Climate News: part 3
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Massive flooding from rain and high tide -- +9.4 feet -- which is the 4th largest of recorded tides in Charleston. Up to 11 inches of rain in some areas. 30 downtown streets closed due to flooding -- most of the water came up through the drainage system as the tides rose.
My daughter was in Yorktown, VA, next to a slough off the river. They had several inches of rain and the tide water came within feet of their house. They've since moved a bit further inland. HSV used to have a problem with flooding around the low area next to the Governors Drive/Parkway intersection. They channelized and concreted the creek there and there was drop to the river, so that seemed to solve the problem until about 20 years ago, when there was a flood in south HSV on Aldridge Creek. They bought/condemned all the homes and turned it into a greenway. So far, the remedies have worked...
Oof.
One of my chirruns flew home through Charlotte (American Airlines) yesterday and I wondered how that storm might impact the flight. Flightaware showed them detour the flightpath to avoid the nasty stuff on the way in but AA landed and took off as if everything was normal.
Column: The lithium revolution has arrived at California's Salton Sea
A geothermal energy and lithium extraction plant is starting construction in the Imperial Valley.
www.latimes.com
Column: The lithium revolution has arrived at California’s Salton Sea
After a dozen years of engineering, permitting and financing, the Australian firm Controlled Thermal Resources is ready to start building a lithium extraction and geothermal power plant at the southern end of the Salton Sea, more than 150 miles southeast of Los Angeles. A groundbreaking ceremony is planned for Friday (added by me: yesterday) near the shore of the shrinking desert lake.
https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2024/01/26/groundbreaking-for-lithium-plant-and-geothermal-power/
This is the biggest solar power plant in the United States, located in Kern, California. The Solar Star Plant is over 8 square miles and has a generation capacity of 579 megawatts, powering around 255,000 homes. This is impressive, but about 6,500 miles away, in this remote desert, there's a solar facility that could dwarf it … and just about every other solar power plant on earth. And it’s not alone.
Biden to Offer $1.5 Billion Loan to Restart Michigan Nuclear Power Plant
(Bloomberg) -- The Biden administration is poised to lend $1.5 billion for what what would be the first restart of a shuttered US nuclear reactor, the latest sign of strengthening federal government support for the atomic industry.Most Read from BloombergTrump Risks Losing More Than Half of...
in other news
www.theguardian.com
Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study finds
Collapse in system of currents that helps regulate global climate would be at such speed that adaptation would be impossible
www.theguardian.com
Europe would instantly become uninhabitable. Russia would become an arctic wasteland...in other news
Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study finds
Collapse in system of currents that helps regulate global climate would be at such speed that adaptation would be impossible
And we’d have more hurricanes to reject heat from middle to upper latitudes
One aspect of this climate change is that I expect the extreme storms and weather will continue to get more common. At some point I think there will be more storm damage to clean up than can be dealt with.
Opinion: I’m a climate scientist. If you knew what I know, you’d be terrified too
We are hopeless to a great degree by our extreme politics. All I can do is vote for the party and candidate who cares. I recycle as much as possible. I cant make the transition to EV for various reasons.
But ultimately the demise of our humanity will be the direct result of hundreds of people not representing the billions of people to induce change.
But ultimately the demise of our humanity will be the direct result of hundreds of people not representing the billions of people to induce change.
A major US state just achieved a critical milestone: 'It's wild that this isn't getting more news coverage'
California has hit 100% renewable energy before, but this is the first time the state has sustained that success over an extended period.
www.thecooldown.com
California has set a benchmark for renewable energy, with wind, solar, and hydro providing 100% of the state's energy demand for 25 out of the last 32 days (and counting).
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