Google Earth Engine Timelapse: 1984-2020 “timelapses of a changing Earth“

https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/ 

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Greenland ices shrinking

View: #v=72.63193,-38.57462,1.761,latLng&t=0&ps=50&bt=19840101&et=20201231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0">https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse #v=72.63193,-38.57462,1.761,latLng&t=0&ps=50&bt=19840101&et=20201231&startDwell=0&endDwell=0">https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse...
Siberia and Eastern Asia ices and snow shrinking

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Southern Africa desertify-ing

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Mutanda Mine in Congo Rep, world’s biggest mine for cobalt. Co is a metal heavily used in rechargeable batteries, among other uses.

Seeing the mine appear ~2007 (connect the dots), then grow ever faster as surroundings dry up — what a symbol...

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Zooming out. I guess by now we all know climate change is real.

But many don’t realize it’s *already happening*, with effects already visible with naked eye at planetary scale.

But that’s only the tip of the iceberg (ha!).
Saying climate change is caused by “human activity” is a misnomer.

It is caused by “developed” countries. By extractivism. By out-of-this-world standards of living set as global objectives.

Meanwhile, areas like Africa dry up, start lacking food — yet they asked for nothing...
Where do you think war in Syria or Arab Springs come from?

Lots of factors, but some of them are painfully obvious.

Lowering oil resources + exceptional or prolonged droughts = economic and food disaster, which puts crazy ppl in power.

In 2013 already: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2013/may/13/1">https://www.theguardian.com/environme...
Climate change isn’t about saving polar bears.

It’s about saving our productivist asses from a world in which famines / pandemics / war become the new normal.

If you’re < 50yo and thinking of a quiet retirement while living business as usual until then, you’re in an illusion.
I was in this illusion up to ~1yr ago, and still am to some extent.

But look. I’m 24. I don’t want “Tomorrow’s World” to be like this.

I want to turn 54 in 2050 and live a decent life. Climate scientists too. And I bet so do you.

Yet here we are.

LET’S MOVE.
So, here are 2 things you can do RIGHT NOW:

1/ Compute your carbone footprint

For English speaking ppl, this one seems fine: https://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/calculator ">https://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/calculato...
For FR people, I recommend ADEME’s “Nos Gestes Climat”. Top notch UX, very fun to do with friends and relatives too. https://nosgestesclimat.fr/ ">https://nosgestesclimat.fr/">...
Did you compute it? You’re probably somewhere b/w 5-15 tCO2e per year, depending on your country.

Goal is to get to 2t by 2050.

How? Calculators can give you hints on how to get to 2t.
Note: getting as low as 2t is a huge feat. It will take time.

But you can almost certainly cut 25-50% with reasonable measures STARTING TODAY, eg:

- Avoid plane travel.
- Reduce meat consumption.
- Turn down heaters a bit. https://www.nytimes.com/guides/year-of-living-better/how-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint">https://www.nytimes.com/guides/ye...
2/ Get a “reality check” from an established knowledge source.

For FR ppl, my go-to is a conference by @JMJancovici.

Luckily he did a full EN presentation at MIT this year.

He speaks a bit loud, makes dad jokes, but 2 hrs VERY well spent.

Go watch it. https://youtube.com/watch?v=s254IPHXgVA">https://youtube.com/watch...
Then depending on your nerdiness, expand your knowledge: climate science, energy, fossil fuels, industrial economies, agriculture, oceans... And how that all fits together.

Mind you, I think it’s a life-long, ever ending source of learning.

Which is kind of exciting!

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