"This month (Sept 2023) was, in my professional opinion as a climate scientist – absolutely gobsmackingly bananas." - actual climate scientist Zeke Hausfather
Imagine:
- a comet is detected which will pass near the Earth, but not threaten it
- it is rich in hydrocarbons, so Big Hydrocarbon comes up with a way of mining it
- astrophysicists warn that will likely change the comet's orbit so it will intersect with the Earth 1/2
Though I was secretly hoping to see headlines like "Climate scientists discover Mauna Loa sensors placed next to hitherto unnoticed dry ice factory, E-car tyre dust reverse coral bleaching".
'K, so I took a break of about 3 months from Climate Doom Twitter (mental health and all that), and diving back in, it's ratcheted up a notch or two. Which is about what I imagined it would be like.
@ProfBillMcGuire@UKLabour Give the man a break, he's only had 14 years to realize that being part of the "Leopards Will Eat Your Face Party" will result in your face being eaten by actual leopards, so now is a good time to advise the "Leopards Might Not Eat Your Face Party" on predator facial consumption.
Another weak yen report (from NTV): a Japanese woman traveling to Los Angeles packed her suitcase full of bottled water because she heard water is expensive in America.
[Tap water at hotels should be free, clean, and drinkable.]
https://t.co/mzCvKSU3rj