The Climate Change Thread

[Zeedox]

Ah springtime! We had a bit of a dry winter so no worries this year!

 

[Zeedox]

Started the day at 30F......hit 66F this afternoon!

 

[Gomez Adams]

Frost on the cars this morning, 74 outside right now.

 

[Zeedox]

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/12k7zrs

 

[Gomez Adams]

Just saw it on the news this morning. 21 inches to be exact. Roads are completely flooded out. In fact, they've shut down the airport because all of the roads around it are flooded out.

 

[Zeedox]

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/04/13/exp-evel-rise-tor-tornqvist-intv-fst-041302aseg2-cnni-world.cnn

 

[Gomez Adams]

My dear friend's house sits right on an intercoastal waterway in South Carolina. I won't live to see it, nor will she, but our kids will have to get there by boat by the time they're our age.

 

[Zeedox]

And Nova Scotia should be an actual island by then too!

 

[Zeedox]

“The big melt is now here”: California braces for floods

The state’s high peaks stored historic amounts of snowfall this winter. Now, the state’s aging water management systems could be at risk.

www.nbcnews.com

What could be an extreme melt-out will soon meet a familiar vulnerability in California: The state’s labyrinthine, patchwork and aging water management systems will be at risk if flows become extreme.

And in some areas, like the already-flooded Tulare Lake bed where several rivers dead-end, there’s simply too much runoff to prevent it from damaging crops, homes and infrastructure in low-lying areas.

 

[Gomez Adams]

The last major water works system, which was also the last major infrastructure project by the federal government, was the water system in California, signed into law by President John F. Kennedy.

It's just typical United States policy: wait 50 to 100 years when everything is a total loss before lifting a finger to upgrade it.

 

[Gomez Adams]

This was on 60 minutes last night. It's interesting. I don't think it's the answer, but it's something.

Inside efforts to scale direct air capture to slow climate change | 60 Minutes

Carbon dioxide is captured from the air and buried underground as part of groundbreaking new technology to slow climate change. Bill Whitaker met with teams making it happen in Iceland.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Zeedox]

An excellent explanation on why a replanted forest is NOT the same as an old growth forest.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/134ies7