I’ve reached the point today where I read too much #news and social media and I now feel extremely depressed…
The worst was reading a reddit or Lemmy thread quoting settlers in 1600s america saying how abundant the oceans were. “You could walk on herrings all the way to Greenland”
It reminds me of a passage from “How Everything Can #Collapse” by Servigne & Stevens saying that in the 1700s, per hour at sea, a fishing boat caught more fish than today. That’s despite all the tech we have like radar, engines, giant fish nets…
Extreme temperatures cause frequent and extended delays to passenger and freight air traffic when local safe operating guidelines are exceeded. Air transport is sensitive to extreme heat because hotter air makes it more difficult for airplanes to generate lift (the force required for an airplane to take flight), especially at higher elevations, requiring weight reductions and/or longer takeoff distances that may require runway extensions. Heat impacts to airports are expected to increase in the future and, in some cases, are the most critical vulnerability for a region.
In pioneering #lithuania the first all-#women list in the country’s political history has been unveiled. The Lithuanian #Greens are hoping that this list will help more women get elected to the European parliament, where men still make up around 60 % of the institution. The candidates are also trying to draw attention to other gender issues, such as the pay gap. #EuropeanElections#EuropeanUnion#EuropeanParliament #equality#environment#climate
THREAD: This might sound crazy, but in Ursula von der Leyen's official schedule, which you can view online, there wasn’t a single meeting with environmental activists listed at any time in the past year. What we did find, in the past 4 months alone, were 3 separate meetings with farming groups.
WaPo: How a friend’s flood damage could affect your climate change preparedness
A study suggests links between social learning and flood insurance purchases.
"Researchers compared new and renewed flood insurance policies in the wake of the storms, both in areas that experienced active flooding and those unaffected by the hurricanes...People in areas with stronger social ties to flooded areas purchased more new flood insurance policies in the three years after Harvey and Irma, they found. "