Monday, August 30, 2021

Largest Study of Lingering COVID-19 Effects Suggests a Looming Problem

"Among those hospitalized for COVID-19, 68% reported at least one continued, COVID-19-related symptom six months after their first symptoms appeared. While this percentage decreased by the 12-month mark, it remained relatively high, at 49%. And overall, patients who had been hospitalized for COVID-19 self-reported being in poorer health and having lower quality of life—including mobility issues— compared to controls."

https://time.com/6093164/long-covid-19-largest-study/

Greenland's extraordinary rainfall and melt event could foreshadow faster ice melt

And back to bad news....

https://news.yahoo.com/greenlands-extraordinary-rainfall-melt-event-114511956.html

Fox News’ Biggest Coronavirus Hypocrisy Exposed In Damning ‘Daily Show’ Supercut

Hold them to task:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/daily-show-fox-news-vaccine-supercut_n_6125a7fae4b01d0862eafeee

SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Hospitalizations Among Persons Aged ≥16 Years, by Vaccination Status

"On July 25, infection and hospitalization rates among unvaccinated persons were 4.9 and 29.2 times, respectively, those in fully vaccinated persons."

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7034e5.htm

New Generation of Climate Models: Increased Snowfall Will Offset Sea Level Rise From Melting Antarctic Ice Sheet

SOME good news, at least:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-generation-of-climate-models-increased-snowfall-will-offset-sea-level-rise-from-melting-antarctic-ice-sheet/

Friday, August 13, 2021

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Meeting Paris Agreement Global Climate Targets Will Lead to 8 Million More Energy Jobs Worldwide by 2050

But at least there's some incentive (beyond survival) to encourage those who are all about boosting the economy:

https://scitechdaily.com/meeting-paris-agreement-global-climate-targets-will-lead-to-8-million-more-energy-jobs-worldwide-by-2050/https://scitechdaily.com/meeting-paris-agreement-global-climate-targets-will-lead-to-8-million-more-energy-jobs-worldwide-by-2050/

Critical measures of global heating reaching tipping point, study finds

Ugh. This is really looking ugly. We may all be fucked:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/27/global-heating-critical-measures-tipping-point-study

Iowa’s GOP Eliminated a Family Planning Program Only to See Abortions Skyrocket

Duh. Morons:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/07/23/iowas-gop-eliminated-a-family-planning-program-only-to-see-abortions-skyrocket/

Geraldo Rivera Tells Sean Hannity On His Own Show: You’ve Been Gaslighting

Good, conservative viewers need to see that their trusted icons are lying to them:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/geraldo-rivera-sean-hannity-gaslighting-fox-news_n_6100fa47e4b0f9b5a22dda6e

Can we stop Earth from heating up?

I really hope it doesn't come to this:

https://www.livescience.com/can-we-stop-earth-from-heating-up

“Russia Collusion Is a Hoax!” Hmm, Not So Much.

Just to be clear...

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tippling/2021/07/19/russia-collusion-is-a-hoax-hmm-not-so-much/

Climate 'tipping points' could push us past the point-of-no-return after less than 2 degrees of warming

More to worry about:  

https://www.livescience.com/climate-domino-effects-close.html

I'm glad we're moving out of CA....