We lose coastlines
To sea level rise.
Forests to fire,
Crops to drought,
Lives, habitat, & nations to flooding.
We lose peace to war
Brought on by desertification.
Migrants fleeing parched fields,
Battlefields.
Landscapes changed
Countries changed.
Climate changed.
Earth no more.
According to Berkeley Earth, the winter we just finished was the warmest ever observed in the Arctic, with seasonal average temperature more than 4 C (7 F) above normal.
Annual max #Arctic sea ice extent has likely passed --> 2nd lowest in the satellite record (after 2017)
While exact rankings may differ slightly between sea ice data sets, the long-term trend is clear. This plot is using JAXA's AMSR2 satellite.
Global mean temperatures in 2017 were 1.1±0.1°C above pre-industrial levels (1850–1900)
* 2017 was the warmest non-El Niño year
* 2015, 2016, 2017 warmest years on record
* Consistent across all datasets
See @WMO State of Climate
https://t.co/PCQeP4USES
Venice’s $6 billion flood gate system, approved 2002, is based on a climate scenario of 8 inches of SLR by 2100. But scientists now estimate a rise of 6 feet by the end of the century. https://t.co/Z2eMZL9Ylm
Out now in @Nature: @KenCaldeira and I show that Earth’s recent energy budget suggests greater future global warming than raw climate model projections indicate.
https://t.co/yLHlwAZt5C
There is so much evidence of climate change, from air and sea temperatures to disappearing sea ice to changing migration patterns of birds. NASA the folks who put a person on the moon also study our changing planet and show evidence of melting sea ice
#ActOnClimate#ClimateChange
The current rate in ocean acidity change is about 50 times faster than any known historical change, making it difficult for marine life to adapt https://t.co/umkAA6xxCi via @wxshift
New Solar and Wind are Cheaper than Any Other Power Generation Source Including New Gas, Coal or Nuclear Plants. Period.
Via Lazard and @thinkprogress#climate