Weatherwatch: how, when and why does a snowflake fall?
13 MINS AGO - Scientists have used 3D printing to create varying shapes of snowflakes and study how their Expand
13 MINS AGO - Scientists have used 3D printing to create varying shapes of snowflakes and study how their individual structure affects their behaviourAbout 85% of precipitation in the UK started life as an ice crystal or snowflake. Most turn to rain as they fall (the UK has an average of just 23.7 days of snow or sleet each year) and many prefer to drift around, creating overcast days. Predicting when a cloud will dump its load is hard, but new experiments are showing that snowflake geometry plays an important role.Hefty snowflakes fall quickly through the air, whilst delicate ice crystals tend to take their time. Understanding the aerodynamics of how ice crystals fall is an important part of climate modelling, because some ice crystals help clouds hang around for longer, reflecting more sunlight back into space. But snowflakes and ice crystals are difficult to study: they are small, they come in lots of shapes and sizes, and they tend to break or melt when you touch them. Continue reading... Collapse
Evening News Silent For Seven Straight Nights About Extreme ‘Green New Deal’
1 HR AGO - It’s been a week since Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., Expand
1 HR AGO - It’s been a week since Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., introduced a “Green New Deal” resolution promising massive government spending and no way to pay for it. The president and many others mocked it. Liberal presidential candidates endorsed it. An Ocasio-Cortez policy adviser denied to Fox News that the plan promised […] Collapse
Global Warming Activists Hot And Bothered Over Trump
1 HR AGO - President Donald Trump touched upon a range of topics he regarded as of utmost importance to the Expand
1 HR AGO - President Donald Trump touched upon a range of topics he regarded as of utmost importance to the nation in his State of the Union address, but one was conspicuously absent: climate change. That did not go unnoticed. Climate alarmists were shocked that their pet crisis was not even worthy of mentioning and condemned him in […] Collapse
US coastal businesses hit by everyday impact of climate change, study shows
2 HRS AGO - Annapolis is seeing seas rise at about twice the global rate, and flooding there foreshadows the Expand
2 HRS AGO - Annapolis is seeing seas rise at about twice the global rate, and flooding there foreshadows the problems other coastal communities can expectWhen the parking lot in the bustling tourist zone of downtown Annapolis floods, the employees at Pip’s Dock Street Dogs restaurant take off their socks and shoes, wrap their legs in trash bags and wade out into the water.A lot of the time, it’s not even raining. High tides intensified by sea-level rise are just pushing the water inland, overwhelming the drainage system. Continue reading... Collapse
It is our future': children call time on climate inaction in UK
3 HRS AGO - Thousands of young people take time out of school to join protests across the countrySome wore Expand
3 HRS AGO - Thousands of young people take time out of school to join protests across the countrySome wore school uniform, with ties askew in St Trinian’s fashion, others donned face paint, sparkly jackets and DM boots. The youngest clutched a parent’s hand as people gathered in the sunshine in Parliament Square in London, a few metres from the politicians they say are letting down a generation.They carried homemade placards, with slogans full of humour, passion and hope that the voices of thousands of children and young people would be heard. Related: 'The beginning of great change': Greta Thunberg hails school climate strikes Continue reading... Collapse
School pupils call for radical climate action in UK-wide strike
3 HRS AGO - Former UN climate chief says it is time to ‘heed voice of youth’ as thousands join protestAre you Expand
3 HRS AGO - Former UN climate chief says it is time to ‘heed voice of youth’ as thousands join protestAre you taking part? Share your storiesThousands of schoolchildren and young people have walked out of classes to join a UK-wide climate strike amid growing anger at the failure of politicians to tackle the escalating ecological crisis.Organisers said more than 10,000 young people in at least 60 towns and cities from the Scottish Highlands to Cornwall joined the strike, defying threats of detention to voice their frustration at the older generation’s inaction on the environmental impact of climate change.'Never too small to make a difference'British PM says that the children on school strike are “wasting lesson time”. That may well be the case. But then again, political leaders have wasted 30 yrs of inaction. Andthat is slightly worse.#schoolstrike4climate #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike https://t.co/PoSCXin3VN Related: 'I feel very angry': the 13-year-old on school strike for climate action Collapse
Brainwashed School Kids Have Nothing Useful To Tell Us About Climate Change
5 HRS AGO - Across Britain, brainwashed kids are bunking off school today, because climate change. Naturally, Expand
5 HRS AGO - Across Britain, brainwashed kids are bunking off school today, because climate change. Naturally, CNN is right behind them. This is what we learned from a hard-hitting interview conducted by Christiane Amanpour; From 16-year old Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz lookalike Greta Thunberg: “We children we understand this in a way that adults don’t.” From 17-year […] Collapse
5 reasons to protect mangrove forests for the future
6 HRS AGO - They store carbon, protect against flooding and create breeding grounds for fish. But these Expand
