Any doubts about Climate Change?

**S Landreth** · 04-08-2021, 04:46 AM

Dr. Robert Rohde - Over the first six months of 2021, 3.9% of the Earth's surface has had a record high average temperature.

Nowhere has been record cold.

https://twitter.com/RARohde/status/1421131167210819599

Artic Sea Ice Extent

The seasonal decline in Arctic sea ice extent was fairly rapid during the first week of July, but slowed later in the month. The monthly average extent for July 2021 was 7.69 million square kilometers (2.97 million square miles). This was 400,000 square kilometers (154,000 square miles) above the record low for the month set in 2020 and 1.78 million square kilometers (687,000 square miles) below the 1981 to 2010 average. The average extent for the month ranks fourth lowest in the passive microwave satellite record. The rapid ice loss in the Laptev Sea early in the melt season has slowed, but extent in the Laptev remains well below average. Ice extent in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas continues to be near the long-term average.

National Snow and Ice Data Center |

just because…………

Climate crisis: one month of flash floods, wildfires and heatwaves

In the last month, devastating weather extremes have hit regions across the world. From flash floods in Belgium to deadly temperatures in the US, from wildfires in Siberia to landslides in India, it has been an unprecedented period of chaotic weather. Climate scientists have long predicted that human-caused climate disruption would lead to more flooding, heatwaves, droughts, storms and other forms of extreme weather, but even they have been shocked by the scale of these scenes

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Biden mileage rule to exceed Obama climate goal

In a major step against climate change, President Joe Biden is proposing a return to aggressive Obama-era vehicle mileage standards over five years, according to industry and government officials briefed on the plan. He’s then aiming for even tougher anti-pollution rules after that to forcefully reduce greenhouse gas emissions and nudge 40% of U.S. drivers into electric vehicles by decade’s end.

The proposed rules from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation reflect Biden’s pledge to attack climate change but also balance concerns of the auto industry, which is urging a slower transition to zero-emission electric vehicles.

The regulatory action would tighten tailpipe emissions standards rolled back under President Donald Trump. The proposed rules are expected to be released as early as next week, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the rules haven’t been finalized.

Environmental groups said Tuesday that the proposal did not go far enough.

“The world isn’t the same as it was in 2012 when President Obama signed the clean car standards,” said Katherine Garcia, acting director of Sierra Club’s Clean Transportation for All campaign. “Millions of Americans have had to swelter in heat waves, evacuate their homes in the face of onrushing wildfires, or bail out flooded homes.”

Biden has set a goal of cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by at least half by 2030. The transportation sector is the single biggest U.S. contributor to climate change.

The proposed rules would begin with the 2023 car model year, applying California’s 2019 framework agreement on emissions standards reached with Ford, Volkswagen, Honda, BMW and Volvo, according to three of the officials. The California deal increases the mileage standard and cuts greenhouse gas emissions by 3.7% per year.

Requirements ramp up in 2025 to Obama-era levels of a 5% annual increase in the mileage standard and a similar cut in emissions. They then go higher than that for model year 2026, one of the people said, perhaps in the range of 6% or 7%.

Neither EPA nor the Transportation Department would comment on the proposal.

The new standards aim to go partway in meeting the call from environmental groups, which had pushed for a more immediate return to at least the Obama-era standards.

**misskit** · 04-08-2021, 10:03 PM

After decades of reliance on oil & gas, Russia starts preparations to adapt economy for global green energy transition – reports

The Russian government is to create a set of working groups to help the country’s economy adapt to the global energy transition, as the international demand for hydrocarbons decreases due to the development of alternative sources.

That’s according to a source cited by Moscow business daily RBK, which revealed that Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has put First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov in charge of the new initiative. At the initial stage, the working groups will identify the risks and opportunities of the global energy transition for the Russian economy, with the plan to assess all scenarios and work out the optimal route for the country to take.

The groups will focus on scientific support, adapting the already-existing industry, restructuring energy projects and protecting the environment. The so-called energy transition refers to a gradual worldwide change away from fossil fuel production and consumption to renewable energy sources and nuclear power. In June, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak revealed that Russia is already changing tack, noting that 60% of all energy generation capacity commissioned in the country in 2020 was either solar or wind power. In recent years, revenue from oil and gas has become a much smaller part of the government’s budget.

