“Global temperatures in October smashed the prior monthly record by 0.4C, and were ~1.7C above preindustrial levels.
“It wasn’t quite as gobsmacking as September, but still comes in as the second most anomalous month in what has been an exceptionally hot year already.”
https://twitter.com/hausfath/status/1720476202996261056
“The Northern Hemisphere has continuously been record warm for 128 days now! We are in uncharted territory.”
https://twitter.com/LeonSimons8/status/1720730755221926196
“Dr James Hansen at Columbia University Earth Institute, whose testimony to the US Senate in 1988 was considered to be the point at which climate change’s danger was brought to the world’s attention, said international temperature goals are now out of reach.
““The 2C global warming limit is dead. The 1.5C is deader than a doornail,” said [James] Hansen.”
“Global heating is accelerating, warns scientist [James Hansen] who sounded climate alarm in the 80s.
“The Earth’s climate is more sensitive to human-caused changes than scientists have realized until now, meaning that a “dangerous” burst of heating will be unleashed that will push the world to be 1.5C hotter than it was, on average, in pre-industrial times within the 2020s and 2C hotter by 2050, the paper published on Thursday predicts.”
“My personal take [Nick Cowern – Emeritus Professor, Newcastle University] is that [Hansen’s paper] is genius – i.e. obviously right in retrospect – to base assessment of climate sensitivity on glacial-interglacial temperature change – the Earth’s response to absolutely known forcing from changes in Earth’s orbit and precession.”
https://twitter.com/NickCowern/status/1720704324529959369
“A rare weather phenomenon [a freakishly strong jet stream] is causing the first commercial jet to go faster than the speed of sound since Concorde last flew.
“This week passenger planes are whizzing across from the US to the UK at record speeds. Some of them have hit 778mph, which is a full 27mph faster than sound travels in “sea level standard conditions,” according to NASA.”
https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/news/rare-weather-event-means-commercial-31342860
“Some rivers in Northern Ireland reached record high levels following several days of heavy rain.
“While the region avoided the worst of Storm Ciaran which battered the south of England and the Channel Islands, work is under way to repair damage following bad weather earlier in the week.”
“This year’s potato [Ireland] harvest is the worst in recent memory, farmers say, following the wettest October on record, writes Alesia Fiddler.
“Seán Ryan, chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association’s national potato committee, said that after a deluge of heavy rain and floods in parts of the country, potato drills are underwater and the situation is “rapidly turning into a salvage operation”.”
https://businessplus.ie/news/potato-harvest-worst/
“Boom in unusual jellyfish spotted in UK waters.
“The most commonly spotted were the huge barrel jellyfish – but rarer warm-water crystal jellyfish were also seen. Jellyfish populations vary naturally over time – but climate change warming the UK seas is creating favourable conditions. A marine heatwave in June increased UK water temperatures by about 3-4C.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67301074
“While it is hard to believe looking at how the month ended, the start of October 2023 was the warmest and driest ever recorded in Belgium.
“This period saw an average temperature of 16.6°C [62F] compared to the normal average of 12.5°C, beating the previous record of 16°C set in 1995.”
https://www.brusselstimes.com/777780/warmest-and-driest-start-of-october-ever-in-belgium
“Cheesemakers are pushing back against France’s strict rules as some say climate change is making it impossible to meet the traditional standards…
“”The whole system was built on the fact that we had certain cereals and hay available — all the rules were written with that in mind,” Simon Bouchet, from the association for the French goat cheese Picodon, told the outlet. “But with climate change and droughts, all that has been called into question.””
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/cheesemakers-pushing-back-against-frances-015915919.html
“Winds from Storm Ciaran cause raging wildfire near Valencia [Spain]…
“Strong winds from Storm Ciaran fanned a wildfire that raged near the coastal town of Gandia in Valencia on Thursday, 2 November, forcing the evacuation of at least 350 people according to authorities.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/spain-valencia-fire-emergency-evacuation-b2441080.html
“Storm Ciaran has claimed five more lives [now six] as record-breaking rainfall produced floods that hit a vast swathe of Tuscany, trapping residents in their homes, inundating hospitals and overturning cars.
