“Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, according to the WMO [picture from yesterday’s floods in Turkey]…
““It’s time for global leaders to start telling the truth,” said Andrew Weaver, a professor at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria in Canada. “We will not limit warming to 1.5C; we will not limit warming to 2.0C. It’s all hands on deck now to prevent 3.0C global warming – a level of warming that will wreak havoc worldwide.”
“Global average sea surface temperatures continued to rise in August, after a long period of unusually high temperatures since April 2023.
“Every day from 31st July to 31st August 2023 has seen global average sea surface temperatures exceeding the previous record from March 2016.”
https://climate.copernicus.eu/summer-2023-hottest-record
“With the arrival of El Niño, prepare for stronger marine heatwaves.
“Oceans are warming up, and dangerously so. Since April this year, the average global sea surface temperature has been unusually high and rising; by August, oceans in the Northern Hemisphere had reached record-high temperatures, even surpassing 38 °C in one area around Florida.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02730-2
“One way to save coral reefs? Deep freeze them for the future…
“Scientists are working on preserving corals by cryogenically freezing them. In a new study, a team from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, UC Berkeley and the University of Hawaii at Manoa report they successfully brought a coral fragment back to life after freezing it at -196 degrees Celsius.”
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/06/1197792650/coral-reefs-bleaching-restoration-climate
“Why hasn’t a Blue Ocean Event happened? After 2012, it seemed like it was just a couple of years away, and yet we’ve made it to 2023. As this article discusses, our good luck may be coming to an end soon.
“The words for today are “Arctic dipole reversal.”” [Prof Eliot Jacobson via Twitter]
“Retreating sea ice in Arctic affecting zooplankton behaviour…
“… as the climate warms and Arctic sea ice retreats and gets thinner, more light is getting through. “Since marine zooplankton respond to the available light, this is also changing their behaviour – especially how the tiny organisms rise and fall within the water column,” the AWI said in a news release on their website.”
“Record-High Temperatures in Svalbard and Northern Norway This Summer.
“While the summer in Southern Norway rained away, Northern Norway experienced drought and high temperatures… The average temperature in [Svalbard’s] permafrost has also increased. *Before* this year’s measurements, the temperature in the permafrost had risen by more than two degrees ten meters below the surface.”
https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/record-high-temperatures-svalbard-and-northern-norway-summer
“Rain and floods: How global heating could alter Nordic summers.
“Last month was one of the wettest Augusts on record in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. We asked three climate scientists if climate change could make this weather normal in future… Denmark’s state forecaster DMI has declared July the wettest since records began in 1874, with more than double the normal rainfall…”
https://www.thelocal.no/20230905/rain-and-floods-how-global-heating-could-alter-nordic-summers
“The United Kingdom’s longest-lasting patch of snow, located in a remote mountain range in the Scottish Highlands (and known as The Sphinx], has fully melted for what’s thought to be just the tenth time in the last 300 years.
“7 of these occasions have occurred in my lifetime (I was born in 2000).”
https://twitter.com/WxNB_/status/1699513672647770534
“It appears a large number of UK stations (and there will be more than shown here) have now broken their September max temperature record in this hot spell… including Larkhill [30.7C / 87.3F] where the POR goes back to 1921.” [Met Office is forecasting UK’s hottest September day this weekend].
https://twitter.com/RoostWeather/status/1699148470009946517
“Ireland could be set for its hottest September day ever as weather models show temperatures of up to 29C [84.2F] for the end of the week.
“As Ladbrokes suspended betting on this September being the hottest in Irish recorded history – Friday could be the hottest day on the cards yet. That’s according to Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather.”
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dublin-weather-expert-says-ireland-27660224
“Exceptional heat in the Alps: Overnight Tmin 10.4C [50.7F] in the German mt. of Zugsptize at 2900m, record for September.
“Records highest Tmins Switzerland and Germany below: Also Tmin +0.6C Capanna Margherita Italy 4550m. first >0C.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1699449469505319317
“Drought: French city to give water-saving shower heads to residents.
“New water-saving shower heads are to be distributed for free to residents in Dijon (Côte-d’Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) next spring. Residents will be encouraged to install them on all of their showers… Currently, Côte-d’Or is still facing restrictions on water use due to drought. Eleven areas in the department are ‘in crisis’…”
“Boy rescued from flood waters in Spain after clinging to tree for eight hours…
“A 10-year-old Spanish boy has been rescued after clinging to a tree for eight hours to escape the flood waters that have claimed at least five lives as much of the country was lashed by record heavy rains over the weekend.”
