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quote id="5e30"><p>“This 12-month record is exactly what we expect from a global climate fueled by carbon pollution,” Dr. Andrew Pershing, vice president for science at Climate Central said. “<b>Records will continue to fall next year, especially as the growing El Niño begins to take hold, exposing billions to unusual heat.</b> While climate impacts are most acute in developing countries near the equator, seeing climate-fueled streaks of extreme heat in the U.S., India, Japan, and Europe underscores that no one is safe from climate change.”</p></blockquote><h1 id="f7b6">Is This Just Weird Weather, or Climate Change?</h1><p id="2bab">One of the biggest (and dumbest) arguments against climate change is that these temperature extremes can just be chalked up to “weird weather this year”.</p><p id="732c">While it’s true that some variation is caused by cyclical weather patterns (see El Nino above), there is now a measure of how much of our exteme climate is likely to have been caused by humans through fossil fuel and other emissions.</p><p id="5282"><a href="https://www.climatecentral.org/tools/climate-shift-index">The Climate Shift Index</a> was created to show just how much influence human activity has on weather.</p><blockquote id="ef7b"><p>The CSI is a categorical scale, with the categories defined by the ratio of how common (or likely) a temperature is in today’s altered climate vs. how common it would be in a climate without human-caused climate change.</p></blockquote><p id="62b2">To simplify this, let’s look at another number.</p><p id="a456">Of the 7.8 billion people who experienced warmer than average temperatures this year, the weather for 7.3 billion of those people was 300% more likely to have occurred due to human activity.</p><p id="55c8">In other words, it is 3x more likely that the GHG emissions caused warmer temperatures than other natural causes, like El Nino.</p><p id="1394">Now, I understand that many people will find this a) difficult to understand and b) hard to believe because humans, as a species, have a tough time with probability based math. We like things to be black and white, right and wrong; not a set of possibilities that might, could have, or probably will cause global warming.</p><p id="35cb">But think of it this way.</p><p id="feb1">The 1990’s Bulls had a 300% increase in the probability of winning when they had Michael Jordan on their roster each night.</p><p id="1aac">Could they have won without Jordan? Absolutely they could have. Just like areas of Earth could have seen these higher temps without GHG emissions.</p><p id="2028">Is it likely to happen every night? Probably not. Just like the global higher temps are unlikely to be seen without GHG emissions.</p><h1 id="ac38">Impacts Beyond Humans</h1><p id="b910">As I’m sure you are aware, climate change impacts all living creatures on Earth, not just humans. However, we are blindly ignorant of the mechanisms of this negative impact.</p><p id="6cc5">I’ve written before about how high heat impacts the <a href="https://readmedium.com/climate-change-will-kill-the-weakest-and-youngest-of-everything-66f16ed8afc8">young and weak first</a>, and the <a href="https://phys.org/news/2022-11-climate-endangered-african-wild-dogs.html">African wild dog is no exception</a>.</p><p id="73ff">Wild dogs normally give birth at a time when the pups can be raised in cooler months. But the higher temps have pushed that back by about three weeks, forcing them to give birth later and later each year.</p><p id="9a97">At first glance, that’s not a big deal, ri

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ght? The babies are born later but still raised in the cooler months. The problem is that the seasons of cooler temps is not only getting pushed back later, but it is also ending sooner.</p><p id="3a96">This inadvertently results in wild dog mothers giving birth at just the wrong time.</p><p id="13d1">Now, someone might suggest that they just move to cooler regions. After all, they are wild animals and can go where they please.</p><p id="9ed6">Well, that’s another issue altogether, as wild dogs are now confined to just 7% of their historical range. It’s not like they can just get up and move to a neighborhood park in what was originally their hunting grounds decades ago.</p><p id="c9ee">Why does this matter? Because wild dogs are acting as a proxy for other keystone animals. But it’s hard to get the right data.</p><blockquote id="8156"><p>Because monitoring large carnivore populations over several decades is challenging and expensive, such long-term data either don’t exist or have not been assessed for most large carnivores.</p></blockquote><blockquote id="a1d5"><p>Every time we look for an impact of temperature on African wild dogs, however, we uncover something new and unexpected. <b>Climate-driven impacts on large carnivore behavior, populations and life histories may well be more widespread than previously thought.</b> Because large carnivores play an important role in shaping ecosystems, such impacts have much broader implications.</p></blockquote><blockquote id="cee9"><p>With <a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/">continued temperature rises projected across their range</a>, the effects of climate change on this already endangered species — and others like it — are of great concern.</p></blockquote><p id="832c">The whole situation is a kind of “climate trap”. Too hot to breed and too many humans around to move.</p><p id="806b">And it’s just the beginning for the animals, too. <a href="https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/biodiversity">Biodiversity </a>loss is being touted as an equal to climate change, with both issues clamoring for solutions that actually go <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2811131">hand-in-hand for each crisis</a>.</p><h1 id="7e95">The Takeaway</h1><p id="05b3">Humanity is finally reaping what we have been sowing since the beginning of the last century. Billions of tons of CO2e, along with myriad other emissions (NOx, SOx, aerosols, etc.) are finally having the impact that was warned about for decades prior.</p><p id="a9da">There is no sustainability.</p><p id="d724">There is no remediation.</p><p id="0d05">There is only adapting to an ever warming world.</p><p id="34c8">We’ll be lucky to merely start reducing global GHG emissions by 2050, which means climate change will be here to stay for at least the rest of the century.</p><p id="b3f7">Best be prepared for the inevitable.</p><div id="e5fb" class="link-block"> <a href="https://anguspeterson.medium.com/subscribe"> <div> <div> <h2>Bypass the algorithm. Control your inbox.</h2> <div><h3>Bypass the algorithm. Control your inbox. Stop letting Medium force content you don't want into your feed. Subscribe…</h3></div> <div><p>anguspeterson.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*Tkvm3Ht3q7tN0uL9)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