6 HRS AGO - They store carbon, protect against flooding and create breeding grounds for fish. But these verdant, lush ecosystems are under threat. Collapse
Ocasio-Cortez: The Latest In A Long Line Of ‘We’re Gonna Die’ Cons
7 HRS AGO - “There is a sucker born every minute.” Who among us cannot recall being conned? In Expand
7 HRS AGO - “There is a sucker born every minute.” Who among us cannot recall being conned? In the 1970 tear-jerker Love Story, the dying Ali MacGraw delivers this gem: “Love means not having to say you’re sorry.” With this declaration by Erich Segal, the author of the best-selling novel, millions were supplied the litmus test for the quality of […] Collapse
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Democrats Look To Declare National Emergency Over Climate Change, Not A ‘Fake Crisis’
17 MINS AGO - Rep. Earl Blumenauer plans an emergency resolution on global warming in response to Trump's action Expand
17 MINS AGO - Rep. Earl Blumenauer plans an emergency resolution on global warming in response to Trump's action over a border wall. Collapse
Climate march students: 'We need change and we need it now
1 HR AGO - Students have protested across the UK to air their views on the issue of climate change. We talked Expand
1 HR AGO - Students have protested across the UK to air their views on the issue of climate change. We talked to some of those in Manchester. Collapse
Extreme Wildfire Fraud In The National Climate Assessment
2 HRS AGO - Yesterday I showed how the National Climate Assessment is committing blatant fraud about heat Expand
2 HRS AGO - Yesterday I showed how the National Climate Assessment is committing blatant fraud about heat waves by hiding the data that shows their claims are inverted from reality. Extreme Fraud In The National Climate Assessment | The Deplorable Climate Science Blog In this post, I show how they are doing exactly the same thing with wildfires. […] Collapse
Hong Kong seizes $1m worth of rhino horn at airport
2 HRS AGO - Two men carrying at least 24 severed rhino horns have been arrested at Hong Kong airport's customs.
We failed the young on climate change – now we must listen to them | Jonathan Freedland
3 HRS AGO - Greta Thunberg led the way. Children skipping school to protest against global warming is an Expand
3 HRS AGO - Greta Thunberg led the way. Children skipping school to protest against global warming is an indictment of adult complacencySuch is the upside-down, topsy-turvy state of our world, that the children are now the adults and the adults are the children. In Westminster, our supposed leaders – men and women of mature vintage – keep stamping their feet and demanding what no one can give them.They insist they should be allowed to gobble up all the birthday cake and still have cake left to eat, threatening to storm out of the European Union and slam the door behind them. As Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general, rightly puts it: “Threatening to leave is the behaviour of a three-year-old who says that they are going to hold their breath if they do not get the toy that they want.” Related: 'The beginning of great change': Greta Thunberg hails school climate strikes Related: My generation trashed the planet. So I salute the children striking back | George Monbiot Continue reading... Collapse
BP: Plastic ban "could have unintended consequences"
4 HRS AGO - The oil and gas company believes a prohibition on single-use plastic could increase CO2, but is Expand
4 HRS AGO - The oil and gas company believes a prohibition on single-use plastic could increase CO2, but is that true? Collapse
My generation trashed the planet. So I salute the children striking back | George Monbiot
6 HRS AGO - Across the country today, children left their classes to protest against climate change. This is Expand
6 HRS AGO - Across the country today, children left their classes to protest against climate change. This is my message to themThe Youth Strike 4 Climate gives me more hope than I have felt in 30 years of campaigning. Before this week, I believed it was all over. I thought, given the indifference and hostility of those who govern us, and the passivity of most of my generation, that climate breakdown and ecological collapse were inevitable. Now, for the first time in years, I think we can turn them around. Related: Schoolchildren take to streets in UK-wide climate strike - live Continue reading... Collapse
Tucker Carlson Takes On ‘Screechy Moron’ Ocasio-Cortez In Epic ‘Green New Deal’ Rant
7 HRS AGO - Tucker Carlson dismissed the Democratic-proposed Green New Deal as a “religious Expand
7 HRS AGO - Tucker Carlson dismissed the Democratic-proposed Green New Deal as a “religious document” in climate theology. Carlson said the rhetoric about the Deal is “not the language of compromise and moderation, it’s the language of fundamentalist theology.” The FOX News host said the Green New Deal, like gun control, is not about what they say it […] Collapse
The Climate and Security Podcast: Episode 8 with Michael Wu
7 HRS AGO - Welcome back to The Climate and Security Podcast! In this episode, Michael Wu, Policy Fellow at Expand
7 HRS AGO - Welcome back to The Climate and Security Podcast! In this episode, Michael Wu, Policy Fellow at The Center for Climate and Security and Principal of Converge Strategies, talks about the electric grid and its history. He discusses how the risk of long-term, widespread power outages is increasing as threats from natural disasters and adversaries increase. These threats mutually … Continue reading → Collapse
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Private Jet-Setter Harrison Ford Talks Climate Doom: ’10 Year’ Tipping Point!
