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A little reminder of what the water crims are charging us to do

 

 

 

With the untreated sewage discharged into our waterways there is not just excrement - but all the diseases associated with diarrhea and sickness

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yet another Brexitish failure

 

England set to miss post-Brexit targets to clean up rivers by 2027

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Nearly 80 per cent of England's rivers, lakes and coastal waters may fail to reach a 'good' standard by 2027, a post-Brexit watchdog warns

 

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Its not been good for decades, but the Torys have literally turned the UK into a sh**show open sewer in so many ways

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This would look promising .. if it wasn't OAZ doing it ...

Now I had the O/AZ vaccine in the early days - but as detailed here, only because it was my only vaccine option - other than not get vaccinated which would be stupid.

 

New vaccine could protect against coronaviruses which have yet to emerge

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Researchers are developing a vaccine that will protect us against the next coronavirus pandemic

 

Edited May 9 by tobyjugg2

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Earth's Warmest April Is 11th Straight Record | Weather.com

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The beat goes on. Here's what the data from April showed. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com

 

Globe's Warmest April Is 11th Straight Record Month, Preliminary Data Shows

 

and we aren't even sure whether the sun has passed its peak yet

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rather than reducing the levels of c02 and nox in the atmosphere

A VERY large increase

 

Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian

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Experts issue warning after finding global average concentration in March was 4.7ppm higher than same period last year

Global Monitoring Laboratory - Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases

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The Global Monitoring Laboratory conducts research on greenhouse gas and carbon cycle feedbacks, changes in clouds, aerosols, and...

 

Global Monitoring Laboratory - Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases

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The Global Monitoring Laboratory conducts research on greenhouse gas and carbon cycle feedbacks, changes in clouds, aerosols, and...

 

 

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I see the poops (how appropriate) after 14 years of massively deteriorated monitoring and quality, are designating sewage polluted rivers as 'bathing water sites', presumably hoping that the high magic of designating them 'bathing water sites' and trusting the water companies who have pored poo in thewater for profit - will at least monitor it better if not stop polluting after the magic ritual.

Undoubtedly this feeble effort has nothing to do with a GE pending after 14 years of abuse eh?

 

Four wild swimming spots along the River Dart in Devon that suffer from high levels of sewage pollution have been designated by the Government as “bathing water sites“.

 

River Dart given 'bathing' status after swimmers desert it over sewage concerns

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Bathing water sites welcome their new designation - but warn much work is needed to ensure pollution levels are reduced

 

A poop Overlord was alleged to have been heard mutter - well if we win the election, we dont care what any monitors say and we'll just bury the results, and if labour win its their problem.

Edited May 14 by tobyjugg2

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Climate change: World's oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat

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Every single day of the past 12 months has seen a new global sea temperature high for the time of year.

World's oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat

NOAA Real-time Sea Surface Temperature | EarthNow

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Heat Wave in East Africa

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Sweltering temperatures led to power cuts and school closures in South Sudan.

 

We could be 16 years into a methane-fueled 'termination' event significant enough to end an ice age | Live Science

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Methane emissions from tropical wetlands have been soaring since 2006 and accelerating at the same breakneck speed as when Earth's...

 

 

There is no way to know what a termination could signify today, given that we are not in an ice age.

Edited May 14 by tobyjugg2

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Thought of the day:

Russel Brand: Someone full of ..it - 'baptised' in something full of ..it

 

"Thames Water is no longer responsible for the biggest piece of ..it in the river"

- Marina Hyde

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That is bang on if still somewhat 'conservative in outlook - just not as fantasy conservative as most reports

- note he includes a conservative estimate for other greenhouse gases like methane rather than just co2 - over 500ppm

 

Note

Conservative is used in the traditional sense here, not the more modern lie through your teeth and route money to your pals meaning

Edited May 28 by tobyjugg2

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2 foot of sea level rise

 

The Thwaites Glacier — dubbed the “Doomsday” glacier because of the grave impacts for global sea level rise if it melts — is breaking down “much faster” than expected, according to a peer-reviewed study published on Monday in the academic journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Using satellite imagery, scientists determined that widespread contact between the glacier and warm ocean water is speeding up the melting process.

