When we think of the coming disasters of global warming, rising sea levels, disruptions to agriculture and disappearing species come readily to mind.
We don’t necessarily think of the livability of the Earth’s surface. But if global warming continues to worsen — and every indication is that will be so — there will be places on Earth that could become uninhabitable.
Uninhabitable in the literal meaning of human beings not being able to survive there.
Such places could come into existence during this century, and perhaps sooner than even climate scientists currently fear, given that lethal combinations of heat and humidity have started to occur for brief periods of time.
We are not talking about thinly populated or uninhabited desert locations. We are talking here…
As the Financial Times generally sees itself as the in-house newspaper of the boss class here in the UK, then it’s sometimes worthwhile dipping in to see exactly what our class enemy is up to.
‘The comforting euphemism that the British police are there to “keep the peace” disguises a harder reality: that their paramount role is to maintain the state’s monopoly of the use of force.’
Climate stories out of China often involve big numbers, both positive and negative. This one caught my attention recently though. The latest state energy announcement is for 455GW of new renewable energy by 2030.
That’s 10% of the entire globe’s renewable energy capacity right now, but it wasn’t the big number that I was interested in, but where China intends to place it. The country is turning to its desert regions to provide solar and wind power, with large amounts set to be installed in the Gobi desert in particular. Former coal mining land will also be turned over to renewable energy as mines are shut down.
This isn’t just a matter of putting energy infrastructure out of the way, and where land is cheap – although both of those things would be true. It’s also about land restoration and combating desertification. According to a report from the Xinhua News…
When we think of the coming disasters of global warming, rising sea levels, disruptions to agriculture and disappearing species come readily to mind.
We don’t necessarily think of the livability of the Earth’s surface. But if global warming continues to worsen — and every indication is that will be so — there will be places on Earth that could become uninhabitable.
Uninhabitable in the literal meaning of human beings not being able to survive there.
Such places could come into existence during this century, and perhaps sooner than even climate scientists currently fear, given that lethal combinations of heat and humidity have started to occur for brief periods of time.
We are not talking about thinly populated or uninhabited desert locations. We are talking here of cities where tens and hundreds of thousands of people currently live.
Yes, one more reason for humanity to tackle global warming.
To understand why survivability could become impossible in small geographic regions in the foreseeable future and, potentially, much larger regions in the more distant future should current trends in global warming continue, we need to turn to an obscure meteorological measurement known as the “wet-bulb temperature.”
This is different from the common air temperature, nor is it the same as the various versions of a “heat index” that provide a “feel like” temperature.
Ante el vertiginoso encarecimiento del petróleo por las sanciones occidentales a Rusia, EE.UU. y sus aliados buscan que dos de los países que más han sancionado en estos años, Irán y Venezuela, alivien la situación.
Si como la lógica política indica, los gobiernos de ambas naciones no respondieran afirmativamente al urgente llamamiento de EE.UU. y su “Mónica Levinsky” de Bruselas, experta en fellatio criminal y económica, mucho nos tememos que podrían generarse dos nuevos y gravísimos conflictos bélicos dirigidos a Teherán y Caracas en forma de inmediata invasión de consecuencias desastrosas para el mundo.
The Navy say an unidentified guided-missile destroyer of the same class as Dewey, shown here, can’t deploy because it is commanded by an officer they cannot fire due to an ongoing COVID vaccine lawsuit. (Navy)
An ongoing legal battle over whether the military can force troops to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has left the Navy with a warship they say they can’t deploy because it is commanded by an officer they cannot fire.
It’s a standoff the brass are calling a “manifest national security concern,” according to recent federal court filings.
Madagascar is paying for the Fossil Fuel Junkies of the West, suffering a ‘worst ever drought’ followed by a series of back to back intense cyclones. Many live on less than $1 a day and their climate footprint is a minuscule fraction of the average north American.
From 2008 to 2018, natural disasters have cost the agricultural sectors of developing economies more than $108 billion in damaged crop and livestock production.
Over the same period, Asia was the most hard-hit region, with overall economic losses of $49 billion, followed by Africa at $30 billion, and Latin America and the Caribbean at $29 billion.
For the fifth time in six weeks, heavy rain and destructive wind are blowing into Madagascar from the Indian Ocean. Tropical Cyclone Emnati made landfall along the eastern coast between the cities of Mananjary and Manakara late on February 22, 2022.
In January,2022, a series of torrential tropical rainstorms was followed by tropical depression and storm Ana and a line of storms in Feb and March.
Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change through the Department of Climate and Meteorological services (DCCMS) has warned Malawians to stay alert as Tropical Storm GOMBE s expected to enhance rainfall over Malawi.
DCCMS released a public notice on March 8, 2022 informing the public that the Tropical Storm GOMBE has developed in Indian Ocean and as of yesterday March 8, 2022 it landed over Madagascar and was moving westwards at the speed of 8kilometers per hour.
It has been noted that the weather models are indicating that GOMBE is expected to continue moving westwards and intensify as it enters the Mozambique channel by today March 9, 2022.
“The storm is likely to make landfall over the Mozambique coast by Friday and enhance rainfall over Malawi.
According to the National Institute for Disaster Management, food aid destined for distribution in the affected districts was damaged by the rain, with the roofs of warehouses being ripped off.
After hitting the mainland, the cyclone weakened slightly, according to Mozambique’s meteorological institute, which said the cyclone’s winds were blowing at 130km/h with gusts up to 165km/h.
Heavy rains, very strong winds and thunderstorms are expected in the central and northern provinces of Mozambique, the meteorological institute said.
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