mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Former c# developer, essayist and short story author. Enjoy art, philosophy, science, and baking 🍞 Collapsonaut examining depopulation scenarios. Based in #LosAngeles. Header: mural by Judith Baca
"Crossing this tipping point [AMOC collapse] would not only cool north-western Europe, it would dramatically raise sea levels on the American East Coast, cause the collapse of marine ecosystems, reduce the carbon dioxide uptake of the ocean and warm the southern hemisphere even more, and it could also shift the tropical rainfall belts and disrupt the Asian monsoon. ... it takes about a thousand years for the AMOC to recover."
(From Greta Thunberg's The Climate Book)
Seems to me we should phase out fossil fuel subsidies...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972726000358
Funny how billionaires cheer California when it builds their markets and infrastructure, but bolt the moment a modest 5% wealth tax is proposed. If your success depends on the state, maybe your contribution shouldn’t disappear the second you’re asked to give a little back.
Climate change is not just about "capitalism"...
https://chappyessays.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/blame-is-the-easiest-escape/
“Widespread warming and lack of humidity is keeping fires up at night.”
You know, even though i'm seventy years old, I still like to dabble in programming a bit. I just updated my intelligent query designer, so now you can run the query straight from it!
"Policymakers and the public, however, remain largely unaware of the risks posed by such a practically irreversible transition [to a hothouse Earth]."
https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(25)00391-4
Agroecology goes high tech to address climate change...
Researchers reflect on interesting recent climate research:
Another shortage caused by the Iran war...
"Everybody is talking about petrol prices but nobody is talking about helium"
Working towards resilient, Earth-friendly ammonia production...
"Ultimately, sustainable ammonia requires not only better catalysts, but also better integration of production, use, and nitrogen management."
https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(26)00079-5