My job as a nudist promoter is to look for non-nudist places (since Mexico only has one officially public nudist place 😅) that can potentially be nudist for those who like to enjoy a natural life as me.
This time I went to explore the beaches in the Gulf of Mexico in Tamaulipas.
Witch bottles have been washing ashore along a 60-mile stretch of beach on the southern span of the Texas Gulf Coast. TWH takes a look at this phenomenon along with the long history of archaeologist looking into (and at) witch bottles.
"The Biden administration on Friday designated four tracts of federal waters in the #GulfOfMexico off the #Texas and #Louisiana coasts for development of #WindEnergy."
The Midwest US could be a hotspot for deadly ‘moist heat stress’ as global temperatures climb
Large parts of the world, including China and the Midwest US, are on track to become too hot for humans to handle as accelerating global temperatures expose billions to heat and humidity so extreme their bodies will no longer be able to cope, according to a new study.
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN
Published Oct 9, 2023
"At 3 degrees — which the study authors say is the most likely level of warming by 2100 if no action is taken — there is a sharp increase in people exposed to life-threatening heat and humidity. 'It’s really incredibly disturbing,' Huber told CNN.
"Humid #heatwaves will affect swaths of the world not used to such #extreme conditions.
"The #Midwest US will become a 'moist heat stress hotspot' at 3 degrees of warming, according to the report. The Midwest is susceptible to this kind of heat stress in part because its climate walks the line between dry and humid, Huber explained, allowing the region’s heat to push into the danger zone on very humid days.
"Another factor that makes the region vulnerable is its agriculture and the phenomenon called 'corn sweat,' Huber said.
"'The plants that we eat are sweating through evapotranspiration, and that may be adding to the humidity above what would normally be there,' he said.
"So-called 'hot hours' — times where heat and #humidity are especially life-threatening — will be concentrated in the #Missouri and #MississippiRiver valleys but also elsewhere in US including the #GulfOfMexico coast and the #AtlanticSeaboard according to the study.
"At 4 degrees of warming, the study’s worst-case scenario, researchers found that 1.5 billion people around the world would face a month of moist heat stress each year, and roughly 2.7 billion people will experience at least a week of these extreme conditions.
"Parts of #Yemen could experience heat and humidity that exceeds human tolerance for more than 300 days a year, making it virtually uninhabitable."
Always mention that this is the poison pill Joe #Manchin put into the #IRA:
"The #InflationReductionAct required the Interior Department to propose a certain number of #oil and #gas leases in federal waters in exchange for the ability to propose clean #OffshoreWind energy projects. Three was the lowest number that would allow it to move forward with offshore wind lease sales around the country, the department said, given the requirements of the law."
"The White House has been battered by #OilAndGas debates since Biden took office, fresh off a campaign promise to end federal #drilling. Biden’s early policies aimed at curbing the scope of the oil program #offshore were reversed by litigation from the oil industry and Republican-led states."
The drop in new #DrillingPermits underscores what many experts have already predicted will happen with or without Biden: the #GulfOfMexico eventually going into decline."
"The Atlantic #hurricane season is headed into uncharted territory with water temperatures in the #Atlantic Ocean and the #GulfOfMexico warmer than they have ever been on record.
Seasonal forecasters are warning it means you need to prepare for a more uncertain forecast for the rest of the season with the potential for more storms and stronger ones. "
I got up just before dawn. Room service just delivered a pot of coffee and I’m watching the ocean pass by. Yesterday was pretty hectic yesterday, so many people. Not like my backyard, no birds out here.
For U.S #teachers , citizen scientists and lifelong learners.
Learn about harmful algae blooms, otherwise known as #RedTide, and why such events are intensifying in
in areas surrounding #GulfOfMexico, such as Florida.
The Gulf Shores Beaches in Alabama are by far my favorite beaches on the Gulf of Mexico, and I've been to many. The beautiful emerald waters and white sand is glorious!
The Middle Bay Lighthouse in #MobileAlabama more or less as it originally looked when built in 1885. It's still standing but the lantern was removed decades ago.
Gulf of Mexico Sees Piracy Increase (www.rigzone.com)
The Gulf of Mexico saw an increase in piracy incidents in 2022 compared to 2021, according to Dryad Global Analyst Andrea Peniche Cobo.