Photos from Climate Impacts Day
On Saturday, May 5, the activist group 350.org, founded by Bill McKibben, launched a new effort to "connect the dots between climate change and extreme weather." They declared May 5 Climate Impacts Day, and coordinated an impressive global effort of nearly 1,000 events in 100 countries to draw attention to the links between climate change and extreme weather. Their new climatedots.org website aims to get people involved to "protest, educate, document and volunteer along with thousands of people around the world to support the communities on the front lines of the climate crisis." Below are photos from some of the many events on Climate Impacts Day as archived on the climatedots.org website. It is remarkable to view the slide show on their web site and see the degree of global participation this event had; 350.org has created a dedicated and creative global climate movement that will be a major force to reckon with in the coming years.
Figure 1. Volunteers in the city of Salvador, Brazil, have connected the dots have and drawn people's attention to sea level rise and what it impacts in our life.
Figure 2. Madaba, Jordan. "Drops (of water) are dots of hope". A beautiful message from King's Academy in drought-prone Jordan.
Figure 3. Activists hold a banner in front of a damaged coral reef in the vulnerable Marshall Islands. Rising temperatures and increased CO2 uptake are raising the acidity of the ocean, which bleaches and ultimately kills fragile coral reefs.
Figure 4. One thousand students in Bekaa, Lebanon make their dots into the wheels of a giant bicycle to raise awareness about the threat of air pollution, and to advocate for bike lanes.
Figure 5. In 2009, at 17,785 feet in Bolivia's Cordillera Oriental was the Chacaltaya Glacier. Before its unexpected melting, it was home to Bolivia's only ski resort and the first tow-rope ever to be built in South America. Today all that remains is a rocky mountain-top that only receives seasonal snowfall. Photo by Lauren Farnsworth.
Figure 6. Ausable Valley, NY, USA: Young people in New York understand the first-hand impacts of climate change. Hurricane Irene, the third five-hundred-year climate event in the last twelve months, devastated communities in the region and pummeled the beachfront with debris.
Jeff Masters
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Probably either a VLC or CCD/CMOS failure.
Do you have a link to that site?
Link
Fair winds.
George Lindsey Dead: 'Andy Griffith Show' Actor Known As Goober Pyle Dies At 83
Condolences to his friends, fans, and family. He always seemed like a decent guy.
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I notice that a lot of the TV actors from the 60s are beginning to die with regularity. I guess that is to be expected, but I'm giving notice now --when Barbara Eden goes, I board the mothership. I will not live in a world without Jeannie. (She was my first love.)
j/k
Ummm, that uptick is very interesting. Maybe,El Nino will delay it's appearance if it does at all.
SALINE MO-759 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SALINE COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MALTA BEND...OR 6 MILES WEST OF MARSHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MARSHALL...SLATER AND MIAMI.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.
LAT...LON 3897 9331 3917 9346 3923 9337 3923 9335
3925 9334 3926 9333 3933 9324 3933 9323
3938 9318 3912 9295 3910 9294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 243DEG 17KT 3914 9328
No it isn't. It is made of the same gases, just different concentrations. Like the troposphere, the stratosphere is comprised mainly of nitrogen and oxygen, with trace amounts of other gases (CO2, O3, etc.).
What you're implying is that the troposphere and the stratosphere can heat and cool independent of one another, which not only violates the laws of thermodynamics but also flies in the face of atmospheric physics.
Fundamentally, it comes down to energy balance. The difference between incoming and outgoing energy determines the overall temperature of our planet. If either the incoming energy increases or the outgoing energy decreases, our planet warms. No amount of finagling with physics will make the planet warm up otherwise. The energy has to come from somewhere. In other words, the Earth doesn't just start warming up just because it feels like it.
This image shows the moon at centre, with the limb of Earth near the bottom transitioning into the orange-coloured troposphere, the lowest and most dense portion of the Earth's atmosphere. The troposphere ends abruptly at the tropopause, which appears in the image as the sharp boundary between the orange- and blue- coloured atmosphere. The silvery-blue noctilucent clouds extend far above the Earth's troposphere.
African Continent Current-click on to zoom
African Continent 4 day forecast
Where it says "link" in the box, remove it and enter the text you want
http://www.sat24.com/af" target="_blank" onclick="if(!checkUrl(this.href)) return false;" rel="nofollow">Link
Moon Image
Fine Art of Storms
lots more where that came from
Lots of storms and landscapes.
Type what you want the link to say, highlight it, then click on link and enter it there.
I'll try and change my last posted links...
TY
naw, leave um as is.
They fine.
One can use the preview when needed to see wassup before posting in.
I do it during the "Season", like when I post the new ATCF Model Solutions and stuff.
Only took me 2.3 years to figger it out.
But I was a yakky for a spell.
: )
HEH !
Just checking in to check out for the night and saw your post. Thanks for including the link!
Did not see the Sun at all today, and from the looks of the SatLoops, we have some nasty stuff approaching from the S/W again.
Never known a dry season like this.
What's it all about, Alfie ?
Need to hear from the guy near Budda, TX to see how how the rains were
Have to ask Grothar about that.
I guess we have to just wait and see
We maybe seeing a larger step up like in Dec of last year. ESPI just plummeted from -0.13 to -0.47 in the last week.
Yeah, I'm curious too. I'm hoping the rains to the west of there are hitting the reservoirs. They need it badly.
Now I would like to be able to post an image as I seem to be having trouble with that...anyone?
Obviously caused by AGW.
Copy image location by right clicking it, then paste it after clicking image on the blog, post comment, and it should work.
TY for your help :)
Not seeing it... Is it from a site that won't allow linking?
#344 worked!
Sorry about the triple post but at least it's not at a peak time...and yes I believe the other site was restricted...Bravo!!
No problem, glad I could help!
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