“Nearly eight inches of rain fell in three hours, flooding the River Arno, with the storm’s death toll in western Europe rising to 12.”
“NOVEMBER NIGHT OVER 30 DEGREES [86F] IN EUROPE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY [Falasarna, Crete].
“European climatic history is rewritten, records shattered in Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria and Eastern Europe with summer temperatures. A historic event.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1720759421083525175
“October 2023 in Bulgaria was exceptional.
“Temperature anomalies were +2C to +5.5C above average and was the hottest October on records and together with Mongolia the most above average country in the world. Rainfalls were almost non-existent except the SW.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1720636255778525671
“Morocco is close to set an anti-record for orange exports… Despite being one of the world’s largest producers of oranges…
“The main factor affecting the rapid decline in orange exports is unfavorable weather conditions… For example, in August of this year, an absolute temperature record was recorded in the country… abnormal heat affected yields…”
https://east-fruit.com/en/trending/morocco-is-close-to-set-an-anti-record-for-orange-exports/
“2 killed as flooding hits Kenya, sweeping away homes and destroying roads…
“In Mombasa, heavy rains caused flash floods, which swept away homes and businesses. Videos showed cars submerged in flooded roads, while in the northeast, a major road linking Wajir and Mandera counties was completely cut off leaving motorists stranded.”
“Mayotte turns to bottled water in century’s worst drought.
“French island group Mayotte will begin distributing bottled water to its 310,000 inhabitants this month as the region faces its worst drought episode this century, the government said Thursday.”
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-mayotte-bottled-century-worst-drought.html
“Exceptional Asia heat demolishes national records for November.
“November opened with a slew of heat records from North Africa to East Asia as abnormal warmth swelled over the Eastern Hemisphere. The exceptional warmth is a recurring theme in 2023, which is poised to become the hottest year on record for the planet.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/11/02/november-heat-records-asia-china-japan-korea/
“Extreme heat wave in MIDDLE EAST… Exceptional Minimum temperatures >30C in the EMIRATES (Dash Island, Abu Bakoosh)…
“RECORD SAUDI ARABIA: November highest Tmin with 28.7C at Jeddah… Tx Records keep falling from IRAN to Myanmar, 35.1C Mongolia… BANGLADESH beat its record again.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1720430705920909445
“Delhi air pollution spikes to 100 times WHO health limit…
“Schools were shut and non-essential construction was banned around Delhi as the air quality index in the city hit 500 – the highest the measurement will go and 100 times the limit deemed to be healthy by the World Health Organisation (WHO).”
“Reducing pollution accelerates global warming. How do we solve this catch-22?
“…the nine years since 2014 [when China’s war against pollution got going] have seen national average annual temperatures in China of 10.34C, up more than 0.7C compared with the 2001-2010 period… The Chinese and Indian environment ministries didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on the effects of pollution unmasking.”
“Survey: Mother Nature is more likely to solve [define solve!] climate change than geoengineering…
“Posts related to the term “geoengineering” were often coupled with negative sentiments such as “disgust” and “fear.” This term is frequently linked to radical technological strategies. These include spraying aerosols into the atmosphere…”
“China records warmest October since [records began in] 1961…
“China recorded its warmest October since 1961, as the National Climate Center (NCC) confirmed on Friday that average national temperature in October was 12.2 degrees Celsius, the highest level for the same period since 1961, 1.6 degrees higher than the normal level.”
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202311/1301171.shtml
“INCREDIBLE HEAT IN THE KOREAS… Records were brutalized by huge margins all over both countries.
