Category: Climate Change

TheVoiceOfJoyce 100 days of 100 degree weather is perfect for Medjool dates. They’re growing in abundance in the Bard Valley, from the original plants brought here from Morocco in the 1920’s. Medjool dates are healthy, high in Potassium, magnesium and fiber. This heat is not sustainable for people, but Medjool dates thrive.

August 1, 2023

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/01/medjool-dates-arizona-heat-climate-bard-valley In the south-westernmost corner of Arizona, just 3 miles from California and 10 miles from Mexico, the town of Yuma is one of North America’s most important agricultural hubs. Nicknamed “The Winter Salad Bowl”, the Yuma area supplies the United States and Canada with 90% of its winter, leafy vegetables – even in the … More TheVoiceOfJoyce 100 days of 100 degree weather is perfect for Medjool dates. They’re growing in abundance in the Bard Valley, from the original plants brought here from Morocco in the 1920’s. Medjool dates are healthy, high in Potassium, magnesium and fiber. This heat is not sustainable for people, but Medjool dates thrive.

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce What happens to our food production and supply chains when there’s record heat in Asia? Temperatures are now surpassing our ability to survive. Kids in the Philippines are becoming dehydrated and hospitalized. Crops are failing, the water in the Himalayan mountains are drying . El Niño has arrived and will cause temperatures to rise further. Why isn’t Global leadership alarmed? Why isn’t the US treating climate change as an emergency? At the Climate Conference, I recently attended, scientists believed not enough attention is focused on energy sustainability? Lithium recycling? Capping and preventing methane leaks? We know when we set out to reclaim our Earth, we’re successful. When it rains build cisterns to trap the water. Learn from Indian farmers and harvest all the water you can, when you can.

April 28, 2023

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/27/endless-record-heat-asia-highest-april-temperatures Globally, 2022 ranked as one of the hottest years on recorded, and the past eight years were collectively the hottest documented by modern science. It is believed that a return of the El Niño weather phenomenon this year will cause temperatures to rise even further. “The poorest of the poor are going to [suffer] … More AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce What happens to our food production and supply chains when there’s record heat in Asia? Temperatures are now surpassing our ability to survive. Kids in the Philippines are becoming dehydrated and hospitalized. Crops are failing, the water in the Himalayan mountains are drying . El Niño has arrived and will cause temperatures to rise further. Why isn’t Global leadership alarmed? Why isn’t the US treating climate change as an emergency? At the Climate Conference, I recently attended, scientists believed not enough attention is focused on energy sustainability? Lithium recycling? Capping and preventing methane leaks? We know when we set out to reclaim our Earth, we’re successful. When it rains build cisterns to trap the water. Learn from Indian farmers and harvest all the water you can, when you can.

This Astoundingly Simple Ancient Technique Is Helping to Beat Back Drought – Scientific American (TheVoiceOfJoyce)

April 26, 2023

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TheVoiceOfJoyce What will force leaders to change our dependence on Fossil Fuels? La Niña ( cooling weather) prevailed and our Oceans continued to warm. Now weather patterns are predicting El Niño ( warming weather) and the Ocean temperatures will rise higher, destroying our food chains, our coastlines and fresh water supplies. The science shows us a warming planet. Where is leadership & urgency for change and innovation?

April 8, 2023

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/08/headed-off-the-charts-worlds-ocean-surface-temperature-hits-record-high Climate scientists said preliminary data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) showed the average temperature at the ocean’s surface has been at 21.1C since the start of April – beating the previous high of 21C set in 2016. “The current trajectory looks like it’s headed off the charts, smashing previous records,” said … More TheVoiceOfJoyce What will force leaders to change our dependence on Fossil Fuels? La Niña ( cooling weather) prevailed and our Oceans continued to warm. Now weather patterns are predicting El Niño ( warming weather) and the Ocean temperatures will rise higher, destroying our food chains, our coastlines and fresh water supplies. The science shows us a warming planet. Where is leadership & urgency for change and innovation?

