The Climate Change Thread

[Zeedox]

Tonight 1106 EDT Spring starts!

Earliest vernal equinox in 128 years kicks off Spring 2024 - The Weather Network

Regardless of what your favourite prognosticator said on February 2nd, spring is definitely arriving early this year.

www.theweathernetwork.com

 

[Gomez Adams]

I am here for it, I tell you!

It dropped to 30 last night. I'm so over the cold weather I can't see straight. Yes, I'll be bitching about blistering heat in a few weeks, but my bones can't take much more of the cold this year.

 

[Zeedox]

Mount Etna has apparently done this before but this months (Apr) have been the best so far

Volcanic vortex: Mount Etna blows rings into the Sicilian sky – video

Locals nickname Mount Etna the 'Lady of the Rings' as it produces vortex of steam and gas from a newly formed mouth

www.theguardian.com

 

[Gomez Adams]

I bet Mount St. Helens posts some smack talk about this at some point.

 

[Zeedox]

Goona shoot off her mouth again?

 

[Gomez Adams]

If not for the stop sign in Arabic, it would look like a scene from heavy rains anywhere along the Mississippi.

But that is Dubai, who just got a years worth of rain in 24 hours; something that has never happened before.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/20/weather/dubai-flood-rain-life-halts-weather-intl/index.html

 

[Zeedox]

Fuck with nature (seed the clouds) and nature fucks rght back

 

[Gomez Adams]

We're doomed.

The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Here’s where a lot of it ends up

Plastic pollution is piling up. Despite efforts to rein it in, only 9% of it is actually recycled.

www.cnn.com

 

[Zeedox]

Have you seen the rock plastic fusion yet that they have a scientific name for?

Scientists make 'disturbing' find on remote island: plastic rocks

There are few places on Earth as isolated as Trindade island, a volcanic outcrop a three- to four-day boat trip off the coast of Brazil.

phys.org

She returned to the island late last year to collect more specimens and dig deeper into the phenomenon.

Continuing her research, she found similar rock-like plastic formations had previously been reported in places including Hawaii, Britain, Italy and Japan since 2014.

But Trindade island is the remotest place on the planet they have been found so far, she said.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Holy shit.

 

[Zeedox]

India's largest landfill....April 22, 2024 (I believe)

Ghazipur landfill - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The landfill covers an area of approximately 70 acres (28 ha) and reaches heights of over 150 feet (46 m).[2] Ghazipur has become one of the largest landfills in the world. The landfill reached its maximum capacity in 2002; however, it continues to receive solid waste from the city of Delhi.[3]

 

[Gomez Adams]

That's not even remotely close to one of the largest landfills on earth. In fact, it pales in comparison to the average landfill here in the states.

The Denver Arapahoe landfill in Colorado is on 2,364 acres but only 1,363 acres are used for dumping. Even with that, it's 20 times larger than Ghazipur.

The landfill in Gwinnett County run by Waste Management sits on 585 acres.

The only thing that makes Ghazipur bad is that it is run by complete idiots.