“There is “no credible pathway” to keep the rise in global temperatures below the key threshold of 1.5C, according to a bleak new UN assessment.
“Scientists believe that going beyond 1.5C would see dangerous impacts for people all over the world. The report says that since COP26 last year, governments carbon cutting plans have been “woefully inadequate”.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63407459
“Atmospheric levels of all three greenhouse gases hit record high.
“Atmospheric levels of all three greenhouse gases have reached record highs, according to a study by the World Meteorological Organization, which scientists say means the world is “heading in the wrong direction”.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/26/atmospheric-levels-greenhouse-gases-record-high
“Report: Earth’s vital signs signal a ‘code red’ climate emergency.
“Five years ago, more than 15,000 experts signed the “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice” regarding the imminent dangers posed by climate change. The latest update to that research, published in the journal BioScience, says the Earth’s vital signs have reached “code red.””
https://kjzz.org/content/1820647/report-earths-vital-signs-signal-code-red-climate-emergency
“UK security in danger as govt fails to prepare for extreme weather sparked by climate change – report.
“The UK’s national security is in danger due to the government’s failure to prepare for the increasing risk of extreme weather events caused by climate change, a parliamentary report has found.”
“Climate crisis fuelling unseasonably warm October in UK and Europe, say experts…
“The mild temperatures come amid dire concerns from the UN’s environment agency, which says countries’ pledges to cut carbon emissions have been “woefully inadequate”.”
“Up to 27 degrees [80.6F] in Germany this weekend amid record-breaking mild October.
“The weather in Germany has been unseasonably mild for the last few days, and despite November being just around the corner, this weekend will see summer-like temperatures of up to 27 degrees celsius in some parts of the country – making this the warmest October we’ve seen in nearly 150 years.”
“Battle of the Alps? Water woes loom amid climate change…
“The crystal-clear waters issuing from the Alps could become increasingly contested as the effects of climate change and glacier melt become more apparent. Italy wants them for crop irrigation in the spring and summer. Swiss authorities want to hold up flows to help hydroelectric plants rev up, when needed.”
“This October set to be warmest on record in France.
“France is set to have the hottest October on record as forecasters are predicting a continuous spell of warm weather throughout the remainder of the week. This is likely to break records, and subsequently cause mosquitoes to remain present for some time.”
“34C [93.2F] and it’s nearly November: Is this the hottest October on record in Spain?
“Spain’s State Meteorological Agency Aemet said in a Tweet: “it’s very unusual for the time and we are not ruling out that this October will be the warmest in Spain on record”.”
“More abnormal weather in Europe. This night is warmer than a July night in the Basque region of Spain.
“San Sebastian is with 28C [82.4F] in the middle of the night. Next 2 nights minimum temperatures in Bilbao might remain above 23C. This October anomaly in the area is being abysmal.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1585783356565770242
“Spain is once again ablaze with firemen fighting at least ten forest fires across the north of the country.
“According to authorities two new fires erupted on Friday, October 28 in the Basque Country, adding to the ten or so still active in Cantabria. Eight villages have been evacuated in Berango as a result of the fires in Vizcaya, whilst two in La Arboleda de Ortuella are said to be out of control.”
https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/10/28/spain-is-once-again-ablaze-as-fires-rage-across-the-north/
“Massive hailstorm wreaks havoc in parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
“Residents took to social media to share pictures of huge hailstones on Tuesday. Resident Janine O’Neill said she has lived in the Midlands since 2008 and had never seen hail that big before… O’Neill shared pictures of the hailstones, some as big as an egg.”
“‘Urgent’ support needed as floods displace millions in west and central Africa.
“Urgent support is needed as extreme flooding continues to devastate west and central Africa, the UN has said. For weeks, flooding has submerged parts of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, killing at least 700 and displacing more than 1,500,000.”
“Flooding: Experts warn of epidemic as corpses float [Nigeria]…
“The President of the NMA, Dr Uche Ojinmah, in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, lamented that corpses were floating in floods, adding that the government should swing into action to prevent an epidemic.”
https://punchng.com/flooding-experts-warn-of-epidemic-as-corpses-float/
“Egypt: Heavy rain leaves Cairo streets flooded, hits many provinces.
“… streets were flooded and traffic was disrupted. When the densely populated capital is used to more than 200 days of sunshine a year… The number of weather, climate, and water-related disasters increased by a factor of five over the past 50 years, a recent multi-agency report revealed.”
“Tanzania starts rationing water due to drought.
“Tanzanian authorities on Thursday began rationing water in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam following a drought-induced drop in water levels from its main source, the Ruvu river. The 5.5 million inhabitants of the Indian Ocean city will go without piped water for 24 hours on alternating days.”