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Weather extremes hit Southern California, with blizzard warnings in LA and San Diego. Though water levels are 144% higher than normal, this storm will purchase time to harden conservation efforts.

February 25, 2023

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/24/california-snow-los-angeles-san-francisco-bay-area It is definitely an outlier – and we are seeing more of those due to climate change,” said Greg Pierce, co-director and senior researcher at UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation. The dousing also came as welcome reprieve. California hasn’t fully emerged from the grips of a prolonged and devastating drought, but the sudden onslaught … More AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Weather extremes hit Southern California, with blizzard warnings in LA and San Diego. Though water levels are 144% higher than normal, this storm will purchase time to harden conservation efforts.

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Spring is arriving early from Texas up thru NYC . We’re experiencing temperatures 10 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than seen before. Cherry trees are budding in Washington DC and NYC is seeing daffodils? This isn’t normal and portends a hot summer? I’m going to a Climate Summit in California at the end of March. My reporting on California weather patterns, will be broadcast from there. Stay tuned to my YouTube! TheVoiceOfJoyce. me

February 24, 2023

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/24/early-spring-us-climate-change-record Spring activity has, meanwhile, arrived at least 20 days earlier than usual for huge swathes of the US south-east and east, with parts of central Texas, south-east Arkansas, southern Ohio and Maryland, along with New York, all recording their earliest spring conditions on record so far this year. Leaves emerged early across much of … More AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Spring is arriving early from Texas up thru NYC . We’re experiencing temperatures 10 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than seen before. Cherry trees are budding in Washington DC and NYC is seeing daffodils? This isn’t normal and portends a hot summer? I’m going to a Climate Summit in California at the end of March. My reporting on California weather patterns, will be broadcast from there. Stay tuned to my YouTube! TheVoiceOfJoyce. me

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Hazardous conditions expected in the Dakotas shifting to Minnesota, California and as far east as Boston. Blizzard conditions are anticipated in the West, ice and low temperatures and high winds anticipated. Stay home and be safe. This storm may take several days to clear. Michigan may get a 1/2 “ of ice, along with other more eastern states.

February 22, 2023

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/22/parts-of-us-shut-down-forecasts-historic-snow-whiteout-blizzards Schools throughout the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin were called off for Wednesday. Offices closed and so did the Minnesota legislature. Emergency management leaders warned people to stay off the roads or face potential “whiteout” conditions. The storm will make its way toward the east coast later in the week. Places that do not get … More AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Hazardous conditions expected in the Dakotas shifting to Minnesota, California and as far east as Boston. Blizzard conditions are anticipated in the West, ice and low temperatures and high winds anticipated. Stay home and be safe. This storm may take several days to clear. Michigan may get a 1/2 “ of ice, along with other more eastern states.

TheVoiceOfJoyce It appears from the map, in the Guardian, sea ice in the Antarctic is melting more rapidly then in previous years. Global warming has created fierce winds and temperatures averaging 1.5 degrees Celsius. Passages are now being traversed in the Antarctic that were blocked 125 yrs ago. We should be unconcerned, are we concerned about coastal flooding? Or are we in denial, like the folks in NJ, attributing whale deaths to wind turbine noise, rather than looking at commercial fishing data, showing 40%+ whales getting trapped in the nets and other fishing paraphernalia? There is no reason to blame wind turbines for whale deaths, when the Fossil Fuel Industry is destroying our Earth, every second of every day.