“At least 12 people have died in Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria as flash floods from torrential rainstorms turned rivers into torrents, swept away bridges and inundated streets, homes and public buildings.
“Greece’s climate crisis and civil protection minister, Vassilis Kikilias, said after an emergency cabinet meeting: “This is the most extreme phenomenon in terms of the maximum amount of rain in a 24-hour period since records began in the country.””
“Morocco’s Meat Imports Surge Amid Alarming Drought Repercussions.
“Rabat – Morocco’s importation of live animals intended for consumption has surged fivefold since the start of the year, as the nation seeks to stabilize meat prices and ensure a steady supply in preparation for Eid al-Adha, the annual festival of sacrifice, Morocco state media reported today.”
“From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera – the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa.
“The winds that whip the towns of the Eastern Cape in South Africa have the power to generate energy. But on a dry, hot day, those winds can gather up embers and dump them into tinder dry savannah and forest, destroying crops, fodder and homes, and taking lives.”
“Another record hot month in Bahrain:
“August 2023 had a temperature anomaly of +1.8C vs 1991-2020 and was the hottest August in climatic records (since 1902).”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1699678891101606358
“Record heat in Middle East: On 6 September Kuwait City with a brutal Tmin of 37C [98.6F] and a Tmax of 50C [122F] broke both its monthly records, moreover the Tmin of 37C is the highest in September in Kuwait and close to the highest in the world.
Monthly record also at the Int. AP with 49.5C.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1699549038515740969
“Pakistan is the epicenter of a global wave of climate threats…
“…Dark clouds of mosquitoes bit through even the toughest donkey’s hide, spreading malaria to Yaqoob and four dozen of his neighbors. People came down with itchy dermatitis from walking through the floodwaters. Farmers who could not plant in drenched fields began cutting back their simple meals…”
“2023 marks second driest August in Pakistan after below average rain: PMD.
“August 2023 was the second driest August in Pakistan in the last 63 years [of record-keeping], as the national rainfall recorded for the month of August 2023 was largely below average (-66%), the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said in its monthly climate summary published on Tuesday.”
“Record heat in Bangladesh and Mynamar.
“Minimum temperatures up to 29C in Bangladesh and monthly records by dozens. Most important are: 37.4 [99.3F] Dinajpur; 37.5 Rangpur; 38.4 Bogra; 37.4 Tangail; 38.0 Saidpur tie… In Myanmar monthly record at Myitkyina with 37.8C.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1699040627223040202
“Bangladesh’s worst ever dengue outbreak a ‘canary in the coal mine’ for climate crisis, WHO expert warns.
“Bangladesh is battling its worst dengue outbreak on record, with more than 600 people killed and 135,000 cases reported since April, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, as one of its experts blamed the climate crisis and El Nino weather pattern for driving the surge.”
“Shocking heavy rain in Fuzhou [China]! The rainfall reached 174.7 mm [6.8 inches] in 1 hour, 23.5 mm in 5 minutes, and 556 mm in 6 hours, breaking the records in Fujian Province!
“…The torrential rain in Fujian from September 5 to the present is very alarming. This is the second time in two months that Fujian has been hit by a record-breaking rainstorm. Fuzhou has 600 mm of rain in 24 hours and 700 mm in 48 hours!”
https://twitter.com/yangyubin1998/status/1699272043555090611
“Exceptional heat in China and Mongolia, more monthly records fell…
CHINA: 36.8 [98.2F] Guazhou; 35.4 Jinta; 35.4 Dingxin; 32.2 Dandong; 32.1 Donggang… MONGOLIA: 35.1 Choibalsan; 34.3 Baruun Urt; 34.0 Underkhaan; 34.1 Bayan Ovoo… Note those stations are near 1000m asl.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1699400926979613178
“Record heat in North Korea. Almost every station in the country broke its record of the hottest day in September.
“Highest was at 33.8C [92.8F] at Huichon. In just a few days of September several thousands of heat records have fallen across the world in multiple heat waves.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1699342925014900899
“Warmest winter on record for Dunedin [NZ].
