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Blowing in the Wind 0

Michael in Norfolk looks at the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene and remarks

One has to wonder when more Americans will wake up to the reality of what climate change is wreaking and stop voting for politicians who deny or ignore its existence.

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Stormy Donald 0

Image of huge storm swirling off the Florida coast.  Voice says,

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The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0

. . . and the sea levels they are arising.

And, despite what Donald Trump seems to think, that won’t create more waterfront property. Indeed, it will create less.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing 0

And the migrations they are already migratin’..

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The Climates They Are a-Changing 0

It appears that climate change may be going viral.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0

. . . and today’s Republican Party doesn’t care plans to make it worse.

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Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0

According the Stephanie Hayes at the Tampa Bay Times, it’s also Florida’s approach to the reality of climate change.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0

. . . and some of the (possible) side effects may be–er–somewhat disconcerting.

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They Will Still Find a Way 0

Ostrich labeded

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Sea Change 0

Hose labeled

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The Climates They Are a-Changing 0

And the sea levels, they are a-rising.

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Misdirection Play: Hot Air about Windmills 0

Rebecca Burns, author and journalist based in Georgia, to discuss her recent piece in The American Prospect entitled “Against The Wind.”

Aside:

I think that this story, which appeared in my local rag yesterday, may be an example of the misdirection play discussed in this clip.

Most of the valid reports I’ve seen of harm to whales involve collisions with boats, not with stationary objects.

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Keeping Up with the Times 0

Thanks to climate change, the saying is now

March showers bring April flowers.

(Or maybe it’s “February showers,” as the daffodils by our back steps started to bloom well over a week ago and now their blossoms are fully deployed.)

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The Climates They Are a-Changing 0

Song manuscript titled

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The Climates They Are a-Changing 0

It’s the middle of January and we’re running the air conditioner. The high today was in the mid-70s Fahrenheit. According to my sidebar over there (——–>) on the right, it’s 70 at this moment.

Yeah, I know that “climate” and “weather” are not the same thing, but we wouldn’t be having this kind of weather in bleepin’ January if the climates they were not a-changing.

I grew up about 40 miles north of where I type this. Back in the olden days, when I was a young ‘un, 50 Fahrenheits in January qualified as a warm day.

I am not sanguine.

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Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0

Man and woman standing on a snowy street before a sign reading,

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A Picture Is Worth 0

At the climate conference in Dubai, oil executives basking in oil and oil riches at the Dubai as other listen to a lecture on stopping the use of fossil fuels.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0

. . . and, as the evidence shows, it’s no shrimp of a problem.

As an aside, the forecast high for today in these parts is 70 Fahrenheits.

In December.

Afterthought:

In my darker moments, I find it difficult to avoid fearing that we are nearing an extinction event.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0

. . . and I’m getting a sinking feeling.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing 0

Der Spiegel looks at the mass deaths of Amazon River dolphins. A snippet:

Together with her colleagues, Marmontel set out to learn what caused the mysterious die-off. They dissected the cadavers, took water samples, analyzed weather and climate conditions and interviewed fishermen and locals. Was it a virus? Were they killed by an organic poison used by indigenous tribes for fishing? Was the lake polluted by pesticides? Could the dolphins have starved to death?

Ultimately, only one possible explanation remained, says (Marine biologist Miriam–ed.) Marmontel: “The animals were victims of climate change.”

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