Nitrous oxide emissions surge in climate threat: Study – Stigmatis

Global emissions of nitrous oxide—a potent greenhouse gas—are outpacing expectations and putting climate change goals in peril, a major study published on Wednesday found.

The vast majority of nitrous oxide emissions are generated by agriculture, with most of the blame placed on nitrogen-based fertilizers and animal waste.

Drawing on millions of atmospheric measurements from around the world, the report revealed a sharp rise in human-related nitrous oxide levels.

The findings raised researchers’ concerns that too little is being done to rein in the gas, the vast majority of which is produced by agriculture.

Nitrous oxide heats the Earth’s atmosphere 300 times more effectively than carbon dioxide, scientists say, and can linger for more than a century.

Emissions soared 40 percent in the four decades to 2020, said the Global Nitrous Oxide Budget, which relied on the expertise of 58 international researchers…

Source: Nitrous oxide emissions surge in climate threat: Study – Stigmatis

Compassion – Silent Songs of Sonsnow

“I really feel that some people neglect and overlook compassion because they associate it with religion. Of course, everyone is free to choose whether they pay religion any regard, but to neglect compassion is a mistake because it is the source of our own well-being.”

His Holiness the great 14th Dalai Lama

Source: Compassion – Silent Songs of Sonsnow

Open Thread| What The Supreme Court Has Been Up To | 3CHICSPOLITICO

STILL DON’T THINK THAT THE COURTS MATTER?

Everyday, they show us why that’s a false assumption.

About the Abortion Medication case:
It was decided on standing. Which was right. And, STANDING should have been the reason this case never made it past the first Court it was filed in.

CBS News (@CBSNews) posted at 9:15 AM on Fri, Jun 14, 2024:
BREAKING: The Supreme Court invalidates a ban on bump stocks enacted after the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. https://t.co/hUAiOKRv5b
(https://x.com/CBSNews/status/1801619514666180751?t=8nNbHklzQfT2faomUZf0BQ&s=03)

Their absolutely slavish devotion to an Amendment that has never meant what it says it is…all the while, no guns are allowed in the Supreme Court building, and they get heavy security….
Ridiculous.

CBS News (@CBSNews) posted at 2:00 PM on Thu, Jun 13, 2024:

Vice President Kamala Harris says the Supreme Court decision preserving access to the abortion pill mifepristone “is not a cause for celebration, because the reality of certain things are still not going to change,” citing state abortion bans and Donald Trump’s potential plans to restrict medication abortions if he’s re-elected.”We must remain clear-eyed about threats to reproductive freedom in America, and we must remain vigilant.”

… https://t.co/w86Jku79IZ
(https://x.com/CBSNews/status/1801328721783140659?s=02)

Source: Open Thread| What The Supreme Court Has Been Up To | 3CHICSPOLITICO