5 Extremely Difficult Decisions That Transformed My Life For Good

From my heart

I grew up in India in a typical middle-class family where concepts like mental health, personal development, and self-love were not common.

I was underweight for most of my growing-up years and if fat shaming is a thing I can tell you thin-shaming is also a thing.

Maybe it’s not publicized the way obesity has been done.

With constant commentary on my weight and appearance, I grew up being so conscious about my own body and had all kinds of body image issues that resulted in low self-esteem and zero confidence.

Now, as I am outgrowing those issues, I understand that maybe I was meant to go through everything to share my story with other people and help them to navigate the similar issues.

Here are five decisions that were terrifying for me to even think of and extremely hard to pursue, but changed my life for better.

#1 Battling body weight issues

Whenever anyone sees me, the very first thing they notice is how thin I am and make fun of my being underweight with rudimentary comments.

It resulted in self-deprecating humor and before anyone comments; I will comment harshly on myself. It was part of my coping mechanism.

It didn’t feel good.

So when I started my job, I started working out and learning to be healthy rather than fitting into some absurd beauty standards.

I started eating wholesome, protein-based, and healthy alternatives to fuel my body.

Getting physically fit helped me get a healthier body and spiked my confidence and helped me over come body image issues.

Most importantly it changed my relationship with my body.

#2 Discovering the mental health concept

To live a sustainable life, the body and mind connection should be healthy.

Your outer world and the inner world should be in sync.

As I started focusing on my physical health, I learned that mental health is equally important.

I recognized, I constantly put myself down without any reason and downplay my strengths.

With that thought in mind, I started with light yoga, meditation, writing gratitude, and affirmation.

It took me a while to get it right and after 4 years I can say it can positively upgrade your mindset and how you deal with your day-to-day.

It really helped me discover my life-purpose and commit to my actions to pursue it.

“If there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.”- Beyoncé

#3 Practicing the Power of Giving

I know it sounds cliché, but give me a minute.

You look at a friend’s pictures, and updates on various social media platforms, and you feel jealous and think why you are lacking behind.

You think how you’re not as good as others and probably not deserving.

And it’s enough to put yourself down and procrastinate your things.

That’s a terrible way to live, you know?

Love starts from you, and only then it can reach to others.

Create a healthy relationship with yourself and with the universe.

Give the things that you want in your life.

One easiest way is to be kind and compassionate in whatever you do and with the people around you.

Love travels without any conditions and boundaries.

“Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept.” — Anna Tylor

#4 Moving on from past

I have had bad relationships in the past that left a scar for a very long time. And it led me to believe that I am not worthy of love.

And my parents were not ideal role models either to show me what a healthy relationship looks like.

It led me to stay in toxic relationships way longer than necessary. This is enough to affect the deep level of our subconsciousness.

Even today, just thinking about it gives me a chill. Slowly, I learned to move past my experiences and leave them as it was for the better.

I want to be free of blaming and resentment.

It’s a waste of my time to think about what you can change in your past.

I can’t change the past and I don’t need to loathe them in my present and future.

This is for sure what I can control.

Thinking of this gives me peace and makes me feel that I have more control over my life and can shape it how I want to.

#5 Writing on Medium

I have been writing journals since I was a kid but writing online was never my thing.

Perhaps what people may think was a driving factor not to publish anything online.

But I took a bold move to write about my fitness journey and how it has changed me for good.

And to help other people who may be in a similar situation.

It changed my mindset.

It gave me a

a definite purpose
learned that I thrive on helping others
becoming self-aware
abundance mind

“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.” — Eckhart Tolle

I hope it helps you to look at your life and take away some of this and include it in your lifestyle.

Be Bold

Be Courageous

Be Your Best

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5 Extremely Difficult Decisions That Transformed My Life For Good

From my heart

#1 Battling body weight issues

#2 Discovering the mental health concept

#3 Practicing the Power of Giving

#4 Moving on from past

#5 Writing on Medium

Why You Should Stop Taking Over The World

And how to deal with your ambition.

How To Find Inspiration?

Surround yourself with positive people and you’ll be a positive person -Kellie Pickler

What’s The Worst That Could Happen?

Tough times come, but you hold on and you keep fighting.

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