Dr Keith Walker @SteelFolk@social.cleverlibre.org

The German Weather Service reports only slightly warmer (+0.1 K) temperature in Germany than the long-term April mean for 1961-1990.
https://www.dwd.de/DE/leistungen/zeitreihen/zeitreihen.html

We had what used to be a rather typical German April. Yet, for many, April 2023 felt like a relatively cool month.

"This shows that we are now used to climate change in terms of temperatures" - a somber observation by the Deutscher Wetterdienst.

#ClimateDiary

https://twitter.com/DWD_klima/status/1653510542005338118?s=20

Everyone got the memo that we're supposed to reduce our emissions by half in 7 years, right?

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Today’s Metropolitan Police apology shows they are still failing over Daniel Morgan

https://davidallengreen.com/2023/05/todays-metropolitan-police-apology-shows-they-are-still-failing-over-daniel-morgan/

My final post on the old Coppola Comment site. It's been a blast, but it's time to move on from Blogger. Sunset: https://www.coppolacomment.com/2023/05/sunset.html
Coppola Comment is now on Substack: coppolacomment.substack.com/

From Axios.com - “Allergy season is getting longer and worse”

#Climate #Allergy

https://www.axios.com/2023/05/03/seasonal-allergies-climate-change

‘A sea of misinformation’: U.S. Government to address industry greenwashing complaints.

As consumers turn to renewable and recyclable products, protests over industry’s use of misleading terms have proliferated.

#climate #climatechange
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/04/federal-trade-commission-industry-recycle-regulation

Essex Uni has PhD scholarships aimed at increasing inclusivity in research. The University says “We would particularly welcome applications from the applicants with any of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010 or those who may find themselves in the position of underrepresentation and vulnerability, e.g. refugees, with relevant permissions to study in the UK.”
Link to info here - this is a Uni-wide scheme - but that means law and human rights included
https://www.essex.ac.uk/scholarships/the-university-of-essex-inclusivity-in-research-phd-scholarship

#job Ad: #PhD in Pollination Ecology

Anyone fancy doing a PhD on the uses of wild bee pollination as a nature-based solution in fjordside horticultural production? If you like the idea of having fieldsites that look like the one pictured below then check this out: https://nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/30-phd-position-in-nature-based-solutions-with-foc @jobsecoevo

A daily reminder:

Climate Change is a CO2 problem. We will not solve it without drastically cutting fossil fuel emissions.

There are moments when a conversation leaves you speechless and immediately expands your worldview. When I chatted with United States Army veteran, feminist, writer and trans activist Charlotte Clymer, that is exactly what happened.

As many know, the Republicans have targeted the trans community with particular viciousness and ferocity in the past two years and we want to understand what’s behind it a bit more deeply. At a more fundamental level, we want to hear from trans people like Charlotte about common myths and misconceptions and what it’s like to be trans in America today.

Importantly, those of us who are horrified by the legislative attacks on trans identity and hate crimes against trans people want to know how we can best be allies in this struggle.

Please consider taking the time to hear directly from Charlotte about what is currently happening: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/five-questions-with-charlotte-clymer

Fab map of the world's electric/telecom/oil/gas infrastructure, v @stewartbrand on Twitter, https://bit.ly/3LuNUNu, makes clear the cause of Fukushima: its sea wall was too low to protect against tsunamis. Onagawa Nuclear plant, 50mi to the north, closer to the quake epicenter, w/ sea walls built to the correct height of 10m, easily survived the magnitude 9.0 quake.

#Nuclear #energy is safe.

It was done right at Onagawa;
It was done right at DiabloCanyon;
It will be done right in the future.

There’s something very worrisome happening in Ohio that we should all be aware of. If it succeeds, it could serve as a blueprint for the GOP nationwide. But there’s an opportunity to stop it—and all of us, particularly folks in Ohio, can help. I explain in today’s piece. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-gop-is-trying-to-steal-democracy?sd=pf

The alps lost a whopping 3.5 m of ice cover last year, according to new glacier monitoring data from Switzerland. This means a decrease in ice volume by 6% in just one year.

https://climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2022/land-cryosphere

#climate #climatechange #science #alps

Yes, the climate has always changed.

But, the speed of recent change is unprecedented.

More importantly, we understand why.

Burning fossil fuels & deforestation adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere which warms the planet.

Simple physics. Understood for more than a century.

#EarthDay

Well, looks like Team Takei let the cat out of the bag, but it’s true. Today is my birthday! Admittedly, I’m going to be a bit shameless because of the occasion and ask you to help me win a bet. I told Brad that since I’m turning 86, I could get at least 86 readers to upgrade to a paid subscription to my Substack, #TheBigPicture.

I understand many might not be familiar with the platform, so today's piece on The Big Picture breaks down the different ways you can support my Substack and help me win this bet (take that, Brad)! See you there: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/george-takei-big-picture-birthday

"We don’t know how many banks are actively avoiding regulation and exposing their stakeholders to excessive risk. But as we have seen, it only takes a couple of rogue banks to destabilise the whole system."

Coppola Comment: we need to talk about banks, again. https://coppolacomment.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-banks-again?r=2bre7b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web