The climate crisis is interrupting natural processes across large parts of the continent, according to the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition.

The glacier, roughly the size of the United Kingdom, could cause global sea levels to rise more than two feet if it melts completely, according to the study.

“Thwaites is the most unstable place in the Antarctic and contains the equivalent of 60 centimeters of sea level rise,” study co-author Christine Dow said in a statement.

“The worry is that we are underestimating the speed that the glacier is changing, which would be devastating for coastal communities around the world,” she continued.

Read the full story here.

 

 

 

or here ... from the India civil service currents affairs exam

Doomsday glacier

• Antarctica‘s Thwaites Glacier, roughly the size of Britain, is a fast-moving glacier in West Antarctica.
• Because of the risk it faces — and poses — Thwaites is often called the Doomsday Glacier. Because of its size (1.9 lakh square km), it contains enough water to raise the sea level by more than half a metre.
• Thwaites’s melting already contributes 4% to global sea level rise each year.
• Thwaites are important for Antarctica as it slows the ice behind it from freely flowing into the ocean.

Credits: BBC

Vigorous melting

• Salty and relatively warm ocean water is infiltrating beneath Thwaites Glacier, leading to significantly speedy melting. This process, termed as “vigorous melting“, is eroding its stability.
• However, its potential collapse could lead to a staggering 10-foot rise in sea levels, posing a dire threat to coastal communities worldwide.
• Previous studies discovered a deep connection to the east through which deep water flows from Pine Island Bay. That study also attributed the melting to the heat transport caused by channels bringing warm water towards the glacier from the north.
• With melting, glaciers become light and float off the land where they used to be situated. The resulting retreating grounding line exposes more of a glacier’s base to seawater, increasing the risk of melting.
• Since the late 1990s, the glacier has seen a 14km retreat of its “grounding line.”

The grounding line is the point where the ice flowing off the land and along the seabed floats up to form a huge platform.   https://www.pmfias.com/current-affairs-for-upsc-civil-services-exam-may-28-2024/   or here Satellite data reveals Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier is melting faster than we thought | Space WWW.SPACE.COM Seawater rushing miles beneath the glacier makes the ice more vulnerable to melting.

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A bit of sadly all to rare promising news

 

‘Smart’ antibiotic spares the microbiome

An antibiotic called lolamicin targets disease-causing Gram-negative bacteria without disturbing healthy gut bacteria. Broad-spectrum antibiotics against these pathogens wreak havoc on the gut microbiome and can allow potentially deadly Clostridioides difficile to take over. Mice infected with antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria survived after being given lolamicin, whereas almost 90% of those that didn’t receive the drug died within three days. Lolamicin did not seem to disrupt the gut microbiome and spared mice from C. difficile infections.

Nature | 4 min read
Reference: Nature paper

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despite our wettest 18 months on record,

•  Low levels of rain and snow have cut Canada’s hydropower production, forcing it to increase electricity imports from the U.S.

 

- NYT

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some good news

"Starmer vowed this week to “close the door on Putin” by turning Britain into a “clean energy superpower”. By guarding the UK against global energy market spikes the party would ensure “a permanent and sustainable end to the cost of living crisis”, he said.

The promise of lower energy bills could prove to be true, in time. GB Energy is considered a crucial plank in helping Labour to achieve another election promise: to create a virtually zero carbon electricity system by 2030, five years ahead of the government’s target.

If it achieves this it could save each household an average of £300 a year from their energy bill, according to analysis by the independent thinktank Ember."

 

 

Can Labour’s GB Energy plan future-proof UK’s power generation sector? | Labour | The Guardian

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Party has put state-owned power company at centre of its plans for decarbonisation, security and energy bills

 

 

Edited Thursday at 14:53 by tobyjugg2