21 MINS AGO - NBC late-night comedian Seth Meyers recently dedicated one of his “comedy” diatribes Expand
21 MINS AGO - NBC late-night comedian Seth Meyers recently dedicated one of his “comedy” diatribes to denouncing “scaremongering about socialism.” Liberals have a right to lecture us on some things, but scaremongering ain’t one of them. These are the same people who relentlessly scaremonger the American people about “climate change.” In a recent video to promote a World […] Collapse
ABC Political Director Defends Green Deal: ‘They’re Not Taking Away Your…Cars, Planes’
1 HR AGO - ABC News’s political director Rick Klein appeared briefly on The View Thursday to talk about Expand
1 HR AGO - ABC News’s political director Rick Klein appeared briefly on The View Thursday to talk about the controversies surrounding freshman Democrats and to tout the Green New Deal proposed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. While co-host Abby Huntsman expressed concern that Democrats were veering too far left, Klein and fellow co-host Joy Behar shut her down, claiming that most Americans supported […] Collapse
US coastal businesses hit by everyday impact of climate change, study shows
2 HRS AGO - Annapolis is seeing seas rise at about twice the global rate, and flooding there foreshadows the Expand
2 HRS AGO - Annapolis is seeing seas rise at about twice the global rate, and flooding there foreshadows the problems other coastal communities can expectWhen the parking lot in the bustling tourist zone of downtown Annapolis floods, the employees at Pip’s Dock Street Dogs restaurant take off their socks and shoes, wrap their legs in trash bags and wade out into the water.A lot of the time, it’s not even raining. High tides intensified by sea-level rise are just pushing the water inland, overwhelming the drainage system. Continue reading... Collapse
Bangladesh: 2019 Joint Response Plan for Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis (January-December)
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2 HRS AGO - Source: International Organization for Migration, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Resident Coordinator for Bangladesh, Inter Sector Coordination Group
Country: Bangladesh, Myanmar
PART I: OVERVIEW AND 2019 RESPONSE STRATEGY
Overview of the Crisis and Needs
The Rohingya people have faced decades of systematic discrimination, statelessness and targeted violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Such persecution has forced Rohingya women, girls, boys and men into Bangladesh for many years, with signiicant spikes following violent attacks in 1978, 1991-1992, and again in 2016. Yet it was August 2017 that triggered by far the largest and fastest refugee inlux into Bangladesh. Since then, an estimated 745,000 Rohingya—including more than 400,000 children—have led into Cox’s Bazar. The immediate cause of their light was described by the UN-mandated Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar as a “widespread and systematic attack on [civilians]” including “murder, Collapse
Climate strike: thousands of students take to UK streets in call to stop global warming – as it happened
5 HRS AGO - Walkouts held in towns and cities across Britain in protest at environmental crisisAre you taking Expand
5 HRS AGO - Walkouts held in towns and cities across Britain in protest at environmental crisisAre you taking part? Share your experiences 3.47pm GMT We’re going to wind up the blog now. Thanks for reading and for getting in touch to share your stories. Here’s our most recent news story. Related: Climate strike: UK school pupils take part in call for urgent action 3.30pm GMT The climate change strikers have found an unusual source of support: Conservative MPs who have issued comments applauding those who took time off school or college to join the protests.They include Claire Perry, the energy minister, who said: “I’m incredibly proud of young people who feel strongly that we need to take action.” She was joined by the former higher education minister Sam Gyimah, who tweeted approvingly: “Best to see this as an applied citizenship lesson on one day of the year.” 3.29pm GMT School students who spoke to the New Scientist during the protests in London said the media had to share some of the blame Collapse
Great Barrier Reef at threat from dirty water due to recent floods
6 HRS AGO - Floodwaters thought to contain dangerous chemicals are triggering algal blooms
Climate strike: Thousands of UK schoolchildren walk out of classes to protest ecological crisis
7 HRS AGO - Unless we take action, the future's looking bleak for those of us that have grown up in an era Expand
7 HRS AGO - Unless we take action, the future's looking bleak for those of us that have grown up in an era defined by climate change Collapse
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