With hydrocarbons being such a significant part of the Russian economy, moving into the green energy market is regarded as being of the utmost importance. Last month, former deputy prime minister Anatoly Chubais revealed that the global rejection of hydrocarbons could cost Russia 10 percent of its GDP, a result that he called “more than serious.” Chubais currently works as President Vladimir Putin’s representative on sustainable development and coordination with international organizations.

In recent years, Putin has spoken more regularly about climate change, encouraging businesses around the country to cut down on their emissions. Speaking last year to the Valdai Club think tank, he called for an end to “unrestrained and unlimited consumption,” noting that tensions regarding climate change had “reached a critical point.”

“It affects pipeline systems, residential districts built on permafrost, and so on,” Putin explained. “If as much as 25% of the near-surface layers of permafrost – which is about three or four meters – melts by 2100, we will feel the effect very strongly.”

After decades of reliance on oil & gas, Russia starts preparations to adapt economy for global green energy transition – reports — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

**Backspin** · 04-08-2021, 11:43 PM

Russia is already a world leader in zero carbon energy.

Russia leads the world at nuclear-reactor exports.
Russia leads the world at nuclear-reactor exports | The Economist
The nuclear power industry, which had been in the doldrums since the 1980s, suffered a devastating blow in 2011 when a tsunami engulfed the Fukushima power plant in Japan, ultimately causing a meltdown. The amount of electricity generated by nuclear power worldwide plunged 11% in two years, and has not recovered since. Within this declining industry, one country now dominates the market for design and export of nuclear plants: Russia.

Flat domestic demand for electricity has curtailed construction of new plants at home, so Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear-power company, has been flogging its wares abroad. It is focused on what some call the “great grand middle”: countries that are close allies of neither the United States nor Russia. In April Russia started building Turkey’s first nuclear plant, worth $20bn. Its first reactor is due for completion in 2023. Rosatom says it has 33 new plants on its order book, worth some $130bn. A dozen are under construction, including in Bangladesh, India and Hungary

**pickel** · 05-08-2021, 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by Backspin

Russia leads the world at nuclear-reactor exports.

They also lead the world in radiation exports.

**Backspin** · 05-08-2021, 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by pickel

They also lead the world in radiation exports.

Chernobyl was Ukraine. Not russia

**pickel** · 05-08-2021, 01:06 AM

Originally Posted by Backspin

Chernobyl was Ukraine. Not russia

And where was the Politburo located at the time?

**harrybarracuda** · 05-08-2021, 01:28 AM

Originally Posted by pickel

And where was the Politburo located at the time?

Skidmark: The gift that keeps on giving.

**RPETER65** · 05-08-2021, 10:45 PM

Harry should be happy to see this

Mass manufacture of tidal turbines a step closer as firm seals funding

**RPETER65** · 06-08-2021, 12:26 AM

"World’s Most Powerful” Tidal Turbine Starts Pumping Green Electricity To Onshore Grid | IFLScience

**harrybarracuda** · 06-08-2021, 02:02 AM

Always good when it's something that's actually in production repeater.

The less fossil fuel power stations required, the better.

**S Landreth** · 06-08-2021, 11:50 AM

Copernicus – July 2021 tied with July 2020 as the 3^rd warmest July on record.

Globally, July 2021 was:

0.33°C warmer than the 1991-2020 average for July
very similar in temperature to July 2020, making the two years the joint third warmest Julys on record
cooler by only 0.07°C than July 2019
cooler by only 0.03°C than July 2016.

Copernicus

Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse

Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points.

The research found “an almost complete loss of stability over the last century” of the currents that researchers call the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). The currents are already at their slowest point in at least 1,600 years, but the new analysis shows they may be nearing a shutdown.

Such an event would have catastrophic consequences around the world, severely disrupting the rains that billions of people depend on for food in India, South America and West Africa; increasing storms and lowering temperatures in Europe; and pushing up the sea level in the eastern North America. It would also further endanger the Amazon rainforest and Antarctic ice sheets.

The complexity of the AMOC system and uncertainty over levels of future global heating make it impossible to forecast the date of any collapse for now. It could be within a decade or two, or several centuries away. But the colossal impact it would have means it must never be allowed to happen, the scientists said.

