How ignoring climate change could sink U.S. economy:
http://wapo.st/1pfFvvB via @washingtonpost
[Robert Rubin]
Photos: Lake Mead: Before/After Epic Drought: @slate:
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/07/lake_mead_before_and_after_colorado_river_basin_losing_water_at_shocking.html?wpsrc=sh_all_tab_tw_top … [water]
Mapping Spread of Drought Across U.S.: @nytimes:
http://nyti.ms/1nXv5MX
[water, food, farming, agriculture]
Harvard historian: Strategy of climate science denial groups 'extremely successful': @guardian:
http://gu.com/p/4v7k5/tw
[Naomi Oreskes, Erik Conway]
More extreme rain for Connecticut, & no way to drain: @ctmirror:
http://ctmirror.org/more-extreme-rain-for-connecticut-and-no-way-to-drain-it/
[flooding]
MT @ClimateNow: Anders Levermann: Antarctica’s Point of No Return @ALevermann:
http://bit.ly/Us9mG9
[glaciers, sea level]
RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality:
Washington DC, #ImTooHot! So #ActOnClimate & get free @benandjerrys. Pretty cool. 7/28-29:
http://bit.ly/1sNUrVb http://pic.twitter.com/BU0R6afOqF
RT Bill McKibben @billmckibben:
New Stanford study finds CA could be running--economically--on 100% clean power in 35 years, w/ 220,000 net new jobs:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544214007981
[energy, renewable energy, wind energy, wind power, solar]
Rising Seas: Will the Outer Banks Survive?: @natgeo:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/special-features/2014/07/140725-outer-banks-north-carolina-sea-level-rise-climate/
[sea level, North Carolina]
Colorado River Basin Has Lost Enough Water to Fill Lake Mead 2x:
http://thkpr.gs/1rRI6Nl
[drought]
RT ClimateNow @ClimateNow:
WP: Ancient history shows us just how bad and volatile climate change could get:
http://wapo.st/1tJU9fM
[paleoclimatology]
RT @TenneyNaumer:
.@ClimateHawkVote endorses Ruben Gallego for Arizona's 7th Congressional district:
http://www.climatehawksvote.com/endorse_az07_2014
[Climate Hawks Vote]
'The Northern Hemisphere Is on Fire': @motherboard:
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_au/read/the-northern-hemisphere-is-on-fire
[wildfire]
Thx, Justine! RT @mrsjcj: #FF @LEGOblockSHELL @notSeaWorld @running4buffalo @MMNNActionUK @UKRunFree @MinaANDMaya @kimczwicker
#FF @Lovemotherocean @HannahMurdockTX @algore @MartinScribbles @StephenLeahy @GWFotD @IdiotTracker @DanJWeiss #climate
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#FF @DeSmogBlog @kkaufmann @chriscmooney @DRTucker @greenroofsuk @djspratt @climate_ice @dana1981 @TheDailyClimate #climate
#FF/join/contribute to: @mmfa @climateprogress @ClimateCentral @citizensclimate @350 @ClimateReality #climate #divest !
Showing posts with label north carolina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label north carolina. Show all posts
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Climate tweets for 25 June 2014
Tackling climate change would grow global economy, @WorldBank says: @suzyji
Vast Stretches of Minnesota Flooded as Swollen Rivers Overflow:
http://nyti.ms/Tu8mR7
[flooding]
Minneapolis: 86% of normal summer rain (June-August) with week left in June: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/06/25/sobering-aerial-views-of-minnesota-under-water-after-flooding-rains/
[flooding]
RT Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus:
Not good: Twin Cities: >4" add'l rain next 7 days. MS River's 7th highest crest all-time tmrw.
