New York farmers trying to cope with the warmest October in human history, which has led to forest/brush fires in the Catskills and New Jersey, and turned the soil into superdry dust, making it impossible to plant cover crops or otherwise prepare fields for spring planting.

#ClimateDiary #NYpol #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Farming

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/praying-for-rain-how-new-york-farmers-are-dealing-with-drought-and-unexpected-brush-fires/

TIL: The yellows and oranges in fall foliage are what's revealed once leaves stop photosynthesizing, but the red is something that plants specifically make, and scientists aren't entirely sure why or for what. Possibly a sunscreen of sorts.

Anyway, that red is missing from a lot of foliage in recent years, and that's because it needs cold nights to make it pop.

#ClimateDiary #ClimateChange

https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/11/07/climate-change-fall-foliage-science-new-hampshire

"As Earth’s temperature rises, agricultural practices will need to adapt. Droughts will likely become more frequent, and some land may no longer be arable."

"On top of that is the challenge of feeding an ever-growing population without expanding the production of fertilizer and other agrochemicals, which have a large carbon footprint that is contributing to the overall warming of the planet.

"Researchers across MIT are taking on these agricultural challenges from a variety of angles."

https://news.mit.edu/2024/making-agriculture-more-resilient-climate-change-1101

#Agriculture #Farming #Science #Nature #Climate #Environment #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #MIT

Spain’s apocalyptic floods show two undeniable truths: the climate crisis is getting worse and Big Oil is killing us
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/02/spain-apocalyptic-floods-climate-crisis-worse-big-oil-cop29?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#ClimateDiary

When we were little we had to have our Halloween 🎃 costumes sewn a size bigger to fit jackets under them, and now you can wear shorts and a t shirt. This isn’t natural.

#ClimateDiary

The weather is so volitile and unnaturally warm the winds are whipping, and threatening so much more. #ClimateDiary

Sitting in the garden in 26 degree (Celsius) weather on the eve of November and as much as I love how comfortable it is, this is scary warm. #ClimateDiary

Australia🇦🇺 : Federal Environment Minister approved today 3 new thermal coal mines locking in about 1.5 billion tonnes of lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, will destroy long term underground #water for nearby farms, destroy endangered #Koala habitat, and is an insult to Gomeroi First Nation #Indigenous traditions and culture.:

▪️ Ravensworth Underground
▪️ Narrabri Underground Stage 3 Extension
▪️ Mount Pleasant

#Auspol #ClimateCrisis #Coal #FossilFuels #ClimateDiary

Lock the Gate presser:
https://www.lockthegate.org.au/plibersek_approves_three_vast_thermal_coal_mine_expansions_damning_water_climate_and_koalas

#ClimateDiary Where we are at

"The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived." says Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General in launching a new World Meteorological Organisation report on record high July temperatures, #Heatwaves and climate signals. A powerful speech calling for leaders to lead in accelerating #climateaction, phase out #FossilFuels.

Full transcript and video, plus six graphs from the #WMO report.

#AntónioGuterres #ClimateDiary #ClimateEmergency

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-era-of-global-warming-has-ended-era.html