“29.1 [84.4F] Gangneung destroys the November South Korean record… UNBELIEVABLE 27.3C [81.1F] at Nampo in NORTH KOREA – national record pulverized. Most extreme event in Korean climatic history.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1720071876037513643
“Japan on 3 November, 302(!) stations out of about 920 stations set records for the highest temperature in November!!! (including tied records).
Suttsu [Hokkaido in northern Japan] rose to 22.5°C [72.5F], breaking the previous record of 20.6°C set on 03/11/2003 ! (Observed since 1884!).”
https://twitter.com/StabilizClimate/status/1720365592954499206
“Climate Change and Conflict in Solomon Islands…
“…climate change, with its current and projected effects, is placing further stress on individuals, communities and the country. And the unprecedented nature of these changes threatens to overwhelm the abilities of Solomon Islands’ government and social institutions to cope, leading to concerns for climate security.”
https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/11/climate-change-and-conflict-solomon-islands
“Species die-offs and extreme weather. How WA [Washington State, US] marine heatwave ‘blobs’ are wreaking havoc…
“Oceanographers and climatologists are becoming all too familiar with a growing trend in the northeastern Pacific Ocean over the last decade: abnormally warm sea surface temperatures… Massive die-offs of coastal species have also been seen over the last decade…”
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/weather-news/article281222618.html
“Climate change is increasing thunderstorm winds, study finds… Researchers believe that damaging winds may have become nearly five times more common in the central United States…
“Straight-line winds are different from tornadoes, since they feature downward-moving air that fans out in a straight line, but can cause just as much damage.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/11/02/climate-change-damaging-thunderstorm-winds/
“Acapulco residents struggle to access food, medicine after Hurricane Otis…
“Though the Mexican government sent a fleet of emergency response teams to Acapulco, none are stationed near La Rinconada. Plus, insulin is one of the few medicines they do not carry, due to the lack of refrigeration… Some families in the neighbourhood are living off what they can scavenge from destroyed supermarkets…”
“October 2023 in Peru was record warm:
“Average temperature was 21.02C [70F] which is 1.75C above the 1991-2020 baseline and was the warmest October on records beating October 1997 by 0.44C. Records fell throughout the month.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1720193917230948832
“South America’s Lake Titicaca nears record low water level as El Nino bites…
“Severe drought conditions and unusually high temperatures have caused the shoreline to shrivel at Titicaca, South America’s largest lake and the world’s highest navigable body of water. The water level is now around 13 inches (33 cm) above its record low recorded in 1943.”
“Erratic weather threatens Brazil’s run at another record soy crop…
“Just months after Brazil harvested its largest-ever corn and soybean crops, concerns are already brewing over the next crop as wild weather patterns are disrupting both northern and southern soybean-production areas.”
“Excessive and extreme rain caused serious flooding in the North of Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]…
““The municipality is two meters under water. I’m stranded here myself. We opened the Municipal Gymnasium, but I believe that the majority of people will take shelter at their relatives’ homes”, said the member of the Municipal Civil Defense Coordination, Mauro Serraglio…”
https://metsul.com/chuva-causa-graves-inundacoes-veja-quanto-choveu-e-a-previsao/
“Southern hemisphere late cold spells:
“ARGENTINA: Lowest November temperatures on records today: 0.1 Cordoba AP; 1.6 Chamical; 2.8 Mendoza Observ; Few others were close… AUSTRALIA: Very hot in the West, cold in the East. November record lows: -2.5 Young; -0.1 Parkes.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1720469220318658979
“Yet again, another record. Last month averaged the lowest Antarctic sea ice extent on record for the month of October.
“This was 1,900,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average.
“Data from NSIDC.”
https://twitter.com/ZLabe/status/1720518023050883227
“Study links changes in global water cycle to higher temperatures…
“It’s a rapid adjustment, Konecky said. “As the planet warms and cools, it affects the behavior of water as it leaves the oceans and the vigor of its motions through the atmosphere,” she said. “The isotopic signals in these waters are very responsive to temperature changes.””
https://source.wustl.edu/2023/11/study-links-changes-in-global-water-cycle-to-higher-temperatures/
“World ill-prepared to stop climate crisis reversing progress on health, says study…
“In an attempt to reduce the loss of life, the WMO and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction have led a push to provide early warning systems for all people on the planet by 2028. Only half of countries say they have adequate multi-hazard early warning systems, according to the WMO.”
