Residents of the Canadian village of Lytton fled their homes just in time to escape a raging wildfire that reportedly engulfed the entire place in 15 minutes.
— DW News (@dwnews) July 1, 2021
The village recorded Canada's hottest temperature for three days in a row. pic.twitter.com/TkIli8ivcq
Was bedeutet Klimawandel konkret vor Ort?
— Arne Jungjohann (@Arne_JJ) July 10, 2021
GERICS hat für alle 401 deutschen Landkreise einen Klimaausblick veröffentlicht. Hilfreich für alle, die das Thema in ihrem Wahlkreis für die Bundestagswahl #btw21 ansprechen wollenhttps://t.co/T5JPFtjZfR cc @FridayForFuture
Everybody knows people in big cities drive less in daily life.
— Giulio Mattioli (@giulio_mattioli) June 9, 2021
But did you know they have more emissions from *air travel*? [and yes, that's controlling for income, etc]. Why is that?
Thread on my new @long_society paper with @cl_morton & J.Scheiner https://t.co/Mmb0OMx1Bp pic.twitter.com/DvvM58oLNb
Animated diagram of the Earth's Carbon Cycle and how it has changed over time.
— Dr. Robert Rohde (@RARohde) May 22, 2019
Carbon, in various forms including CO2 and organic materials, is continually exchanged between the atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere.
However, human activities have perturbed the carbon cycle. pic.twitter.com/TvHgi2CwUD
Prolonged Siberia heat study now peer-reviewed. Numbers are unchanged, prose is much nicer. A staggering example of just how much of a game changer climate change is on heat. https://t.co/xBX7cZHbXB pic.twitter.com/pFGo410sAf
— Dr Friederike Otto (@FrediOtto) May 7, 2021
CO₂
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) May 21, 2021
1. It's very likely vital for decent survival that we don't stay at +350ppm for centuries
2. We hit the +350ppm extreme climate change danger zone in the 1980s
3. We need profound economic system change action now to stop emissions as we head for +500-700ppm by the 2080s pic.twitter.com/EhIYQwrzGY
1/n Warum waren wir in der Coronakrise für Verbote bereit, in der Klimakrise (noch) nicht? Weil dort der Nutzen innerhalb kurzer Zeit sicher war. Der Nutzen von Verboten im Klimaschutz kann von anderen zerstört werden, und er stellt sich nur stark verzögert ein. https://t.co/AAE9IJ1XTI
— Reinhard Steurer (@ReiSteurer) May 19, 2021
Klimawandel: Schutzschild vor Antarktisgletscher schmilzt laut einer Studie schneller als befürchtet https://t.co/k9xxyaFWAJ
— Die Nachrichten (@DLFNachrichten) June 12, 2021
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat die Tatsache anerkannt, dass wir zur Begrenzung der #Erderhitzung nur noch ein begrenztes #Emissionsbudget zur Verfügung haben. Was hat es mit diesem Emissionsbudget auf sich? Das habe ich 2019 im Spiegel erklärt: https://t.co/8eeTFgxCkL
— Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏🇺🇦 (@rahmstorf) April 30, 2021
420.54 ppm https://t.co/jHiU5fSvPV
— Özden Terli (@TerliWetter) May 1, 2021
Permafrost is a big topic in climate science. The release of methane, the damage to infrastructure & the massive Siberian craters often make the news. But there’s one area that’s mentioned far less often but is also of huge importance – that is Arctic coastal erosion. Thread 1/17 pic.twitter.com/1CwnzbD24R
— Dr. Samuel Hayes (@Icy_Samuel) April 27, 2021
I am certain, if everyone could see the Earth floating just outside their windows, every day would be #EarthDay.
— Michael Collins (@AstroMCollins) April 22, 2021
There are few things more fragile or more beautiful than Earth, let’s work together today and everyday to protect our home. pic.twitter.com/XJO3RSJczw
Wie sollen #Medien über den #Klimawandel sprechen?
— Dr. Eva Stegen (@EvaStegen) October 20, 2020
Wenn TV-Leute (Nachrichten/Wetter) atemlos über ein #Extremwetter-Ereignis berichten – #Wirbelsturm, #Dürre, #Waldbrand, #Starkregen, #Überflutung oder #Hitzewelle – ohne das K-Wort auch nur zu erwähnen#ClimateSilence #mustread https://t.co/TArduRhILq
It's Sunday morning and I have something rather unformed to say. It's about our posture to government and authority as we try our damnedest to struggle against planetary breakdown and its human & biodiversity toll.
