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https://www.europesays.com/ie/659669/ Rescue teams continue search for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border after floods #China #Éire #Environment #floods #GeneralNews #glaciers #IE #Ireland #MediaAPIVideo #MilitaryAndDefense #NaturalDisasters #Nepal #RajaRamBasnet #RajendraChitrakar #Science #UpendraManSingh

Nepal faces a daunting reconstruction effort after violent flash floods swept away bridges, roads and communications links across the Himalayas, putting Prime Minister Balen Shah's government through its first crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/asia-pacific/nepal-pm-test/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #floods #nepal #china #glaciers #himalayas #balenshah

Nepal faces a daunting reconstruction effort after violent flash floods swept away bridges, roads and communications links across the Himalayas, putting Prime Minister Balen Shah's government through its first crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/asia-pacific/nepal-pm-test/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #floods #nepal #china #glaciers #himalayas #balenshah

Nepal faces a daunting reconstruction effort after violent flash floods swept away bridges, roads and communications links across the Himalayas, putting Prime Minister Balen Shah's government through its first crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/asia-pacific/nepal-pm-test/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #floods #nepal #china #glaciers #himalayas #balenshah

Nepal faces a daunting reconstruction effort after violent flash floods swept away bridges, roads and communications links across the Himalayas, putting Prime Minister Balen Shah's government through its first crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/asia-pacific/nepal-pm-test/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #floods #nepal #china #glaciers #himalayas #balenshah

I cycle more than drive but I still drive.

I eat meat.

I use electricity.

There must be other things I do that contribute to climate change which has caused the floods and murders in Nepal.

Murders because we and others across the planet caused them.

Therefore their murders etc are on our hands.

This is authenticity.

#asia #glaciers #environmentalism #animals #veganism #vegetarianism

I cycle more than drive but I still drive.

I eat meat.

I use electricity.

There must be other things I do that contribute to climate change which has caused the floods and murders in Nepal.

Murders because we and others across the planet caused them.

Therefore their murders etc are on our hands.

This is authenticity.

#asia #glaciers #environmentalism #animals #veganism #vegetarianism

I cycle more than drive but I still drive.

I eat meat.

I use electricity.

There must be other things I do that contribute to climate change which has caused the floods and murders in Nepal.

Murders because we and others across the planet caused them.

Therefore their murders etc are on our hands.

This is authenticity.

#asia #glaciers #environmentalism #animals #veganism #vegetarianism

I cycle more than drive but I still drive.

I eat meat.

I use electricity.

There must be other things I do that contribute to climate change which has caused the floods and murders in Nepal.

Murders because we and others across the planet caused them.

Therefore their murders etc are on our hands.

This is authenticity.

#asia #glaciers #environmentalism #animals #veganism #vegetarianism

I cycle more than drive but I still drive.

I eat meat.

I use electricity.

There must be other things I do that contribute to climate change which has caused the floods and murders in Nepal.

Murders because we and others across the planet caused them.

Therefore their murders etc are on our hands.

This is authenticity.

#asia #glaciers #environmentalism #animals #veganism #vegetarianism

RE: https://ard.social/@tagesschau/117168073772866447

Falls es ein gebrochener Gletschersee war, dann nennt sich der Mist

GLOF = glacial lake outburst flood

#Gletscher #glaciers #Klimawandel #Klimakrise #ClimateCrisis #globaleÜberhitzung #Erderwärmung

RE: https://ard.social/@tagesschau/117168073772866447

Falls es ein gebrochener Gletschersee war, dann nennt sich der Mist

GLOF = glacial lake outburst flood

#Gletscher #glaciers #Klimawandel #Klimakrise #ClimateCrisis #globaleÜberhitzung #Erderwärmung

RE: https://ard.social/@tagesschau/117168073772866447

Falls es ein gebrochener Gletschersee war, dann nennt sich der Mist

GLOF = glacial lake outburst flood

#Gletscher #glaciers #Klimawandel #Klimakrise #ClimateCrisis #globaleÜberhitzung #Erderwärmung

RE: https://ard.social/@tagesschau/117168073772866447

Falls es ein gebrochener Gletschersee war, dann nennt sich der Mist

GLOF = glacial lake outburst flood

#Gletscher #glaciers #Klimawandel #Klimakrise #ClimateCrisis #globaleÜberhitzung #Erderwärmung

RE: https://ard.social/@tagesschau/117168073772866447

Falls es ein gebrochener Gletschersee war, dann nennt sich der Mist

GLOF = glacial lake outburst flood

#Gletscher #glaciers #Klimawandel #Klimakrise #ClimateCrisis #globaleÜberhitzung #Erderwärmung

https://www.europesays.com/dk/154000/ A Massive Iceberg Broke off Greenland. New Images Show What Led up to It #Antarctica #Glaciers #Greenland #icebergs

Glaciers in the Alps are on track for a record-breaking ice loss.