“How psychedelic therapy may help with climate change anxiety…
“In my clinical practice, patients using oral ketamine plus psychotherapy have experienced breakthroughs and new insights when working with the intention of navigating eco-anxiety. Many patients said they felt connected to a sense of oceanic oneness, reminding them of the meaningful interconnectedness of their lives with others and offering context for their personal narrative.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/11/03/psychedelics-therapy-climate-change-eco-anxiety/
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The third story:
https://archive.ph/ElELA
“Myles Allen at the University of Oxford said it was “irresponsible” and not true to suggest that cooling the Earth is the only way to avoid breaching 1.5C. “It would be entirely possible to stop the carbon dioxide generated by burning fossil fuels tomorrow, it would just cost a lot of money. Around $6 trillion a year, but aggregate fossil fuel industry profits in 2022 were about $7 trillion, so this is not impossible,” he said.”
This is the best a MSM publication can come up with. A completely ridiculous statement. As if any group of countries is going to pony up $7 trillion, not to mention that it literally physically cannot be done. Energy dense fossil fuels are irreplaceable. So many reasons. Everyone here knows them.
Professor Allen’s solution to climate change is to make fossil fuel companies financially responsible for capturing the carbon emitted by all of their products by 2050; IOW to decarbonise fossil fuels. But without having to decarbonise the economy… Duuude. You’ve just blown our minds. 🥴
Except of course – even if we accept his bold assertion that the huge technological and logistical hurdles can be overcome – there would be a colossal financial cost, which would be the surface expression of a colossal energetic cost, neither of which the overstretched global economy can afford at this point without entirely collapsing. This is in any event its destiny.
And predictably, as a siloed, prize-winning IPCC academic, he is so narrowly focused on carbon emissions that he ignores all the other ecological limits we are breaching. Oh, well. At least he’s trying to think creatively.
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Lead author Dr. Lixia Zhang from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences emphasized the significance of this research, “The extreme heat waves and droughts of 2022 were unprecedented in their scale and impact. Our study seeks to unravel the complex interplay of factors that led to these events, with the ultimate goal of enhancing our ability to predict and mitigate the consequences of future extreme weather occurrences.”
Commenting on the study, Met Office scientist Robin Clark, one of the co-authors, says, “What happened in 2022, and indeed, in other recent years, really does appear to be a foretaste of what is likely to become increasingly common in coming years and decades as climate change starts taking hold.”
The study is published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.
Extreme droughts measured by surface soil moisture covered almost 50% of global land areas in 2022, marking the second most widespread year since 1980. In many places, these droughts were also accompanied by unprecedented heat waves with hotspots in China’s Yangtze River region, western Europe, the western U.S., the Horn of Africa and central South America.
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-code-unprecedented-droughts.amp
I posted a comment concerning the Milan Italy floods recently on another site….the reply given was Milan always has flooding and its just a way to call attention to climate change….oh well, it is what it is
Excellent articles posted, Justin….Dr James Hansen is in the news again…
When will it end?
“Excellent articles posted, Justin…”
Thank you, Vince. Re James Hansen, I recommend Paul Beckwith’s video on Hansen et al’s new paper. He throws some well deserved shade Michael Mann’s way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULu-LFt5EOk
Thank you for the link and will watch.
Ain’t it grand? The only thing more dense than fossil fuels are those denying their impact on the climate. As though right now, every time anyone turns the ignition key in their own little portable weapon of mass destruction, they’re not geo-engineering the environment: it’s a group effort.
