Comments by "Darlene" (@darlene2709) on "Global National: July 4, 2023 | World Meteorological Organization sounds alarm over El Niño's return" video.

@justadildeau Think of it like having a fever. Every degree makes a big difference. "1.5°C May Not Seem Like Much, But It’s a Really Big Deal. Here’s Why. First, 1.5C is 2.7F. That still might not seem like much, but there are certainly times when a 2.7°F increase would be a cause for concern. For example, if a child had a fever of 101.3°F, 2.7°F above normal, it would certainly be a cause for concern. All sorts of biological processes are affected by temperature, including when leaves open and fruits form, insects hatch, and fish spawn. And because so many of those biological processes are interconnected, the effect of even minute changes in temperature can cascade through an ecosystem. Continued warming may cause rapid climate changes that cannot be easily reversed for centuries or longer. Examples of such changes include abrupt sea-level rise and slowing or even shutdown of a key part of the ocean’s system for circulating heat. While few studies suggest that these changes are imminent, models and “deep time” climate records both show that somewhere out there, beyond the 1.1°C of warming experienced to date, dangerous tipping points exist. We don’t know exactly where they are, just that further warming makes it more likely we will cross them. The scientific community has concluded that holding warming below 1.5°C/2.7°F offers the best chance to prevent irrevocable changes to the climate system." National Center for Science Education
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Proponents of minority governments look fondly at the 1960s when Lester B. Pearson won back-to-back minorities that forced deal-brokering with the New Democratic Party. That era was the bedrock of the Canadian social safety net, with the Pearson Liberals advancing national medicare, Canada student loans and the Canada Pension Program. Lester B. Pearson was the Liberal Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. His government saw medicare introduced on a national basis, after his party wrote and introduced the legislation for hospital and out-of-hospital treatment, and received the support of Douglas' NDP.
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@oldmama9361 "Like every other year, some fires are caused by man and some are from natural causes. "Dry, hot weather breeds more lightning. In a normal season, half of Canada's wildfires are started by lightning, but those fires account for more than 85% of wildfire destruction. The other half are human-caused. "Most fires in the boreal forest of northern Canada are started by lightning. A one-degree Celsius increase in temperature amounts to about 12% more lightning. So the warmer it gets as the climate heats up, the more triggers there are for fires to burn," said Struzik." PBS News
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Climate change is about extreme weather events happening more often than usual. It's not necessary to believe everything that climate change activists say because they tend to exaggerate in the same way that climate change deniers do. That doesn't mean that we should not make an effort to look after the planet in reasonable ways. There is plenty of middle ground between climate apocalypse and climate denial.
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Climate change is about extreme weather events happening more often. It's not necessary to believe everything that climate change activists say because they tend to exaggerate in the same way that climate change deniers do. That doesn't mean that we should not make an effort to look after the planet in reasonable ways. There is plenty of middle ground between climate apocalypse and climate denial.
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Wildfires and floods also have a cost. So does food production. Climate change is about extreme weather events happening more often than usual. It's not necessary to believe everything that climate change activists say because they tend to exaggerate in the same way that climate change deniers do. That doesn't mean that we should not make an effort to look after the planet in reasonable ways. There is plenty of middle ground between climate apocalypse and climate denial.
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Climate change is about extreme weather events happening more often than usual. It's not necessary to believe everything that climate change activists say because they tend to exaggerate in the same way that climate change deniers do. That doesn't mean that we should not make an effort to look after the planet in reasonable ways. There is plenty of middle ground between climate apocalypse and climate denial.
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@justadildeau Climate change is about extreme weather events happening more often than usual. It's not necessary to believe everything that climate change activists say because they tend to exaggerate in the same way that climate change deniers do. That doesn't mean that we should not make an effort to look after the planet in reasonable ways. There is plenty of middle ground between climate apocalypse and climate denial. Wildfires and floods also have a cost. So does food production. China will eventually get the message.
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Climate change is about extreme weather events happening more often than usual. It's not necessary to believe everything that climate change activists say because they tend to exaggerate in the same way that climate change deniers do. That doesn't mean that we should not make an effort to look after the planet in reasonable ways. There is plenty of middle ground between climate apocalypse and climate denial.
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What is the propaganda and how do you know that?
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Wildfires and floods also have a cost. So does food production. Climate change is about extreme weather events happening more often than usual. It's not necessary to believe everything that climate change activists say because they tend to exaggerate in the same way that climate change deniers do. That doesn't mean that we should not make an effort to look after the planet in reasonable ways. There is plenty of middle ground between climate apocalypse and climate denial.
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Climate change is about extreme weather events happening more often than usual. It's not necessary to believe everything that climate change activists say because they tend to exaggerate in the same way that climate change deniers do. That doesn't mean that we should not make an effort to look after the planet in reasonable ways. There is plenty of middle ground between climate apocalypse and climate denial. Wildfires and floods also come with a cost.
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@oldmama9361 Climate change is about extreme weather events happening more often than usual. It's not necessary to believe everything that climate change activists say because they tend to exaggerate in the same way that climate change deniers do. That doesn't mean that we should not make an effort to look after the planet in reasonable ways. There is plenty of middle ground between climate apocalypse and climate denial. Wildfires and floods also cost money. So does food production.
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@oldmama9361 Volcanoes are not causing the warming that the Earth is experiencing today. Volcanoes release carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases when they erupt, which can lead to climate warming if the input of CO2 to the atmosphere is sufficiently large. But the net long-term effect of volcanism over the last 200 years has not been significant enough to warm the climate. There is nearly 100 percent agreement among scientists that climate change is real. Because human-caused climate change is happening so rapidly, species simply don’t have time to adapt. According to a continuous study conducted by the NASA's Goddard institute, the Earth's average global temperature has risen by 0.8 degrees Celsius or 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880. Think of that like having a fever. A 1% increase makes a big difference.
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