“Extreme heat could trigger the worst global financial crisis ever seen.
“Thanks to globalisation, severe heatwaves in one part of the world can cause financial losses in another. Annual losses could reach as much as $25 trillion by 2060 if we don’t curb emissions, dwarfing any previous financial crisis.”
“Global supply chains amplify economic costs of future extreme heat risk…
“Research has been showing a trend in rising temperature and increasing occurrence of extreme heatwaves since the 1950… Global economic losses show a nonlinear growth trend with respect to time and degree of heat stress, driven by increased indirect losses.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07147-z
“World in ‘unknown territory’ after heat records, says head of UN’s climate body.
“IPCC chair Jim Skea believes ‘more science needed’ to understand extraordinary temperatures over past year… he said that he was “surprised, in one sense”, that the average global temperature last year exceeded the 1.5C threshold set out in the Paris agreement.”
https://www.ft.com/content/70907feb-4c6f-4b7e-a540-15ffee867fc3
“Now the NASA dataset also touches the ΔT +1.5°C with its 12-month running average.
“With about 6 more monthly records in the pipeline. The rate of warming is not linear any more!”
https://twitter.com/LeonSimons8/status/1767940267535945796
“Climate Change Is Weakening River Seasonality in the North.
“Northern ecosystems are changing rapidly as permafrost thaws, glaciers retreat, and precipitation patterns change. As a result, the rhythms of river flow are shifting, too, according to a new analysis… with consequences for human and ecological communities alike.”
https://eos.org/articles/climate-change-is-weakening-river-seasonality-in-the-north
“Warmest winter ever: Canada’s record season reaches new heights…
“The strongest temperature anomalies across Manitoba and Ontario pushed Canada to new heights in terms of the warmest winter temperatures on record – 1.3°C warmer than the previous warmest winter.”
“Floodwaters inundate Maine, New Hampshire for fourth time since December…
“Floodwaters overtook shoreline neighborhoods in New England as an intense storm gained strength and swept northward Sunday. The inundation was particularly severe in coastal New Hampshire and southern Maine…”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/03/11/maine-new-hampshire-northeast-coastal-flooding/
“This $600k defense against sea level rise could have lasted 3 years. It was destroyed in less than a day
“CNN’s Bill Weir speaks to homeowners on a disappearing beach in Salisbury, Massachusetts, where a protective sand dune was destroyed during a strong winter storm at high tide.”
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2024/03/13/massachusetts-dune-sea-level-rise-climate.cnn
“Storm carrying massive ‘gorilla hail’ threatens parts of Kansas and Missouri.
“The National Weather Service just after 8 p.m. CDT said that the Kansas City metro area was under a severe thunderstorm warning for a storm that contained hail described as the size of apples, softballs or baseballs. “If you are in this warning, get away from windows and shelter inside now!!!” the National Weather Service posted on X…”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/national-weather-service-ap-missouri-kansas-louis-b2512352.html
“Oil and gas producers in major oil fields across the United States may be emitting three times as much planet-warming methane gas as official estimates, according to new research published Wednesday…
“In some parts of New Mexico, more than 9 percent of the natural gas produced was escaping into the atmosphere…”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/climate/oil-gas-industry-methane-release.html
“Texas Fires Have Emitted a Near-Record Amount of Carbon…
“Massive wildfires raging across Texas released a combined 920,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide in January and February, the second-largest release on record for that period.”
“Wildfires are becoming night owls — and that’s a big problem…
“Wildfires are no longer quieting down overnight, and new research suggests the dynamic is fueling some of the most extreme and damaging blazes. The research, which was published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature, says drought is the main factor fueling overnight burns.”
“Guyanese are being advised to be take precautions when it comes to wildfires after an elderly man died from severe burn injuries which he sustained while on his farm.
“The deceased has been identified as Alexander Josephine, 93, of the Parakies Village community in the North West District.”
https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/guyana-tragic-wildfire-incident-claims-life-elderly-man
“Another scorching day with >40C [104F] in Guatemala, El Salvador & Honduras
“HISTORIC IN PANAMA 28.2C MINIMUM Temp. at David: Hottest Night in Panama history. MARCH RECORDS: 4.5 Canefield DOMINICA; 35.1 St Laurent FRENCH GUIANA; BOLIVIA: 37.3 Riberalta; 37 Cobija.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1767693262129602900
“Authorities in central Chile issued evacuation orders to residents in the Valparaiso region on Wednesday, March 13, as a forest fire continued to grow in the area.
