The Climate Change Thread

[Towered]

You are quite a bit more diplomatic and generous than I would have been.

AoD

Which is odd, as normally I tend not to be overly diplomatic. I guess age is gradually softening my edges...

 

[Towered]

Is "treasured cultural site" a euphemism for tourist trap, hide your wallet?

I get what you're saying since that's what it's become in recent decades, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a fascinating, unique place in the world that had a significant impact on history. It's certainly worth every preservation effort.

 

[SunriseChampion]

I agree. Just keep me the hell away from it.

Wait, Venice is just one of those places that will be inundated with the rising seas. I don't think we're doing much to stem that tide. Sorry Venetians, better luck next planet.

 

[WislaHD]

Well, Venice sits in a relatively protected lagoon, not in the open sea. They are better positioned than most for having a human engineering solution to rising sea levels.

 

[AlbertC]

Venetians rage at flood-defence delay: 'They don’t think of us'

City’s €6bn Mose barriers to protect against high tides unfinished after 15 years

Angela Giuffrida in Venice
Thu 14 Nov 2019 19.49 GMT First published on Thu 14 Nov 2019 18.02 GMT

Venetians rage at flood-defence delay: 'They donât think of us'

City’s €6bn Mose barriers to protect against high tides unfinished after 15 years

www.theguardian.com

 

[Towered]

Venetians rage at flood-defence delay: 'They don’t think of us'

City’s €6bn Mose barriers to protect against high tides unfinished after 15 years

Angela Giuffrida in Venice
Thu 14 Nov 2019 19.49 GMT First published on Thu 14 Nov 2019 18.02 GMT

Venetians rage at flood-defence delay: 'They donât think of us'

City’s €6bn Mose barriers to protect against high tides unfinished after 15 years

www.theguardian.com

Ah yes, the famed Italian efficiency...

 

[AlbertC]

Venice council flooded moments after rejecting climate crisis plan

Rightwing parties reject proposals as lagoon city faces worst flooding in 53 years

Angela Giuffrida in Rome
Fri 15 Nov 2019 15.21 GMT

Veneto’s regional council rejected a plan to combat climate change minutes before its offices on the Grand Canal, in Venice, were flooded, it has emerged as the city continues to battle high water levels.

Venice has been hit by recurrent flooding since Tuesday, with 70% of the lagoon city engulfed on Friday morning as the acqua alta, or high water, level reached 1.54 metres amid heavy downpours.

Venice council flooded moments after rejecting climate crisis plan

Rightwing parties reject proposals as lagoon city faces worst flooding in 53 years

www.theguardian.com

 

[Johnny Au]

Venice council flooded moments after rejecting climate crisis plan

Rightwing parties reject proposals as lagoon city faces worst flooding in 53 years

Angela Giuffrida in Rome
Fri 15 Nov 2019 15.21 GMT

Veneto’s regional council rejected a plan to combat climate change minutes before its offices on the Grand Canal, in Venice, were flooded, it has emerged as the city continues to battle high water levels.

Venice has been hit by recurrent flooding since Tuesday, with 70% of the lagoon city engulfed on Friday morning as the acqua alta, or high water, level reached 1.54 metres amid heavy downpours.

Venice council flooded moments after rejecting climate crisis plan

Rightwing parties reject proposals as lagoon city faces worst flooding in 53 years

www.theguardian.com

Those politicians against climate change plans must have their heads stuck in the muddy lagoon like the rot-resistant wooden piles used to hold the foundations of Venice in place.

 

[SunriseChampion]

Hahahaaaa.a........that's hilarious...."rejected a plan to combat climate change...minutes before its offices...were flooded..."

You can't make this shit up....and as luck would have it, you don't need to make this shit up.

That's co(s)mic justice.

 

[AlbertC]

Greenland airport becomes latest victim of climate change

By Euronews with agencies
15/11/2019

Greenland's main airport is set to end civilian flights within five years due to climate change, as the melting of permafrost is cracking the runway.

