Clif @Clif@social.cleverlibre.org

Five countries have cost the world $6 trillion in global warming losses.
Climate change is causing substantial economic damage, recent research finds.
#globalwarming #climate #climatechange
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/11/five-countries-have-cost-the-world-6-trillion-in-global-warming-losses-2/

I think we will have to leave Twitter after 10 years. We cannot condone the way the staff have been treated. It is a big decision not to be made in a big hurry. Any thoughts?

As Evidence Mounts, New Concerns About Fracking and Health.
Two decades after the advent of #fracking, a growing number of studies are pointing to a link between gas wells and health problems, particularly among children and the elderly. Researchers are now calling for new regulations restricting where wells can be located.
#climate #climatechange
https://e360.yale.edu/features/fracking-gas-chemicals-health-pennsylvania

I will give big points to the first news organization, big or small, that:
* Sets up an instance for its newsroom,
* Sets up an instance for the community it serves,
* Enables rel=me for staff,
* Creates a boost-on-Mastodon sharing function,
* Enhances that function so headlines/images (with alt-text) appear in the toot,
* Covers the Fediverse as more than a geeky curiosity or alt-Twitter,
* Listens to and joins in the conversation here.

New #climate #lawsuit filed by legendary climate scientist Dr. James Hansen, Carbon Majors author Richard Heede, climate psychiatrist Lise Van Susteren, retired EPA scientist Donn Viviani, and Oregon-based public interest org Climate Protection & Restoration Initiative. Their argument: Greenhouse gases are pollutants and ought to be regulated as such under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Interesting case to watch! This comes on the heels of a petition the EPA rejected: https://www.drilledpodcast.com/breaking-news-hansen-heede-and-more-file-petition-asking-epa-to-regulate-greenhouse-gases-under-tsca/

I've seen some chatter suggesting that Mastodon uses "algorithms" and "AI" for different functions. This is false.

1) There are no special "algorithms" for generating feeds; your home feed is stuff you follow, your local feed is stuff from your server, the federated feed has stuff from other servers, hashtag feeds show hashtags.

2) No AI is used to do image detection or content warnings. There is no AI or ML code in the default stack; any feature like that would have to be added.

#debunk

Sadly feels like Twitter is truly imploding.
1️⃣I’m mirroring on Mastodon at @mgeist or http://mas.to/@mgeist
2️⃣Shorter stuff, blogs and threads on Substack at https://mgeist.substack.com/
3️⃣Blogging, podcasts and more at https://www.michaelgeist.ca/

George Monbiot with some thoughts on the ineffectiveness of #COP climate summits...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/09/leaders-cop27-livestock-farming-carbon-budget-governments

There are just two actions needed to prevent catastrophic climate breakdown: leave fossil fuels in the ground and stop farming animals. But, thanks to the power of the two industries, both aims are officially unmentionable. Neither of them has featured in any of the declarations from the 26 climate summits concluded so far.

Astonishingly, the sectors themselves are seldom mentioned. I’ve worked through every final agreement produced by the summits since they began. Fossil fuels are named in only six of them. Just one hints at using less overall: the others propose only to improve efficiency (which, as we have known since the 19th century, can often paradoxically increase fossil fuel use), attempt technical fixes or, in the case of last year’s agreement in Glasgow, phase down “unabated” coal burning, while saying nothing about reducing oil or gas. Not one of them suggests extracting less. If fossil fuels are removed from the ground, they will be used, regardless of governments’ vague declarations about consumption.

The other omission is even starker. Livestock is mentioned in only three agreements, and the only action each of them proposes is “management”. Nowhere is there a word about reduction. It’s as though nuclear non-proliferation negotiators had decided not to talk about bombs. You cannot address an issue if you will not discuss it.

#COP27 #ClimateCrisis

This is 100% the start of an episode of X-Files...

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RT @IntEngineering
Pleistocene age worms found in Arctic permafrost are alive and eating well after being defrosted some 42,000 years later.
https://interestingengineering.com/science/siberian-worms-buried-in-arctic-permafrost-for-42000-years-come-back-to-life?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=Nov15
https://twitter.com/IntEngineering/status/1592661224797442049

@Ruth_Mottram @bobkopp @BassisJeremy So on that note, the other most influential paper that that's crossed my desk on thinking about applied climate risk and decision-making was this one: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-020-00984-6

I know I've been yammering on about it on Twitter for awhile now, but this is so far the best encapsulation I've seen of the complete disconnect between how scientists and #financial sector approach #climate #risk.

Very cool that #NASA has a blog, for #Artemis -->

https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/

And I note that it has #RSS -->

https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/feed/

Any enterprising coder out there that can route that into a Mastodon bot to update on the #Fediverse every time they post an update?

I'd follow that right away!

WIRED just published my beginner's guide to Mastodon! Thank you to the 100+ people who responded to my request for tips and advice for understanding the culture here. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-started-use-mastodon/

Looking back at temperatures over the last 6 months - another game of trying to find any blue patches aside from La Niña...

Temperature anomalies:
🔴 warmer than average
🔵 colder than average

+ Data available at https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/

...meanwhile over at #Twitter HQ: What staffing crisis? Here is the #twittermigration #poll.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63648505

Which option offered by Elon Mush would you take?

Maybe I'm imagining it but #Twitter seems to be getting worse. I tweeted something last night and awoke to a stream of rightwing reality denying from complete strangers whom seem to think I have any interest in wasting my time explaining where they're wrong.

It was always bad but Elon's ascension appears to be worsening matters, so I'll probably end up here more often.

#twittermigration

The piece in today's Guardian by @zoesqwilliams on her experiences moving to Mastodon is hilarious. Best take yet! https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/nov/16/could-this-be-twitter-without-the-toxic-slurry-my-week-on-mastodon

Few months ago, together with @RaphaelGrandin and J.M. Lalande from MeteoFrance, I participated as a scientific advisor to the making of this amazing scientific illustration 👇 #scicom #sciart

It summarizes scientific observations on the Hunga #Tonga #volcano explosion, associated global #tsunami and atmospheric waves.

French newspaper Le Monde published these 2 pages in September 2022. Great work by the journalist and the graphic designer, Vahé Ter Minassian and Audrey Lagadec.

DM if you would like a higher resolution PDF 😉