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Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 21-04-2024, 16:41
Replies: 15
Views: 787
Posted By SailOar
Re: Most motivating fiction for sailing?

I assume this is fiction, but maybe not. This link is one of many found on the web.

The £200 Millionaire, by Joseph Weston-Martyr (1932)

https://www.getrichslowly.org/200-pound-millionaire/
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 05-02-2024, 17:26
Replies: 9
Views: 1,239
Posted By SailOar
Re: Coral Reef Protection & Restoration

Six Spongy Sea Creatures Suggest Warming Might Be Worse Than Thought

Research on a long-lived but rarely seen species in the Caribbean is helping scientists piece together a revised history of...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 17-08-2023, 09:02
Replies: 38
Views: 2,969
Posted By SailOar
Re: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics

Perhaps this is a blend of atmospheric physics and chemistry.

Rising methane could be a sign that Earth’s climate is part-way through a ‘termination-level transition’ ...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 26-07-2023, 17:05
Replies: 46
Views: 2,755
Posted By SailOar
Re: New Zealand Sea Level Change

Gord,
I'm having trouble finding corroborating support for sea level rising 5 meters by 2100. Maybe you meant 0.5 meters?
Forum: Polar Regions 14-06-2023, 18:05
Replies: 28
Views: 6,787
Posted By SailOar
Re: Cruising the Northwest or Northeast Passage

The type of fog mentioned in the article does form in the sailing/steaming season.
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 31-05-2023, 04:39
Replies: 123
Views: 9,997
Posted By SailOar
Re: Ocean surface temperatures at all time high

Climate Shocks Are Making Parts of America Uninsurable. It Just Got Worse.
...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 31-05-2023, 03:20
Replies: 123
Views: 9,997
Posted By SailOar
Re: Ocean surface temperatures at all time high

The answers to some of your questions can be found in both the title and the first paragraph of the referenced article, which you apparently didn't bother to read.
:rolleyes:
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 07-05-2023, 21:40
Replies: 123
Views: 9,997
Posted By SailOar
Re: Ocean surface temperatures at all time high

You're suggesting that rocket soot will lead to cooling, but the sources I'm finding suggest the opposite -- that the black soot will absorb the sun's heat and increase global warming.

Rocket...
Forum: Polar Regions 04-05-2023, 07:59
Replies: 28
Views: 6,787
Posted By SailOar
Re: Cruising the Northwest or Northeast Passage

Melting Sea Ice May Fog Out the Famed Northwest Passage (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/melting-sea-ice-may-fog-out-the-famed-northwest-passage/)

Arctic sea ice is rapidly vanishing as...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 18-04-2023, 18:57
Replies: 123
Views: 9,997
Posted By SailOar
Re: Ocean surface temperatures at all time high

Your suggestion may be premature.



For the first few years after the eruption the heating effect from H2O forcing may be offset by the cooling effect from sulfate aerosols.
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 18-04-2023, 18:09
Replies: 38
Views: 3,590
Posted By SailOar
Re: La Niña Ending

Where is the "east coast of West Africa"?
Forum: Polar Regions 04-01-2023, 08:59
Replies: 28
Views: 6,787
Posted By SailOar
Re: Cruising the Northwest or Northeast Passage

'Hallowed space': Divers pull 275 artifacts from 2022 excavation of Franklin ship (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/franklin-expedition-excavation-1.6690878)

"We came across a folio — a...
Forum: Polar Regions 30-12-2022, 16:55
Replies: 28
Views: 6,787
Posted By SailOar
Re: Cruising the Northwest or Northeast Passage

400 kilometres in, Texan kayakers pull plug on Northwest Passage expedition (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/arctic-cowboys-northwest-passage-1.6558521)

Buffeted by bad weather and unexpected...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 23-12-2022, 05:01
Replies: 8
Views: 1,135
Posted By SailOar
Curbs on Superyacht Sales

Superyacht sales surge prompts fresh calls for curbs on their emissions (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/29/superyacht-sales-surge-prompts-fresh-calls-for-curbs-on-their-emissions)
...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 10-12-2022, 06:32
Replies: 569
Views: 49,157
Posted By SailOar
Re: Coral Reef Status

Vanuatu publishes draft resolution seeking climate justice at UN court (https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/11/30/vanuatu-publishes-draft-resolution-seeking-climate-justice-at-un-court/)
...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 10-12-2022, 06:18
Replies: 569
Views: 49,157
Posted By SailOar
Re: Coral Reef Status

Those folks who ignore the proper way to spell "its" are bound to misspell "it's" fifty percent of the time. ;)
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 05-12-2022, 19:06
Replies: 569
Views: 49,157
Posted By SailOar
Re: Coral Reef Status

Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest carbon offsets in California...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 02-12-2022, 20:08
Replies: 569
Views: 49,157
Posted By SailOar
Re: Coral Reef Status

Two articles about the arid American Southwest. Those who are simple-minded might suggest they are inconsistent with each other.

Officials fear ‘complete doomsday scenario’ for drought-stricken...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 30-11-2022, 15:38
Replies: 569
Views: 49,157
Posted By SailOar
Re: Coral Reef Status

Even weak tropical cyclones have grown more intense worldwide – we tracked 30 years of them using currents ...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 30-11-2022, 15:29
Replies: 569
Views: 49,157
Posted By SailOar
Re: Coral Reef Status

I've not heard this before. Could you supply a current reference?
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 23-11-2022, 06:50
Replies: 569
Views: 49,157
Posted By SailOar
Re: Coral Reef Status

Scientists discover five new species of black corals living thousands of feet below the ocean surface near the Great Barrier Reef ...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 23-11-2022, 06:45
Replies: 569
Views: 49,157
Posted By SailOar
Re: Coral Reef Status

I'm not a scientist, so I found understanding the actual scientific report (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33930-5) difficult. My understanding is that climate models seek to accurately...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 22-11-2022, 14:18
Replies: 569
Views: 49,157
Posted By SailOar
Re: Coral Reef Status

Climate change will clearly disrupt El Niño and La Niña this decade, 40 years earlier than we thought (https://phys.org/news/2022-11-climate-eastern-pacific-weather-patterns.html)

We found the...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 07-11-2022, 04:35
Replies: 569
Views: 49,157
Posted By SailOar
Re: Coral Reef Status

Ancient ocean methane not an immediate climate change threat (https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/ancient-ocean-methane-not-an-immediate-climate-change-threat-537792/)

New research shows...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 20-10-2022, 07:49
Replies: 569
Views: 49,157
Posted By SailOar
Re: Coral Reef Status

Thanks for bumping this thread. Please do it again.
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