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"yesterdays over my shoulder - So I cant look back for too long -Theres just too much to see waiting in front of me - And I know that I just cant go wrong"
Jimmy Buffett
"changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes"
I'm making some BIG changes in my life. More about that at a later date --- it's time, way past time. The round peg can't be forced into the square hole. :-)
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World leaders will soon gather in Copenhagen in the hopes of coming up with a binding agreement aimed at limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius. But what if we're not successful?
Kirsty Lewis of the Met Office Hadley Centre, a leading climate research group, introduces a new Flash map which shows what might happen should temperatures rise by 4 degrees Celsius.
The impacts of climate change will be widespread across the globe. Emissions of greenhouse gases have already altered the earth's atmosphere and the climate is already changing. We will live with the consequences of these changes for the next few decades, regardless of the actions we take now to reduce our emissions. However, beyond that time, future climate change depends on whether we continue to emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere at the rate we currently do, or whether we take effective steps to dramatically reduce our emissions.
The difference between these two courses of action is the difference between some inevitable climate change, and more severe, "high-end" climate change in the longer term. This is a decision that faces politicians at the global climate change negotiations at Copenhagen in December.
In order to understand more about what the human impact of high-end climate change might be, and therefore what would happen if a successful agreement can not be reached at Copenhagen, the United Kingdom's Met Office Hadley Centre has produced a map outlining some of the impacts that may occur if the global average temperature rises by 4 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit) above the pre-industrial climate average.
The Latest Research
The map was produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre, but contains contributions from climate scientists from other institutions conducting the latest research on climate impacts.
Although the average temperature rise over the globe is 4 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit) the projection on the map shows that this average rise will not be spread uniformly across the globe. The land will heat up more quickly than the sea, and high latitudes, particularly the Arctic, will have larger temperature increases. The average land temperature will be 5.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
The impacts on human activity shown on the map are only a selection of those that may occur, and highlight the severe effects on water availability, agricultural productivity, extreme temperatures and drought, the risk of forest fire and sea level rise.
Frightening Impacts
Agricultural yields are expected to decrease for all major cereal crops in all major regions of production. The availability of water will be affected by melting of glaciers, particularly in areas such as the Indus basin and western China, where much of the river flow comes from melt water. Population increases, combined with changes in river run off as a result of changes in rainfall patterns and increased temperatures, could mean that by 2080 significantly less water is available to approximately 1 billion people already living under water stress. For many areas of the world sea level rise, combined with the effect of storms, will threaten low lying coastal communities. There are often very dense populations living along coasts, as well as important infrastructure and high value agricultural land, which makes the impact of coastal flooding particularly severe. The intrusion of salt water on farming land, and the risk to lives of flooding events could affect millions of people worldwide every year.
The impacts are frightening, and the list is not exhaustive. However, the map represents a world where climate change has gone unmitigated, where we have continued to emit greenhouse gases at the rates we are today. If we continue to do this, then the likelihood of the planet warming by 4 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit) increases, and as it does so the risk of these impacts being realised also increases. By taking strong and effective action to curb greenhouse gases emissions, it may be possible to limit this temperature rise to 2 debrees Celsius (4 degrees Fahrenheit). Although this would still bring some adverse impacts, the risk of the very severest impacts, as shown in the Met Office Hadley Centre map, is significantly reduced.
By Kirsty Lewis, Principal Climate Change Consultant for the Met Office Hadley Centre, the UK's principal climate research institute and a global leader in climate change science.
More Info: www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,662887,00.html
Don't worry nothing is changing here. The title points to the fact that when I took these photos I really wasn't happy with outcome and all it was is that they are slightly out of focus.
The actual images are fine they really capture how I looked and felt. now a week or so later I can see what I couldn't back then. Things change
These photos, all shot within a few seconds of each other during Horizons, show why there are no two identical photos of our planet from orbit. Mother Earth changes her face constantly... / Diese Fotos wurden innerhalb weniger Sekunden während Horizons aufgenommen, und zeigen, warum es keine zwei identischen Bilder unseres Planeten aus dem Orbit gibt. Mutter Erde ändert ihr Gesicht permanent...
Credit: ESA-A.Gerst
ID: 364J7643
I couldn't decide where the lighting looked best...so I experimented a bit. I hope you don't mind....😉
This Brisbane Short-necked River Turtle is not as sinister as it seems.
Photographed in the glaring, midday sun, I applied a Serge Ramelli user preset in Lightroom to suggest the shot was taken at night.
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Date of shot:May 2, 2015
Route:Sn.Antonio,Sn.Isidro,Gapan City,Jaen,Sn.Miguel-Cubao Ibabaw,Farmers Plaza
Shot Location:FNLT Sn.Isidro terminal Poblacion,Sn.Isidro Nueva Ecija
Unit:2014 Hyundai Universe Luxury Premium
IBSE specials, on the Kujawa network. The WLS 150 on the left has worked from Dobre, (in effect Dobre Sugar Works stock), and the party has changed to the PKP train on the right, to Brześć Kujawski. This mimicked the work of the junction in passenger days - although it was a triangle. Behind the camera was the line to Boniewo, and points south and west.
Ok finally this SLS AMG shows up, but this time we see some changes, no black stripes and number, and the side mirrors now have Red/Orange color. What you guys think about the car now?