— Prof Julia 🌍🌹🌱 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 (@JKSteinberger) February 28, 2021
Longish🧵, sorry. 1/ pic.twitter.com/AXE03IU1h5
Das hier zu einem warmen Frühling.https://t.co/UMaw1yZoyr
— Özden Terli (@TerliWetter) February 21, 2021
1. In the southern Cambrian Mountains, in central Wales, there’s a Terrestrial Dead Zone of around 300 km². It’s composed of degraded blanket mires, entirely dominated by a coarse grass called Molinia, in which other lifeforms, such as birds and insects, are scarcely to be found. pic.twitter.com/dVdfoThCL0
— George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) February 26, 2021
Von wegen: Erde wird grüner durch mehr #CO2 in der Atmosphäre https://t.co/LjTbOmCgnp
— Stefan Krauter (@solarpapst) October 19, 2020
ExxonMobil just attacked our 2017 research study, in which I and @NaomiOreskes showed they misled the public about climate change.
— Geoffrey Supran (@GeoffreySupran) October 16, 2020
Here's our peer-reviewed response: https://t.co/RceYuKJLWe.
THREAD. pic.twitter.com/n6QaUaG1ZA
The heat waves, the power outages, the fires. The lost homes, the lost lives, the lost trees.
— Dr. Leah Stokes (@leahstokes) August 23, 2020
What's happening in California has a name: climate change. It doesn’t have to be this way. A better world is possible.
My latest in @TheAtlantic.https://t.co/EzcnTS1VEd
[24.6.99] Vor Zunahme von schweren Naturkatastrophen auf Grund der globalen Erwärmung warnt das Internationale Rote Kreuz. Inzwischen flüchteten mehr Menschen vor Naturkatastrophen als vor politischen Konflikten. pic.twitter.com/ZYkiaOJ01N
— Tagesschau20Jahre (@TagesschauVor20) June 24, 2019
"Laut den Modellen reagiert die Erde deutlich empfindlicher auf die Emission von Treibhausgasen und erwärmt sich schneller als gedacht", so @Rahmstorf. https://t.co/RNBP8oZZJ7
— Özden Terli (@TerliWetter) July 26, 2020
Beim Herunterspielen der #Erderwärmung hat die "Welt" offenbar jedes Maß verloren. Sie bezichtigt in Trump-Manier das ZDF der “Desinformation“. Nur weil das ZDF es gewagt hat, eine völlig korrekte Klimadatengrafik zu zeigen. @welt 1/🧵 pic.twitter.com/hjmCFqm8cV
— Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏🇺🇦 (@rahmstorf) August 7, 2020
On twitter we spend time in silly debates: is degrowth impoverishment, negative GDP, lockdown misery bla bla. But in our normal lives we are producing some pretty k.a. research. Here are 22 papers by researchers from the (broader) degrowth community published just the last year!
— Giorgos Kallis (@g_kallis) September 29, 2020
3) I came to the conclusion a very long time ago that this whole narrative about why things are as they are and why there's been a failure to heed the climate and ecological crisis is false, a gigantic lie i.e. a huge misdirection.
— Stephen Barlow (@SteB777) July 22, 2020
Major new study out today: Climate scientists have refined one of the most important metrics they use to predict warming.
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) July 22, 2020
For a given amount of emissions, we can now expect global warming to be worse.
This makes rapid emissions cuts even more important.https://t.co/3iDVRFLD3l
Ganz kurze Tour durch die Welt jetzt, denn vermutlich verpassen es viele, weil die Aufmerksamkeit verständlicherweise woanders liegt:
— grimm (@gri_mm) August 3, 2020
— ©️BerndRae☮ gem. handeln für 💯% EE in Bürgerhand (@BerndRae) August 7, 2020
(1) So wie Anderson sehe ich das Problem beim Klimawandel auch etwa. 20% Wohlhabende verursachen 70% CO2 Ausstoss. Ihr Lebensstil ist Hauptursache des Klimawandels. Fast alle Politiker, Journalisten und Wissenschaftler scheuen sich, dies zu sagen. https://t.co/XTcdM96EKN
— Prof. Karl Lauterbach (@Karl_Lauterbach) June 26, 2020
75% of all food crops rely on the insects, birds and bats now being wiped out by industrial agriculture, fossil fuels, and deforestation. Half of North American bird species will face extinction by the 2030s. Bats and insects? Already struggling to survive. Isn't this…big news?