“A temperature of 8.5°C [47.3F] is not exactly sizzling hot, but when you consider that was Dunedin’s mean air temperature over the past three months, it means the city has just experienced its warmest winter on record.”
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/warmest-winter-record-dunedin
“At least 36 dead in Brazil cyclone, many still stranded…
“The governor, who declared a state of emergency, called it the deadliest weather disaster ever to hit Rio Grande do Sul, as hundreds of rescue workers, police and volunteers continued efforts to reach areas cut off by flooding.”
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230906-brazil-cyclone-death-toll-rises-to-31
“Another hot day in Southern and Eastern USA. Dulles Airport broke its September record of highest temperature with 100F.
“Up north Canada is unusually warm in Labrador with monthly record of 32.5C/90.5F at Wabush.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1699543304902246771
“Record-high temperatures prompt ‘heat crisis’ in Florida prisons without air conditioning.
“The scorching heat made this summer one for the record books, sending Floridians to the water or to hole up in their air-conditioned homes and offices. But there’s one population who can’t seek relief from the heat — people who work and live in Florida’s state prisons.”
“Louisiana has faced unusually high temperatures this summer, leaving at least 32 people dead since June 1 and thousands more in emergency departments…
““It truly is a public health problem,” Alicia Van Doren told the Illuminator. And though the numbers are high, “all of this is an undercount,” she said. Heat exposure isn’t always documented in medical charts or death records.”
“Phoenix on track to set another heat record, this time for most daily highs at or above 110 degrees…
“The National Weather Service says after a brief respite from the heat over the Labor Day holiday, Phoenix this weekend is expected to break its previous record of 53 days of 110-degree Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) weather in a single year, set in 2020.”
“Climate change is hurting Six Flags, SeaWorld and Disney World…
““Weather was the clear driver of weakness in the period across regional theme parks,” Paul Golding, an analyst at Macquarie Research, said in a note to clients. Golding has lowered his estimates for the theme park industry because of growing risks from extreme weather.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/06/business/climate-change-disney-world-six-flags/index.html
“Why Vancouver is letting go of green lawns…
“Out of the 34 water basins in the province, 23 reached drought levels of four or five (level five being the highest) this summer. In recent years, BC has experienced severe heat waves, heavy rain and flooding and, most recently, a record number of forest fires.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66654108
“Calf prices in Alberta hit record high amid drought conditions…
“A lot of people over the last two and three years have downsized their herds. This has happened in both Canada and the United States. We have less cattle — we probably have the least amount of beef cows we’ve ever had,” said Balog. “It finally catches up with the lack of numbers.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/9943679/alberta-calf-prices-record-high-drought-conditions/
“Canada has more than doubled its annual record for land burned by wildfire.
“Relentless wildfires in Canada continue and may only get worse in September. The number of hectares burned so far in 2023 has reached 16.5 million, more than double what the last record was in 1995 at 7.1 million hectares.”
https://qz.com/canada-has-more-than-doubled-its-annual-record-for-land-1850804009
“What the trees are telling us.
“In the face of climate change, we’ve been told forests are our salvation. But scientists believe this summer’s wildfires [in Canada’s boreal forests] are a sign of a tipping point — with trees a major source of carbon emissions… The transformation of the forest from carbon sink to carbon source is troubling to scientists, who warn of a feedback loop…”
https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/canadian-wildfires-boreal-forest-tipping-point
“Air pollution prevents pollinators from finding flowers, study shows.
“A research team comprising the UK Center for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and the Universities of Reading, Surrey, Birmingham and Southern Queensland, found that ozone substantially changes the size and scent of floral odor plumes. It reduced honeybees’ ability to recognize odors by up to 90% from just a few meters away.”
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-air-pollution-pollinators.html
“International report confirms record-high greenhouse gases, global sea levels in 2022…
” Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — Earth’s major atmospheric greenhouse gases — once again reached record high concentrations in 2022 [417.1 parts per million]…
“This was 50% greater than the pre-industrial level, 2.4 ppm greater than the 2021 amount, and the highest measured amount in the modern observational records as well as in paleoclimatic records dating back as far as 800,000 years.”
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I’m sorry, I have no particular angle to approach this climate day’s onslaught of heat horror. No stats, no graphs, no silly feuds, no interpersonal anecdotes.