“The Chilean National Disaster Prevention and Response Service issued a red alert on Wednesday evening, asking residents from several sectors of the region to evacuate…”
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/evacuations-issued-wildfire-threatens-homes-023936023.html
“HISTORIC: For the first time in March a minimum temperature >30C [86F] in recorded in South America with TMIN 30.4C Las Lomitas ARGENTINA.
“TMIN 29.0 Mariscal Estigarribia and Concepcion HOTTEST MARCH NIGHT IN PARAGUAY; Hundreds of records are being brutalized from Colombia to Argentina…”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1768043128550727768
“Argentina downpour drenches crop fields; flash floods in Buenos Aires.
“Intense rains in Argentina are beginning to leave the soil in key agricultural areas too wet, which could bring difficulties when the time comes to harvest the 2023/24 soybean crop, a climate specialist said on Tuesday, though the conditions could be good for the 2024/25 wheat crop.”
“Record-Breaking Rowers Reveal UK’s Rising Sea Temperatures…
“Sea surface temperature data collected by an all-female crew of rowers as they raced around Great Britain last summer has found that UK coastal seas were on average 0.39 degrees Celsius warmer in 2023, compared to 2022. Some areas experienced even more substantial warming, with local increases exceeding two degrees Celsius…”
https://www.miragenews.com/record-breaking-rowers-reveal-uks-rising-sea-1193836/
“Nearly five months after flooding destroyed swathes of the centre of Downpatrick [Northern Ireland], business owners say the town is still struggling to recover.
“On Sunday, thousands of people will descend for St Patrick’s Day celebrations in the town where the saint was buried. But damage from the flooding remains obvious.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68552918
“‘Ski season is over’: Snowless winter forces Austria’s resorts to turn to summer sports in March.
“With numerous countries seeing their warmest winter on record, slopes have been closed and some resorts forced to shut entirely. An exceptionally mild winter has left many almost entirely without snow.”
“After destructive floods, EU sues Greece for failing to revise risk plans.
“The European Commission said on Wednesday it was taking Greece to the EU’s top court for failing to revise its flood risk management plans, a key tool for EU countries to prepare themselves against floods. The action comes five months after the worst rains in Greece flooded its fertile Thessaly plain, devastating crops and livestock…”
“Türkiye’s climate to mirror Egypt’s due to global warming: Expert…
“Pointing out that the warm area is spreading further north, Eroğlu provided the following information: “Türkiye’s seas are warming up, and because of this warming, invasive fish are moving toward our seas, both in the more southern seas and toward the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.””
“EXTRAORDINARY: thousands records all over AFRICA.
“HOTTEST DAY EVER IN CONGO: 39.6 [103.3F] Impfondo; 38 Gamboma & Makoua… HOTTEST NIGHT EVER IN BENIN Tmin 31.3 Kandi; Hottest night Mombasa KENYA Tmin 27.6. More records SOUTH AFRICA (see below). 94 countries broke records in just few hours!
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1767991014646759744
“List of records broken yesterday in SOUTH AFRICA. This has been going on for months almost every single day.
“Note yesterday 47.2C [117F] at Vioolsdrif is the SECOND hottest day ever recorded in March in all Africa. But next days Sudan can beat it. Thousands of records on the way.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1767506321618706503
“Johannesburg’s dry taps partly blamed on heatwave.
“Residents across areas in South Africa’s largest city have suffered during the current heatwave as some have now been without water for over a week. The public water services provider Johannesburg Water says lower reservoir levels and increased water consumption are also fuelling the city’s ongoing water crisis.”
https://www.africanews.com/2024/03/12/johannesburgs-dry-taps-partly-blamed-on-heatwave/
“Four people have died and one person has been injured as Storm Filipo hit southern Mozambique’s Inhambane province, according to the state-owned broadcaster. Roofs have been ripped off schools and residential homes… In some areas the roads are inaccessible.”
https://www.africanews.com/2024/03/13/mozambique-at-least-4-dead-following-storm-filipo//
“Rains wreak havoc in Balochistan…
“Heavy rainfall has wreaked havoc in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan, submerging Quetta and triggering a state of emergency, declared by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority.”
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2458583/rains-wreak-havoc-in-balochistan
“60 Afghans killed by weeks of intense snow, rain.
