climatology – Kettinki

2024-04-26 @ 16.25.43 ∈ In English

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Carbon Offsets Don’t Work. Here’s Why

Individuals, companies and governments “offset” carbon emissions by paying to plant trees or fund solar panels in one place, so they can emit them elsewhere. Carbon credits are exchanged in the open market with the idea that carbon prices will go up – forcing companies to emit less. Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant looks at why carbon offsets may not solve the climate crisis.

2023-11-20 @ 16.33.07 ∈ In English

Opinion | I’m a Climate Scientist. I’m Not Screaming Into the Void Anymore.

Some politicians now actually campaign on climate change, instead of ignoring or lying about it. Congress passed federal climate legislation — something I’d long regarded as impossible — in 2022 as we turned in the first draft. And while the report stresses the urgency of limiting warming to prevent terrible risks, it has a new message, too: We can do this.

2023-06-16 @ 18.04.59 ∈ In English

We’ve pumped so much groundwater that we’ve nudged the Earth’s spin, says new study

By pumping water out of the ground and moving it elsewhere, humans have shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) east between 1993 and 2010 alone, according to a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters.

2023-06-10 @ 19.37.00 ∈ In English

Hidden carbon: Fungi and their ‘necromass’ absorb one-third of the carbon emitted by burning fossil fuels every year

[New] research shows [mycorrhizal fungi] may quietly be playing a bigger role in storing carbon than we thought. [Researchers] estimate the world's plants are transferring a staggering 3.58 billion tonnes of carbon per year to this underground network.

2022-10-03 @ 14.52.15 ∈ In English

Micromobility on Twitter

“🏭 Carbon emissions of transport modes. For more in-depth analysis - https://t.co/HaFaB9TU8D
h/t @LHInnovationHub”

2022-09-24 @ 21.14.19 ∈ In English

Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year

Three species found only in the Americas—the Black, Turkey and Yellow-headed vultures—are responsible for 96 percent of all vulture-related emissions mitigation worldwide[.]

2022-05-28 @ 15.54.09 ∈ Suomeksi

Suomesta löytyy nyt jatkuvasti uusia perhoslajeja, joita ilmaston lämpeneminen houkuttelee pohjoiseen

Suurperhosten lajimäärä kasvaa Suomessa. Esimerkiksi Kanta-Hämeessä on 127 perhoslajia enemmän kuin 50 vuotta sitten. Osa lajeista taas on katoamassa ympäristönmuutosten takia.

2022-04-07 @ 21.24.06 ∈ In English

We WILL Fix Climate Change!

It’s an age of doom and hopelessness and giving up seems the only sensible thing to do. But that’s not true. You are not doomed. Humanity is not doomed.

2021-06-03 @ 22.03.07 ∈ Suomeksi

Maan lämpöennätykset uusiksi

Aiempaa tarkemmat mittaukset paljastavat, että maapallon ehdottomasti kuumin paikka on Iranin Iso Hiekka-aavikko eli Dasht-e Lut. Siellä hiekka polttaa kuumina päivinä jalkoja jopa yli 80 asteessa. […] Itä-Antarktiksen keskiosien jäätasangon pinnasta mitattiin peräti 110,9 asteen pakkaslukema.

2019-08-24 @ 13.28.10 ∈ Suomeksi

Raekuuro tappoi tuhansia vesilintuja Yhdysvalloissa

Pesäpallon kokoiset rakeet moukaroivat vesilintujen pesimäaluetta Montanassa. Jopa kolmannes järvialueen linnuista menehtyi.