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Paul Beckwith @paulhbeckwith.bsky.social · 1d

My new video…
Subpolar Gyre Branch of AMOC Ocean Circulation System may be on the Verge of Collapsing
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#climate #ClimateActionNow #weather #Atlantic #0ceans #ocean #globalwarming #weather

Subpolar Gyre Branch of AMOC Ocean Circulation System may be on the Verge of Collapse

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Guido Kühn @guido-kuehn.bsky.social · 23h

Transformation, Nazis in Land und Bundestag, marode Infrastruktur, Bildung, … Deutschland hat eine Menge Herausforderungen. Würstchen gehören tatsächlich nicht dazu - Kein Wunder, dass die Kompetenz-Union sich bis auf EU-Ebene ausgerechnet um Würstchen kümmert.

ILlustration von Merz als grollendes Würstchen. TExtzeile: Nur Würstchen haben Würstchenprobleme

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GN @w1ts3nd555.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing. A taxonomy of #climatechange #climatedenial talking points!

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Computer-assisted classification of contrarian claims about climate change - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Computer-assisted classification of contrarian claims about climate change

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HiveGeist.us @hivegeistus.bsky.social · 14d

The Law of Water:
Keep the balance — or face the flood.

Mesopotamia knew it: greed and corruption break the circle, catastrophe follows.

Now the circle breaks again.
Collapse is not coming — it is here.

#ClimateCollapse #ClimateCrisis #PatternRecognition

HiveGeist - The Law of Water

To make justice visible in the land, to destroy the wicked and evil, so that the strong might not oppress the weak. — Prologue to Hammurabi’s Code

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

This graphic shows average Arctic sea-ice thickness (average monthly volume divided by average monthly extent, 12-month running average). October, 2017, saw the minimum, at 1.228 meters. Current is 1.267 meters and falling fast.

What's next? The Climate 8-ball is frozen solid.

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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 1d

#Leon 28.5
Which is what we expect from a stronger Northern Hemisphere aerosol forcing and cloud feedback impacts.
Emerging hemispheric asymmetry of Earth’s radiation'
Norman Loeb...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 1d

#Leon 28.4
The most important data in the world comes from NASA satellites.
The Southern Hemisphere saw 'only' a 1.5 W/m² ASR increase and a 0.8 W/m² Net flux increase:
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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 1d

#Simons 28.3
The Northern Hemisphere showed an Absorbed Solar Radiation (ASR) increase of 2.2 W/m² in 20 years and Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) couldn't keep up, leading to a net flux increase of about 1.1 W/m², averaged over 255,000,000,000,000 m²:
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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 1d

28.2
The Northern Hemisphere now has a positive energy imbalance (with space).
This likely contributes to accelerated AMOC slow down!
As less heat needs to be transported northward through the Atlantic Ocean when the interhemispheric energy imbalance decreases.
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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 1d

#Simons 28.1
It shows that the Northern Hemisphere now absorbs more sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere and that both Hemispheres absorb more light than they radiate heat to space, leading to faster warming.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 1d

#SO 67.6
The oceans sequester about 25% of our carbon dioxide emissions,
but the results of this study suggest future
weakening of the Southern Ocean’s capacity leading to
faster atmospheric build up and further future warming.
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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 1d

The oceans sequester about 25% of our carbon dioxide emissions, but the results of this study suggest future weakening of the Southern Ocean’s capacity leading to faster atmospheric build up and further future warming.

Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 1d

#SO 67.5
The work is relevant to todays situation as once again ocean stratification is increasing,
but this time due to increasing heat input due to our greenhouse gas emissions.
This is being manifested in the dramatic increase and intensity of marine heatwaves.
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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 1d

The work is relevant to todays situation as once again ocean stratification is increasing, but this time due to increasing heat input due to our greenhouse gas emissions. This is being manifested in the dramatic increase and intensity of marine heatwaves.

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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 1d

#SO 67.4
the stratification was stronger, inhibiting mixing during the earlier cooler periods,
than in the later warmer ones.
This lower upwelling effectively kept CO2 levels lower by as much as 36ppm,
explaining the lukewarm climates.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 1d

#SO 67.3
430 ka, a period called the Mid-Brunhes Event, the interglacial periods were lukewarm compared to the events since, including the Holocene. CO2 levels were 30-40ppm lower than the later events. This kept the periods cooler and allowed greater Antarctic sea ice and a colder Southern Ocean.

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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 1d

#SO 67.2
Ocean Stratification controls the mixing of different layers of water, inhibiting upwelling and deep water formation. These two water column movements regulate the carbon storage of the oceans by releasing old carbon from the deep and absorbing and sequestering new carbon from the surface.

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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 1d

#SO67.1
study links stronger ocean stratification to past ‘lukewarm’ interglacials, but points to
lower ocean carbon sequestration in the future.
800 000 to 400 000 years ago
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 1d

The oceans sequester about 25% of our carbon dioxide emissions, but the results of this study suggest future weakening of the Southern Ocean’s capacity leading to faster atmospheric build up and further future warming.

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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 1d

The work is relevant to todays situation as once again ocean stratification is increasing, but this time due to increasing heat input due to our greenhouse gas emissions. This is being manifested in the dramatic increase and intensity of marine heatwaves.

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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 1d

Stratification in the oceans controls the mixing of different layers of water, inhibiting upwelling and deep water formation. These two water column movements regulate the carbon storage of the oceans by releasing old carbon from the deep and absorbing and sequestering new carbon from the surface.

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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 1d

A new paleoclimate study links stronger ocean stratification to past ‘lukewarm’ interglacials, but points to lower ocean carbon sequestration in the future.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#climatechange #oceans #stratification #sequestration #paleoclimate #interglacial

Enhanced deep Southern Ocean stratification during the lukewarm interglacials - Nature Communications

Lead (Pb) isotopes from a ferromanganese crust reveal that during lukewarm interglacials before the Mid-Brunhes Event, stronger deep Southern Ocean stratification limited CO2 release, helping keep atmospheric CO2 levels lower.

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 1d

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 1d

This 'AI making energy 100 times cheaper' statement by Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman to Trevor Noah on the What Now Podcast doesn't make any sense.

AI increases "energy" (electricity) demand, increasing electricity prices. Economics 101.

More:
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AI making energy cheaper is bollocks

YouTube video by Leon Simons

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · Aug 1

Hope you enjoy exploring this cool 3D app of the ocean focusing on NOAA World Ocean Atlas water column measurements of temp, salinity, dissolved O2, and nutrients!
#voxels #EcologicalMarineUnits

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🌊 🦑 🌎 🌍 🌏 #GISchat #geogchat #geogsky

Explore a 3D App of the Ocean

In this 10-minute tutorial, learn how 3D scenes and interactive controls allow for greater data exploration with the 3D Ocean Explorer app.

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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 1d

#VD20
neue Priesterklasse, Elon Musk
Zuckerberg, Jeff Besos

Trump ist einer der Vollstrecker der Techimperien. Die kalifornische Ideologie lehnt alles
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staatliche ab,
@scobel.bsky.social

Matrix 2025: Gefangen in der Kalifornischen Ideologie
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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 1d

#5C11.3
@plasticsediment.bsky.social
Super Plastik Vortrag
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Thomas Boettcher @thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 1d

carbon released after exposure of polypropylene #plastic to UV light is 17%
The @bcarneyalmroth.bsky.social figure has the arrow plastic to Climate Change.
Dr. Florian Pohl "plastic-pollution as carbon emitter".
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#5C11.2
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