“Deep ocean water in the Antarctic is heating up and shrinking, with potentially far-reaching consequences for climate change and deep ocean ecosystems, according to a report…
“the volume of the cold bottom waters has shrunk by more than 20% over the past three decades. They also found that ocean waters deeper than 2,000 meters (6,600 feet) have warmed four times faster than the rest of the global ocean.”
“Climate change is altering the linkage between the Arctic and subarctic oceans, finds study.
“Notable changes have been observed in the inflows and outflows of the Arctic Ocean over the past decade, including unprecedented high temperatures and remarkably low salinities. Models suggest additional ocean heat transfer to the Arctic Ocean in the future due to warming inflow waters, which will lead to amplified warming in the Arctic Ocean.”
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-climate-linkage-arctic-subarctic-oceans.html
“Global Sea Surface Temperature records keep rising.
“And its not just the tropics!
“The Northern Hemisphere mid latitudes need more attention.”
https://twitter.com/LeonSimons8/status/1668134400947527680
“North Atlantic Ocean records its highest ever sea surface temperature.“
[Stefan Rahmstorf is quoted in the article as suggesting a weakening of the subtropical gyre as a cause; Michael Mann points the finger at a dearth of Saharan dust and associated cooling. I find the latter explanation unsatisfactory given that the heating is extreme in locations like coastal Ireland that do not generally get much Saharan dust. Leon Simons makes a good case IMO that loss of sulphur from cleaner shipping fuels is a significant contributor.]
You can see a pertinent Tweet re sulphate aerosol reductions here from Leon Simons:
https://twitter.com/LeonSimons8/status/1668164600460636161
“Exceptional heat in SW Nunavut [Arctic Canada] with up to 26.3°C [79.3F] in Arviat! It has never been so warm so early in the year (25.0°C on June 7, 1994; 26.3°C on June 20, 2018).
“Remember that Arviat also had 21.2°C on *May 13* and *smashed* its May record [14.5°C] by a margin of 6.7°C!”
https://twitter.com/ThierryGooseBC/status/1667687415790858240
“Canadian wildfires shutter sawmills, drive up lumber prices.
“Canada’s worst-ever spring wildfire season has forced its forestry industry to shutter sawmills, driving up lumber prices and setting production back for months just as housing construction has slowed due to higher costs and a tight labour market.”
“Extremely dry spring leaves southern Albertan farmers on the road to ‘zero production’.
“Crops in southern Alberta that should be green are turning brown. With little to no measurable precipitation since mid-April in areas south of Calgary, some farmers are already predicting crop losses.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/9761043/dry-spring-southern-albertan-farmers-zero-production/
“A New Hampshire mountain known for its extreme weather conditions has recorded its snowiest June in 91 years of recordkeeping.
“Snowfall on Saturday atop Mount Washington brought the total amount to 8.4 inches (21.3 centimeters) for the month of June, according to the Mount Washington Observatory.”
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/mount-washington-extreme-weather-records-snowiest-june-100010435
“Tornado alley is widening, putting millions more people and properties at risk.
“The threat of tornadoes is rising as the weather conditions that create them are becoming more frequent and widespread due to global warming, experts say. That means a lot of areas that rarely see these storms are now in their paths.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/12/tornado-alley-is-widening-putting-millions-more-at-risk.html
“Here’s why the 1930s Great Plains Dust Bowl drought-disaster hit so hard and lasted so long, and why it could happen again.
“…in 2020, new research found—despite all of the improved farming practices—that the heat waves which caused the dust bowl were more than twice as likely to occur as in the 1930s, due to global warming. The reason it hadn’t already happened was because irrigation [using depleting aquifers] had kept the land damper and cooler than in the 1930s.”
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/heres-why-1930s-great-plains-122042772.html
“Exuma [island, Bahamas] has been hit by inclement weather, leading to heavy rainfall which caused significant flooding across the island.
“Captain Stephen Russell, the head of the national emergency management agency (NEMA), informed Eyewitness News that shelters on the island have been activated, and local healthcare facilities are on alert.”
https://ewnews.com/heavy-rainfall-results-in-severe-flooding-on-exuma
“Mexico heat wave: authorities expect maximum temperatures of 45 degrees [113F] in 22 states.
“The authorities have sent a general alert to the population to take care of the heat wave that hits Mexico and that during this Monday threatens to cause temperatures of more than 45 degrees in 22 states of the country.”
“Very hot weather in Central America and Mexico.
“Today, 41.6°C [107F] in Flores, Guatemala, new monthly record and only 0.4°C below the June national record set in La Fragua in 1992. Yesterday, 38.0°C in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, only 0.7°C below its monthly record.”
https://twitter.com/ThierryGooseBC/status/1668074521943998465
“May 2023 in Nicaragua was exceptionally hot and dry. Average temperature was 29.1C, +1.5C above normal and was the 2nd hottest month on records.
“Rainfall was in sharp deficit in all regions of the country. See graph of rainfall vs. normal courtesy of Ineter.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1668333113544675328
“Wildfires at the beginning of this year in Chile were some of the deadliest on record, destroying nearly 500,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) of land and killing people and wildlife.
