“North collateral of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims”

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/galleries/travels/europe/france/grand-est/north-collateral-of-the-cathedral-of-notre-dame-de-reims/

📅 28 April 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/2.8, 1/25 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Europe #France #GrandEst #Photography

#photography #NaturePhotography #forest #sunrise #fog

How climate change is battering budgets of Canadian towns, cities
In Canada, cities and towns are increasingly having to dispense additional sums to guard against severe weather and clean up in its aftermath.
#globalnews #Canada #Economy #Environment #Canadaclimatechange
https://globalnews.ca/news/10161522/climate-change-financial-impact-canada/

Foggy Lake Echo. #landscapephotography #reflectionphotography #lakephotography #naturephotography #novascotiaphotographer

Most investors aren't paying attention to climate risks – the financial system needs to change https://theconversation.com/most-investors-arent-paying-attention-to-climate-risks-the-financial-system-needs-to-change-219070?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ClimateChange

'Stac a' Phris Sea Arch'
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Stac a' Phris is a sea arch on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. Majestically overlooking the turbulent North Atlantic, at sunset golden light illuminates this remarkable rock formation.
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Available to purchase as beautiful wall art and on amazing products:
https://dave-bowman.pixels.com/featured/stac-a-phris-sea-arch-dave-bowman.html
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#StacAPhris #SeaArch #IsleofLewis #OuterHebrides #Scotishlandscape #NorthAtlantic #GoldenLight #RockFormation #tuesdaymood #TravelTuesday #davebowmanphotography

Sorry, Europe — but all those pleasant years of mild temperatures and reliable weather are now gone. Human industry and greedy billionaires are cooking your continent.
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"Heat, drought and fire: Europe’s year of extremes in 2022 will not be a one-off, new report finds"

Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world, and has been heating up twice as fast as the global average for the last four decades.

The climate crisis is taking an enormous toll on Europe, which was ravaged by extreme heat, drought, wildfires and glacier melt last year. Several countries, including the UK, Spain, Switzerland, and Italy, saw their hottest years on record in 2022.

“Unfortunately, this cannot be considered a one-off occurrence or an oddity of the climate,” said Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service. He added that current understanding of the climate system “informs us that these kinds of events are part of a pattern that will make heat stress extremes more frequent and more intense across the region.”

Many parts of the continent saw very low levels of precipitation last year, with France experiencing its driest January-to-September period on record. In Spain, water reserves plunged to just over 40% of capacity.

Persistent drought and high temperatures fueled intense wildfires. Europe experienced the second-largest burned area on record in 2022, with Central Europe and the Mediterranean, in particular, seeing large areas scorched by fire.

Glaciers in the European Alps had a bad year, experiencing a record loss of ice mass due to low snowfall, warm temperatures and Saharan dust, which makes glaciers darker, meaning they absorb more heat and melt faster.

And oceans were unusually warm, with average sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic the hottest on record. Rates of warming in parts of the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic and Black Seas, and the southern Arctic were more than three times the global average.
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FULL STORY -- https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/19/europe/europe-state-of-climate-heat-drought-intl/index.html

#Environment #GlobalWarming #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Drought

It's interesting that CNN would say that Trump being arraigned is a sad day in American history. The sad day was when he was elected and went on a crime spree. The good days are when justice is served and he is held accountable.

Piping Plover mom and her chicks Trunk River, Falmouth MA 06/13/23 #PipingPlover #pipingplovers #pipiingploverchicks #bird #birds #birdsofmastodon #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #babybird #Nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Falmouth #massachusetts #capecod #newengland #pipingploverconservation #BirdChick #baby #mom #photography

Just in case anyone thought the Murdoch family's Fox "News" was even slightly chastened by having to pay >$800 million for its lies about the 2020 election, it characterized Biden as a "wannabe dictator".

If you subscribe to cable or satellite TV, or an online equivalent, you are sending money to this evil company every month.

Please cancel and tell them they show contempt for our democracy by carrying this toxic waste.

I wish schools taught this.

Memorial Day began in 1865 when 10,000 former enslaved & a few white missionaries honored fallen Union soldiers.

