War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Further details on that CO2 item I mentioned in the post earlier today — kind of a landmark, break-point. Per the Guardian: In 2015, for the first time, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were at 400 parts per million (ppm) on average across the year as a whole, the World Meteorological Organisation’s (WMO) annual…
Overcast with some low, patchy fog this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, and chilly, too. And on the weather agenda, maybe our first real rain for the season coming this weekend, with the NWS predicting ‘Rain Likely’ for Sunday and supposedly into the middle of next week. Yesterday, California nabbed the hottest spot in the…
Last week brought a cluster of environmental news, and this popped yesterday, and doesn’t bode well in the culminating future. From the UK’s Independent: Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere “exploded” last year to reach a new record high not seen for thousands of years, scientists have announced. The last time there was such a…
After hanging afar all day, a moist and patchy-dense fog has finally settled itself down deeply here along the north coast — according to WunderBlog, ‘zero’ percent chance of rain for this locale, so it’s all bad-ass marine layer out there. No rain forecast until Monday. Although fog is way-normal for this area year-round, it…
Soft rain this Monday morning on California’s north coast, maybe a rung lower than drizzle, as our latest storm front seems to be finally dying out, even after yesterday’s beautiful, bright afternoon. Light-rain came at dark, accompanied by sporadic, though, horrific-sounding thunder, and has continued since. Also horrific, quote of the day: “This is the…
Bright sunshine and gusty wind this afternoon on California’s north coast — skies clear as a chilled-bell with that breeze pretty-blustery at times. Shoreline weather ’round these parts is mostly one of two types — overcast/fog, or cloudless with a bite-to-it wind. Local weather conditions usually lead most of my posts, which comes from just…
Dark-clear and cold this early Tuesday on California’s north coast, at least for right now just as faint, blue light hints at us from the east. Another clue for still new-born 2015, and how the environment will fare-thee-well — from Climate Central yesterday: ‘The new year has only just begun, but we’ve already recorded our first…
Ground fog and warm air — nice early Thursday here on California’s north coast as we hustle our way toward the weekend — just a few more hours and it’s Friday! One item I’d seen earlier this week, but appeared to vanish from media sight was a big indicator of how our envirnoment is suffering,…
I mentioned this last week and its approach (via National Geographic): An instrument near the summit of Mauna Loa in Hawaii has recorded a long-awaited climate milestone: the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere there has exceeded 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in 55 years of measurement — and probably…
Celestial crazy continued yesterday in New York City with “Manhattanhenge†— the rare, though not unheard of phenomenon when a setting sun perfectly aligns itself with the Manhattan street grid and invoked native daftness: “Taxi cabs and cars were all slowing down trying to figure out what these crazy New Yorkers were doing looking West…
