Posts Tagged ‘human-enhanced disasters’
Posted by feww on January 31, 2014
CRIMES AGAINST NATURE
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Australian company to dump 3 million tons of sand and mud in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Australian authorities approved a project on Friday to dump dredged sediment in the Great Barrier Reef marine park to create world’s biggest coal [dirty] port.
The decision which was made by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) follows the government approval last year for the coal terminal at Abbot Point port to be expanded.
The primary role of GBRMPA, believe it or not, is to protect the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef Marine Park!
Some 233 scientists and conservationists had earlier signed a letter urging GBRMPA to reject the dumping plan.
“The permit allows North Queensland Bulk Ports Corp to dump [3 million tons of] dredged material in the reef marine park to deepen Abbot Point for two terminals planned by Adani Enterprises and GVK-Hancock, which have long term plans to export 120 million tonnes a year of coal all together,” reported Reuters.
Abbot Point is Australia’s most northerly deepwater coal port located south of Townsville about 25km north of Bowen on the Queensland coast.
The approved disposal site is located approximately 25 km ENE of Abbot Point port, said GBRMPA.
The port hosts some 200 vessels with maximum cargo tonnage of about 16 million tons
each year, as of 2012.
The Great Barrier Reef – World Heritage Area
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef structure composed of nearly 3,000 individual reefs extending over 2,600 km (1,680 miles). The GBR spreads over an area of about 345,000 km (133,000 sq mi) in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
The Great Barrier Reef received world heritage status in 1981, the first coral reef ecosystem in the world to achieve the distinction.
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Posted by feww on November 9, 2013
Symbolic Count- down: 854 Days Left
Tidal Surge of Global Change 26 Times Faster in 21st Century: FIRE-EARTH
FIRE-EARTH Models show the rate of global change has intensified by a factor of at least 26 in the last decade compared with the 1960s.
FIRE-EARTH defines ‘global change’ as the deterioration in the planet’s life-support capacity that is caused by large-scale anthropogenic impact, leading to a total collapse.
The reality: Critical Overload Threatens Planetary Life Support Systems
Diagram shows the exponential growth of Human Impact on Nature (HION) between 1960 and July 2013. Source: FIRE-EARTH Real-Time Earth Models. Copyright: FIRE-EARTH Blog Authors.
Index of Human Impact on Nature (HIoN) skyrockets to a new high
The FIRE-EARTH/CASF Index of Human Impact on Nature (HIoN), an index for calculating the human impact on the planetary life support systems, climbed to a critically high level of 323 on July 1, 2013. In other words, the anthropogenic impact on the living environment exceeded 3.23 times the planet’s diminishing carrying capacity.
- The index is rising exponentially.
- HIoN has risen 38 points, or more than 13 percent, since July 2012 when it reached 285.
- The index was less than 80 in 1960, and rose to about 100 in 1980.
“According to HIoN projections, our cities and population centers could become almost entirely unsustainable by as early as 2015.”
FIRE-EARTH Climate Models show climate change forcings and feedbacks switching global weather patterns onto “primordial tracks.”
FIRE-EARTH Population Model shows mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on October 31, 2013
Severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides prompt Major Disaster Declaration for NC
North Carolina has been declared a Federal Disaster Area by the White House due to severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that occurred on July 27, 2013.
Severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides have severely affected the counties of Ashe, Avery, Catawba, Lincoln, Watauga and Wilkes, said the White House in a statement.
Additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments, said FEMA.
Recent Federal Disaster Declarations
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Posted by feww on October 30, 2013
Severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding prompt Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Kansas
The State of Kansas has been declared a major disaster area by the White House due to severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding during the period of July 22 to August 16, 2013.
Severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding have devastated nearly a half of the states 105 counties including Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Cherokee, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Dickinson, Edwards, Elk, Ellsworth, Ford, Geary, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Hodgeman, Kingman, Kiowa, Lane, Linn, Lyon, Marion, McPherson, Meade, Montgomery, Morris, Ness, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pratt, Reno, Republic, Rice, Saline, Sumner, Washington, Wilson, and Woodson, said the White House in a statement.
Additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments, said FEMA.
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Posted by feww on September 13, 2013
If Homo sapiens sapiens couldn’t get their act together in 200,000 years…
SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 911 Days Left
FIRE-EARTH Climate Models show climate change forcings and feedbacks switching global weather patterns onto “primordial tracks.”
FIRE-EARTH Population Models show mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.
Critical Planetary Overload
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
Collapse in Progress
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Posted by feww on September 4, 2013
Sum total of the remaining options?
You can run, but you can’t go far!
FIRE-EARTH Climate Models show climate change forcings and feedbacks switching global weather patterns onto “primordial tracks.”
FIRE-EARTH Population Model shows mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.
SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 920 Days Left
Critical Planetary Overload
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
Collapse in Progress
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Posted by feww on August 31, 2013
Who needs a liveable planet!
Russian President Vladimir Putin has challenged the US to present to the UN Security Council evidence that Syria attacked the so-called rebels with chemical weapons near Damascus, saying the idea that Syrian government has used chemical weapons on its own people was “utter nonsense.”
US President Barrack Obama said on Friday the US was planning a “limited, narrow” military action against Syria after intelligence reports that 1,429 people were killed by chemical weapons on August 21.
A confused President with a corrupt moral compass, “driving the world closer to the brink of war and destruction.” Photo credit: Reuters. Image may be subject to copyright.