It was founded in memory of those who gave their life to end white supremacy terror, slavery, & human trafficking
https://www.history.com/news/memorial-day-civil-war-slavery-charleston

I’m grateful that we have a president who honors and pays tribute to our fallen heroes, and doesn’t consider them “losers” and “suckers.”

A reminder that conservatives have ALWAYS opposed improvements in health and safety, rules that protect the environment, and regulations on damaging and destructive products.
The National Review also opposed smoking bans (lamenting the loss of manly "Marlboro Country"), seat belts ("straightforwardly infringing on freedom"), and pushed to bring back DDT.

🌍🌱 Conservation Wisdom by David Attenborough! 🌱🌍

"Don't waste electricity, don't waste paper, don't waste food. Live the way you want to live, but just don't waste." - David Attenborough

Let's take these words to heart and embrace a more sustainable lifestyle. Small actions can make a big difference for our planet! 🌎💚

#Conservation #Sustainability #ReduceWaste #LiveResponsibly

Holy crap.

This is so disgusting. It's like a bad dream I can't wake up from...
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Diplomats from 175 countries gathering in Paris for plastics treaty talks on Monday may want to pack an umbrella, but not just because there's a chance of rain.

France's capital will also be showered during the five-day talks by billions of microplastic particles falling from the sky, according to the first-ever plastics pollution weather forecast.

French scientists have found that most plastic particles falling across Paris' catchment area are nylon and polyester, probably from clothing. Other bits are cast off by tires, which shed them especially when vehicles brake.

Over an entire year, up to 10 metric tons of microplastic fibers settle over the Paris area, scientists estimate.

The density of "plastic fall" can increase by an order of magnitude during heavy rain.

Measurements taken by other teams have replicated these findings in half a dozen cities around the world.

Microplastics that hit the ground can still be ingested or inhaled when stirred up, for example, on a windy day.
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Plus, it's not only humans and human cities being polluted and poisoned this way...
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The equivalent of a garbage truck's worth of plastic refuse is dumped into the ocean every minute.

"Plastic particles break down into the environment and this toxic cocktail ends up in our bodies, where it does unimaginable damage to our health," said Marcus Gover, head of plastics research at the Minderoo Foundation based in Perth, Australia.

Concern over the impact of plastics on the environment and human well-being has surged in recent years along with a crescendo of research documenting its omnipresence and persistence.

In nature, multi-colored microplastics — by definition less than five millimeters (0.2 inches) in diameter — have been found in ice near the North Pole and inside fish navigating the oceans' deepest, darkest recesses.

Plastic debris is estimated to kill more than a million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals each year, according to the United Nations Environment Program, and filter-feeding blue whales consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day.

In humans, microscopic bits of plastic have been detected in blood, breast milk, and placentas.
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Gah. It's utterly horrifying what industry has done in the name of "growth" and "progress." Yet still we carry on with Business As Usual, week after week, year after year.

FULL ARTICLE -- https://phys.org/news/2023-05-weather-cloudy-showers-plastic.html

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #Plastic #Pollution

The catbirds are back as well :-). They figure out that people will give them food very quickly.

#catbirds #greycatbird #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #luminarneo #birds #birding #birdwatching #centralpark #nycparks

Fall and spring at the same waterfall. It's amazing how much more water flows in the spring.

#Photography #LandscapePhotography #waterfall #Minnesota

My new Saturday thing: go birdwatching before the rest of the family wakes up. This morning I got a tip about a dickcissel, so I checked that species off my life list! #birding #birdsofTN

Mother Great Crested Grebe and her 2 Greblings (Humbugs)

#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

@AgentCarter

“The “Old West” conjures up all sorts of imagery, but broadly, the term is used to evoke life among the crusty prospectors, threadbare gold panners... and six-shooter-packing cowboys in small frontier towns – such as Tombstone, Deadwood, Dodge City, or Abilene...

One other thing these cities had in common: strict gun control laws.

"Tombstone had much more restrictive laws on carrying guns in public in the 1880s than it has today,””
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gun-control-old-west-180968013/

#WildWest #GunLaws