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1004247-tanzania-starts-rationing-water-due-to-drought
“Cholera rages through Middle East and Africa amid vaccine shortage…
““In the Middle East, more and more people suffer from food insecurity and malnutrition due to different factors linked to conflict, [economic] crisis, drought and water scarcity, making them more vulnerable in case of cholera epidemic,” said Oweis.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/26/middleeast/cholera-middle-east-mime-intl/index.html
“On 26 October the heat was still fierce in Middle East: the temperature reached 40.2C [104.4F] at Abadan, in Iran. This is one of the latest 40C ever recorded in Iran/Middle East/Asia.
“In Asia, only Saudi Arabia and Pakistan had November records above 40C. (Yemen 40.0C).”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1585541812269244416
“With changing weather patterns and rising extremities every season, a recent study has found that India saw a 55% increase in deaths due to extreme heat between 2000-2004 and 2017-2021…
“The Lancet study also noted that excessive heat also led to a loss of 167.2 billion potential labour hours among Indians in 2021.”
“Bangladesh farmers turn to floating rafts to grow crops. As rising seas and storm flooding threaten more farmland, farmers in climate crisis-hit country revive old practice.
“The approach, now practised by some 6,000 subsistence farmers across the swampy southwest, may prove crucial as climate change sends sea levels higher and makes monsoons more erratic.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/10/27/photos-bangladesh-farmers-revive-floating-farms
“Vietnamese shrimp, lobster farms report mass deaths amid extreme weather.
“Typhoons Sonca and Mulan hit farms in Vietnam’s coastal province of Phu Yen — a region with a production capacity of over 1,000t of lobster per year — hard.”
“Death toll rises to at least 31 in flash flood in southern Philippines…
“Nasrullah Imam, head of the Maguindanao provincial disaster risk reduction and management office, said troops and police were deployed in place to help rescue and evacuate local residents. Local media reported that the heavy rain was related to the [approaching] tropical storm Nalgae…”
https://english.news.cn/20221028/dde10ad656f3434097cd01c70f3fa407/c.html
“North Queensland residents have been shocked to find hailstones falling in Townsville as a heatwave grips the region.
“The Bureau of Meteorology says hailstorms are rare in places such as Townsville. This is because the hail forms higher in the atmosphere and has longer to melt as it falls… Forecaster Peter Clarson said the storm was “incredible”.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-28/hail-in-townsville-as-heatwave-persists-in-north/101588100
“Farmers in north-west NSW race against time as wall of flood water heads their way.
““In the worst flood-affected areas, we have seen production losses of winter crops, horticulture and dairy production. We expect there will be extensive damage to farm buildings, fencing and roads,” the spokesperson said.”
“Record Rainfall and Soil Moisture Levels Take Toll on Community and Primary Sector [Hawkes Bay, New Zealand]…
““Awanui, a site on the Heretaunga Plains, has already racked up a rainfall total that exceeds all previous annual totals recorded at the site, with two and a half months of the year to go. Awanui rainfall this year to date is 766 mm compared with an average of 470 mm.”
“Passengers on a flight to Paraguay have faced a terrifying journey after a storm caused massive damage to their plane.
“The LATAM A320 flight was on its way to the capital Asunción from Santiago in Chile when bad weather forced the pilots to perform a go around and divert to Foz de Iguacu Airport in Brazil.”
“‘Severe turbulence’ hits Spain-Argentina flight; 12 injured, aircraft cabin damaged.
“A dozen passengers flying from Spain to Argentina were injured earlier this week when their flight hit turbulence and allegedly threw them up against the cabin ceiling, reported UK media on Friday… the flight encountered severe turbulence over the Atlantic Ocean near Brazil…”
“Third Straight Drought Is Upending Key Argentine Planting Season.
“A near-relentless drought is threatening soybean and corn growing in Argentina, a gut-punch for global crop markets already on edge from US weather risks and Ukraine disruptions… The situation is so dire that the government needs to restrict shipments to ensure wheat-flour supplies at home.”
“Some US Farms Are So Dry the Dirt Is Repelling Fertilizer.
“Drought is rapidly expanding across America’s crop belt… Dryness this time of year not only stunts the growth of winter wheat, but can hamper fertilizer applications on fields for crops to be planted in the spring — both of which could reduce crop yields and push prices higher.”
“Drought conditions this year may cost Nebraska corn, soybean and wheat farmers nearly $2 billion, an agriculture economist estimated Thursday.
“Nathan Dorn, who farms near Firth south of Lincoln, said he’s already cutting back on spending for new cattle and next year’s crop due to lower yields and increased costs for seed, fuel and fertilizer that he estimated at $13 an acre.”
