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The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory: #Climate May Go from Greenhouse to Hothouse: https://eos.org/articles/earths-climate-may-go-from-greenhouse-to-hothouse - uncertainty in climate models could mean Earth systems are perilously close to their tipping points, scientists warn.

got through the whole day in SF in March comfortably wearing just a t-shirt. it's that classic combination of feeling nice, plus terror for what this suggests about earth's climate systems

“During Friday’s Artemis II re-entry,
we will be deploying seismic and acoustic instrumentation at sea across the Southern California Bight
to record the sonic boom produced by the capsule’s re-entry,”
the USGS wrote in an email shared by a user on Reddit.
“Modelling indicates that the acoustic signal may be audible on land in some areas of Santa Barbara County and Baja California, including the Channel Islands.”
On its Facebook, the USGS states the sonic booms…

Offener Brief der Deutschen Filmakademie zu dem scheinbar geplanten kulturpolitischen Eingriff in die Leitung der Berlinale
https://openletter.earth/die-deutsche-filmakademie-positioni…

Good Morning #Canada
Here in beautiful Belle Ewart the temp is -22°C, feeling like -31°C with the wind. But it's a dry cold....
Out west they are struggling with double digit temperatures on the plus side. Edmonton's winter festival organizers are making snow, protecting ice blocks and praying for plunging temps to save their skating rink. The unseasonable weather has impacted events throughput Alberta. The Banff and Lake Louise ice carving festival, Art of Ice, had to take down sculptures because they weren't safe. They were similarly impacted last year. The World’s Longest Hockey Game (WLHG) got underway last Thursday and players are dealing with slushy conditions while golf driving ranges are packed with eager duffers.
I'd gladly make the sacrifice and swap weather conditions with our fellow Canucks out west. It would be a burden that I'd gladly carry.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Weather
https://youtu.be/W59Pi5S-Vic

Quick course correction needed to avoid 'hothouse Earth' scenario, scientists say #climate

Quick course correction needed to avoid 'hothouse Earth' scenario, scientists say
Scientists say that multiple Earth system components appear closer to destabilization than previously believed, putting the planet in increased danger of following a "hothouse" path driven by feedback loops that can amplify the consequences of global warming.

Filing: SpaceX is seeking FCC approval to launch 1M satellites into space; SpaceX claims the fleet will orbit the Earth and use the sun to power AI data centers (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-de…

It's crazy that this image looks so 'still' but in reality, the object on the left is essentially falling faster and faster into the blue world on the right. So fast that it will be going 39,688.37 km/hr when it enters the atmosphere and we all hope and pray that the engineering was sound and everything goes well.
#ArtemisII #Physics #Astronomy #Earth #TheyGoFast #Falling #Gravity

SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday seeking approval to put a constellation of 1 million data centersatellites into orbit.
While the FCC is unlikely to approve a network that expansive, SpaceX’s strategy has been to request approval for unrealistically large numbers of satellites as a starting point for negotiations.
The filing proposes establishing a network of solar-powered data centers in low Earth orbit that communicate with one another via lasers. The filling speak…

SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit
SpaceX claims putting data centers in orbit will be cheaper and more environmentally friendly than building them on land.

Study reveals hidden 'chemical currency' fueling the ocean's carbon cycle #ocean

Study reveals hidden 'chemical currency' fueling the ocean's carbon cycle
A new study, led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Columbia University, identifies a diverse set of molecules released by marine phytoplankton that fuel microbial life and help drive Earth's carbon cycle. While scientists know that carbon is moved through an invisible network of phytoplankton and other microbes in the surface ocean, the specific compounds have long been a mystery. These compounds are small, chemically difficult to detect in salty seawater, and are rapidly consu…