February 15, 2023

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/antarctic-sea-ice-hits-record-low-climate-crisis The Antarctic sea ice extent has reached a record low Remaining ice in 2023 Amery ice shelf Weddell Sea Filchner-Ronne ice shelf South pole Antarctica Ross ice shelf Ross Sea Median ice edge 1981 to 2010 Guardian graphic. Source: National Snow and Ice Data Center Sea ice melts away in the Antarctic summer before … More TheVoiceOfJoyce It appears from the map, in the Guardian, sea ice in the Antarctic is melting more rapidly then in previous years. Global warming has created fierce winds and temperatures averaging 1.5 degrees Celsius. Passages are now being traversed in the Antarctic that were blocked 125 yrs ago. We should be unconcerned, are we concerned about coastal flooding? Or are we in denial, like the folks in NJ, attributing whale deaths to wind turbine noise, rather than looking at commercial fishing data, showing 40%+ whales getting trapped in the nets and other fishing paraphernalia? There is no reason to blame wind turbines for whale deaths, when the Fossil Fuel Industry is destroying our Earth, every second of every day.

TheVoiceOfJoyce If we want to survive the weather extremes, we must be creative and disruptive. Jake’s Solar Farm in Colorado, combines solar panels with diverse farming under their shields and it’s working. In Rotterdam, the Van Wingerden’s have a floating farm on pontoons. Their farm is 100% integrated. On the top level the cows are milked robotically. Their manure is used on local soccer fields to fertilize grass. Then the grass clipping come back to the farm to feed the cows. The milk is processed on a middle level directly into cheese and yogurt . Cows can actually walk to a small patch of pasture. The Floating farm is 100% self contained and uses desalinated water and rain water for processing. The lower level of the floating farm processes 1000 wheels of aged Gouda for sale at their farm shop. Creativity and disruption work to maintain known products in new surroundings. The Rotterdam effort is being reproduced in Singapore, Dubai and the Netherlands. NYC and Vermont are trying different methodologies that are independent of land.

January 19, 2023

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/19/floating-dairy-farm-rotterdam-climate-crisis Rotterdam has already established itself as one of the most climate-adaptive places in the world. Everything from office buildings to entire neighborhoods are built on water in the city, which is 90% below sea level. The van Wingerdens’ floating dairy farm was a new but inevitable twist. Should a weather crisis arise, a waterborne … More TheVoiceOfJoyce If we want to survive the weather extremes, we must be creative and disruptive. Jake’s Solar Farm in Colorado, combines solar panels with diverse farming under their shields and it’s working. In Rotterdam, the Van Wingerden’s have a floating farm on pontoons. Their farm is 100% integrated. On the top level the cows are milked robotically. Their manure is used on local soccer fields to fertilize grass. Then the grass clipping come back to the farm to feed the cows. The milk is processed on a middle level directly into cheese and yogurt . Cows can actually walk to a small patch of pasture. The Floating farm is 100% self contained and uses desalinated water and rain water for processing. The lower level of the floating farm processes 1000 wheels of aged Gouda for sale at their farm shop. Creativity and disruption work to maintain known products in new surroundings. The Rotterdam effort is being reproduced in Singapore, Dubai and the Netherlands. NYC and Vermont are trying different methodologies that are independent of land.

TheVoiceOfJoyce Want to increase your lifespan and dependency on drugs for anxiety, go to the Park. It’s a known fact, exposure to green spaces reduces asthma, high blood pressure and prescription drugs for anxiety. Perhaps, becoming a Park Ranger, or working in our National Parks may be therapeutic for people suffering from PTSD, homelessness, marginal employment. Build more green spaces, stop urban blight, global warming and help people thrive!

January 17, 2023

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/17/visiting-green-spaces-deters-mental-health-drug-use-researchers-find Visits to parks, community gardens and other urban green spaces may lower city dwellers’ use of drugs for anxiety, insomnia, depression, high blood pressure, and asthma, research has found. Researchers in Finland found that visiting such areas three to four times a week cuts people’s chances of turning to drugs for mental health problems … More TheVoiceOfJoyce Want to increase your lifespan and dependency on drugs for anxiety, go to the Park. It’s a known fact, exposure to green spaces reduces asthma, high blood pressure and prescription drugs for anxiety. Perhaps, becoming a Park Ranger, or working in our National Parks may be therapeutic for people suffering from PTSD, homelessness, marginal employment. Build more green spaces, stop urban blight, global warming and help people thrive!