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) June 12, 2020
🆕 Pressemitteilung Corona und Klima
— ParentsForFuture #MedienKlimakrise #EndFossilFuels (@parents4future) April 20, 2020
📢 Krisenbewältigung duldet keinen Aufschub
Parents for Future Germany fordern Weichenstellung für eine nachhaltige und lebenswerte Zukunft
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🆕 Pressemitteilung #ParentsForFuture
— ParentsForFuture #MedienKlimakrise #EndFossilFuels (@parents4future) May 18, 2020
📢 Kohleausstiegsgesetz mutiert zum Klima- und Wirtschaftskiller!
Parents for Future Germany fordert Kohleausstieg ohne Geheimabsprachen und privatrechtliche Verträge mit der Kohleindustrie
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As the EU and governments respond to the #COVID19 crisis, they can't forget the #ClimateEmergency@climateactiontr analysis shows that green investments now will reduce emissions by 2030 – but short-sighted spending could let fossil fuels bounce backhttps://t.co/5uJ43eZLNh pic.twitter.com/pLhxikU76g
— Greenpeace EU (@GreenpeaceEU) April 27, 2020
Die #Coronakrise und die nun getroffenen – und noch zu treffenden – Maßnahmen zu ihrer Bekämpfung, ändern vieles.
— Markus Burbach (@MaBurbach) March 22, 2020
Unter anderem auch die Sicht auf die #Klimakrise.
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„Das verstehen sogar meine Enkelkinder“ – was sie verstehen?
— Özden Terli (@TerliWetter) January 20, 2020
Anschauen.
Grenzen des Wachstums – #Klimakrise https://t.co/Z3F44tQWZY
The paperback edition of my climate change book The Uninhabitable Earth is out today, and while it may feel strange to even think of climate change now, in the midst of a more immediate and disorienting crisis, the crises each echo the other in some unshakeable ways (1/x). https://t.co/hhKaIrNvaZ
— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) March 17, 2020
100 years of January sea surface temperature anomalies (departure from average). I update this animation every month so you can see the importance of variability and long-term trends in our oceans.
— Zack Labe (@ZLabe) February 6, 2020
[Data from ERSSTv5 at https://t.co/voKbax3y7K] pic.twitter.com/pt951q9P5N
Siberian Yedoma region:
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) February 17, 2020
1. Extreme warming 6C
2. Huge carbon releases
3. 4 megatons of CH4 per year
4. 44 megatons of CO2 per year
5. Permafrost melt beyond control
6. Self-amplifying process
7. Change is abrupt
8. 40Gt carbon burst now possible
9. Fastest warming place on Earth pic.twitter.com/iiEIXrXpVp
Üblicherweise werten wir den Temperaturanstieg seit Beginn systematischer Wetteraufzeichnungen aus: pic.twitter.com/p4dKJEwxCC
— DWD Klima und Umwelt (@DWD_klima) January 31, 2020
Schön, dass ihr das klarstellt.
— ParentsForFuture #MedienKlimakrise #EndFossilFuels (@parents4future) February 5, 2020
Nicht schön, dass @JoeKaeser da nicht alleine drauf kommt.#StopAdani #SiemensFuelsFires #By2020WeRiseUp 💚✊🏽pic.twitter.com/O8Tv8h3BxV
East Siberian Arctic Shelf Horror:
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) December 9, 2019
1. subsea permafrost
2. not included in IPCC calculations
3. 'a monster in hiding'
4. life-ending 1256 ppm threat
5. 500-5000 gigatons of methane
6. sudden release possible
6. methane plumes now bubbling up
7."we do not like what we see there" pic.twitter.com/N8VooRmdBj
Ocean acidification is now happening at a faster rate than at any point in the last 66 million years, and possibly in the last 300 million years.https://t.co/2tFHc9qTCW
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) February 1, 2020
By the 2030s, Earth will have warmed ~2°C in the space of just 250 years.
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) November 16, 2019
It would appear that there is no record of ecosystems or species in the geologic past surviving this rate of change.https://t.co/miLBmRPPvr
Global temperature now stands at 1.2 °C above the mean for 1880-1910, according to NASA data. And that without an El Niño event (the peaks in 1998 and 2016 were due to strong El Niño). Global cooling forecasts by climate skeptics because of the dim sun were nonsense. Of course. pic.twitter.com/QRi6padhw5
— Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏🇺🇦 (@rahmstorf) January 16, 2020
Waldbrände – “Auch für uns in Europa ein zunehmendes Problem” https://t.co/fOIaRR3wbC
— Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏🇺🇦 (@rahmstorf) January 5, 2020
Zwei Minuten Video schauen, nachdenken, verinnerlichen, eigenes Handeln anpassen. Kernaussage: Es wird warm werden. Sehr warm. Vermutlich zu warm. Und das alles ziemlich schnell. https://t.co/ukWf8eJbcw
— Wolfgang Stief (@stiefkind) November 3, 2019
Just… Watch this video. All 53 seconds of it.
