Sewage spills have become a part of daily life in Knysna. This has been an ongoing problem for years, and of course the current water crisis is exacerbating the problem. Scenes such as this, with sewage flowing out of manholes in many streets across Knysna are almost a daily occurrence. This...
Nelson Mandela was born today, July 18, 1918. He died in Johannesburg on December 5th 2013. This year it is 12 years ago already. It feels just like yesterday when he was flown from the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria to his final resting place at his ancestral home in Qunu, in the Eastern...
This is has been coming for a while and yesterday after listening to Evan's interview with Jack Dorsey, I am taking the plunge and making an intentional shift in how I share content, one that aligns with my belief in ownership, permanence, and an open web. Here’s what’s changing and why it...
In the ERA5 dataset February 2025 ended at 1.60ºC above preindustrial February levels. It is the 3rd hottest February in the ERA5 records. Global average temperatures are directly linked to what happens in the oceans, with about a 3 month delay. This is what makes the heat in February 2025 so...
With September data no published it is almost certain that 2024 will become the hottest year recorded. The ECMWF Climate Change Service made this observation after publishing their September update: Surface air temperature for September 2024 "The average anomaly for Oct–Dec 2024 would need to drop...
It would seem that is all we are doing these days. Breaking records. This one is particularly bad. The instruments just recorded the largest spike of CO2 concentrations in a 12-month period (March 2023 vs March 2024) of 4.7 ppm. “If this El Niño follows the pattern of the last El Niño, the world...
If you, for whatever reason, are still on that site you must understand what you are dealing with. This will give you some very good ambient awareness. The latest from Ketan Joshi: Musk is making Twitter into a climate deniers sancturay
Since Twitter has made the insane decision that you cannot link out of your profile to other parts of the social web. Here is the list of where else you can connect with me: FutureWork IQ LinkedIn Mastodon BlueSky Threads