OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #240,
JULY 21, 2025. Compiled by Dick Bennett.
Shrinking Biodiversity.
Andreas Malm and Wim Carton. Overshoot:
How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown.
Peter Sinclair. Why Storms Are Getting Stronger.
UN Global Biodiversity Assessment 1,140 pages. Google
replied to my query regarding diversity: “The International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN) estimates that at least 157,100 species are
threatened with extinction, including more than 44,000 that are
endangered.” Extinctions are increasing and more
rapidly.
Two items from Climate and Capitalism 2024.
Illusions of Climate Technology
Andreas Malm and Wim Carton. OVERSHOOT: How the World
Surrendered to Climate Breakdown. https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/12/06/this-years-best-books-for-reds-and-greens/#comment-161780
Even before 1.5 degrees, climate disasters are intensifying
— and yet mainstream climate policies are based on surrender, on the assumption
the best we can do is overshoot the target and cool things down later, using
unproven and unknown technologies. In the meantime, the fossil fuel industry
swims in the largest profits ever made. Malm and Carton show how this
outrageous view came to dominate climate negotiations, and lays out the stakes
for the climate struggle in the years ahead.
Hurricanes accelerate
Peter Sinclair. “Basic physics explains why storms are getting
stronger.” October
20, 2024. This is Not Cool,
October 18, 2024
Climate
is not just changing, it HAS changed. Historical assumptions no longer hold.
After the last three weeks, it should be clear to everyone
that hurricanes and storms in a climate-altered world are different and much
more dangerous threats than what humanity has dealt with historically. . .
. MORE
Basic physics describes the factors that are turbocharging storms in a warmer
world.
First, a warming atmosphere holds more moisture, which is latent energy for
storms. Hot ocean waters are also like gasoline for hurricanes. . . . https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/10/20/basic-physics-explains-why-storms-are-getting-stronger/#comment-161607
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