John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Seven Facts about C*****e C****e
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

(I have taken the liberty to delete much detail in the hopes the reader will consult the full article. So think of what I present as teasers. Of course, what I present is a ‘cut ‘n paste’ from the article. Links to the article are at the end.)

In the past decade, the climate crisis, and its fatal consequences, deepened further, as temperatures rose around the globe, ice caps melted, sea levels rose and record-breaking hurricanes, floods, and
wildfires devastated communities across the United States.

Here are seven figures that show just how dire the climate situation grew this decade alone.

1. The past five years were the hottest ever recorded on the planet. Globally, the past five years, from 2014 through 2018, all had record-breaking temperatures, with reports from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) showing the hottest year ever as 2016, followed by 2017, 2015, 2018, and 2014.

2. Four of the five largest wildfires in California history happened this decade. Wildfires worsened in California in recent years, with hotter temperatures and dry conditions often combining with high winds to create a longer fire season with more destructive blazes. Scientists linked the worsening fires across the Western United States to c*****e c****e.

3. Six Category 5 hurricanes tore through the Atlantic region in the past four years. The scientific community—including experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—has long warned that man-made c*****e c****e influences e*****e w*****r events. Scientists found that c*****e c****e has likely increased the intensity of hurricanes, particularly in the North Atlantic region, if not the frequency of the storms.

4. Arctic sea ice cover dropped about 13 percent this decade. Ice sheets are melting and glaciers are shrinking in “unprecedented” ways, according to a 2019 report from the United Nations. A widespread shrinking of the cryosphere―or the frozen parts of the planet―has left large stretches of land uncovered by ice for the first time in millennia. And sea level rise is accelerating dramatically as all that ice melts. Since 1979, when satellite observations first began, Arctic sea ice cover, measured every September, has dropped by about 13 percent each decade, per the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on C*****e C****e (IPCC).



5. Floods with a 0.1 percent chance of happening in any given year became a frequent occurrence. With more heat in the atmosphere came more rainfall, and with more rainfall came more floods. But these weren’t just any floods; they were torrents so enormous that they were classified as having only a 1-in-1,000 chance of happening in any given year―forcing the scientific community to reconsider what they call these increasingly frequent events.


6. There were more than 100 climate disasters in the billion-dollar category, double that of the decade before. Analysis of federal data on the costliest droughts, floods, storms, cyclones and fires in the United States this decade offered a grim look at how expensive it became for the country to continue with business as usual.


7. Meanwhile, we pumped a record 40.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air in 2019. Global carbon emissions quadrupled since 1960. After emissions steadied from about 2014 to 2016, they then rose again in 2017 and have been climbing since.This bleak news came amid a series of reports released this year urging a dramatic cutback of carbon emissions to avoid the worst effects of c*****e c****e.


We’re ending this decade on track to warm a catastrophic 3.2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels by the end of the century.. That’s more than double what scientists project is enough warming to cause irreversible damage to the planet.

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on C*****e C****e warned last fall that humanity has just under a decade to get c*****e c****e under control.

https://thebulletin.org/2020/01/the-climate-crisis-explained-in-7-numbers/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=MondayNewsletter01062020&utm_content=ClimateChange_CrisisExplained_01022020

https://tinyurl.com/yfd8edrj

trainspotter Loc: Oregon

suppose...you could BLAME President Trump

EyeSawYou

Easy, This phenomenon has been occurring for millions of millions of years end of story.

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

Our species will may not survive another century. Meh. I’ll be dead by then anyway. Let all their grandchildren burn for their grandparent’s greed and ignorance.

EyeSawYou

Lol pure nonsense fear mongering.

trainspotter Loc: Oregon

Well thanks to OUR Grandparents.......YOU don't have to speak GERMAN or JAPANESE........

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

Ich kenne Deutsch.

You really have to scrape for that comeback...pitiful just pitiful.

trainspotter Loc: Oregon

Thank you for your REPLY........

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

Anytime Buckwheat, anytime.

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

jcs Loc: USA

considering that you can't even compose a simple 3 word sentence in German ...
your claimed knowledge of the language is indeed ...pitiful , just pitiful
( just like everything else you post ) Lol

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

iT***slate renders as “I know German.” Your remark is wrong. The sentence may not display Great Literary form, but it is correct grammar.

jcs Loc: USA

Wherever you got your t***slation from is wrong
( not surprising since most in this Country can't even speak Eglish correctly )LOL

again :
"Ich KENNE Deutsch" is incorrect .
"KENNE" is short from "ERKENNE" and means to "RECOGNIZE" (that's from Latin )in English

"Ich KANN Deutsch" would have been more correct
( "KANN" became "CAN" in English )

And think we all know the difference between CAN speak a language or just RECOGNIZING one

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

Ummmmmmmmmm that's r****t.
I really didn't appreciate that, oh but that's right
people on the left don't have a r****t bone in their body.

trainspotter Loc: Oregon

Thanks soba....I was married to a woman who INSISTED on having the "last word" on every discussion/conversation..( you end up walking away shaking your head). Buckwheat IS a r****t slur...but..rather then "call him on it" as you did, I moved on to other topics in the attic. I've decided to try and limit my comments to DILLY...DILLY when I concur with others, or speak only when I have personal knowledge on a subject. Cheers to you.