Glacier loss could break the 2022 record after a series of heatwaves this summer, raising the risk of falling river levels and deadly ice avalanches.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260827-glaciers-in-the-alps-are-on-track-for-a-record-breaking-ice-loss?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Glaciers #Alps #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #Water #Rivers #Drought #Mountains

Glaciers in the Alps are on track for a record-breaking ice loss.

Glacier loss could break the 2022 record after a series of heatwaves this summer, raising the risk of falling river levels and deadly ice avalanches.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260827-glaciers-in-the-alps-are-on-track-for-a-record-breaking-ice-loss?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Glaciers #Alps #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #Water #Rivers #Drought #Mountains

Glaciers in the Alps are on track for a record-breaking ice loss.

Glacier loss could break the 2022 record after a series of heatwaves this summer, raising the risk of falling river levels and deadly ice avalanches.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260827-glaciers-in-the-alps-are-on-track-for-a-record-breaking-ice-loss?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Glaciers #Alps #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #Water #Rivers #Drought #Mountains

Glaciers in the Alps are on track for a record-breaking ice loss.

Glacier loss could break the 2022 record after a series of heatwaves this summer, raising the risk of falling river levels and deadly ice avalanches.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260827-glaciers-in-the-alps-are-on-track-for-a-record-breaking-ice-loss?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Glaciers #Alps #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #Water #Rivers #Drought #Mountains

Glaciers in the Alps are on track for a record-breaking ice loss.

Glacier loss could break the 2022 record after a series of heatwaves this summer, raising the risk of falling river levels and deadly ice avalanches.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260827-glaciers-in-the-alps-are-on-track-for-a-record-breaking-ice-loss?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Glaciers #Alps #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #Water #Rivers #Drought #Mountains

Scientists are working to confirm a preliminary assessment that a large volume of ice and rock debris entered the Lende Khola, causing an event that triggered an abrupt surge of water, sediment and boulders downstream. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/asia-pacific/society/glacier-avalanche-nepal-flood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #nepal #himalayas #floods #glaciers #climatechange #asia #avalanches #china

Scientists are working to confirm a preliminary assessment that a large volume of ice and rock debris entered the Lende Khola, causing an event that triggered an abrupt surge of water, sediment and boulders downstream. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/asia-pacific/society/glacier-avalanche-nepal-flood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #nepal #himalayas #floods #glaciers #climatechange #asia #avalanches #china

Scientists are working to confirm a preliminary assessment that a large volume of ice and rock debris entered the Lende Khola, causing an event that triggered an abrupt surge of water, sediment and boulders downstream. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/asia-pacific/society/glacier-avalanche-nepal-flood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #nepal #himalayas #floods #glaciers #climatechange #asia #avalanches #china

Scientists are working to confirm a preliminary assessment that a large volume of ice and rock debris entered the Lende Khola, causing an event that triggered an abrupt surge of water, sediment and boulders downstream. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/asia-pacific/society/glacier-avalanche-nepal-flood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #nepal #himalayas #floods #glaciers #climatechange #asia #avalanches #china

Hiker reunited with backpack 60 years after he fell into a glacier in Austria https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/hiker-backpack-reunited-austria-melting-glacier #Austria #Glaciers #Europe #ClimateCrisis

Hiker reunited with backpack 60 years after he fell into a glacier in Austria https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/hiker-backpack-reunited-austria-melting-glacier #Austria #Glaciers #Europe #ClimateCrisis

Hiker reunited with backpack 60 years after he fell into a glacier in Austria https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/hiker-backpack-reunited-austria-melting-glacier #Austria #Glaciers #Europe #ClimateCrisis

Hiker reunited with backpack 60 years after he fell into a glacier in Austria https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/hiker-backpack-reunited-austria-melting-glacier #Austria #Glaciers #Europe #ClimateCrisis

