Geneva, Switzerland (WMO) - El Niño is firmly established and will intensify into a very strong event in the coming months, with big impacts on rainfall and temperature patterns and associated risks of floods, drought and extreme heat, according to a new update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
  • bitteroldcoot@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    We are messing with a system we do not understand and it is really going to bite us in the ass.

    This is the kind of thing that ended civilizations in the past. And yet a huge portion of world governments are making things worse, and very few are trying to make things better.

    As a senior facing end of life issues, I’m still going only because of the extraordinary intervention of modern medicine. And i am acutely aware of how much of that life line stretches around the world and is powered by fossil fuel. It is an unpleasant feeling to exist like this.