"The lived experience of the summer of 2023 suggested that the big changes long forecast are going to be bigger and come faster than we had expected. …

We are not only unprepared for what comes next, we remain deeply unsure of what exactly does come next besides ever-rising temperatures."

~ David Kurtz

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #heat #EcologicalCrisis #EcologicalDisaster

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/the-summer-we-faced-a-world-on-fire

Greece blaze is ‘largest wildfire ever recorded in EU’ https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/greece-blaze-is-largest-wildfire-ever-recorded-in-eu/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ecologicaldisaster #firefighters #Greece #janezLenarcic #wildfires

'#Britain’s surging #deer population is causing an #EcologicalDisaster. I have a solution: #wolves

Humans have failed to keep numbers down. Reintroduce these predators, and let them get on with the job'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/11/britain-deer-population-ecological-disaster-wolves-humans-predators #Rewilding

"Weeks of scorching summer heat in North America, Europe, Asia and elsewhere are putting July on track to be Earth’s warmest month on record, the European Union climate monitor said on Thursday, the latest milestone in what is emerging as an extraordinary year for global temperatures."

~ Raymond Zhong

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #heat #heatwave #EcologicalDisaster #EcologicalCrisis

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/climate/july-heat-hottest-month.html

“A new study finds this month’s record-shattering global heat wave would not have been possible without the continuing buildup of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere due to human activity.”

~ Democracy Now

#ClimateChange #heat #heatwave #GlobalWarming #EcologicalCrisis #EcologicalDisaster

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/7/25/headlines

#ecologicaldisaster
We Are Walking Blindly Into An Ecological Disaster That We Can’t Fight https://medium.com/predict/we-are-walking-blindly-into-an-ecological-disaster-that-we-cant-fight-4f47fa48e572

Fundraising alert: Supertanker FSO Safer has been derelict off the coast of Yemen for years and contains 1.1M barrels of oil. The UN is crowdfunding $34M for a funding gap, on the $97M they already spent.
https://www.un.org/en/StopRedSeaSpill

#fundraising #crowdfunding #oilspill #ClimateJustice #yemen #UN #ecologicaldisaster

“How could the Norfolk Southern ecological disaster have been prevented?

Norfolk Southern Railway successfully lobbied against a federal law requiring improved safety regulations for trains transporting hazardous materials. In 2017, the Trump administration rescinded regulatory provisions requiring train cars transporting hazardous, flammable materials to have Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) brakes, which are much more effective than conventional air brakes.

Rather than investing in technology to reduce the risk of derailments causing ecological disasters like the one in East Palestine, last year Norfolk Southern Railway chose to do a $10 billion stock buyback.”

#derailment #eastpalestine #norfolksouthern #corporategreed #ecologicaldisaster #epa #capitalism

From: @CharityFeb
https://mastodon.social/@CharityFeb/109869594651005078

https://youtube.com/watch?v=PlZQv6ZR58c&feature=shares #eastpalestine #railroads #railroad #norfolksouthern #ecologicaldisaster

Very frustrating that @drericding isn't sharing this on Mastodon where people care. So, read the whole story on the bird app alas.
#OhioChernobyl #Trainwreck #EcologicalDisaster

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1625155991724605440?t=aLON9psC6O7RY_rdOWQCBw&s=09

Among the changes caused by global warming, food production will take a hit.

> If we all learned to live on rice and soybeans we could avoid a world where everyone had to live on rice and soybeans. (https://old.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/9gu7u3/projected_declines_in_food_production_between_the/e66yk01/)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming#/media/File:Projected_changes_in_yields_of_selected_crops_with_global_warming.png

#environment #ecologicalDisaster #climateChange