Mr Putin said it was ridiculous to suggest that Syrian government was to blame for the chemical attack on its own people.
“Syrian government forces are advancing, while the so-called rebels are in a tight situation, as they are not nearly as equipped as the government,” Putin told ITAR-TASS.
“What those who sponsor the so-called rebels need to achieve is simple – they need to help them in their fight… and if this happens, it would be a tragic development,” he said.
“In these conditions, to give a trump card to those who are calling for a military intervention is utter nonsense.”
“So I’m convinced that is nothing more than a provocation by those who want to drag other countries into the Syrian conflict.”
Putin said that the US failure to present evidence to the international community was “simply disrespectful”.
“If there is evidence it should be shown. If it is not shown, then there isn’t any,” he said.
Russia has previously warned that “any unilateral military action bypassing the UN Security Council” would be a “direct violation of international law.”
Both Moscow and Beijing have vetoed two previous Security Council draft resolutions on Syria.
Mr Putin urged Mr Obama—a Nobel Peace Prize laureate—to consider future victims in Syria before taking military action.
Syrian President Assad has vowed his country will defend itself against any “aggression.”
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SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 924 Days Left
FIRE-EARTH Climate Models show climate change forcings and feedbacks switching global weather patterns onto “primordial tracks.”
FIRE-EARTH Population Model shows mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.
Critical Planetary Overload
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
Collapse in Progress
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Posted by feww on August 24, 2013
Ask what you have done for your planet lately!
SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 931 Days Left
FIRE-EARTH Climate Models show climate change forcings and feedbacks switching global weather patterns onto “primordial tracks.”
FIRE-EARTH Population Model shows mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.
Critical Planetary Overload
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
Collapse in Progress
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Posted by feww on August 19, 2013
FIRE-EARTH Climate Models show climate change forcings and feedbacks switching global weather patterns onto “primordial tracks.”
FIRE-EARTH Population Model shows mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.
Critical Planetary Overload
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
Collapse in Progress
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Posted by feww on August 13, 2013
Nothing to bid on…!
SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 942 Days Left
FIRE-EARTH Climate Models show climate change forcings and feedbacks switching global weather patterns onto “primordial tracks.”
FIRE-EARTH Population Model shows mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.
Critical Planetary Overload
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
Collapse in Progress
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Posted by feww on April 23, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,423 Days Left
[23 April 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,423 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on April 22, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,424 Days Left
[22 April 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,424 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on April 22, 2012
Major flooding expected across Russia
More than 4,700 towns across Russia are threatened by floods, especially in Yakutia, the Maritime, Khabarovsk and Krasnoyarsk Territories, and the Irkutsk region in Siberia, said a report.
“The risk zone includes some 1,900 highway sections, 378 railroad sections and 563 bridges.”
In the past two weeks tens of thousands of homes have been deluged in southern and central Russia affecting tens of thousands of residents; many people have been evacuated.
The worst-hit areas are in “the Republic of Tatarstan, and Saratov and Samara regions, as well as in parts of the Central and Volga Federal Districts, where 45 bridges, two dams and two sections of highways have been flooded.”
In the latest incident, the 803-year-old Kadom village was inundated by floowaters, according to Ryazan’s regional emergencies ministry.
“More than 500 homes have been flooded in the central Russian region of Ryazan after melting snow caused the river Moksha to overflow,” affecting about 1,200 people.
A state of emergency was earlier declared as floodwaters continued rising in the region, reports said.
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on April 21, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,425 Days Left
[21 April 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,425 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on April 20, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,426 Days Left
[20 April 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,426 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on April 19, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,427 Days Left
[19 April 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,427 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on April 18, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,428 Days Left
[18 April 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,428 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on April 17, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,429 Days Left
[17 April 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,429 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on April 16, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,430 Days Left
[16 April 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,430 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on April 15, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,431 Days Left
[15 April 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,431 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on April 14, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,432 Days Left
[14 April 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,432 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on April 13, 2012
DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,433 Days Left
Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,433 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on April 12, 2012
Disaster Calendar 2012 – April 12
Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,434 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on April 1, 2012
Up to 10,000 people displaced as Fiji deluge intensifies
The main Fijian island of Viti Levu is hit by a near-total blackout amid worsening flood conditions, which have already claimed at least three lives, with three others missing, and damaged or destroyed thousands of homes.
Disaster Calendar 2012 – April 1
Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,445 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
- Fiji. A state of natural disaster has been declared for most of Fiji’s Western Division.
- The main Fijian island of Viti Levu is hit by a near-total blackout amid worsening flood conditions, which have already claimed at least three lives, with three others missing, and destroyed or damaged thousands of homes.
- The area declared a natural disaster zone covers most of Fiji’s Western Division, including the Lautoka, Nadi, Tavua, Ba, Nadroga and Navosa districts, as well as town of Nausori in Fiji’s Central Division.
- There are NO incoming flights to Nadi international airport and all flights out of Nadi have been cancelled.
- The Fiji Electricity Authority (FEA) said power was cut after a landslide toppled a power transmitter into a river, Fiji Village website reported. More heavy rains, squally thunderstorms and flooding are forecast for the region.
- See also entry for Fiji January floods: Deadly Tornado Season 2012 Begins Posted on January 23, 2012.
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
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Posted by feww on August 9, 2010
Major Disaster Alert!
The Next Wave of Major Disasters Could Strike N. America
Statistically, the next swarm of major disasters could strike continental North America, possibly starting in Canada, anytime.
Related Links:
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