“At a wildlife rescue center in the city of Chillán, volunteer vets have been treating wildlife brought in with burns and other injuries, and releasing them back into their habitat wherever possible.”
“Thirsty Uruguayans launch quest to find underground water…
“”The drilling is being done in the city of Montevideo due to the water crisis,” says Arballo, project director of the Underground Water Division of OSE, the state potable water enterprise. Two new wells – one 138-feet deep (42 metres) and the other 300 feet (90 metres) – are already producing water, which is treated before human consumption. Others may soon be drilled.”
“While the heat is going on in NW Europe with another day >32C in England and Benelux, it’s cold in NE Europe with local frosts: -1.5C [29.3F] this morning at Narva [Estonia] is a record low for June.
“A dramatic change is just around the corner: Estonia will see 30C [86F] in few days.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1667897695359344640
“Daviot: Firefighters tackling ‘mile long’ wildfire near Inverness [Scotland].
“Six fire engines remain near the village of Daviot in the highlands after a fire broke out on Saturday. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Police Scotland have warned people nearby to stay at home and close all windows and doors to prevent smoke inhalation.”
https://news.sky.com/story/daviot-firefighters-tackling-mile-long-wildfire-near-inverness-12900284
“An exceptional record was set the day before yesterday in Scottish mountains:
“Bealach Na Ba (773m asl) rose to 22.9C [73.2F],which is the highest temperature for any month since the station was installed in 2001, it means it beat the records of summer 2003,2006 (previous high), 2019, 2022.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1668301020487725074
“Parts of the UK have been plunged into chaos this evening due to heavy rainfall, with the A&E department in Luton issuing a patient notice due to flooding…
“Patients were urged to stay away from the A&E department unless they were attending for life threatening illnesses or injuries after it was hit by flash flooding.
“Meanwhile, drivers on the M1 were also heavily affected by heavy rainfall this evening, with water pouring from the motorway bridge onto people’s cars.”
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk-weather-alerts-thunderstorms-hospital-flooded/
“Netherlands to provide free sun cream to tackle record skin cancer levels…
“Across Europe, skin cancer rates have been going up over the last two decades. In neighbouring Germany, according to the Federal Office of Statistics, in 2021 the number of deaths from skin cancer rose 55% from 2001.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/12/netherlands-free-sun-cream-record-skin-cancer-levels
“Rare birds seeking water in Netherlands due to drought in South Europe.
“The drought in Spain and other southern European regions has sent many rare birds north seeking breeding grounds. Rare birds like the bee-eater, the black-winged stilt, and the hoopoe have been spotted in larger numbers than usual in the Netherlands this spring, NU.nl reports.”
https://nltimes.nl/2023/06/12/rare-birds-seeking-water-netherlands-due-drought-south-europe
“Sub Saharan Africa and Middle East are facing extreme heat: Over 48C [118.4F] in Iraq, Iran, Emirates. 46C/48C in Senegal, Mali, Libya, Algeria, Egypt and 45C in Tunisia.
“Brutally hot nights too: Yelimane Mali min. temp. 36.7C max. 46.2; Kayes 35.4/46.7 (after the June record with 47.2C on 7th).”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1668181346869542912
“Nomads of Benin – Driven Away by Drought.
“As a result, conflicts with the local farmers occur again and again. In the hills of central Benin, the dry season is getting tougher every year. The Fulani herders living there have to travel further and further, in ever-larger groups in order to be able to provide for their cattle herds.”
https://www.dw.com/en/nomads-of-benin-driven-away-by-drought/a-65734791
“Endless record heat in Southern Africa. Last few days more records fell: Lusaka AP, Zambia 30.4C; Beira Mozambique 35.8C / 96.4F (beaten for the 2nd time).
“Many South Africa stations were also close to their newly beaten records. Dozens of records have fallen so far in the area.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1667818957531922433
“President of Kazakhstan Declares June 12 as National Day of Mourning for Forest Fires Victims in Abai Region.
“According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 14 people died in the fire that broke out in the Batpayev forestry in the Abai Region on June 8. The area engulfed in flames quickly spread from the initial 2,000 hectares to 60,000 hectares.”
“Pakistan initiates evacuation as Cyclone Biparjoy approaches coastal areas…
“The chief minister said that the extremely severe cyclonic storm lies less than 600 km south of Karachi and might bring high wavelength, adding that the country’s coastal areas have already started feeling the impact of strong winds and dust storms.”
https://english.news.cn/asiapacific/20230613/976e6e0939eb4e3caf6679b10db071da/c.html
“At least 25 people died and 145 were injured in rain-related incidents as torrential showers battered Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan and Lakki Marwat districts [Pakistan] on Saturday, according to a report issued by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).
“The report said 15 deaths were reported from Bannu, five from Lakki Marwat, four from Karak and one from DI Khan.”
https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1759017
“Record heat in India again, this time in the West.
“The city of Mumbai yesterday rose to 38.5C [101.3F] in this Santacruz Airport which is a new record high for June.
