Renewables and the environment.
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LaughingCrow
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Fire Season begins with a big fire and evacuation alert for Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Home of the famous 2016 fire that was covered in the book Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World, 2023, by John Vaillant.)
Alert: May 10, 2024 at 06:38 PM
Description: Evacuation Alert for Fort McMurray and Saprae Creek (MWF-017 Fire)
This is an Alberta Emergency Alert. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has issued an evacuation alert for Fort McMurray and Saprae Creek Estates due to the MWF-017 wildfire burning southwest of Fort McMurray. The fire is currently 25 KM southwest of Fort McMurray, and smoke could impact visibility on Highway 63 south of Fort McMurray.
https://www.alberta.ca/aea/cap/2024...falo=16A3D134-35E8-49AC-B504-39B35D333666.htm
Alert: May 10, 2024 at 06:38 PM
Description: Evacuation Alert for Fort McMurray and Saprae Creek (MWF-017 Fire)
This is an Alberta Emergency Alert. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has issued an evacuation alert for Fort McMurray and Saprae Creek Estates due to the MWF-017 wildfire burning southwest of Fort McMurray. The fire is currently 25 KM southwest of Fort McMurray, and smoke could impact visibility on Highway 63 south of Fort McMurray.
https://www.alberta.ca/aea/cap/2024...falo=16A3D134-35E8-49AC-B504-39B35D333666.htm
GeezerGamer
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Time to give up perhaps
www.ecoticias.com
Covering the biggest sand desert with solar panels: 173 TWh and the biggest mistake in human history
Covering the Sahara with solar panels could be a futuristic option, but there´s something that could end wrong and raises concerns
www.ecoticias.com
LaughingCrow
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There's a strong connection between hurricanes in North & Central Americas and the Sahara desert.Time to give up perhaps
Covering the biggest sand desert with solar panels: 173 TWh and the biggest mistake in human history
Covering the Sahara with solar panels could be a futuristic option, but there´s something that could end wrong and raises concerns
https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/about/media/what-does-sahara-desert-have-do-hurricanes.html
It turns out that about 83% of major hurricanes – categories 3, 4 and 5 – that hit North America share the same birthplace as Irma. Those emerging from Cape Verde are among the most powerful and longest-lived tropical storms.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/...t-gives-birth-to-the-most-powerful-hurricanes
LaughingCrow
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Coastal cities not safe from sea level rise warns oceanographer
https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/climate/coast-cities-not-safe-from-sea-level-rise/
https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/climate/coast-cities-not-safe-from-sea-level-rise/
GeezerGamer
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A coastal project I'll follow with interest.
Good luck.
Good luck.
GeezerGamer
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Zombies are bad enough, now zombie fires!
GeezerGamer
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Good to see!
www.thecooldown.com
Officials share remarkable before-and-after images of lake as water nears record levels following drought: 'This level of the lake is great for us'
In the shadow of global drought crises, Big Bear Lake has seen a remarkable rise in its water levels.
www.thecooldown.com
GeezerGamer
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