It's a bit warm/ wet/ cold outside

[JayzusB.Christ]

It's a bit draughty here, too - but plenty of blackberries, raspberries and such to snaffle. I have a couple of raspberry bushes growing outside my cabin and it's great to grab a couple to chomp on now and then.

https://hedgecombers.com/blackberry-flavoured-vodka/

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/sloe-gin


You owe it to yourself.

[The Legendary Shark]

Woo-hoo!

See you in the Spring...

[shaolin_monkey]

The largest typhoon to ever make landfall is currently ripping through the Philippines - 195 mph winds. Millions have been evacuated from its path.

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2020-10-31-super-typhoon-goni-philippines-vietnam-haiyan

Footage:

https://twitter.com/scottduncanwx/status/1322841952056987648?s=21


Meanwhile, we have another brewing - Etna. If Eta forms, 2020 will become the most active hurricane season since record-keeping began. The 2020 season is currently tied with 2005, when it comes to the most named storms.

https://www.wral.com/eta/tropical-storm-eta-forms-for-the-first-time-in-history/19362065/


This comes at a time of record-breaking storms and other natural disasters generally.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-running-list-of-record-breaking-natural-disasters-in-2020/



Pretty much everything we've been warned of for the last 30-40 years.

[shaolin_monkey]

The chance of limiting the worst damages of climate change rides on Biden winning the US election - and even then it'll be very difficult to do.

It is literally the continued existence of civilisations around the world riding on how Americans vote.

It is a world capable of supporting the billions of human beings on it that is at stake.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/02/donald-trump-climate-change-michael-mann-interview

[Dandontdare]

Open mouth, insert foot: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/03/shells-climate-poll-on-twitter-backfires-spectacularly

[shaolin_monkey]

Open mouth, insert foot: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/03/shells-climate-poll-on-twitter-backfires-spectacularly

It was wonderful to behold! I was there live, watching scientist after scientist stick the boot in.

[shaolin_monkey]

So, the US left the Paris Agreement today.

However, there are two important contextual caveats:

1. The Trump admin has actively and deliberately moved the U.S. backwards on climate in the last 4 years, irregardless of whether it was in the Paris Agreement or not.

2. But nearly 50% of US economy IS still in.

See:

https://www.wearestillin.com/

Also, the doors have been left wide open for the US to return, and for people/advocates/scientists/businesses etc etc to still partake.

Here's the UN Climate Joint Statement on the US Withdrawal:

https://unfccc.int/news/joint-statement-on-the-us-withdrawal-from-the-paris-agreement

[shaolin_monkey]

Revenge is a dish best served Swedish.

[Jim_Campbell]

So, the US left the Paris Agreement today.

Biden's publicly committed to going re-joining as soon he's sworn in as president... with the obvious caveat about not counting your chickens.

[shaolin_monkey]

So, the US left the Paris Agreement today.

Biden's publicly committed to going re-joining as soon he's sworn in as president... with the obvious caveat about not counting your chickens.

Indeed. He said if he wins they'll be back in within 80 days.

[shaolin_monkey]

So, the US left the Paris Agreement today.

Biden's publicly committed to going re-joining as soon he's sworn in as president... with the obvious caveat about not counting your chickens.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced his intent to have the U.S. rejoin the Paris climate agreement if he wins the White House. The Trump administration officially dropped out of the accord on Wednesday, becoming the first country to ever withdraw from an international climate change pact.

In response, Biden, who has his own climate change agenda, signaled the exodus would end the day he enters office.

"Today, the Trump Administration officially left the Paris Climate Agreement," Biden tweeted. "And in exactly 77 days, a Biden Administration will rejoin it."

- Christopher Brito, CBS News, Nov 5, 2020

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paris-climate-accord-biden-rejoin-president/

[IndigoPrime]

Just mowed the lawn. It's 7 November. I know I live in the south of England but we're not coastal.

[shaolin_monkey]

Just mowed the lawn. It's 7 November. I know I live in the south of England but we're not coastal.

Yeah, it is crazily warm. It reminds me of Feb, when I walking around outside in a T-shirt. I got the same vibe then as now - "this is not good!!"

[The Legendary Shark]

Greening of the Earth Mitigates Surface Warming.

[IndigoPrime]

Yeah, it is crazily warm. It reminds me of Feb, when I walking around outside in a T-shirt. I got the same vibe then as now - "this is not good!!"

Bloke across the road mowed his grass yesterday. I'm looking at our back garden and wondering if it'll be dry enough for me to mow it again before the winter weather sets in. It's nearly December.