Yes, yes the stock market. Does it matter water is being sucked out of the land and dumped into rising seas? What about emissions as we industrialize the ocean? Will growing conflict slow heat or speed it up? We have 3 guests to answer those questions: Luis Samaniego in Potsdam, David Kroodsma in Oakland, and Manfred Lenzen in Sydney.
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Originally posted Posted on April 9, 2025. Get the full blog with all the links here.
UPDATE FROM FIRE LAND
The fire news in my part of the world, the Pacific Northwest, is terrible. In the valley next to mine, hundreds of people along Okanagan Lake in British Columbia lost their homes. One fire near Vernon popped up in mere hours forcing 15,000 people to flee with practically nothing.
It’s even worse a few hours south of our home. Spokane, the second largest city in Washington State, lost more than 700 structure, most of them homes. Three fires again roared up in hours, one of them caused by arson. Like the historic town fire of Lahaina on Maui, Hawaii in 2023, like the 2025 Los Angeles fires, the Spokane fires are historic.
As with the fires ravaging France, Spain, and Greece – we hear news reporters and experts saying this fire behavior is new. Nobody has seen the speed and intensity of the fires.
Meanwhile the record droughts in North America and Europe continue. It’s all tinder out there, and our forecast for the next few days is extreme heat peppered with dry lightening. I get a little gardening done in the cooler early morning, before the heat and the smoke arrive in force. We just harvested: our garlic (hung to dry, lasts all year); a couple of beds of potatoes; ongoing waves of peas, yellow beans, and raspberries.
Today I bought 80 pounds of peaches and 40 pounds of plums. Our own plum trees gave no fruit this year, likely due to being too hot one day and too cold the next – at a critical time for fruit set. In about a week, the peaches will be ripe (they have to be picked a bit green to allow for transport time). Then I’ll canat least 28 liters/quarts of heavenly peaches – enough for the year.
That’s the report from where I set: a bit of paradise and a bit of Hell.
A few Ecoshock listeners stepped up, even in the summer downtime and replays, to make generous donations. That is fabulous and helps me prepare for the new fall season – starting first week of September – a few weeks away. Thank you for believing in this pathway for climate proof and action. We still need more. I’m planning a battery backup system for the studio – in case power lines burn down.
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Alex