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A bushfire burning in the Takayna/Tarkine in Tasmania's north-west has come within metres of a grove that contains the oldest-known Huon pine, estimated to be 3,000 years old.

Well fcuk :(

A new analysis by Hansen and colleagues concludes that both the impact of recent cuts in sun-blocking shipping pollution, which has raised temperatures, and the sensitivity of the climate to increasing fossil fuels emissions are greater than thought.

The group’s results are at the high end of estimates from mainstream climate science but cannot be ruled out, independent experts said. If correct, they mean even worse extreme weather will come sooner and there is a greater risk of passing global tipping points,

Everything's on course for the collapse of civilisation under the weight of human stupidity :)

There is something significant missing from most of the political and media discussion about the Australian government’s promised, and now abandoned, nature protection laws: the environment. Logically, it should be a focus of the debate. In practice, it barely gets a look in.

Nature bats last :(

Well that's just fcukibg depressing :(

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Labor has shelved plans to pass its contentious nature positive environmental laws before the election.

The decision comes after fierce resistance from West Australian Premier Roger Cook and sections of the mining industry.

Drill, baby, drill!

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/17874299

Would like to see this model across the whole world! Local people are the backbone of any truly sustainable conservation plan.

Original article here

https://www.ft.com/content/4697b647-6524-4e4a-aef7-50c1bda21ab3

We have acclimated to the ease of not having to deal with the problem, so we don’t internalise how likely it is. It’s a failure of imagination. We’re just really bad at understanding these slow-moving risks,” he says.

I can only agree albeit I still find it astounding.

The archived link was done before most of the comments. Apparently the flooding in the UK, Valencia and the hurricanes in Florida were because they didn't elect Trump to manage fire risk properly.

Its an interesting take I've agreed with but it does come up againt the why do people insure if they cant think of long term risk? . I do that thats a triumph of marketing though, not anything else.

Edit: normally I don't mind people doing shit and injuring harming themselves but in this instance their denial and stupidity puts human civilisation at an exstentail risk, as well as the rest of the biosphere and perhaps even humanity itself.

Like many, I did buy into the idea that big catastrophes would do something to politics,” said Luisa Neubauer from Fridays for Future Germany. “I bought into that – and I’m glad about it – because I was naively believing there was a democratic responsibility that would live through coalition changes and climate changes.”

The 28-year-old activist, who spent three months in the US before the presidential election, said she had been shocked to see the destruction from Hurricane Helene “play into the cards of those denying climate disasters”.

Far-right influencers and conspiracy theorists used the wildfires that ravaged California this month to attack efforts to stop the planet from heating. Similar disinformation was seen in Spain after deadly floods struck Valencia in October.

I thought this bit made an excellent point

non archived link

It was around this time in 2020 that the US was helping Australian firefighters with a catastrophic surge of blazes during what became known as their Black Summer. If the same thing happens this year, both governments will be in an impossible situation.

Maybe not this year but one year soon this WILL happen. We voters aren't taking any of this seriously, so neither are our politicians... be prepared.

After literally going through Black Summer (fire all around us), we moved to a place of zero bushfire risk in rural Tasmania. Even smoke triggers my partner who fought in those fires for 4 months, no pay. Hard to pay the bills

I guess what we need is nuclear submarines /s

Deprived of sunlight, plankton that absorb carbon dioxide died off. At the same time, plankton that release carbon dioxide multiplied. In the space of a few months, thousands of lakes went from being carbon sinks to being carbon sources, according to the study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Such a widespread transformation would typically take centuries, said lead author Jasmine Saros, of the University of Maine. “The magnitude of this and the rate of change were unprecedented,” she said. “It was such an overwhelming climate force that drove all the lakes to respond in the same way.”

WTF? Hers a better jdea, ban on steeet parking. Prove you have somewhere to park the car or not be allowed to buy it.