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all MY FLICKR FRIENDS - Blessings to you.
A stick insect in the act of changing it's skin.
a change to the centre bed. pots that edged the centre bed have been moved away from the centre bed and positioned as a collective group on the patio (seen here in the foreground)
jasmine on the far fence is beginning to leaf
honeysuckle and buddleia clambering over the front arch
ivy covers the back arch at the end of the garden
meteorological spring begins 1st march ends 31st may
astonomical spring begins 20th march ends 21st june
www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/seasons/...
for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm flic.kr/p/2gnCyih meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ...
www.flickr.com/groups/gardening_is_my_hobby/ helpful for ideas. thank you for sharing
Almond Orchard - Changing of seasons, just like the changing of the leaves, we make a new memory, each time we moves on.
Every day we change
a new moment in time.
We now share it
with the World Online.
A new beginning
a fresh start.
With our keyboard
we can open up our heart.
As we go thru life and think
of the times that used to be.
Just like the changing of the leaves,
we make a new memory.
So no matter where we are,
and for whatever reason.
We will always remember our dreams
with the changing of the seasons.
Written by: K. Foley
Gondole bob in the wake of a passing speedboat boat under cloudy skies in Venice.
Hearing the noisy speedboat power out to sea and seeing how its passage violently disturbed the old and elegant gondole moored to the pier, I couldn't help but think about how time is changing Venice. From the massive amount of tourists that make the grand old city feel like a theme park to the constant talk about its eventual doom beneath the Adriatic, it seems as though the Floating City I remember visiting for the first time in 2004 has a different mood to it altogether. These are unlikely to be unprecedented thoughts, however, as change has been constant over the city's long history. Over the centuries I'm sure many people have sat watching the bustling canals with their minds wandering down similar paths.
Venice, Italy, 2016
Sony a7R Mark II with Zeiss FE 16-35mm f/4
When you get a very active aurora display the view is constantly changing...at times it is tough to decide where to aim the camera. This shot taken while we were fighting some clouds at Dyckesville, WI on October 8, 2015. Light pollution at lower right is Marinette, WI, at lower left is Oconto.
IMAGE UPDATED 6/7/16
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A few days ago we had blue skies and sunshine but as the week has moved along our weather has changed and now we are getting very strong winds and no doubt more rain!!
Stay Safe Everyone!
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Marcellina Mountain, Dark Canyon, and the changing aspens of Kebler Pass, as seen from the top of Mount Owen, Colorado.
The motorman of Motor 51 is out on the platform pulling down the trolly pole prior to changing directions during a switching move at Emery.
Visiting the Caltrain station at Fourth and King Streets in San Francisco for the first time since a vacation with my parents around 1987 revealed alot of changes. Hard to believe at that time the Caltrain F40PH's were only a couple years old. I remember wandering around freely with my dad, now the entire facility and approach tracks are competely fenced off. Even the doors to the platforms at the station are locked unless a train is loading on that track. Standing on top of a guardrail in the employee parking lot I was able to get a few shots of the Saturday afternoon lineup. I also managed to find one unlocked door to a platform before finding out the rest were locked. Most of the 20 original F40PH units have been rebuilt with separate Caterpillar generators after being rebuilt by Alstom in 1999, redesignated F40PH-2CAT. They also roster 3 F40PH-2C units built by Boise in the late 90's and 6 MP36PH-3C built by MPI in the early 2000's. With electricfication of this line planned for the near future it looks like major changes are coming.
San Francisco, California
July 30, 2016
This northbound heads towards a clear signal at Lenox Tower, but changes can be seen on the horizon by looking at the opposite side of the tracks.
-NS C44-9W #9864, SD75M #2806 leading power
-NS Train #20A
-NS (ex-Wabash) Brooklyn District, near MP D475
-Lenox Tower
-Along Highway 203, Mitchell, IL
-August 11, 2018
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Nothing is so painful to the human mind as great and sudden change - Mary Shelley.
The leaves have nearly all fallen and the trees are looking so bare. Now, the sun doesn't rise until I'm already on the train in the morning and is beginning to set before I'm home. Nighttime stretches out so much longer than daytime and I can always see my breath like smoke in the air. I almost feel like I don't even know where autumn went.
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Lonaconing Silk Mill
A sad story ... mill workers clocked out after an honest day's work, only to be told not to return the next day, or ever. Owners closed the mill due to a labor dispute...without prior warning. Workers were not granted re-entry to claim their belongings. Now nature reclaims it all, building and contents.
Explore Highest position: 223 on Wednesday, October 1, 2008.
I took this yesterday off the front porch...every year this maple tree has a portion of it change before the remainder of it...so I capitalized on the change by shooting some premature fall leaf shots..:-)
During the route changes 2 weeks ago the biggest was service 33 which was cut back from Gorebridge to Sheriffhall and Baberton to Wester Hailes eventhough the Gorebridge part was replaced by new service 48 I think this was a really stupid move with the huge amount of building happening at Gorebridge and the mass amount of passengers which got the 33 from the RIE which a single Decker bus just doesn't have the capacity for which means Lothian will miss out on buisness.
Here we see on a rare Sunday Lothian Buses 814 one of my priority buses for a photo of seen here at the University of Edinburgh on a service 33 for Wester Hailes/ Clovenstone.