Hiker reunited with backpack 60 years after he fell into a glacier in Austria https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/hiker-backpack-reunited-austria-melting-glacier #Austria #Glaciers #Europe #ClimateCrisis

Hiker reunited with backpack 60 years after he fell into a glacier in Austria
By Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Bag, camera and pipe belonging to 86-year-old are latest relics uncovered as glaciers melt due to global heating

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/hiker-backpack-reunited-austria-melting-glacier

#Austria #Glaciers #Europe #Climatecrisis #TheGuardian #AngelaGiuffridainRome

Hiker reunited with backpack 60 years after he fell into a glacier in Austria
By Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Bag, camera and pipe belonging to 86-year-old are latest relics uncovered as glaciers melt due to global heating

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/hiker-backpack-reunited-austria-melting-glacier

#Austria #Glaciers #Europe #Climatecrisis #TheGuardian #AngelaGiuffridainRome

Hiker reunited with backpack 60 years after he fell into a glacier in Austria
By Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Bag, camera and pipe belonging to 86-year-old are latest relics uncovered as glaciers melt due to global heating

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/hiker-backpack-reunited-austria-melting-glacier

#Austria #Glaciers #Europe #Climatecrisis #TheGuardian #AngelaGiuffridainRome

No tengo datos de cómo ha funcionado (o dejado de funcionar) el sistema de alerta que se supone llevan unos años intentando implementar en Nepal, pero es cierto que el riesgo de este tipo de fenómenos estás avisado y quizás asumido por el gobierno.

Por ej., este artículo de 2016 ya era bien claro al respecto

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921818116301023

citado por una revisión reciente del declive de los glaciares en la zona, sobre todo desde 1990s

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818126002766

#Nepal #Himalaya #Glaciers

No tengo datos de cómo ha funcionado (o dejado de funcionar) el sistema de alerta que se supone llevan unos años intentando implementar en Nepal, pero es cierto que el riesgo de este tipo de fenómenos estás avisado y quizás asumido por el gobierno.

Por ej., este artículo de 2016 ya era bien claro al respecto

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921818116301023

citado por una revisión reciente del declive de los glaciares en la zona, sobre todo desde 1990s

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818126002766

#Nepal #Himalaya #Glaciers

No tengo datos de cómo ha funcionado (o dejado de funcionar) el sistema de alerta que se supone llevan unos años intentando implementar en Nepal, pero es cierto que el riesgo de este tipo de fenómenos estás avisado y quizás asumido por el gobierno.

Por ej., este artículo de 2016 ya era bien claro al respecto

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921818116301023

citado por una revisión reciente del declive de los glaciares en la zona, sobre todo desde 1990s

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818126002766

#Nepal #Himalaya #Glaciers

No tengo datos de cómo ha funcionado (o dejado de funcionar) el sistema de alerta que se supone llevan unos años intentando implementar en Nepal, pero es cierto que el riesgo de este tipo de fenómenos estás avisado y quizás asumido por el gobierno.

Por ej., este artículo de 2016 ya era bien claro al respecto

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921818116301023

citado por una revisión reciente del declive de los glaciares en la zona, sobre todo desde 1990s

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818126002766

#Nepal #Himalaya #Glaciers

No tengo datos de cómo ha funcionado (o dejado de funcionar) el sistema de alerta que se supone llevan unos años intentando implementar en Nepal, pero es cierto que el riesgo de este tipo de fenómenos estás avisado y quizás asumido por el gobierno.

Por ej., este artículo de 2016 ya era bien claro al respecto

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921818116301023

citado por una revisión reciente del declive de los glaciares en la zona, sobre todo desde 1990s

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818126002766

#Nepal #Himalaya #Glaciers

Catastrophic floods caused by a glacier collapse kill at least 273, with more than 1,300 missing https://www.byteseu.com/2312097/ #America #AsiaPacific #business #China #ChinaGovernment #Climate #ClimateAndEnvironment #floods #GeneralNews #Glaciers #kathmandu #LinJian #Nepal #RajaRamBasnet #Religion #Tibet #Travel #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews #WorldNews

Glacier loss could break the 2022 record after a series of heatwaves this summer, raising the risk of falling river levels and deadly ice avalanches #science #climatechange #glaciers