Meanwhile, hydraulic fracturing is the # 1 method used to geo-engineer the climate to an unstoppable forcing: analogous to the military’s use of the term “collateral damage”. But it seems to me that if you know going in that such damage will result from your military ops, it is planned damage, whether or not one would have preferred to have avoided it. Knowing it would be a consequence of your behavior means it is not “collateral”, but integral. The same goes for geo-engineering climate change: it goes both ways, had mankind not geo-engineered the forcing of the climate in the first place, there wouldn’t even be such a term.
“The only thing more dense than fossil fuels are those denying their impact on the climate.”
Amazing how many of those there still are.
“The same goes for geo-engineering climate change: it goes both ways, had mankind not geo-engineered the forcing of the climate in the first place, there wouldn’t even be such a term.”
Yes, indeed. It’s Tainter’s diminishing marginal returns on social complexity ad absurdum. The very idea of carbon capture conjures up images of a naughty child ransacking the candy jar and then trying to conceal all the wrappers under the sofa cushions – most undignified.
From the last link –
“Many patients said they felt connected to a sense of oceanic oneness,”
NTHE is the oneness. As some might say; we’re in this shit,together. Ketamine & psychotherapy makes AGW & all it’s devastation disappear.
Monkey minds worse pandemic is the inability to face reality.
Floods & droughts,droughts & floods,I wish the weather would make up it’s mind.
Guy McPherson said that he didn’t expect to see a human on the planet in 2026. I’m just waiting to see how close to that date he is. I don’t doubt that it’s coming.
If any of us could see more than a few minutes into the future,we would all be rich.
We all must remember everything is about money, screw the habitat. That’s what this species is doing 25/8. Yes,The Clever Ape will add an hour & a day to increase it’s destruction of it’s environment. They even procreate carbon burners to increase the speed of this FUBAR.
Sarcasm is great when it contains a dash of reality.
I think McPherson is early by 75-100 years. It’s possible humans won’t go extinct. NTHE to me means within the next 100 – 200 years. Most humans think it’s impossible that we could go extinct due to human Overshoot, which includes climate change which I contend is in runaway mode in part because of dozens of positive self reinforcing feedback loops.
I just had the displeasure of reading another intelligent person make a sad argument full of the faulty reasoning & ignorance of the speed & severity in which humans have impoverished & radically altered every major cycle on this planet & does not get how much more warming is baked in & the effect it will have on what’s left of the biosphere.
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Just Admit It: There’s a 0% Chance We’ll Save the Planet In Time
Climate change is far too profitable for our corporate overlords
Jared A. Brock
Oct 31, 2023
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https://www.surviving-tomorrow.com/p/just-admit-it-theres-a-0-chance-well
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It’s an ignorant, human supremacist, self soothing story from a professional story teller (and armature asshole).
Human extinction yay or nay is academic. Getting enough calories, clean water & other daily 3rd world problems are going to become a new norm in the 1st world. I’ll wager those who live of $3 a day US and have to walk a km or more to get clean water never discuss NTHE.
I could share links to articles written by those who understand how life on this planet works better than anyone else, but Jared has already decided NTHE is impossible. Like the wizard John Greer NTHE don’t fit with the narrative he has been feeding his regular readers. It’s one of much strife, perhaps the worse humans have ever known, but ultimately it’s about hope because ‘humanity’ gets through it.
Greer & Jared & crew, close your eyes & plug your ears…….
Experts Say Humanity Faces a Grim and “Ghastly Future” – State of Planet Is Much Worse Than Most People Understand
“The state of the planet is much worse than most people understand and that humans face a grim and “ghastly future” unless extraordinary action is taken soon.
A loss of biodiversity and accelerating climate change in the coming decades coupled with ignorance and inaction is threatening the survival of all species, including our very own, according to the experts from institutions including Stanford University, UCLA, and Flinders University.
The researchers state that world leaders need a ‘cold shower’ regarding the state of our environment, both to plan and act to avoid a ghastly future.
