We all know climate is changing and it's a big political issue and it's been denied by many in our political classes for matters of mates' interests or dumb culture wars. We hear of the lost weekends and the utes for the tradies and the rest. No mention of the alternative, the tipping points or the unliveable temperatures or the melted polar ice or the lost ocean circulations or the not-so-permafrost. And the recent fears of even faster than predicted change. Here are a few graphs that have floored me in recent days but there are others, of course. As Scott Morrison would probably say, God help us all. I say take this in and tremble then take some action. And PS, I trust these sources will willingly share these pics for the cause.
Sources:
1. Emission trajectories: challenging. Image: Supplied Source: IPCC 2023 IN The COP and climate change: a spent force / Jeremy Webb, Pearls and Irritations, 21 Feb 2024 (https://johnmenadue.com/the-cop-and-climate-change-a-spent-forcegraphs-inbox/, Viewed 7 Mar 2024)
2. Past, Current and Future Extents of the Sahara. Image: Supplied IN Towards an unliveable planet: Climate’s 2023 annus horribilis / David Spratt and Ian Dunlop, Pearls and Irritations, 26 Jan 2024 (https://johnmenadue.com/part-2-towards-an-unliveable-planet-climates-2023-annus-horribilis/, Viewed 7 Mar 2024)
3. Ocean temperatures highest on record. Image: Supplied. IN Climate chaos: world overheats while Europe faces a new Ice Age / Julian Cribb, Pearls and Irritations, 13 Feb 2024 (https://johnmenadue.com/climate-chaos-world-overheats-while-europe-faces-a-new-ice-age/, Viewed 7 Mar 2024)
4. [Timeline of COPs vs CO2 levels] IN The Timeline of the COP Conferences Leading to COP27 / Jennifer L, carboncredits.com, 1 Nov 2022 (https://carboncredits.com/the-timeline-of-the-cop-conferences-leading-to-cop-27/, Viewed 7 Mar 2024)
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