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586209-glaciers-in-the-alps-are-on-track-for-record-breaking-ice-loss/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Glacier loss could break the 2022 record after a series of heatwaves this summer, raising the risk of falling river levels and deadly ice avalanches #science #climatechange #glaciers

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586209-glaciers-in-the-alps-are-on-track-for-record-breaking-ice-loss/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Glacier loss could break the 2022 record after a series of heatwaves this summer, raising the risk of falling river levels and deadly ice avalanches #science #climatechange #glaciers

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586209-glaciers-in-the-alps-are-on-track-for-record-breaking-ice-loss/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Glacier loss could break the 2022 record after a series of heatwaves this summer, raising the risk of falling river levels and deadly ice avalanches #science #climatechange #glaciers

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586209-glaciers-in-the-alps-are-on-track-for-record-breaking-ice-loss/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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A catastrophic flood along Nepal's border with China has exposed the country's continuing inability to anticipate disasters in one of the world's most unstable glacial regions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/08/27/world/jto-karki-nepal-flood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #nepal #china #floods #glaciers #himalayas

A catastrophic flood along Nepal's border with China has exposed the country's continuing inability to anticipate disasters in one of the world's most unstable glacial regions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/08/27/world/jto-karki-nepal-flood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #nepal #china #floods #glaciers #himalayas

A catastrophic flood along Nepal's border with China has exposed the country's continuing inability to anticipate disasters in one of the world's most unstable glacial regions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/08/27/world/jto-karki-nepal-flood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #nepal #china #floods #glaciers #himalayas

A catastrophic flood along Nepal's border with China has exposed the country's continuing inability to anticipate disasters in one of the world's most unstable glacial regions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/08/27/world/jto-karki-nepal-flood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #nepal #china #floods #glaciers #himalayas

Nepal-Tibet flash flood: what we know so far
By Guardian staff and agencies

At least 165 dead and hundreds missing as huge torrent of mud and debris engulfs towns, villages and countryside along Nepal-Tibet border region

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/nepal-tibet-flash-floods-what-we-know-so-far-flooding

#Nepal #Tibet #China #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Landslides #Flooding #Glaciers #Environment #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

Nepal-Tibet flash flood: what we know so far
By Guardian staff and agencies

At least 165 dead and hundreds missing as huge torrent of mud and debris engulfs towns, villages and countryside along Nepal-Tibet border region

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/nepal-tibet-flash-floods-what-we-know-so-far-flooding

#Nepal #Tibet #China #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Landslides #Flooding #Glaciers #Environment #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

Nepal-Tibet flash flood: what we know so far
By Guardian staff and agencies

At least 165 dead and hundreds missing as huge torrent of mud and debris engulfs towns, villages and countryside along Nepal-Tibet border region

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/nepal-tibet-flash-floods-what-we-know-so-far-flooding

#Nepal #Tibet #China #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Landslides #Flooding #Glaciers #Environment #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

Nepal's Flood Linked to Climate Change-Driven Glacier Instability

📰 Original title: How Rising Temperatures Likely Contributed to Nepal’s Deadly Flood

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👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/nepal-s-flood-linked-to-climate-change-driven-glacier-instability.html?utm_source=mastodon_social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_social

#climatechange #climatechange #glaciers #floods

A wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Nepal-Tibet border, triggering flooding on the Nepali side that killed scores of people and left hundreds of tourists missing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/asia-pacific/flood-nepal-tibet-border-missing-dead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #floods #nepal #china #glaciers #himalayas

A wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Nepal-Tibet border, triggering flooding on the Nepali side that killed scores of people and left hundreds of tourists missing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/asia-pacific/flood-nepal-tibet-border-missing-dead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #floods #nepal #china #glaciers #himalayas

A wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Nepal-Tibet border, triggering flooding on the Nepali side that killed scores of people and left hundreds of tourists missing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/asia-pacific/flood-nepal-tibet-border-missing-dead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #floods #nepal #china #glaciers #himalayas

A wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Nepal-Tibet border, triggering flooding on the Nepali side that killed scores of people and left hundreds of tourists missing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/asia-pacific/flood-nepal-tibet-border-missing-dead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #floods #nepal #china #glaciers #himalayas

«…This collapse could be a result of global heating. “It’s not that much of a stretch to think, yes, we’re seeing one terrible ramification of human-caused climate change,” he says.…»

".…could be.…" and ".…not that much of a stretch.…"??? Could we even possibly make this accusation any more feebly?

