of CO2 emissions from now.
Scott Duncan on Twitter
“Disaster unfolding in Central America as extreme flooding issues continue to unravel. We worry about the election but this is catastrophic for Honduras right now. 🎥 Villanueva (Cortés), Honduras 🇭🇳 Nicaragua 🇳🇮 and Guatemala 🇬🇹 have also been hit hard. https://t.co/CtvSayQGW7”
As extreme weather events intensify with climate change, it's hard to keep track of extreme floodings.
Today in Germany.
For the record, German coal company RWE is responsible for 100.000.000 Tons of CO2 emissions per year.
It's the single largest source of CO2 emissions in Europe.
https://twitter.com/JoanieLemercier/status/1111334848399052800?s=19
<< Leave if you can. >>
The mayor of Liege, Belgium, just ordered the evacuation of 200,000 people.
Governments are considering goals to "reduce CO2 emissions by 2050".
This is Liege, Belgium, earlier today.
We are in #ClimateEmergency
Landslide in Erftstadt, Germany.
<< We have to make the state more climate-proof >>
said @[email protected], the prime minister candidate and coal supporter. He allowed the largest coal mine of Europe to extract and burn coal until 2038.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/07/16/world/europe-flooding-germany
We need to end the extraction of fossil fuels.
We've known the solution to climate change for several decades, but there is no political will to act.
Today, 30% of electricity in Germany is made from burning coal. 🔥🌎
Two dams collapsed today after torrential rain in Xinfa, China.
Two dams collapsed earlier today after torrential rain in Xinfa, China.
We are in a #ClimateEmergency
Terrifying thread on the floods in China.
Several cities in Belgium are hit by the second wave of flash floods in just 10 days.
In the meantime, Belgium keeps increasing its fossil gas investments, at the expense of a stable climate. 🔥🌎
Intense floods in Oman right now 🇴🇲
The situation in Liguria, Italy.
#ClimateEmergency
#ClimateEmergency
The situation in Kerala, Idia.
Floods in Sicily, Italy.
We live in #ClimateEmergency
The University of #Catania, Sicily, Italy.
The situation in Petropolis, Brazil.
Flash floods in North East India.
Flooding caused by record rainfall in Yellowstone National Park, USA.
Floods in Pakistan.
33 Million people are affected.
The situation in Pakistan:
The situation in Puerto Rico.
This bridge was installed after Hurricane Maria in 2017.
🔊 on
The situation in Florida, USA.
Steven Roose@Joanie Are you aware of movements helping out with cleaning up? Or is that not possible yet because of sustained floods?