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#climatecrisis

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Cadmus 🌲

Hearing from California, Iowa, Ohio and Oregon that #FEMA and #DHS has not released any disaster grant reimbursements in over 30 days. Most requests were submitted circa 2/20/25 with no funds received as of 3/26/25.

These are critical emergency disaster recovery grants. Lack of approved disaster funding will cripple governments as they work on their budgets. These reimbursements come from American tax dollars that are put into the Disaster Relief Fund.

#doge#disaster#climatecrisis
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Petra van Cronenburg

@soydelbierzo On a planet with #climateCrisis and #biodiversity loss, we need *all* #seedBanks everywhere.
You can see what happens with #biodiversityloss if only a small region get's a disturbed #ecology system.

Ecology is not a national but a planetary thing. Plus #economy: The USA export food. Poor countries with disturbed farming are dependend on imports. We need more species for the future of *humanity* as a whole.
What happens in the USA roughly concerns the EU, too!
@Blueteamsherpa

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O=C=O

Buying carbon credits to fight climate change? Here’s what to know

#CarbonCredits sold on the voluntary market are under scrutiny for not offsetting #Greenhouse#Gas emissions as claimed.

One investigation concluded that over 90 percent of carbon credits issued for #rainforest protection by the largest carbon credit certification body “had no benefit to the climate.” Two reports published in 2023 found that credits for forest-based projects in North America, South America, Africa and Asia may in fact #increase net #emissions. 

sciencenews.org/article/carbon

digital collage art representing carbon emissions, includes a plane, "CO2," dollars, "%" and smoke stacks
Science News · Buying carbon credits to fight climate change? Here’s what to knowCarbon credits sold on the voluntary market are under scrutiny for not offsetting greenhouse gas emissions as claimed.
#ClimateCrisis
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Bread and Circuses

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This graphic from the WMO report is one of the best visuals I have seen that clearly illustrates the connection between increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, rising temperatures, and reinforcing feedback loops that lead to devastating high-impact events with consequent risks to populations around the world.

It's not a pretty picture.

LEARN MORE HERE ➡️ storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4

Informative graphic designed as a flow chart, as summarized in post. (There is far too much data to provide a complete alt text description here.)
#Science#Environment#Climate
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Bread and Circuses

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The WMO's State of the Climate Report includes data about precipitation changes, ocean heat content, sea level rise, ocean acidification, declining sea ice extent, and crucially, the shrinkage of glaciers...
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Glaciers are found around the world, with many in the high mountain ranges of Asia, and North and South America.

They are formed from snow that has compacted to ice, which then flows downhill to lower, warmer altitudes, where it melts.

Glaciers provide ecosystem services and freshwater to millions around the world. As they shrink, there are significant and direct impacts on both the global climate and sustainable development.

Preliminary observations indicate that 2023-2024 was another year of extremely negative mass balance worldwide.
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LEARN MORE HERE ➡️ storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4

Graphic from linked report shows "Glacier Cumulative Mass Balance" from 1950 through 2024, with a sharp decline that in the past couple of decades has grown even steeper.
#Science#Environment#Climate
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Bread and Circuses

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The World Meteorological Organization recently confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year on record. It was nearly 1.6°C warmer than the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average.

Changes in our environment are driving more extreme weather events. Rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones, devastating rainfall, storm surges, flooding, deadly droughts, and wildfires are on the rise. Sea levels are increasing, exposing densely populated coastal areas to coastal inundation and ocean wave impacts. The societal effects of these events continue long after the headlines fade.

Unless and until the burning of fossil fuels is drastically reduced and the steady rise of greenhouse gas emissions is finally stopped, temperatures will continue to climb higher.

LEARN MORE HERE ➡️ storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4

Graphic from linked report shows global main temperature from 1850 through 2024, with six different sources compared to show the disastrous upward trend. Temperatures held mostly steady until about 1980 when they started to climb, and have increased even more sharply since about 2015.
#Science#Environment#Climate
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Bread and Circuses

If you do NOT want to be one of the many who remain blissfully uninformed — those who somehow can stay complacent amid increasing climate chaos — here is an excellent resource for learning what you need to know.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), an agency of the United Nations, provides an annual report on the state of the global climate. This year's effort includes a helpful explainer that covers all the basics with a few minutes reading.

SEE THE EXPLAINER ➡️ storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4

I'm going to pick out several highlights and discuss them in a thread below. This post will serve as an introduction. 🧵 1/5

You can find a link to download the full report here ➡️ wmo.int/publication-series/sta

Image from the front cover of the linked report, showing a view of mountains with melting glaciers. Title is: "State of the Climate 2024."
#Science#Environment#Climate
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