Baghdad covered in snow for second time this century

[bigwave]

Baghdad covered in snow for second time this century

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200211-baghdad-covered-in-snow-for-second-time-this-century/

[bigwave]

 

[umbertino]

 

The weather got nuts....All over the world

[md11fr8dawg]

You would think that would be impossible with both countries in the desert and all that global warming going on!! Just saying.

[umbertino]

I have witnessed the horrors of climate change in the Pacific. Australia, it is time for action

 

Pacific Islanders have been experiencing climate-induced disasters for years, now they have reached Australia

 

Jacynta Fuamatu

Mon 10 Feb 2020 23.01 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/feb/11/i-have-witnessed-the-horrors-of-climate-change-in-the-pacific-australia-it-is-time-for-action

 

[bostonangler]

16 minutes ago, md11fr8dawg said:

You would think that would be impossible with both countries in the desert and all that global warming going on!! Just saying.

 

Hey we were 70 on Wednesday. Snow on Saturday. 70 again today... The earth will cure itself of the virus... Just give it time.

 

B/A

[md11fr8dawg]

I have NO DOUBT about that BA. And it won't be humans that cure it of the virus.

[bostonangler]

13 hours ago, md11fr8dawg said:

I have NO DOUBT about that BA. And it won't be humans that cure it of the virus.

 

Nope, the earth is a living organism just like all of us. The virus making the earth sick is us, and like many times in the past, the earth will eliminate the cause of sickness.

 

B/A

[MyLadiesDaddy]

And to think, these people  have the right to vote 

[coorslite21]

Get out the Camel chains....!

Got get up those sand dunes.....

[MyLadiesDaddy]

 

[umbertino]

EU accused of climate crisis hypocrisy after backing 32 gas projects

 

MEPs support €29bn ($31.56B) schemes, ‘locking Europe into burning fossil fuels for generations’

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Wed 12 Feb 2020 16.34 GMT

 

 

The EU should not be investing in fossil fuel projects, say environmentalists

Photograph: Jeff Zehnder/Alamy

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/12/eu-accused-of-climate-crisis-hypocrisy-after-backing-32-gas-projects

 

 

 

 

 

 

BP's statement on reaching net zero by 2050 – what it says and what it means

 

Jonathan Watts breaks down the oil company’s statements on its plans to cut carbon emissions in the coming decades

 

Wed 12 Feb 2020 15.39 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2020/feb/12/bp-statement-on-reaching-net-zero-carbon-emissions-by-2050-what-it-says-and-what-it-means

Edited February 12, 2020 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Antarctic temperature rises above 20C (68F) for first time on record

 

Scientists describe 20.75C logged at Seymour Island as ‘incredible and abnormal’

 

Jonathan Watts

Thu 13 Feb 2020 13.48 GMT Last modified on Thu 13 Feb 2020 14.47 GMT

 

 

Glaciers in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Temperatures in the region have warmed rapidly in recent years

Photograph: Johan Ordóñez/AFP via Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/13/antarctic-temperature-rises-above-20c-first-time-record

 

 

[umbertino]

Earth just had hottest January since records began, data shows

 

• Average global temperature 2.5F above 20th-century average
• Antarctic has begun February with several temperature spikes

 

Oliver Milman

Thu 13 Feb 2020 17.42 GMT Last modified on Thu 13 Feb 2020 20.20 GMT

 

 

 

Chinstrap penguins in Antarctica, which at the weekend broke 20C for the first time in its history

Photograph: Christian Aslund/Greenpeace/EPA

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/13/january-hottest-earth-record-climate-crisis

Edited February 14, 2020 by umbertino