“New June heat record broken also at Dahanu with 39.2C.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1668166247874166785
“Bangladesh tea workers struggle as heat and drought scorch fields.
“Phul Kumari has picked tea in northeastern Bangladesh for three decades, but the 45-year-old says she has never experienced heat and drought like that during this harvest season. “It’s too hot and I can’t continue working,” she said…”
“48.5C [119.3F] confirmed at Aidinghu Lake, in Xinjiang, it’s the new official record of highest temperature ever recorded in China in June. Up to 48.8C in semi-official stations.
“It’s also a world record of highest temperature for the latitude in the first half of June.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1667863350796070912
“Guam resident struggles to keep insulin cold post-typhoon, friend comes to the rescue.
“…the most recent Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey conducted in 2021 shows that Guam has a diabetic prevalence rate of 11.5 percent, and a pre-diabetes prevalence rate of 3.1 percent. That’s higher than the rates of the U.S.”
“Record warmth again from Tuvalu ,Oceania
“Yesterday Funafuti, after beating the national June record twice, recorded a minimum temperature of 28.8C [83.8F]. This is the second highest min. temperature ever recorded in June in the Southern Hemisphere, 0.1C below its own record.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1668151151274106881
“Antarctic sea ice extent is 2.14 million km² below average.
“About the size of Greenland.
“#ClimateEmergency.”
https://twitter.com/kevpluck/status/1668208961542291457
“The scarcity of water is emerging as a global economic threat. With China and India looking the most at risk…
“Global fresh water demand is expected to outstrip supply by 40% to 50% by 2030. Ghosh warned that water scarcity must not be viewed as a sectoral issue, but one that “transcends the entire economy.””
“World climate is entering a new phase of global record heat with average daily temperatures worldwide and the average sea temperatures at their highest levels on records.
“The now official ENSO +/Niño will just drive these new records higher and higher.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1668019136474038274
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Oh what a mess this is.
We are toast. This planet won’t even be recognizable to us by 2030. In just a few years habitat for billions will be seriously in jeopardy. This rate of change appears exponential to me as I have been following intensely it the past few years. Thank you for all that you do. Compiling this together is seriously incredible work.
Thank you, Regan!
Looks like at least some reporting on the recent constant Twitter anomaly posts is occurring.
https://www.axios.com/2023/06/13/climate-extremes-warming-charts-concerns
The LA Times, too:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-13/rising-temps-in-the-north-atlantic-have-startled-researchers
We poor humans shall reap what we have sown since the start of Industrial Civilization. There’s no civilized way out of human overshoot so we shall return to the atavistic technology of the hunter gatherer but with nothing left to hunt or gather than ourselves. Humans are more clever than wise.
I don’t think there is enough evidence to support the idea of accelerating warming, more like as one scientist said, an “exclamation point” in the overall warming trends. A spike from compounding factors, El Nino plus the volcano plus the reduction in dust and shipping sulfates.
My concern is that a significant spike in ocean heat, might be one spike too many for marine life, coral reefs etc combined with record losses of polar sea ice impacting negatively on ocean currents, salinity, acidity, oxygenation, and toxic algal blooms etc.
The oceans may become toxic soups sooner than predicted.
We are going to boil to death while our electronics fry and burn out. Good luck with a working grid and drying out reservoirs. Ugh this looks awful someone pushed the switch somewhere that says welcome to hell.
Once again, The French are the only ones with any balls. N American politicians & people are conformist mono-culture sheep, stupid & boring. You are either in camp denier or camp hopium – green capitalism to the rescue! No other view is tolerated. You can discuss it on obscure blogs, but if it even gets a mention on MSM primetime it’s to denigrate the hopeless doomer who clearly has mental health problems (just like mass shooters or anyone who casts BAU & the status quo in a bad light – it’s never the system. Just a few bad-mental health-apples).
“When one of the world’s most developed culturally elite countries, France, tosses in the towel on the IPCC 2°C barrier, it sends a loud and clear message that the global warming fight is losing the battle.
Seriously, France expects 4°C. The country is bracing for 4°C according to Environment Minister Christophe Béchu: “We can’t escape the reality of global warming.” (Source: ‘We Can’t Escape the Reality’: France is Preparing for 4°C of Warming by 2100, Euronews.green, May 22, 2023).”
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/12/frances-global-warming-predicament/
The IPCC was created & supported by oil rich nations to control how the, already out of date, ‘science’ is presented down to the last (acceptable) word. It’s a cage match – meek volunteer scientist vs rich oil nation’s professional negotiators, who apparently will not budge on certain words they fear will cast them in a worse light.
France is late compared to research I was looking a little over 10 years ago {397 ppm} that calculated at min another 2.65 C was baked in without any new emissions.
[I lost the link, but recall going over it on xraymike’s great blog, ‘Collapse of Industrial Civilization’.
https://collapseofindustrialcivilization.com/
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Daily CO2
Jun. 13, 2023 = 424.19 ppm
Jun. 13, 2022 = 421.1 ppm
https://www.co2.earth/daily-co2