even before The Chump took office, Steve Bannon gave an interview where he said that The Chump did not know that he was going to be their "blunt instrument"...
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It's the Climate, stupid
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The last major swarms of Rocky Mountain locust were between 1873 and 1877, when the locust caused $200 million in crop damage in Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and other states. One farmer reported that the locusts seemed "like a great white cloud, like a snowstorm, blocking out the sun like vapor".[16]
A freak 1870s climate event caused drought across three continents
Few people have heard of it, but the global famine of 1876-78 probably killed 50 million, and it was triggered by a natural climate event that could easily recurwww.newscientist.com
1875 cartoon by Henry Worrall showing Kansas farmers battling giant grasshoppers.
In 1954 there was a huge battle for survival in the western states. Giant grasshoppers were kids' play toys. You're too young to remember the horror.
That's nothing compared you had in the 1930s.Huge battles in the fields with giant grasshoppers.It was terrible.The grasshoppers even attacked little kids.
Yeah Tarantula gave me nightmares for weeks.
I bet they were nice as bbq
I hate to point this out, but those overhauls on the kids are definitely EuroDesigner Duds. Besides that the Kansans won the battle and wiped out every giant grasshopper in the US of A. The good citizens of the cornflower state found a nest of giant grasshopper eggs that they shipped to the Netherlands. It was a sad time for Dutch children. Once again your youth protected you.
Unfortunately for the sender they got lost during a storm.They never found them again, probably eaten by a giant octopus
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You forget the nuclear tests since 1945
Unfortunately for the sender they got lost during a storm.They never found them again, probably eaten by a giant octopus
You forget the nuclear tests since 1945
Thanks for the very interesting video. Now, that could be a cause for climate change and most certainly is a reason for shame. We are almost identical to a bunch of ants, only caring for our own nest. We are definitely carrying home the boric acid anyway...
Find your property's climate risk.
riskfactor.com
My address results:
Flood Factor=Minimal
Fire Factor=Minor
Heat Factor=Severe
Wind Factor=Severe
I'm not holding my breath, @armedoldhippy .
Find Your Property's Climate Risks - Homepage | Risk Factor
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My address results:
Flood Factor=Minimal
Fire Factor=Minor
Heat Factor=Severe
Wind Factor=Severe
I'm not holding my breath, @armedoldhippy .
Hiddenjems
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Because at the time of earths greatest biodiversity the average global temperature was around 90* f.
Hiddenjems
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When summarizing and interpreting these results for the past six representative crises, I find the following four new pieces of information. (i) Higher global surface temperature anomalies correspond to higher extinction percentages in both marine and terrestrial realms (Fig. 3a, d), which suggests that climate change and related or coincidental environmental destruction are the main causes of mass extinctions on land and in the sea. (ii) >35 % genus and >60 % species loss correspond to 7–9 ∘C global warming and >7 ∘C global cooling for marine animals and >7 ∘C global cooling and ∘C global warming for terrestrial tetrapods, although the amount of terrestrial data is small (Fig. 3a, d). This relationship contains higher extinction percentages in the terrestrial realm (tetrapods) than in the marine realm (invertebrate) under the same global temperature anomaly in warming events and similar extinction percentages in the terrestrial realm (tetrapods) and the marine realm (invertebrate) in cooling events
bg.copernicus.org
Relationship between extinction magnitude and climate change during major marine and terrestrial animal crises
Abstract. Major mass extinctions in the Phanerozoic Eon occurred during abrupt global climate changes accompanied by environmental destruction driven by large volcanic eruptions and projectile impacts. Relationships between land temperature anomalies and terrestrial animal extinctions, as well...
That's a wonderful graph when taken without any context. Let's add context and change your narrative completely, shall we?
And how many millions of years was that before human ancestors showed up? 300 million years? 400 million?
Hiddenjems
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The biggest point of the graph is that over 500 million years the climate never stays stationary, and varies wildly.
The more solar energy captured by the system, the more life we get.
Hiddenjems
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Historically speaking the lowering of temperature has caused most temperatures related extinctions.
When summarizing and interpreting these results for the past six representative crises, I find the following four new pieces of information. (i) Higher global surface temperature anomalies correspond to higher extinction percentages in both marine and terrestrial realms (Fig. 3a, d), which suggests that climate change and related or coincidental environmental destruction are the main causes of mass extinctions on land and in the sea. (ii) >35 % genus and >60 % species loss correspond to 7–9 ∘C global warming and >7 ∘C global cooling for marine animals and >7 ∘C global cooling and ∘C global warming for terrestrial tetrapods, although the amount of terrestrial data is small (Fig. 3a, d). This relationship contains higher extinction percentages in the terrestrial realm (tetrapods) than in the marine realm (invertebrate) under the same global temperature anomaly in warming events and similar extinction percentages in the terrestrial realm (tetrapods) and the marine realm (invertebrate) in cooling events
Relationship between extinction magnitude and climate change during major marine and terrestrial animal crises
Abstract. Major mass extinctions in the Phanerozoic Eon occurred during abrupt global climate changes accompanied by environmental destruction driven by large volcanic eruptions and projectile impacts. Relationships between land temperature anomalies and terrestrial animal extinctions, as well...
Florida in hot water as ocean temperatures rise along with humidity
Water temperatures in the 90s are threatening coral reefs, depriving swimmers of cooling dips and adding more ick to the state’s oppressive summer weather.
It only takes a small temperature rise to wipe out living coral reefs.
‘Unprecedented’ ocean heat wave off Florida prompts concern for coral reefs
The scorching waters could already be spelling trouble for vulnerable corals ahead of the hottest part of summer.