Lead author Professor Corey Bradshaw of Flinders University in Australia says he and his colleagues have summarized the state of the natural world in stark form to help clarify the gravity of the human predicament.
“Humanity is causing a rapid loss of biodiversity and, with it, Earth’s ability to support complex life. But the mainstream is having difficulty grasping the magnitude of this loss, despite the steady erosion of the fabric of human civilization” Professor Bradshaw says.
“In fact, the scale of the threats to the biosphere and all its lifeforms is so great that it is difficult to grasp for even well-informed experts.
“The problem is compounded by ignorance and short-term self-interest, with the pursuit of wealth and political interests stymying the action that is crucial for survival,” he says.”
https://scitechdaily.com/experts-say-humanity-faces-a-grim-and-ghastly-future-state-of-planet-is-much-worse-than-most-people-understand/
Na na na na na na we’re not listening.
Thanks for the astute comments and links. as for Pr Bradshaw’s statement about the need for world leaders to plan and act, his solution is the problem. It is precisely because all that world leaders ever do is plan and act (as if their plans have the slightest possibility of being implemented) that we have gotten where we are: stuck on the outside of the Corporate Machine we have programmed to place nothing above profits. Creative Destruction gone wiled.
Yes, everything is fucked and stupid.
Is that what you want, Pan-O, by linking to a sinister cult called “earth.com,” founded by some bullshit “creator” of fucking “earthsnap” as a Delaware-registered corporation to earn paychecks for over-educated alleged “nature-lovers”?
James Hansen – “ a bright future for young people”. – who but a bullshiteer talks like this?
There will be a future for humanity, just like there has been a present, and it will stink. Who but an idiot thinks otherwise?
Look at humanity fighting with one side blowing the other’s prisoners of circumstance to horrific bomb death and catastrophic injury with fossil fueled fire, all over a patch of unlivable desert “given” to the well-allied side because of stories in an ancient comic book.
Come on folks, lighten up, it’s only going to get worse. At least earth has an earth.com, so it’s got that going for it, which is nice.
(Important note- notice, AI censors of the global corporate thoughtleader content regime, that I have spelled “it’s” correctly in all my futilitist missives here at C&E. Other commenters here – not so much. Shouldn’t that earn me some future good time credit?)
I always appreciate your comments, Martin. No sugarcoating. As for Panopticon linking to earth.com, you may have noticed the links to all kinds of elite and empire sources such as the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Guardian, etc. He trusts us critical thinkers here to perceive the elements of BS.
You did get me curious so I took a look at earth.com and its founder’s app called Earthsnap:
“As for the app, what started out as a simple utility app has evolved into a full blown lifestyle app. Not only can you identify a plant using the app, but now you can share it, get pointers on how to take care of it, and even buy it with just a click.” This sounds pretty amazingly cool to me! /sarc
Also, I do appreciate your frustration with misspellings and such. At least we should try to go out with some dignity. It’s the least we can do. Because we care about C&E and its reputation. (See what I did there?).
So today while innocent people are blown to bits, I am going to listen to a live performance of some of the best music ever written and after that enjoy a pizza. Because life is totally bizarre, nonsensical, unfair and ironic. And to be honest, I don’t know how much more of the insanity I can take. No imminent plans for departure but wow is it getting bad.
Logrolling is a real phenomenon, but you should know that your reply was “brilliant,” as the British say. I keep re-reading and admiring what you wrote. Talent is talent.
I had to look up logrolling. Always good to learn a new term. In any case, thank you. ☺️
This is rathter interesting:
https://us.yahoo.com/news/why-banks-suddenly-closing-down-155511987.html
Thank you for that, Curt. We’ve had a similar situation in the UK; some have even been “debanked” allegedly for political reasons:
https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/ordinary-people-offered-no-lifeline-in-debanking-scandal-says-lawyer-b1105187.html
Very interesting indeed! Scary.