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=mpx&gage=stpm5
http://pic.twitter.com/7Emp58Cw1R
[Minnesota, flooding]
North Korea army mobilised as rivers run dry in worst drought in years:
http://www.trust.org/item/20140623092801-ocjsh/?source=fiOtherNews2
[water, food, farming, agriculture]
Average seasonal rainfall in India on decline, reveals Stanford study: @IndiaToday
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/average-seasonal-rainfall-monsoon-stanford-woods-institute/1/368395.html
[water, food, farming, agriculture]
One Quarter of India Turning Into Desert: @climateprogress
http://thkpr.gs/1lSOjsa
[water, food, drought, farming, agriculture]
Factchecking [BS] claims @IPCC says no dangerous global warming this century: @CarbonBrief:
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/06/factchecking-claims-that-the-ipcc-says-there-will-be-no-dangerous-global-warming-this-century/
[science, denial]
On N.C.’s Outer Banks, scary climate change predictions prompt change of forecast: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ncs-outer-banks-got-a-scary-forecast-about-climate-change-so/2014/06/24/0042cf96-f6f3-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html
[North Carolina, sea level, denial]
5 Canadian govt graphs that put Conservative climate change 'skeptics' on defensive:
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/5-graphs-show-climate-change-canada-real-and-expensive
[science]
RT Naomi Oreskes @NaomiOreskes:
Now on sale in USA: Collapse of Western Civilization @ErikMConway @CUP
http://tinyurl.com/k9rlcbe http://pic.twitter.com/mEL6xhqeMJ
RT Daniel J. Weiss @DanJWeiss:
ICYMI: #RiskyBusiness report from bipartisan panel frames Climate Change in economic terms. It could cost billions
http://ti.me/1mpRmqC
[Risky Business]
As Sea Levels Rise, Norfolk Is Sinking and Planning: @NPRnews
http://n.pr/1wo8lwI
[flooding, Virginia]
RT Heidi Cullen @HeidiCullen:
Alaska recorded its 2nd warmest Jan-May since records began in 1918:
http://bit.ly/1qwJMuU http://pic.twitter.com/qAtD2Fmqzu
[science]
RT InsideClimate News @insideclimate:
British Medical Association votes to end investments in fossil fuels, first health organization to agree to divest:
http://ow.ly/yrToZ
[United Kingdom, divestment]
RT Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981:
The Millions Behind Bjorn Lomborg's Copenhagen Consensus Center US Think Tank
http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/06/25/millions-behind-bjorn-lomborg-copenhagen-consensus-center … via @DeSmogBlog by @readfearn
Climate Change Deniers Prevail In Colorado GOP Primaries:
http://thkpr.gs/1meGZRG
[denial]
http://nyti.ms/Tu8mR7
[flooding]
Minneapolis: 86% of normal summer rain (June-August) with week left in June: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/06/25/sobering-aerial-views-of-minnesota-under-water-after-flooding-rains/
[flooding]
RT Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus:
Not good: Twin Cities: >4" add'l rain next 7 days. MS River's 7th highest crest all-time tmrw.
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=mpx&gage=stpm5
http://pic.twitter.com/7Emp58Cw1R
[Minnesota, flooding]
North Korea army mobilised as rivers run dry in worst drought in years:
http://www.trust.org/item/20140623092801-ocjsh/?source=fiOtherNews2
[water, food, farming, agriculture]
Average seasonal rainfall in India on decline, reveals Stanford study: @IndiaToday
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/average-seasonal-rainfall-monsoon-stanford-woods-institute/1/368395.html
[water, food, farming, agriculture]
One Quarter of India Turning Into Desert: @climateprogress
http://thkpr.gs/1lSOjsa
[water, food, drought, farming, agriculture]
Factchecking [BS] claims @IPCC says no dangerous global warming this century: @CarbonBrief:
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/06/factchecking-claims-that-the-ipcc-says-there-will-be-no-dangerous-global-warming-this-century/
[science, denial]
On N.C.’s Outer Banks, scary climate change predictions prompt change of forecast: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ncs-outer-banks-got-a-scary-forecast-about-climate-change-so/2014/06/24/0042cf96-f6f3-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html
[North Carolina, sea level, denial]
5 Canadian govt graphs that put Conservative climate change 'skeptics' on defensive:
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/5-graphs-show-climate-change-canada-real-and-expensive
[science]
RT Naomi Oreskes @NaomiOreskes:
Now on sale in USA: Collapse of Western Civilization @ErikMConway @CUP
http://tinyurl.com/k9rlcbe http://pic.twitter.com/mEL6xhqeMJ
RT Daniel J. Weiss @DanJWeiss:
