OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #179, MAY 20 , 2024.

 

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #179, MAY 20 , 2024.  Compiled by Dick Bennett

CLIMATE CHANGE CALAMITY

Aleks Phillips.  Florida, East and Gulf Coasts Under Water.
Zack Frye.  Settler Colonialism Destroys Indigenous People and Ecosystems.

Assange Extradited?

 

Aleks Phillips.  “Florida map shows where state will become underwater from sea level rise.”  Mronline.org (4-14-24). 

Originally published: Defend Democracy Press  on April 12, 2024 by (more by Defend Democracy Press)  |  (Posted Apr 13, 2024)

Climate Change, Environment, InequalityAmericas, Global, United StatesNewswireFlorida, Water

Earlier in March, astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson published a post on X, formerly Twitter, which showed Florida and much of America’s East and Gulf Coasts consumed by water. The post subsequently went viral, racking up 4.9 million views.

The TV scientist noted that Florida was relatively flat, making it “supremely susceptible to sea-level rise during climate change.” Many of the replies questioned the truth of the projection, or climate change itself.

So is Florida really going to be entirely consumed by the Atlantic Ocean as sea levels rise?

Tyson’s map appears to be lifted from the September 2013 issue of the National Geographic, which considered what different continents would look like if all of the world’s ice melted, causing 216 feet of sea level rise.

Continue reading at www.msn.com

“Our underwater future: What sea level rise will look like around the globe.”

The planet is warming rapidly, resulting in historic drought, deadly floods and unusual melting events in the Arctic. It is also causing steady sea level rise, which scientists say will continue for decades.

A new study from Climate Central, a nonprofit research group, shows that roughly 50 major coastal cities will need to implement “unprecedented” adaptation measures to prevent rising seas from swallowing their most populated areas.

The analysis, in collaboration with researchers at Princeton University and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, resulted in striking visual contrasts between the world as we know it today and our underwater future, if the planet warms to 3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.   Continue reading at edition.cnn.com

Zach Frye.  “How Settler-Colonialism Kills More Than Just People.” Black Agenda Report. PopularResistance.org (3-30-24).   The ideology and praxis of settler-colonialism are widely understood to be one of the most violent, brutal, and inhumane systems ever constructed by humanity. In every corner of the globe, dominant Western nations hailing from Europe and North America have systematically enforced their rule throughout the Global South by way of coercion, economic dominance, and, most importantly for the sake of this work, environmental destruction. One of the less focused aspects of settler-colonialism and its means of enforcement is the destruction of not only the Indigenous population but the ecosystems as well. -more-

 

Julian Assange’s Basic Press Freedoms Are Still In Danger [=US basic press freedoms]

By Chip Gibbons, Jacobin. On March 26, 2022, the UK High Court issued a decision about whether journalist Julian Assange could appeal his extradition to the United States. The United States is seeking to put the WikiLeaks founder and Australian journalist on trial for exposing US war crimes and abuses of power.   
After a nearly five-year legal process, during which a UK judge blocked Assange’s extradition only for a higher court to reverse, the UK High Court in February held two days of hearings on whether Assange had the right to appeal his extradition on a myriad of grounds, including press freedom and free expression concerns. -more-  [Assange is relevant to the struggle to TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT WARMING AND HOLD MAJOR MALEFACTORS ACCOUNTABLE]