hanrahan

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/26283987

Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another great dying

Worryingly, in the past few decades geologists have discovered that many, if not most, of the mass extinctions of Earth history – including the very worst ever by far – were caused not by asteroids as they had expected, but by continent-spanning volcanic eruptions that injected catastrophic amounts of CO2 into the air and oceans.

Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another great dying

Worryingly, in the past few decades geologists have discovered that many, if not most, of the mass extinctions of Earth history – including the very worst ever by far – were caused not by asteroids as they had expected, but by continent-spanning volcanic eruptions that injected catastrophic amounts of CO2 into the air and oceans.

Pray for rain

Ahh yes, ranks up there with hope as far as effective actions go.

We had fire everywhere. We had evacuations everywhere. We had smoke at a scale that was remarkable,” said Paul Kovacs, the executive director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction at Western University. “And so for the first time, we had a different thought about wildfires as a country. With all of the smoke, it became a global conversation. This year is repeating all of that. This is a national issue. This can show up anywhere.”

I thought that was what the COPs were about,.the last 30 of them.have been nothing but "conversations", as will all the rest.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/post/379789

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/1142760

This summer, wildfires have caused evacuations across Canada and recently forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Some of the biggest impacts are being felt in the Prairies. In Manitoba, authorities recently issued evacuation orders for 15,000 people, mostly in the province's north. Many evacuees are brought to larger cities like Winnipeg, overwhelming hotels and emergency housing.

In Canada, climate-driven migration is often imagined as a distant threat that affects others in the world. But these evacuations foreshadow a future where internal displacement becomes a regular feature of Canadian life—and where cities must rethink how they plan for disruption.

Events like the 88,000-person evacuation from Fort McMurray, Alta. in 2016 and the destruction of Lytton, B.C. in 2021 show how fast rural populations can be displaced.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/25987191

An unreleased Australian government report on the economic and environmental risks posed by the climate crisis is “intense and scary”, and confronting even for those who work in the area, according to people familiar with the assessment.

Maybe Vote Green ?

An unreleased Australian government report on the economic and environmental risks posed by the climate crisis is “intense and scary”, and confronting even for those who work in the area, according to people familiar with the assessment.

Maybe Vote Green ?

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/25921722

They expect it to retreat several more kilometers in the next few years.

He said people who deny climate change frequently point to anomalies like Perito Moreno, which for a long time wasn't retreating when most other glaciers were

They expect it to retreat several more kilometers in the next few years.

He said people who deny climate change frequently point to anomalies like Perito Moreno, which for a long time wasn't retreating when most other glaciers were

WTF is wrong with us ?

Then this as well

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/07/csiro-job-cuts-research-budget

Hundreds more CSIRO jobs on the chopping block as experts raise fears over impact on science

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34101401

Cue Condescending Wonka.