Drastic polar ice melt is slowing Earth’s rotation, counteracting a speedup from the planet’s liquid outer core. The upshot is that we might need to subtract a leap second for the first time ever within the decade https://t.co/Xpa4HmHb2G
— Scientific American (@sciam) March 27, 2024
Category: Environmental
Poor things
More than half of #Florida’s manatees now depend on power plants' warm water outfalls to survive cold weather. What happens when the power plants no longer have warm water outfalls? https://t.co/z8riOuphtT via @mahoneysthename
— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) March 12, 2024
Maybe submit a closing plan when they start drilling?
“Nobody really knows what you’re supposed to do”: Leaking, exploding abandoned wells wreak havoc in West Texas
With @insideclimate: https://t.co/OESkNPhhmk
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) March 4, 2024
Texas burning
Incredible. The Texas #SmokehouseCreek fire has burned an estimated 850,000 acres. It is closing in on the state's largest fire on record.@ssdance reports, w/ @AmudalatAjasa, @MatthewCappucci + @KashaPatel ⤵️https://t.co/QcLWbZY9IF
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) February 28, 2024
Ugh
Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study finds https://t.co/i3h4AEHGOn
— Guardian Environment (@guardianeco) February 9, 2024
It’s just weather, right?
Interesting fact:
The Albany, Wisconsin tornado that just occurred a few moments ago is the first ever documented Wisconsin tornado in the month of February! https://t.co/cFYUdK4duZ pic.twitter.com/QUil8EsYzv
— Nick Krasznavolgyi (@NickKrasz_Wx) February 8, 2024
Water, water everywhere
I covered the stormwater beat when I was a reporter, and just looking at the overdeveloped hills of Los Angeles County makes me hyperventilate. Just one funnel after another…
Mudslides, debris flows, flash flooding, fallen trees and blocked roads are among the hazards that emergency services are continuing to deal with after heavy rain hit California. pic.twitter.com/jPl66QliKw
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 6, 2024
Climate change is making atmospheric rivers stronger, increasing the amount of rain they sweep up and dump on the west coast of North America. This is putting more and more people at risk every year, all the way from Baja California to BC. https://t.co/dXSsg81PAq
— The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) February 5, 2024
Swell
Rio de Janeiro has declared a public health emergency because of an outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever, just days before Carnival celebrations kick off across Brazil https://t.co/U9hOnIoSDz
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) February 6, 2024
We are so surprised
Must be that “middle ground” common sense Joe loves to mouth off about:
As @Sen_JoeManchin, Coal-WV, finishes his time in the U.S. Senate at least five of his staffers take new jobs with fossil fuel companies, notably @exxonmobil, Luke Goldstein at @TheProspect reports.#revolvingdoor https://t.co/KKU3H4Jf4u
— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) January 20, 2024
Half-winded
The wind that blows over the Great Lakes is strong and consistent. In theory, tapping into the wind resource over them would allow the electric grid to rely more on renewables. Yet that hasn't happened. (Via @insideclimate) https://t.co/r28rfNvT90
— grist (@grist) November 28, 2023