ICYMI: #RiskyBusiness report from bipartisan panel frames Climate Change in economic terms. It could cost billions
http://ti.me/1mpRmqC
[Risky Business]
As Sea Levels Rise, Norfolk Is Sinking and Planning: @NPRnews
http://n.pr/1wo8lwI
[flooding, Virginia]
RT Heidi Cullen @HeidiCullen:
Alaska recorded its 2nd warmest Jan-May since records began in 1918:
http://bit.ly/1qwJMuU http://pic.twitter.com/qAtD2Fmqzu
[science]
RT InsideClimate News @insideclimate:
British Medical Association votes to end investments in fossil fuels, first health organization to agree to divest:
http://ow.ly/yrToZ
[United Kingdom, divestment]
RT Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981:
The Millions Behind Bjorn Lomborg's Copenhagen Consensus Center US Think Tank
http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/06/25/millions-behind-bjorn-lomborg-copenhagen-consensus-center … via @DeSmogBlog by @readfearn
Climate Change Deniers Prevail In Colorado GOP Primaries:
http://thkpr.gs/1meGZRG
[denial]
Monday, March 17, 2014
Climate tweets for 16 March 2014
Price Of Ignoring Climate Change Far Higher Than We Think: @FastCoExist http://www.fastcoexist.com/3027651/the-price-of-ignoring-climate-change-is-far-higher-than-we-think
[investing]
As drought and environmental laws dry up aqueducts, water managers look to aquifers and attitudes: http://www.sgvtribune.com/environment-and-nature/20140315/as-drought-and-environmental-laws-dry-up-aqueducts-water-managers-look-to-aquifers-and-attitudes
[California, water]
RT CitizensClimateLobby @citizensclimate: This is what it's come to: Dry Wichita Falls to try drinking ‘potty water’ http://ow.ly/uDid2
[drought, Texas]
RT Mindy Lubber @MindyLubber: Ceres investor member Treas.Nancy Kopp calls for SEC action on climate - investors need to know of impacts
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-environment/200634-secs-role-in-climate-change
[investing, divestment]
RT JPascal van Ypersele @JPvanYpersele: New article: climate change will reduce crop yields sooner than we thought http://bit.ly/1g1bspk
[agriculture, farming, food]
Coastal homeowners debate whether 2 rebuild or retreat: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/coastal-homeowners-debate-whether-to-rebuild-or-retreat-after-sandy/article_dfee132c-aca6-11e3-86ad-0019bb2963f4.html
[New Jersey, sea level, flood]
While seas rise in Outer Banks and elsewhere in NC, science treads water: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/03/15/3702235/while-the-seas-rise-science-waits.html
[North Carolina, sea level, denial]
Vanishing ice warning for 'Africa's Alps': @physorg_com http://phys.org/news/2014-03-ice-africa-alps.html
[glaciers, water]
CO2, Earth’s Global Thermostat, Dials Up to Record 401.6 ppm Daily Value on March 12: http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/03/14/co2-earths-global-thermostat-dials-up-to-record-401-6-ppm-daily-value-in-march/
[science]
RT ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral: FridayFact +2 days: Since 1970, parts of Southeast have seen Spring precip decline up to 20x greater than U.S. avg
http://pic.twitter.com/RMwkPqZ0h8
[water]
‘We are at ground zero’ of climate change: @TR_Foundation http://www.trust.org/item/20140312125313-svuqd/?source=shtw
[sea level, Marshall Islands, flood]
‘Clean Energy’ Candidate for Congress Consulted for Koch-Tied Climate Deniers: http://thkpr.gs/1gqvUOZ
[denial]
Study yields more accurate data on 1000s of years of climate change: @physorg_com http://phys.org/news/2014-03-ucla-yields-accurate-thousands-years.html
[science]
California Exceptional Drought Area Worsens: @accuweather http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/clark/california-exceptional-drought-worsens/24382134
[water, food, agriculture, farming]
[investing]
As drought and environmental laws dry up aqueducts, water managers look to aquifers and attitudes: http://www.sgvtribune.com/environment-and-nature/20140315/as-drought-and-environmental-laws-dry-up-aqueducts-water-managers-look-to-aquifers-and-attitudes
[California, water]
RT CitizensClimateLobby @citizensclimate: This is what it's come to: Dry Wichita Falls to try drinking ‘potty water’ http://ow.ly/uDid2
[drought, Texas]
RT Mindy Lubber @MindyLubber: Ceres investor member Treas.Nancy Kopp calls for SEC action on climate - investors need to know of impacts
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-environment/200634-secs-role-in-climate-change
[investing, divestment]
RT JPascal van Ypersele @JPvanYpersele: New article: climate change will reduce crop yields sooner than we thought http://bit.ly/1g1bspk
[agriculture, farming, food]
Coastal homeowners debate whether 2 rebuild or retreat: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/coastal-homeowners-debate-whether-to-rebuild-or-retreat-after-sandy/article_dfee132c-aca6-11e3-86ad-0019bb2963f4.html
