3 thoughts on “Monday Message Board”

  1. Leon Simons tweeted on Jun 2:

    We just experienced 11 months in a row above +1.5°C!

    Global warming is clearly accelerating.

    We need to act like our home is on fire.

    Because it is, for all intents and purposes

    Meanwhile, Dr Robert Rohde tweeted on Jun 1:

    In 2023, a record ~2,300 Americans had exposure to excessive heat written as a contributing factor on their death certificate.

    (Epidemiologists say the true number of heat-related deaths is often a few times larger than death certificates record.)

    Professor Stefan Rahmstorf tweeted on 25 May 2023 a gif animation showing areas of the globe (in purple) that would be considered no longer habitable (MAT ≥ 29 °C) at various global mean warming levels (including +1.5 °C, +1.8 °C, +2.1 °C, +2.4 °C, +2.7 °C, +3.6 °C and +4.4 °C).

  2. Global warming will inevitably cause a redistribution of population density. There may even be a reversal of urbanisation. What started as a trend may become a necessity. Climate change refugees may have no choice but to relocate away from coastlines as sea levels rise. Then the higher extremes of temperature will force people into areas once considered too cold. That there is space is not the issue. Even a hobby farm can have four times the number of householders living on site. But the real issue is amenities. With an overspending on city and urban infrastructure, many non-urban areas have poor amenities. This will have to be addressed by 2050.

    Once every region has access to clean water, sanitation and power; the flow of migrants out of cities can begin in earnest. It will require a massive change in lifestyles. The beach culture may wither and die. It may simply be too hot and sea levels will be too high, particularly during high tides. Then there is the possible end to high density areas. This inner city living will become less healthy.

    Nothing will happen overnight, but settlement patterns will change. Urbanisation may become unrealistic giving the weather extremes. We may see the establishment of settlements away from coastlines.

  3. Opinions needed: is there any reason not to try to sign up for a study to test a blood test for various cancers? (Other than the risk of false positives?) (Or, should I worry about that?) I have not always been a joiner.

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