Happy birthday to everybody who uses fake birthdays on online platforms!

#newyear

"The record global warmth of the past two years has sent the planet well into uncharted territory," Richard Allan,
a climate scientist from the UK's University of Reading, told AFP.

What occurred was "at the limit of what we would expect based on existing climate models",
Sonia Seneviratne,
a climatologist from ETH Zurich in Switzerland, told AFP.

"But the overall long-term warming tendency is not unexpected" given the amount of fossil fuels being burned, she added.

This month, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the Arctic tundra,
after locking away C02 for millennia,
was becoming a net source of emissions.

Oceans, which have acted as a massive carbon sink and climate regulator,
were warming at a rate scientists
"cannot fully explain",
said Johan Rockstrom of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

"Could this be a first sign of a planet starting to show a loss of resilience?

We cannot exclude it," he said last month.
https://www.sciencealert.com/even-nasa-cant-explain-the-alarming-surge-in-global-heat-were-seeing

Europe followed the US into Afghanistan. Then US voters elected Trump and he pulled the plug.

Europe let the US lead the defence of Ukraine. And now US voters have voted for Trump, who wants Putin to win.

Europe has centered it's security politics around a US led NATO, and American voters have now voted for Trump, who wants to pull out of NATO.

It is time for a stronger, more capable, and fully independent Europe.

For our generation, this is our Churchill moment — it is time to lead.

You’ve probably already heard the very bad — but completely expected — news that we have just completed our first 12-month span with global temperatures more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial average.

See -- https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68110310

However, according to the IPCC, this does *not* mean that the goal of the Paris agreement is in tatters. According to them, 1.5C will have to be exceeded over a span of 20 to 30 years (!) before they will declare the target missed.

Come on, give me a break. Do you think we’re idiots? You expect us to fall for that?

If we continue on with Business As Usual for another 20 years, the planet will heat up even more, probably over 2C if not higher.

It’s time to stop the lying. Stop covering up for capitalism. And stop drilling for more oil and more gas to burn.

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual

So, the former president of the United States is calling on states to take up arms to support Texas in its standoff against the federal government. That’s about as close to calling for civil war as you’re going to get without actually saying the words.

This is a situation that could spiral out of control in a heartbeat. I would not assume it’s just bluster. #politics #texas #trump #immigration