Was anyone predicting glaciers would melt before climate change? They were formerly the kind of long-term fixed thing no one expected to change all of a sudden. Remember the phrase "moving at a glacial pace"?? That didn't arise because glaciers were prone to visible change in a short time.

But then climate scientists did their job and carefully worked out a lot of detailed consequences of physics, predicting that glaciers would be melting more and more everywhere, and that floods and mud slides and ultimately drought would be the next thing we'd see.

It doesn't take a complex analysis to attribute this to climate change. It takes a conspiracy of denialists, and the people that work for them, to suppress credence about the science if you want to tamp down anything so painfully obvious.

This is not a case where something happened and people said "what a surprise. we'll have to figure out the cause", like when a building burns down that no one expected to. This is a building that had a blaze burning in the front yard already and someone was positioning a large fan to assure the flames went toward the building in a known-to-be-dangerous way and then the building burned down and people are saying "hmm, we'll have to see what the cause might have been".

We need to stop reporting these events in isolation and report them as part of a coherent whole. Climate scientists' "a priori" predictions need their due. Predictions were copiously made in advance that the climate dice are not random but loaded, that bad things were about to happen. This is not a time for an "a posteriori" analysis where we pretend we thought the dice were fair and that sometimes bad things just happen randomly.

«Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.
[a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.…»
Source: IMDB

#climate #ClimateDenial #nepal #mudslides #glaciers #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating #melting

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586497-a-glacier-collapse-is-most-likely-cause-of-the-nepal-disaster/

«…This collapse could be a result of global heating. “It’s not that much of a stretch to think, yes, we’re seeing one terrible ramification of human-caused climate change,” he says.…»

".…could be.…" and ".…not that much of a stretch.…"??? Could we even possibly make this accusation any more feebly?

Was anyone predicting glaciers would melt before climate change? They were formerly the kind of long-term fixed thing no one expected to change all of a sudden. Remember the phrase "moving at a glacial pace"?? That didn't arise because glaciers were prone to visible change in a short time.

But then climate scientists did their job and carefully worked out a lot of detailed consequences of physics, predicting that glaciers would be melting more and more everywhere, and that floods and mud slides and ultimately drought would be the next thing we'd see.

It doesn't take a complex analysis to attribute this to climate change. It takes a conspiracy of denialists, and the people that work for them, to suppress credence about the science if you want to tamp down anything so painfully obvious.

This is not a case where something happened and people said "what a surprise. we'll have to figure out the cause", like when a building burns down that no one expected to. This is a building that had a blaze burning in the front yard already and someone was positioning a large fan to assure the flames went toward the building in a known-to-be-dangerous way and then the building burned down and people are saying "hmm, we'll have to see what the cause might have been".

We need to stop reporting these events in isolation and report them as part of a coherent whole. Climate scientists' "a priori" predictions need their due. Predictions were copiously made in advance that the climate dice are not random but loaded, that bad things were about to happen. This is not a time for an "a posteriori" analysis where we pretend we thought the dice were fair and that sometimes bad things just happen randomly.

«Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.
[a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.…»
Source: IMDB

#climate #ClimateDenial #nepal #mudslides #glaciers #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating #melting

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586497-a-glacier-collapse-is-most-likely-cause-of-the-nepal-disaster/

«…This collapse could be a result of global heating. “It’s not that much of a stretch to think, yes, we’re seeing one terrible ramification of human-caused climate change,” he says.…»

".…could be.…" and ".…not that much of a stretch.…"??? Could we even possibly make this accusation any more feebly?

Was anyone predicting glaciers would melt before climate change? They were formerly the kind of long-term fixed thing no one expected to change all of a sudden. Remember the phrase "moving at a glacial pace"?? That didn't arise because glaciers were prone to visible change in a short time.

But then climate scientists did their job and carefully worked out a lot of detailed consequences of physics, predicting that glaciers would be melting more and more everywhere, and that floods and mud slides and ultimately drought would be the next thing we'd see.

It doesn't take a complex analysis to attribute this to climate change. It takes a conspiracy of denialists, and the people that work for them, to suppress credence about the science if you want to tamp down anything so painfully obvious.