These are our fellow humans – how do they get through droughts & infernos without the insulation of excess-money derived AC? What motivates them to think things R gonna get better?
My reflection on this is my reading of Dr James Hansen s book Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity December 21, 2010
What I recall from it are the events repeatedly posted by Justin here on a regular basis now… seems next are food shortages and inflation … intolerable is the word I believe he wrote.
I agree with Martin on our insulation of excess-money derived techno band aids.
When they are taken away, as the Native American Indian once foresaw…then you will realize you can’t eat money..as his warrior chocked a us soldier with dollar bills.
Suppose one could be angry to know the likes of Exxon and the other Oil majors were aware of the science back in the 1970s (by their OWN hired scientists !)…even the Nixon Whitehouse spoke of it,
Someone mentioned no one cares about 50 years in the future. Well, fifty years has arrived!
I’m a non-breeding tree hugger. I have no fellow humans, just these bipedal cancer cells destroying our only home.
“International report confirms record-high greenhouse gases, global sea levels in 2022…”
Here is the actual report:
https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/
135 pages of dense statistics and graphs well worth a peek.
Its interesting (to me) that:
1. world wide, permafrost at the 20 meter depth has warmed about 1C.
2. they picked 1991 – 2020 as their baseline temperature. At least, they give data from 1900, but that choice looks pretty purposeful to me.
3. they give the global concentrations for CO2, CH4, and NO2 in this amazing sentence –
“Globally averaged carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide levels in 2022 continued to increase rapidly by 2.2 ppm, 14.4 ppb, and 1.3 ppb to 417.1 ppm, 1911.8 ppb, and 335.7 ppb, respectively.”
– what could be more clear? Of course, there is an entire chapter on those concentrations buried in the report.
This is more a comment about the economic news from China, and who one listens to about that news. The final chart shows why some polls show that the Chinese are generally the happiest people on the planet. I will grant that the Chinese economy is slowing, that is inevitable, but, is it really as bad as we are hearing from most western sources?
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/09/media-say-gloom-and-doom-in-china.html
I’ve noticed, with no great surprise, that the Western media (and that of rival superpower, India) have been taking pleasure in China’s recent economic woes and in some cases hyping them. I do my best not to play to that.
As far as the citizens’ happiness goes, I have little faith in these surveys’ ability to tell us anything useful about something so ephemeral. The polling groups are minute in relative terms and re China, the IPSOS survey draws a radically different conclusion to the UN’s.
“…is it really as bad [economically] as we are hearing from most western sources?” I suspect that in terms of the immediate threat of economic disaster it is better, although I see that exports are down again in August (8% yoy).
Of course any analysis factoring in their energy constraints, which you won’t find in the MSM, Western or otherwise, will understand their economic plight as worse. Tim Morgan has calculated that, “Over a ten-year period in which growth has averaged 6.5%, China has typically borrowed 23% of GDP annually.”
It is a particularly large and egregious Ponzi scheme in a world that is full of them.
But China is a key engine of global growth, so from an economic and financial standpoint, its sputtering is nothing for anyone to cheer. And we are all, regardless of nationality, increasingly at the mercy of climate and eco-mayhem. But I guess we are destined to go down point-scoring and finger-pointing just when we need each other most. 🤷♂️
“But China is a key engine of global growth, so from an economic and financial standpoint, its sputtering is nothing for anyone to cheer. And we are all, regardless of nationality, increasingly at the mercy of climate and eco-mayhem. But I guess we are destined to go down point-scoring and finger-pointing just when we need each other most. 🤷♂️”
That is the bottom line isn’t it. This is a very human predicament, but what if we were not … then we could cooperate, psychopaths would not be in charge, and maybe we could have figured it out.
Meanwhile, I sit here trying to figure out what it true, and what is hype, and what is a pure lie. It’s a hobby. :-).
(It is funny (and maybe incorrect) that my default has become that if “news” is presented by western media, it is false. Gotta watch that.)
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/06/texas-ercot-power-grid-rolling-blackouts/
Texas is having huge power issues with the on going heat dome!
Thanks for the heads-up on that, Heather – one for tomorrow’s thread. I’m actually surprised the US grid has held up as well as it has this summer.
I’m a non-breeding tree hugger. I have no fellow humans, just these bipedal cancer cells destroying our only home.