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Egbert Giss

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Geology + (bio)chemical engineering, current and very old ecosystems.

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Egbert Giss @egbertg.bsky.social · Sep 7

Ungeachtet aller "Bemühungen" steigt die Rate der CO2 Freisetzung global immer stärker an. Für wann war noch mal dieses net-zero geplant? 😎

Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · Sep 6

August CO2 and methane data at NOAA just dropped.

The 3-year running average for the rate of CO2 growth continues to increase (now at 7.78 ppm per 3 years), and is nearing an all-time high.

Maybe if we all just hope a bit more, I'm sure that will change everything.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 5h

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 15, 2025 ~ Truth bomb.

"Any new constructions intended to last decades should be prepared for 4°C above preindustrial levels – a level at which the world will face global devastation."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told

Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

www.theguardian.com

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Egbert Giss @egbertg.bsky.social · 6h

Oh yes I'm sure your right. He is a genius, no doubt, all the way.

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 20h

Earth Energy Imbalance

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Egbert Giss @egbertg.bsky.social · 6h

No, that's not possible. They promised there will be a new empire, let's say "THE New Empire" after Brexit. Empires don´t have such trouble. 😎

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Egbert Giss @egbertg.bsky.social · 10h

Naturwissenschaftliche Grenzen in die Politik integrieren.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 19h

Why are there more flooding storms? Why does my cat ignore me?

For starters, the Northern mid-latitudes just set yet another new record for the 3-year running average for Total Column Precipitable Water.

And yes, this one is exponential.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 23h

In case you missed it:

"... as if this polycrisis were resolvable with a cookbook method for how to clean a burned pan and a few phone calls to friends and relatives."

climatecasino.net/2024/12/savi...

Saving Everything Else

It’s not about saving us. It’s not about saving ourselves. It’s not about saving our ability to eat whatever we want, to buy more crap, to travel to distant places, to have a good job, to send our kid...

climatecasino.net

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Climate Watcher @pmagn.bsky.social · 22h

In other words, the planet has SAILED through multiple tipping points re it's tipped 😔

“They Warned Us It Was Speeding Up”: Earth’s Climate Engine Is Shifting So Fast Scientists Fear Glaciers, Storms, and Seasons May Never Return

www.sustainability-times.com/climate/they...

“They Warned Us It Was Speeding Up”: Earth’s Climate Engine Is Shifting So Fast Scientists Fear Glaciers, Storms, and Seasons May Never Return

As humanity grapples with unprecedented climate challenges, the Earth’s climate machinery appears to be undergoing a profound transformation. Once predictable

www.sustainability-times.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"In a relatively short time, disasters could strike around the world, overwhelming our attempts to prepare for and response to climate change."

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/633968...

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates: 9780593081853 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 14, 2025 ~ When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang.

“Efforts to protect forests don’t stand a chance as long as our economic system keeps rewarding quick profits from forest destruction..."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns

Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

www.theguardian.com

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Egbert Giss @egbertg.bsky.social · 21h

Bitte anschauen, auch die Diskussion darunter ist so interessant wie "scary" 😎

Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 1d

This changes everything!

The Northern Hemisphere used to radiate more heat to space than it absorbed from the sun, but this changed over the past 20 years.

More:

www.patreon.com/posts/141034...

Egbert Giss @egbertg.bsky.social · 21h

Wenn ich mich richtig erinnere (Medizinstatistik) wären ein kompletter Ausfall von Antibiotika ca. 15 Jahre Lebenserwartung. Weil dadurch natürlich auch wieder viele Kinder und jüngere Menschen betroffen wären.

Egbert Giss @egbertg.bsky.social · 1d

Das ist erstaunlich. So viele Vorjahren und alle im Militärdienst? 😉

Egbert Giss @egbertg.bsky.social · 1d

Very good reply 😂

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Breaking News!
Code Yikes!

This last August saw a record low for average August Arctic sea-ice thickness, the first time below 1 meter, with data going back to 1979.

Still waiting for September data. Will we see a new all-time record low? The Climate 8-ball is drunk again.

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Egbert Giss @egbertg.bsky.social · 1d

Das Eis schwindet und schwindet. Gut, keine Überraschung bei immer mehr Wärme im System. 😎

Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Egbert Giss @egbertg.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, da scheint unsere Einschätzung wohl auseinander zu gehen. 😁

Egbert Giss @egbertg.bsky.social · 1d

www.tum.de/studium/von-...

Nur eines von vielen Beispielen.

Elterninfoabend - TUM

Elterninfoabend, TUM, Information, Einblicke ins Studiumangebot, Studienorientierung, Unterstützung, Kinder, Schüler, Schülerinnen

www.tum.de

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Egbert Giss @egbertg.bsky.social · 1d

Leute, Leute, ihr steht alle viel zu früh auf. Was habt ihr denn alles falsch gemacht? 🤔

Egbert Giss @egbertg.bsky.social · 1d

Es gibt ja auch Elternabende an Universitäten 😎

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Robert Heinze @rheinze.bsky.social · 2d

Lol at a Nobel for "having explained innovation-driven economic growth", fantastic timing everybody

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Egbert Giss @egbertg.bsky.social · 1d

Bakterien können Resistenzgene sehr gut untereinander austauschen. Es ist nur eine Frage der (kurzen) Zeit. 😎

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Hugo @nonviolence.bsky.social · 3d

Yes. Thank you for pointing this out.

Yield pressure due to meat tempts farmers to sacrifice the long term for the short term: Fertilizers, pesticides matching GMO clones & irrigation. After a few decades, this has now caught up to us. The compound interests are now due.

Big Meat & Big Chemicals 💒

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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting-looking study into the drivers of global transport CO2 emissions from 1850 to 2020 finding that efficiency gains were insufficient to counter rising demand driven by GDP per capita, service intensity, and population doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

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Egbert Giss @egbertg.bsky.social · 1d

Come on, that's always been the case. Look at the geology. They're already recovering. The few million years are not worth mentioning 😁😎