This is not a case where something happened and people said "what a surprise. we'll have to figure out the cause", like when a building burns down that no one expected to. This is a building that had a blaze burning in the front yard already and someone was positioning a large fan to assure the flames went toward the building in a known-to-be-dangerous way and then the building burned down and people are saying "hmm, we'll have to see what the cause might have been".

We need to stop reporting these events in isolation and report them as part of a coherent whole. Climate scientists' "a priori" predictions need their due. Predictions were copiously made in advance that the climate dice are not random but loaded, that bad things were about to happen. This is not a time for an "a posteriori" analysis where we pretend we thought the dice were fair and that sometimes bad things just happen randomly.

«Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.
[a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.…»
Source: IMDB

#climate #ClimateDenial #nepal #mudslides #glaciers #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating #melting

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586497-a-glacier-collapse-is-most-likely-cause-of-the-nepal-disaster/

«…This collapse could be a result of global heating. “It’s not that much of a stretch to think, yes, we’re seeing one terrible ramification of human-caused climate change,” he says.…»

".…could be.…" and ".…not that much of a stretch.…"??? Could we even possibly make this accusation any more feebly?

Was anyone predicting glaciers would melt before climate change? They were formerly the kind of long-term fixed thing no one expected to change all of a sudden. Remember the phrase "moving at a glacial pace"?? That didn't arise because glaciers were prone to visible change in a short time.

But then climate scientists did their job and carefully worked out a lot of detailed consequences of physics, predicting that glaciers would be melting more and more everywhere, and that floods and mud slides and ultimately drought would be the next thing we'd see.

It doesn't take a complex analysis to attribute this to climate change. It takes a conspiracy of denialists, and the people that work for them, to suppress credence about the science if you want to tamp down anything so painfully obvious.

This is not a case where something happened and people said "what a surprise. we'll have to figure out the cause", like when a building burns down that no one expected to. This is a building that had a blaze burning in the front yard already and someone was positioning a large fan to assure the flames went toward the building in a known-to-be-dangerous way and then the building burned down and people are saying "hmm, we'll have to see what the cause might have been".

We need to stop reporting these events in isolation and report them as part of a coherent whole. Climate scientists' "a priori" predictions need their due. Predictions were copiously made in advance that the climate dice are not random but loaded, that bad things were about to happen. This is not a time for an "a posteriori" analysis where we pretend we thought the dice were fair and that sometimes bad things just happen randomly.

«Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.
[a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.…»
Source: IMDB

#climate #ClimateDenial #nepal #mudslides #glaciers #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating #melting

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586497-a-glacier-collapse-is-most-likely-cause-of-the-nepal-disaster/

«…This collapse could be a result of global heating. “It’s not that much of a stretch to think, yes, we’re seeing one terrible ramification of human-caused climate change,” he says.…»

".…could be.…" and ".…not that much of a stretch.…"??? Could we even possibly make this accusation any more feebly?

Was anyone predicting glaciers would melt before climate change? They were formerly the kind of long-term fixed thing no one expected to change all of a sudden. Remember the phrase "moving at a glacial pace"?? That didn't arise because glaciers were prone to visible change in a short time.

But then climate scientists did their job and carefully worked out a lot of detailed consequences of physics, predicting that glaciers would be melting more and more everywhere, and that floods and mud slides and ultimately drought would be the next thing we'd see.

It doesn't take a complex analysis to attribute this to climate change. It takes a conspiracy of denialists, and the people that work for them, to suppress credence about the science if you want to tamp down anything so painfully obvious.

This is not a case where something happened and people said "what a surprise. we'll have to figure out the cause", like when a building burns down that no one expected to. This is a building that had a blaze burning in the front yard already and someone was positioning a large fan to assure the flames went toward the building in a known-to-be-dangerous way and then the building burned down and people are saying "hmm, we'll have to see what the cause might have been".

We need to stop reporting these events in isolation and report them as part of a coherent whole. Climate scientists' "a priori" predictions need their due. Predictions were copiously made in advance that the climate dice are not random but loaded, that bad things were about to happen. This is not a time for an "a posteriori" analysis where we pretend we thought the dice were fair and that sometimes bad things just happen randomly.

«Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.
[a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.…»
Source: IMDB

#climate #ClimateDenial #nepal #mudslides #glaciers #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating #melting

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586497-a-glacier-collapse-is-most-likely-cause-of-the-nepal-disaster/