Kangerlussuaq Airport, the country's main hub, had 11,000 planes landing or departing last year.

Permafrost, the layer of soil usually frozen solid, is shrinking as temperatures rise. For airport workers, ridding the runway of the snow and ice has become a constant struggle.

As a result, authorities will start building a new facility from scratch.

Greenland airport becomes latest victim of climate change

Greenland's main airport is set to end civilian flights within five years due to climate change, as the melting of permafrost is cracking the runway.

www.euronews.com

 

[AlbertC]

Venice: Third exceptional flood makes week worst on record

Italy's World Heritage Site city has been hit by a third exceptional flood. The water reached 1.5 meters above sea level in the iconic city.

Record flood water levels in Venice hit again on Sunday making this the worst week of flooding in the city in over 50 years.

Venice's tide office recorded the peak tide of 1.5 meters above sea level just after 1 p.m. local time (12:00 UTC).

The new peak left 70% of the UNESCO World Heritage city submerged on Sunday.

Venice: Third exceptional flood makes week worst on record | DW | 17.11.2019

Italy's World Heritage Site city has been hit by a third exceptional flood. The water reached 1.5 meters above sea level in the iconic city.

m.dw.com

 

[jje1000]

Any attempts at solving climate change is ultimately fruitless if it doesn’t involve stronger rules on China and India.

China is set to add new coal-fired power plants equivalent to the EU’s entire capacity, as the world’s biggest energy consumer ignores global pressure to rein in carbon emissions in its bid to boost a slowing economy.

While the rest of the world has been largely reducing coal-powered capacity over the past two years, China is building so much coal power that it more than offsets the decline elsewhere.

The renewed push into coal has been driven by Chinese energy companies desperate to gain market share and by local governments who view coal plants as a source of jobs and investment. While electricity demand in China rose 8.5 per cent last year, the current grid is already oversupplied and coal stations are utilised only about half the time.

“The utilisation of coal-fired power plants will reach a record low this year, so there is no justification to build these coal plants,” said Lauri Myllyvirta, an analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, an Australia-based think-tank. “But that is not the logic that investment follows in China . . . There is little regard for the long-term economics of the investments that are being made.”

China ramps up coal power in face of emissions efforts | Financial Times

Study shows new plants being added equivalent to entire capacity of EU

www.ft.com

 

[AlbertC]

How Venice’s plan to protect itself from flooding became a disaster in itself

By Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli
November 19, 2019 at 2:03 PM EST

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/how-venices-plan-to-protect-itself-from-flooding-became-a-disaster-in-itself/2019/11/19/7e1fe494-09a8-11ea-8054-289aef6e38a3_story.html

 

[AlbertC]

Could Victoria Falls dry up?

The effects of severe drought and climate change are having an impact on one of the world's great natural wonders, Victoria Falls.

Elisha Moyo, Principal Climate Change Researcher at Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Environment, Climate and Tourism, tells Hardtalk's Stephen Sackur that the average flow over the falls in 2019 is down by almost 50%

Mr Moyo said: "The low falls are becoming more frequent...
"Who knows maybe one year there will be no falls completely, no water."

*Video available

Could Victoria Falls dry up?

The effects of severe drought and climate change are having an impact on Victoria Falls.

www.bbc.com

 

[Johnny Au]

Could Victoria Falls dry up?

The effects of severe drought and climate change are having an impact on one of the world's great natural wonders, Victoria Falls.

Elisha Moyo, Principal Climate Change Researcher at Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Environment, Climate and Tourism, tells Hardtalk's Stephen Sackur that the average flow over the falls in 2019 is down by almost 50%

Mr Moyo said: "The low falls are becoming more frequent...
"Who knows maybe one year there will be no falls completely, no water."

*Video available

Could Victoria Falls dry up?

The effects of severe drought and climate change are having an impact on Victoria Falls.

www.bbc.com

If Victoria Falls dried up, all we would see is a deep zigzag gorge. However, it would be a disaster.