Climate Crisis, Biosphere & Societal Collapse

1639 readers

155 users here now

A place to share news, experiences and discussion about the continuing climate crisis, societal collapse, and biosphere collapse. Please be respectful of each other and remember the human.

Long live the Lützerath Mud Wizard.

Useful Links:

DISCORD - Collapse

Earth - A Global Map of Wind, Weather and Ocean Conditions - Use the menu at bottom left to toggle different views. For example, you can see where wildfires/smoke are by selecting "Chem - COsc" to see carbon monoxide (CO) surface concentration.

Climate Reanalyzer (University of Maine) - A source for daily updated average global air temps, sea surface temps, sea ice, weather and more.

National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center (US) - Information about ENSO and weather predictions.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Global Temperature Rankings Outlook (US) - Tool that is updated each month, concurrent with the release of the monthly global climate report.

Canadian Wildland Fire Information System - Government of Canada

Surging Seas Risk Zone Map - For discovering which areas could be underwater soon.

Check out our sister sub for collapse-related memes and silly stuff, Faster Than Expected!
AKA
c/fte@supoli.xyz

Alternative community on Reddthat

If there are any links you think are important that should be added to the list, please send a message and let me know.

Thanks for coming to c/collapse!

This is a supoli.xyz community.
SUPOLI GENERAL RULES:

Remember the human! (no harassment, threats, etc.)
No racism or other discrimination
No Nazis, QAnon or similar whackos and no endorsement of them
No porn
No ads or spam
No content against Finnish law

Supoli FAQ

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

0101010001110100@sopuli.xyz

supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz

106

For the First Time in 40 Years, Panama’s Ocean Lifeline Has Vanished (scitechdaily.com)

submitted 1 day ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/collapse@sopuli.xyz

10 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was not familiar with the technical term, but have heard the term 'doldrums'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertropical_Convergence_Zone

Just like me, the first time I heard about the ITCZ was when the Sahara Desert was flooded last year. And that was because of the ITCZ shift.

Heavy rains soak Sahara Desert as northward ITCZ shift alters African weather patterns

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I recall that happening, but not the details. I wonder how this will affect the Great Green Wall (https://grandemurailleverte.org/); seems like it should help.

[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well this could help the Sahel countries, as they do not have the funds to continue the project. Of course, we do not know for sure whether the Sahara Desert or the Arabian Desert will become greener in the long term.

You may also be interested in this

With increasing anthropomorphization of “climate”, few know that just 5,000 years ago, the massive desert extending from North Africa, through the Middle East and across Asia to the Gobi Desert in China was lush and a highly hydrated landscape. Even fewer know that the average temperature of the Earth in this era was significantly warmer than today.

Figure 2 – Illustration showing the planetary reorganization of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) as the Earth transitions from the Holocene Thermal Maximum to the current neoglacial phase.

From Lush Sahara to Gobi Sands: Unraveling the Holocene's Neoglacial Rollercoaster

I was just curious to find out about this after watching the NHK program “Silk Road” and it turns out there is also a Great Green Wall project in China.

and in Figure 2, the Gobi Desert is located within the ITCZ.