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A team of 14 climate scientists warned in the State of the Climate Report 2024: A Dangerous Time for the Planet that the Earth's climate in 2024 “will be in a major crisis and will get worse if we continue with business as usual” . The report does not sugarcoat their view of the dangers facing humanity. “We are on the brink of an irreversible climate catastrophe,” the report begins. “There is no question that this is a global emergency. Much of the fabric of life on Earth is threatened. We are entering a climate crisis. a critical and unpredictable…

Nothing says fall like biting into an apple fresh from the tree. But hot weather can damage growing fruit. Some varieties will turn brown and blister on the tree. Others drop prematurely before ripening. Decades ago, Chris Walsh—now a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland—began studying and cultivating apples in his region. Walsh: “I realized that the new apple varieties we were testing locally couldn’t handle the heat.” So he set out to breed apples that could do just that. Recently, his team patented two varieties – one red and one yellow. So far, they are only known as…

Click on image to view full size image: View from Sutro Tower at 7am on Friday, October 4, 2024 Note that even though the white cap is further away from the Golden Gate, the thermal bubbles first emitted hundreds of feet. It’s 11:30 AM: High clouds are moving over Sonoma and Napa Valley, which is considered our strongest pressure gradient, so I dropped the forecasted wind values Starting at 7:30 am: The giant upper ridge that brought record temperatures moved eastward overnight, but the smaller upper ridges that produced the heat continued to heat. This caused the deadly low pressure…

As the days shorten and temperatures get cooler and we enter a fall weather pattern, weather forecasts often include comments about high pressure moving inland into the Great Basin. When this happens, northerly internal winds develop and turn to the northeast or east-easterly as high pressure moves inland. That's exactly what we're seeing this week, which typically means less beach winds as offshore winds and cooler temperatures battle sea breeze activity on the beaches. But this past incident is not typical. The winds along the coastline from Ventura to Leo Carillo did not weaken, with wind speeds reaching 30 knots.…

not many people know Paul Homewood One of our readers sent me a letter from the BBC a few weeks ago: The following is a letter I wrote to Tony Grant, editor of Channel 4's From Our Own Correspondent, in early October: Dear Mr. Grant, I listened in disbelief to your article that was broadcast in Sri Lanka on the 28thth Your correspondent Samira Hussain reported in September that the economic crisis that devastated the country a few years ago was caused by corruption in the then “right-wing” government. While I would venture to say that there was (and still…

From the Daily Skeptic Author: David Telfer Whenever renewable energy subsidies are discussed on the internet, there's a sort of Godwin's law, which means inevitably someone will say: “Aksholi, fossil fuels are subsidized more than renewables”, or something to that effect , as shown in the example below. I've often thought this claim was false, but until now haven't delved into the details to prove it. Energy is one of the basic foundations of modern society. Almost any activity you can think of requires some type of energy input. Factories need energy to make things. Offices require energy to heat,…

Tristan Monastery It goes without saying that natural gas under normal conditions does not liquefy on its own. That seems to be the case with the Biden-Harris administration, which is a shame. As the gas emerges from the ground, it must be captured immediately, transported through a pipeline to a processing plant, processed, fed into another pipeline, and then transported to a liquefaction facility where it is supercooled to minus 260 degrees (Fahrenheit) and turned into a liquid . But that's only half the story. After liquefaction, the natural gas is loaded onto a specialized ship called an LNG carrier…

Substack from Robert Bryce FoMoCo lost $58,391 per electric vehicle sold during the quarter. Scandals surrounding Ford Motor Company's electric vehicles continue to swirl. This afternoon, the company reported a $1.224 billion loss from its electric vehicle business in the third quarter. In early October, the company reported that electric vehicle sales “grew 14.8%, reaching a record high of 20,962 units sold.” So simple division shows the storied automaker lost $58,391 on every electric vehicle it sold during the quarter. In the first nine months of 2024, losses from the company's electric vehicle business (known as Model e) totaled $3.7…

In a special event on October 25, 2024, we answered questions about climate change with panelists Dr. Rafael Méndez Tejeda, scientist Dr. Luis Alexis Rodríguez Cruz and journalist Johani Carolina Ponce. The event was moderated by Perla Marvell, Spanish editor of Yale Climate Connect. Repost this storyRepublish our articles for free online or in print under a Creative Commons license. Pearl Marvell is a multimedia storyteller with over 10 years of experience as a writer, reporter, photographer and producer. Pearl earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from New York University. Source link

“Exxon gets it!” is a rallying cry that has angered and inspired climate activists for decades. They claim that since the 1970s, “Exxon knew” that man-made climate change was “real” but lied about it, claiming there was no “crisis” and continually promoted its plan to “destroy the planet” of fuels and petrochemical raw materials. [emphasis, links added] Now, campaigners say “ExxonMobil has known for years” that little plastic waste is recycled. The oil giant deceived regulators and consumers by claiming that all plastic is recyclable and that its “advanced recycling” process keeps vast amounts of plastic out of landfills. California…