[New Jersey, sea level, flood]
While seas rise in Outer Banks and elsewhere in NC, science treads water: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/03/15/3702235/while-the-seas-rise-science-waits.html
[North Carolina, sea level, denial]
Vanishing ice warning for 'Africa's Alps': @physorg_com http://phys.org/news/2014-03-ice-africa-alps.html
[glaciers, water]
CO2, Earth’s Global Thermostat, Dials Up to Record 401.6 ppm Daily Value on March 12: http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/03/14/co2-earths-global-thermostat-dials-up-to-record-401-6-ppm-daily-value-in-march/
[science]
RT ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral: FridayFact +2 days: Since 1970, parts of Southeast have seen Spring precip decline up to 20x greater than U.S. avg
http://pic.twitter.com/RMwkPqZ0h8
[water]
‘We are at ground zero’ of climate change: @TR_Foundation http://www.trust.org/item/20140312125313-svuqd/?source=shtw
[sea level, Marshall Islands, flood]
‘Clean Energy’ Candidate for Congress Consulted for Koch-Tied Climate Deniers: http://thkpr.gs/1gqvUOZ
[denial]
Study yields more accurate data on 1000s of years of climate change: @physorg_com http://phys.org/news/2014-03-ucla-yields-accurate-thousands-years.html
[science]
California Exceptional Drought Area Worsens: @accuweather http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/clark/california-exceptional-drought-worsens/24382134
[water, food, agriculture, farming]
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Sea-level rise threatening? No problem, say lawmakers
Much of eastern North Carolina is low-lying, level land that appears threatened by sea-level rise due to global warming, particularly if some of the more challenging scenarios scientists envision come to pass (more info here on one of these troublesome ideas, by noted climate scientist James Hansen and Makiko Sato).
The legislature of the Tarheel State, however, seems to be considering emulating the fabled approach taken by the medieval King Canute (or Cnut), who some chroniclers say went out to the sea's edge, ordered the tide not to come in, and nearly drowned. Recently, North Carolina's lawmakers elected to ignore a scientific report on the issue and may simply legislate a solution, according to Bill Chameides, dean of Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment.
Writes Chameides in the Huffington Post: "In late April a revised version of a bill from the state House surfaced in the Senate that would enshrine [the position of a group that has lobbied against the scientific report]. This new bill would:
- limit sea-level rise to historical rates circa 1900,
- specify that sea-level rise may be extrapolated linearly to estimate future rates of rise, and
- disallow consideration of scenarios with accelerated rates of sea-level rise.
"Should this legislation come to fruition, North Carolina would be planning for a sea-level rise of about one foot rather than the scientifically projected three feet by the end of the century. That leaves a whole lot of water unaccounted for. And it could leave whole communities up coastal creeks paying for roads and bridges that no longer make sense to maintain in the face of rising seas."
Fascinating approach.
The legislature of the Tarheel State, however, seems to be considering emulating the fabled approach taken by the medieval King Canute (or Cnut), who some chroniclers say went out to the sea's edge, ordered the tide not to come in, and nearly drowned. Recently, North Carolina's lawmakers elected to ignore a scientific report on the issue and may simply legislate a solution, according to Bill Chameides, dean of Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment.
Writes Chameides in the Huffington Post: "In late April a revised version of a bill from the state House surfaced in the Senate that would enshrine [the position of a group that has lobbied against the scientific report]. This new bill would:
- limit sea-level rise to historical rates circa 1900,
- specify that sea-level rise may be extrapolated linearly to estimate future rates of rise, and
- disallow consideration of scenarios with accelerated rates of sea-level rise.
"Should this legislation come to fruition, North Carolina would be planning for a sea-level rise of about one foot rather than the scientifically projected three feet by the end of the century. That leaves a whole lot of water unaccounted for. And it could leave whole communities up coastal creeks paying for roads and bridges that no longer make sense to maintain in the face of rising seas."
Fascinating approach.
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