“The signs of destabilisation being visible already is something that I wouldn’t have expected and that I find scary,” said Niklas Boers, from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, who did the research. “It’s something you just can’t [allow to] happen.”

It is not known what level of CO2 would trigger an AMOC collapse, he said. “So the only thing to do is keep emissions as low as possible. The likelihood of this extremely high-impact event happening increases with every gram of CO2 that we put into the atmosphere”.

Scientists are increasingly concerned about tipping points – large, fast and irreversible changes to the climate. Boers and his colleagues reported in May that a significant part of the Greenland ice sheet is on the brink, threatening a big rise in global sea level. Others have shown recently that the Amazon rainforest is now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs, and that the 2020 Siberian heatwave led to worrying releases of methane

Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation | Nature Climate Change

Crucial ocean system could be collapsing—which would have catastrophic effects

**RPETER65** · 06-08-2021, 07:57 PM

How a federal agency is blocking America'''s largest wind farm - Los Angeles Times

**harrybarracuda** · 06-08-2021, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by RPETER65

How a federal agency is blocking America'''s largest wind farm - Los Angeles Times

The answer is right in the article repeater:

reroute the power line.

**RPETER65** · 10-08-2021, 04:24 AM

I am sure Biden’s goals in his executive order limiting the number of fossil fuels is admirable but very short sighted as this article explains.

What You Need to Know About Biden Executive Order on Electric Vehicles

**S Landreth** · 10-08-2021, 04:33 AM

^Heard it before……….COMMENTARY BY - The Heritage Foundation.

Other countries are worse

The US should lead

**Backspin** · 10-08-2021, 11:24 AM

Snowing in Bilibino Russia today.

**cyrille** · 10-08-2021, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by Backspin

Snowing in Bilibino Russia today.

An illustration of the words 'climate change', or do you still not understand them?

**HermantheGerman** · 10-08-2021, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Skidmark: The gift that keeps on giving.

Good one!

**HermantheGerman** · 10-08-2021, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by cyrille

An illustration of the words 'climate change', or do you still not understand them?

"Backspin"...the name says it all.

**HermantheGerman** · 10-08-2021, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by S Landreth

Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points.

There are still some experts who keep saying: "it's not too late yet" or "not in my lifetime but my kids will have to face the consequences".
I believe they are dead wrong. We are going to face the music now and ultimately we will be running out of handkerchiefs.

Climate Change is irreversible!
Just my humble opinion

**S Landreth** · 10-08-2021, 12:13 PM

^I was going to wait to post this Friday when NOAA’s (and NASA’s) numbers would be out for July 2021, but now might be a good time.

In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s sixth assessment report on climate science | Carbon Brief

a snippet………

What does the report say about the impact humans are having?

AR6 contains a chapter dedicated to assessing the human influence on the climate system, which opens with the statement: “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the global climate system since pre-industrial times”.

The technical summary explains that evidence for the human influence on climate change has grown stronger in successive IPCC reports:

“The evidence for human influence on recent climate change has strengthened progressively from the IPCC second assessment report [in 1995] to the AR5 [in 2013-14] and is even stronger in this assessment, including for regional scales and for extremes.”

Speaking at a press briefing, IPCC author Prof Ed Hawkins noted that the word “unequivocal” was used in AR5 for observed warming, but for AR6 “it is used for human influence on the climate”. He added:

“So it is a statement of fact, we cannot be any more certain; it is unequivocal and indisputable that humans are warming the planet…And every government agreed to that [wording in the SPM].”

**harrybarracuda** · 10-08-2021, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by HermantheGerman

"Backspin"...the name says it all.

I think "Skidmark" says it better: A small shitstain that is hard to remove.

**Klondyke** · 10-08-2021, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by RPETER65

What You Need to Know About Biden Executive Order on Electric Vehicles

18-wheels trucks included?

**Joe 90** · 11-08-2021, 05:47 AM

Floods, fires etc around the globe.

For the last year and a half there has been minimal air and car emissions due to Covid lockdown.

Has this made a difference?

Apparently not.

So what's the answer?

**RPETER65** · 11-08-2021, 06:00 AM

WHELAN: President Biden Wants You To Listen To The Science, Just Not When It Comes To Electric Vehicles | The Daily Caller

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