#climate

thefifthseason@venera.social

An amount of land equivalent to the Isle of Wight has been added to the shorelines of 13,000 islands around the world in just the last 20 years. This fascinating fact of a 369.67 square kilometre increase has recently been discovered by a group of Chinese scientists analysing both surface and satellite records. Overall, land was lost during the 1990s, but the scientists found that in the study period of three decades to 2020 there was a net increase of 157.21 km2. The study observed considerable natural variation in both erosion and accretion.[...]

The scientists identify many reasons why islands can grow in size despite the small annual rises in sea level seen in many parts of the world. It is noted that island shorelines are constantly changing due to factors such tides, winds, nearshore hydrodynamics and the transport of sediment. On inhabited islands, human action such as fish farming and land reclamation can be important.

Of course, humans action can have a number of unintended consequences, notably the mining of coral and the breakdown of natural water barriers.


Good to know facts, lets see what another three decades will do. The article itself isn't much of a read do to its poking a laugh at the climate change hysteria, its not good journalism, but the article does present a counterbalance to the one-sided alarmism that seem to prevail. (Environmental knowledge is inversely associated with climate change anxiety - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-023-03518-z)

#Climate #Water #Islands #Alarmism
Islands That Climate Alarmists Said Would Soon "Disappear" Due to Rising Sea Found to Have Grown in Size – The Daily Sceptic

berternste2@diasp.nl

Photo of blillboard by Foka Wolf

Fake ads, real politics: the art of Foka Wolf, the ‘Birmingham Banksy’ – in pictures

The Guardian

Anonymous street artist Foka Wolf uses the language of advertising to highlight political and social issues, from the PPE crisis to food banks. “I grew up in a low income, single-parent household,” he says, “so I take it very fucking personally when people in power try and demonise those who are broke and voiceless.” Known as the Birmingham Banksy (“I prefer Poundland Banksy”), Wolf has fooled countless people with his fake billboards. “There’s a lot of power in putting words on paper. One poster was offering students money to grow 23 pairs of ears on their back and quite a few people were up for it.” During tough political times, does it get harder to make satire? “Easier. More dickheads – more targets.” (...)

Complete article

Tags: #art #street_art #protest #advertising #social_issues #food_banks #climate #climate_change #climate_crisis #social_services #inequality #poverty

wazoox@diasp.eu

Climate target organisation faces staff revolt over carbon-offsetting plan | Emissions trading | The Guardian

#politics #environment #climate

Staff at one of the world’s leading climate-certification organisations have called for the CEO and board members to resign after they announced plans to allow companies to meet their climate targets with carbon offsets.

They fear that companies will use the offsets for greenwashing [...]

"Offsets" are 100% greenwashing, period.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/11/climate-target-organisation-faces-staff-revolt-over-carbon-offsetting-plan-sbti

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

The #CorbettReport | Ben Pile on The Behavioural Sciences and the Populist Revolt | Apr. 9, 2024

Source: https://www.bitchute.com/video/4XgLL7PlZfWu
Joining us today is Ben Pile of The Net Zero #Scandal and #Climate #Debate. We discuss his recent article, “ #Behavioural #Scientists Aren’t Just Wrong About #How to Win Over Electorates to Crackpot Progressive Policies; Their Evident #Contempt for the #Masses Has Contributed to the Global Populist Revolt” and what it tells us about the out of touch elitists of the globalist #technocratic jet set . . . and #why they are losing the #war for the #public’s hearts and #minds.

Show Notes:
The Net Zero Scandal
Climate Debate
The rash of Carney
The unofficial official ideology of British institutions
Why there is no ‘climate crisis’
Behavioural Scientists Aren’t Just Wrong About How to Win Over Electorates to Crackpot Progressive Policies; Their Evident Contempt for the Masses Has Contributed to the Global Populist Revolt
2016 Margaret Klein Salamon paper calling for creation of a climate emergency movement
How To Protest (Extinction Rebellion Style!)
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government, which is the true ruling power of our country.” —Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928)
SPI-B: “Use of fear to control behaviour in Covid crisis was ‘totalitarian’, admit scientists”
Susan Michie: British professor who is member of the Communist party appointed as chair of WHO advisory group

berternste2@diasp.nl

Scientists confirm record highs for three most important heat-trapping gases

The Guardian

Global concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide climbed to unseen levels in 2023, underlining climate crisis.

The levels of the three most important heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached new record highs again last year, US scientists have confirmed, underlining the escalating challenge posed by the climate crisis.

Complete article

Photo of women in street with large sign saying 40 degrees Celsius
A young woman protects herself from the sun in São Paulo, Brazil, on 14 November 2023. Photograph: Sebastião Moreira/EPA.

Tags: #climate #climate_change #climate_crisis #global_warming #antarctic #greenhouse_gas

berternste2@diasp.nl

‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe

The Guardian

An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem.

Complete article

Photo of emperor penguins with cick
Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drowned last year when the sea-ice broke up before they could fully fledge. Photograph: Fritz Polking/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images.

Tags: #climate #climate_change #climate_crisis #global_warming #antarctic #greenhouse_gas