Jan Herder
@janherder.bsky.social
Gaian, trees, permaculture, history, archaeology, Birder, vegan, Covid conscious. Environmental Realist: Doomer. Posting on Overshoot, climate, weather and issues of collapse equity. Living on colonized Passamaquoddy land.
I always appreciate your juxtapositions when you write. And I especially appreciate your use of the present tense. It’s been hell on earth for all creatures great and small, as Victor Hugo pointed out. We just pretended we aren’t animals.
December 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I always appreciate your juxtapositions when you write. And I especially appreciate your use of the present tense. It’s been hell on earth for all creatures great and small, as Victor Hugo pointed out. We just pretended we aren’t animals.
Getting close to net zero
December 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Getting close to net zero
There’s nothing ‘slow’ about what is occurring
December 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
There’s nothing ‘slow’ about what is occurring
Reposted by Jan Herder
I'm dumbfounded every time I see this methane graph
We don't know what the last time was that methane concentrations were this high (1943 ppb @noaa.gov).
Maybe 55 million years ago during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)?
We don't know what the last time was that methane concentrations were this high (1943 ppb @noaa.gov).
Maybe 55 million years ago during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)?
March 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I'm dumbfounded every time I see this methane graph
We don't know what the last time was that methane concentrations were this high (1943 ppb @noaa.gov).
Maybe 55 million years ago during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)?
We don't know what the last time was that methane concentrations were this high (1943 ppb @noaa.gov).
Maybe 55 million years ago during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)?
The city sits downwind of the lake apparently. Location location location
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The city sits downwind of the lake apparently. Location location location
Not sure we have a choice
December 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Not sure we have a choice