BoJo etc.

Most especially Trump. It is the US's abdication as world leader since January 20, 2017 that has set us on this collision course.

Otherwise, it will happen again.

We went to Venice many years ago, and I understand you can now see the bottom of canals. That is amazing to me, and says in graphic detail what you've just said.

Wholeheartedly agree.

YES!

but also traffic all over the place scaring wildlife that's all of a sudden going to find a lot of grazing near the roads like i saw this eve

Rec

of truth--
Thank you.

Getting rid of humans will do the trick. Good for Mother Earth, Breath away while it lasts.

and survive.

I've kept wondering if the COVID-19 is somehow related to climate change. Of course all things in nature are inter-related, but I was wondering on more of a direct level. Nonetheless, perhaps this is Mother Earth's way of showing just how weak and insignificant we are in the scheme of things and that in the end, she always wins.

Long before there was any climate change. Could climate change make an impact worse or better? I imagine; depending on the attacker

We haven't learned how to co-exist with nature, so humans have become a pathogen that needs to be reduced in the ecosystem for the Earth to save itself.

It totally makes sense on a macro scale that viruses serve a purpose like white blood cells in the human body attempting to take out living organisms that, like bacteria, are a drain on the health of a larger system - tearing out healthy pieces of it, increasing the temperature...

I wish the best for everyone and I'm totally not a nihilist, but I can see the logic in that. The Earth is sick, and hopefully, this is the wake-up call we need.

Since oxygen started taking over lol.

How nature points out the folly of man!

I used to watch Godzilla with my kid when he was little. It was seriously his favorite show. I had to hush and not speak out of turn while it was on.

or China during their shutdown compared to pre-shutdown
rapidly clearing off the atmosphere

✌🏼

Brilliant and beautiful observation.

along with swans.

Wow! Look how clear it is! In just a few days!

Link to tweet

I think you should start a thread with this because it’s really uplifting!

how beautiful. I think we are being told to stop ruining our earth, but it comes at a price and a sacrifice.

Looking back when this is over we will see some temporary changes and some permanent ones. Sometimes change is good.

We are all connected, for good or bad. It’s up to us in the collective.

Babies, and home businesses. Side gigs will grow, employees will become entrepreneurs, I'd bet a mid-single digit percent will never return to work outside the home.

Forced button reset on our relationship with mother earth

With the traffic so much lighter, the air should be
much cleaner and fresher.

Maybe the virus won't like that, but I sure do.

A tiny microscopic virus.

is rebounding we aren't.

The canals in Venice are clearing up even seeing fish, plus the water is a beautiful blue, my daughter showed me. It's on ABC news.

recover. We haven’t reach the apex of infection cases yet, but after we do the cases will diminish. Then life will go back to normal. I’m just hoping it’s a whole new normal as I expressed in my OP.

jump on this. It’s what they do.

You’d be amazed at the extent of privations they will go to for their science!

...of papers on this topic for a long time.

Hell, there were lots of papers along these lines in connection with the air pollution restrictions during the Olympics held in China.

Recessions always give an atmospheric signature.

Mauna Loa's CO2 observatory is operating normally. Yesterday we were over 414 ppm.

Let us hope beyond hope that there will be silver linings in our dark future, and that our societal contortions and pangs, though profound, prove short-lived.

which would help pinpoint climate sensitivity. I've been thinking the pandemic might have a lot of positive side effects socially and ecologically, but if we get another half degree C or more from the brightening things could get pretty interesting this summer.

Transformative times.

Perhaps the brightening of what’s left of the solar caps will reflect the sunlight’s radiant energy back into space a little more. That is, if we give it a chance.

we would look into more online working. There are a lot of jobs that can be done online, or at least partially. This would have ecological benefit, and would also help with things like child care. I'm lucky that as an academic I've always been able to do at least some of my work at home, which meant not having to sign my kid up for fulltime child care.

I also hope that this will be a lesson in the importance of government and competent leadership.



...And as a church person, I hope this will bring an end to the weekly "passing of the peace" (aka weekly exchange of the germs), which I've always hated!

Having this on the DU front page is great,
but you do your important message a disfavor
by leaving uncorrected the error.

Cheers

I can’t believe I let that pass! I find I have to correct that particular error all the time, along with similar ones because of the iPad propensity to choose wrong grammar.

Thanks!

and thanks for all the fish