“With corn stalks facing greater risks of being toppled by extreme winds, Bayer AG is working to make the plants shorter…
“The pivot to shorter plants comes as farmers face extreme weather events at a seemingly faster pace. In 2020, a severe derecho leveled grain fields with winds greater than 100 miles-per-hour (161 kilometers), causing $11 billion in damages in the US Midwest.”
“Hurricane Ian could be insurance sector’s biggest loss since Hurricane Katrina.
“Hurricane Ian threatens to become the insurance sector’s second biggest loss since Hurricane Katrina, with cost estimates to the industry ranging from $40-60bn (£35-52bn). The Category 4 storm that hit Florida in late September was the deadliest storm to hit the sunshine state since the Labor Day Hurricane in 1935.”
“Burlington’s first freeze of the season has yet to happen but is already breaking records [Vermont].
“As of Oct. 27, Burlington had yet to receive its first freeze of the season, a status which had a high likelihood to change the morning of Oct. 28. This year will bring the latest first freeze in Burlington since 1920, according to National Weather Service Burlington records that date to 1892.”
“Final day of widespread record-breaking heat in Eastern Canada with up to 26°C [78.8F] in Saint-Anicet, QC!
“Latest 20°C on record in Chibougamau.
Hottest on record for 2nd half of October in Gaspé. Hottest on record for this late in the season in many locations.”
https://twitter.com/Pat_wx/status/1585381468062486528
“Atmospheric river forecast in B.C. days after high temperature records, drought concerns.
“An atmospheric river packing “narrow bands of heavy precipitation” is forecast for parts of British Columbia just a week after numerous high temperature records were set amid concerns of drought… The ministry says the River Forecast Centre is monitoring weather patterns and river conditions for flood hazards…”
“A Landslide in Alaska Threatens to Trigger a Historic Mega-Tsunami…
“Previous research with support from NASA suggested that if the entire unstable mass were to slide into the water below it could trigger a historic mega-tsunami an order of magnitude larger than the 1958 Lituya Bay (in southeast Alaska slide and tsunami, the largest such event in modern times.”
“Thawing Permafrost Exposes Old Pathogens—and New Hosts.
“As the world heats up, many species are expected to up sticks and meander many miles away from their typical habitat, bringing various pathogens along with them for the ride. This means that previously unacquainted viruses and hosts will meet for the first time, potentially leading to viral spillover…”
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/arctic-spillover-risk
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Interdependence and resource constraint must be looked at as natural limits that govern population, economic, and personal growth. In nature every organism has some form of limit that establishes it’s harmony within the greater ecosystem. If that organism breaks these natural constraints, it will destroy the foundation of the causes and conditions that support it’s existence, then it WILL destroy itself.
Abundant energy, Technology and Commerce have served to further our abilities to control and manipulate each other and this planet, yet we’ve not learnt to govern ourselves, our root nature. If we don’t learn this fundamental ‘self- ology’ we will destroy ourselves and this world for little more than temporary short term gains, comforts and a contrived sense of security for the few.
Unless we change ourselves, these countries; like delinquent children, will play while the whole world burns.
This will take place unless we understand the link between economy (House management) ecology (House knowledge) and auto-ology (self knowledge)
It requires a spiritual pathway that fuses the reality of being ‘seperate beings’ with the reality that concomitantly we must be part of ‘a community and collective’ as well as necessarily an ecosystem, to exist.
We are like The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, we’ve learnt to wield technology and energy, but like Yen we don’t now how to turn it off, because we don‘t understand our true nature and how to govern our self centred desires, hates and fear based emotions. We’re caught in our own exhilarations at being able to manipulate and control our world and meet perceived personal desire, we don’t notice how we crush each other, other living being and Earths life force or how to to reverse our actions and reverse Karma.
Remedies are the pure heart, entering the relational field, which is pure co- interdependence, knowing the breaths of this, ‘your’ temporary life, ‘being content, to know what is enough, to generate and cultivate genuine trust, offer harmlessness, good will and eventually, Love. These are the pathways of every viable, enduring relationship that ever produced life and support, friendship and true integrity. And yes, one day you will die, but how you choose to Live, this is Your gift and treasure. So much more than a porsche with no breaks.
Bobby, I do apologise – I’ve only just spotted your very thoughtful comment to approve it. Let me ponder it…
Bobby, transcendence of self and living in communion with the universal intelligence is a worthy and beautiful goal, perhaps even our primary purpose here (who knows?), but I don’t hold out much hope for it happening on a collective basis, unless the suffering of a catastrophic socio-economic collapse is the crucible in which the transformation is forged.
It seems that we need to develop an ego as we learn to navigate the physical realm. Achieving liberation from that programming is, for the vast majority who even start out on that path, a lifelong struggle. So, I absolutely agree with you in the abstract but…