Tom Toles for December 09, 2018

But, it is all a fraud. Dearest leader says so.

Revenge may not be sweet when it comes down.

I notice that this globe shows the land in blue and the water in green. Some kind of hidden message there, or was the colorist just having an off day?

“The meek shall inherit the earth.”

Wouldn’t it be ironic if one of the uncontacted Amazon tribes were called the meek?

Its too late, Americans don’t care and they have set the pattern for the world.

It has to be stressful to follow an ideology that is in denial about climate change in spite of overwhelming evidence, that supports unnecessary tax cuts, and inequality, knowing that it will be harmful to your own children.

Homo sapiens should be able to anticipate the future and plan for it. Will we be able to do that?

Its too late already, co2 emissions are increasing, not decreasing.

Let’s hope the combined efforts of the world’s intelligent, educated, and experienced leaders and professionals are more successful than was Sisyphus; however, mankind’s nemesis, the Twit-in-Chief, who delights in channeling Thanatos and who is bolstered by an animated and breathtakingly dim-witted, uneducated, and incompetent base, makes the task both steeper and longer. I’ll going to buy an industrial-sized pitchfork and a long-life torch and then hope that I won’t be sufficiently motivated to use them.

Humans are destroying the earth so the earth will begin destroying humans.

Have a nice day.

Authorities in Ireland have given President Donald Trump permission to build a seawall at his golf course on the west coast of the country.

Trump’s golf resort in Aberdeenshire, Scotland golf course ‘could face severe flooding’ due to sea-levels rising.

gh: It’s really too bad you have your head up your tailpipe.

Let’s use one of those giant bulldozers! (/s, of course)

Whoever owns the gold makes the rules, and fossil fuels are today’s economic gold. The Wealthy Elite have enough gold to purchase congress and the SCOTUS, and have their boy chief executive. The W. E. are alive TODAY, and want to enjoy their riches TODAY. Tomorrow is not their concern. Their own children will have to learn to deal with it.My greatest eye-opener today is that many, MANY people think the Trump is doing a good job, and still support him! Despite the gerrymandering and voter suppression, many Americans (and a few Russians) did vote for him! And, he probably will still occupy the White House until 2024.I wish that more political cartoonists would shift their focus from the Trump, who relishes it, and highlight more of what the Republican appointees and McConnell are doing, like gutting the EPA & SEC, threatening Social Security and other support programs. In another year or two, this country may have a one-party system. Does anyone else fear this, or foresee the possibility?Anyone who votes Republican is either wealthy, or a fool.

It’s like pushing Trump himself up hill.

Where is Archimedes with his lever when we need him to move the Earth? (Probably taking a bath………)

Addressing the Inevitable: Preparations Begin for the Climate Change Deluge

Global sea levels are rising steadily as a result of climate change and the IPCC believes the deluge has already begun. What will it mean for humankind? And what changes will this bring to our coasts and our way of life?

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/addressing-the-inevitable-how-to-prepare-for-the-climate-change-flood-a-1241890.html

And to Mr. Harmon: The problem isn’t carbon, it’s carbon dioxide, which just happens to act as an acid in aqueous solution (dissolved in water). It is estimated that 70% of free oxygen is provided by phytoplankton in the oceans. Acidification of those oceans is going to destroy much of the phytoplankton. It has already happened once in the Permian Great Dying in which 95% of marine species and 70% of terrestrial species became extinct and vast areas of the oceans became anoxic (oxygen depleted). So, no, higher levels of CO2 are NOT generally good for plants.

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6419/1113

It’s not just the twit in the White House. The energy exporters: the US, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and mighty Kuwait block acceptance of the truth: And from what Martens has posted, the Iranians aren’t exactly on board either.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46496967

Global warming will happen faster than we think Three trends will combine to hasten it.

First, greenhouse-gas emissions are still rising. In 2017, industrial carbon dioxide emissions are estimated to have reached about 37 gigatonnes. This puts them on track with the highest emissions trajectory the IPCC has modelled so far. This dark news means that the next 25 years are poised to warm at a rate of 0.25–0.32 °C per decade. That is faster than the 0.2 °C per decade that we have experienced since the 2000s, and which the IPCC used in its special report.

Second, governments are cleaning up air pollution faster than the IPCC and most climate modellers have assumed. For example, China reduced sulfur dioxide emissions from its power plants by 7–14% between 2014 and 2016. Mainstream climate models had expected them to rise. Lower pollution is better for crops and public health. But aerosols, including sulfates, nitrates and organic compounds, reflect sunlight. This shield of aerosols has kept the planet cooler, possibly by as much as 0.7 °C globally.

Third, there are signs that the planet might be entering a natural warm phase that could last for a couple of decades. The Pacific Ocean seems to be warming up, in accord with a slow climate cycle known as the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation. This cycle modulates temperatures over the equatorial Pacific and over North America. Similarly, the mixing of deep and surface waters in the Atlantic Ocean (the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation) looks to have weakened since 2004, on the basis of data from drifting floats that probe the deep ocean. Without this mixing, more heat will stay in the atmosphere rather than going into the deep oceans, as it has in the past.

These three forces reinforce each other.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07586-5?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=naturenews&sf203828705=1