— Jez Roff (@JezRoff) December 6, 2019
Footage from within the NSW bushfires from firefighters. #Firestorm #NSWfires
via https://t.co/Q7kE1b1FTN pic.twitter.com/JNDdKyj0Tr
Doch. Wenn nichts gegen die Klimakrise getan wird, geht es um die Frage der Existenz der Menschheit. Um miliardenfaches Sterben. Hunger. Krieg. Vertreibung. Wer meint hier immer wieder eine pseudo Diskussion anzufachen und nicht zu handeln macht sich moralisch angreifbar.
— Özden Terli (@TerliWetter) November 3, 2019
Professor Johan Rockström, Director of @PIK_Climate talks about tipping points in this thread.
— Michael Flammer #KlimaVor8💙💛 (@Jumpsteady) October 9, 2019
“West Antarctica has potentially crossed the tipping point. If this is correct we have to revise our projected sealevel rise for this century from roughly 1m to 2m.”
[THREAD 1/5] pic.twitter.com/KIxeDD6Iio
'When forests are fragmented, more trees become exposed to the edge where there is less protection from strong winds, drought, invasive species and fires from neighbouring farmland'https://t.co/JtCiZprIUU
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) November 3, 2019
'Only 20% of tropical forests are “intact” but they store 40% of carbon' https://t.co/phlPBOuG8q
When a scientist who studies the essential role insects play in the health of the ecosystem calls a new study on the dramatic decline of bug populations… “one of the most disturbing articles” he’s ever read, it’s time for the world to pay attention.https://t.co/Xqz5INYkRE
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) November 9, 2019
By the 2030s, Earth will have warmed ~2°C in the space of just 250 years.
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) November 16, 2019
It would appear that there is no record of ecosystems or species in the geologic past surviving this rate of change.https://t.co/miLBmRPPvr
Here’s the next science talk.
— Michael Flammer #KlimaVor8💙💛 (@Jumpsteady) August 29, 2019
Watch climate scientist Prof. Kevin Anderson, Director of the @TyndallCentre speaking at @OfficialUoM in January 2018.@ExtinctionR wished to see him too. He's a bit of a quick talker, so I added subtitles. Sorry for any mistakes in there.👇[THREAD] pic.twitter.com/W8tQ4qaLjT
Again the parallel between extractive business models that harm ecological systems and those of the attention economy that increasingly harm social systems. Time for #greatmindshift to regenerative ways of organizing living systems & economies. https://t.co/sNfEvaxSjF
— Maja Goepel (@beyond_ideology) November 1, 2019
Blown away as @ymalhi explores the metabolism of the living Earth (& the current #anthropocene component). This animation of seasonal/global land primary productivity is stunning (@worldmapper) https://t.co/902cnjIJgz Will add more thoughts below. @earthinstitute 1/ #sustcomm pic.twitter.com/frbxinrI4V
— Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ (@Revkin) November 12, 2019
Das hörenswerte Interview von @TiloJung mit Claudia Roth zeigt in Sachen Klima einen großen Fehler auch der Grünen auf. Keine Politikerin, kein Politiker stellt sich hin und sagt klar: das Klima retten wir nicht einfach so. Das kostet Geld, das bedeutet Einschränkungen, das
— Hollarius (@Hollarius) November 3, 2019
This is not snow. It is foam on the grossly polluted yet sacred Yamuna River in Delhi. Such a depressing scene.https://t.co/3dzWTpvRjq
— Prof Jamie Woodward (@Jamie_Woodward_) November 3, 2019
Nightmare global warming of 2°C by ~2035 means
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) November 21, 2019
-droughts that are more than twice as severe
-desertification hitting most of the world's soil
-a huge increase in crop-destroying pests
-and a massive overall decline in the viability of food crops critical for human survival…
The world’s worms are being killed off by industrial agriculture.
— Ben See (@ClimateBen) January 20, 2020
1/8https://t.co/at6nmVa0P6
1965 President’s Science Advisory Committee Report on Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide https://t.co/8N6zzxqVDZ
— Thomas Böttiger 🏳️🌈 (@macinthemiddle) December 3, 2019