“About 1,645 houses have been totally or partially ruined and nearly 178,000 livestock killed. Provisional data showed about 250 houses had been destroyed and vast tracts of farmland flooded.”
https://www.dhakatribune.com/world/south-asia/341739/60-afghans-killed-by-weeks-of-intense-snow-rain
“Forest fires are raging in Nepal’s Taplejung district…
““We are assessing the data regarding the fire incidents. It is estimated that around 400 to 500 hectares of forestland have been damaged by the wildfires,” said Parameshwar Pasawan, the forest officer. According to him, the fire incidents will continue for some months causing further destruction.”
https://asianews.network/forest-fires-are-raging-in-nepals-taplejung-district/
“Officials wage no-win battle against Chiang Mai’s raging fires…
“Officials reported that great difficulty in extinguishing the fires, due to most blazes taking place on steep mountain slopes or deep ravines. They said the combination of dry leaves and hot weather is causing fires to rapidly spread.”
https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40036340
“Thailand groans under heatwave.
“The temperature in Thailand could rise to over 50 degrees several times in the coming weeks. The heat poses great dangers, especially for chronically ill people, the elderly and the overweight.”
https://www.travelnews.ch/english-corner/25951-thailand-groans-under-heatwave.html
“TOTAL INSANITY THAILAND AND INDONESIA – 38.7 Phuket March record smashed,
“INDONESIA: 36.0 Kaimana, 35.5 Fak Fak (all time high); Record hottest nights: 28 Kaimana and Amahai (hottest night for ANY MONTH); 27.8 Deo Sorong; Thousands of records have been destroyed every single day of 2024.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1767930022839411143
“Most of Semarang [central Java] Flooded After Extreme Rainfall.
“The situation was worse in the eastern part of the city, such as Pedurungan and Genuk Districts, where floodwaters submerged residential areas. Meanwhile, the Semarang East Flood Canal (BKT) could no longer hold the water flow and overflowed into surrounding residential areas.”
https://en.tempo.co/read/1844761/most-of-semarang-flooded-after-extreme-rainfall
“EXTRAORDINARY OCEANIA – thousands of records are being smashed all over Oceania in every single tropical island every day.
“29C [84.2F] MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FRENCH POLYNESIA at BORA BORA: Hottest night ever recorded in French Polynesia.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1768171535762673730
“Record run of autumn hot weather for Sydney as waters simmer past cyclone threshold… …monthly averages are running at levels up to 7C above normal, including 35.5C at Narrandera, more than 3C above the town’s record for March… Sydney has sweated through seven consecutive maximums above 28C (measured at Observatory Hill), already an all-time record for autumn…”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-13/nsw-sydney-water-warm-summer-temperatures-in-autumn/103576780
“Seven months after Florida corals faced what scientists called their worst bleaching event ever, a similar emergency grips the Great Barrier Reef…
“The bleaching event appears likely to be the worst on record in southern sections of the 1,400-mile-long reef, and could bring the first significant coral fatalities observed there…”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/03/13/great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching/
“Unprecedented Hauraki Gulf heat waves revealed by marine lab’s historic data set [NZ]… The number of marine heat wave days and their cumulative intensity has increased sharply since 2012, Shears and his co-authors write in a paper published in the New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.”
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-unprecedented-hauraki-gulf-revealed-marine.html
“Bird flu: access to Ernest Shackleton’s grave ‘blocked by dead seals’…
““We weren’t allowed to go up to the grave of Ernest Shackleton because there were so many dead seals blocking the way,” she said. “My impression from what I could see was that there were hundreds of dead seals.””
“Emperor penguin population in Antarctic drops 9.6% in just under a decade…
“The loss of sea ice in Antarctica caused unprecedented breeding failure for emperor penguins in 2022, according to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Through the new methodology, the researchers observed 9.6% fewer birds in 2018 compared with in 2009.”
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/environment/emperor-penguin-populations-antarctic-b1145077.html
“Nature facing irreversible decline without urgent political action, WWF warns…
“The WWF is …calling for MPs to turbocharge net zero through effective public investment and increased private finance, ensure company transition plans for climate and nature are aligned, and support farmers to cut emissions and restore nature.”
“Tell us: how has the climate crisis affected your relationships?
“…Perhaps the stress of fleeing extreme weather events like wildfires or floods has impacted your budget and put strains on your relationships. Or perhaps different ideas about carbon footprints and child-rearing have caused tension in your relationships.”
“Some young people planning fewer or no kids because of climate change…
“Data is scarce but a 2021 study published in the journal Lancet Planet Health found that 36% of teens and young adults were hesitant to have children due to climate change. Famous millennials—from Miley Cyrus to Prince Harry—have said they are taking climate into account when planning their families.”
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-young-people-kids-climate.html
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Like the picture of the ex royal couple and the write-up concerning child rearing.
Way too late for any remedy for that issue. Fell on deaf ears in the 1970s back then and since that time shot up from 4 to over 8 billion. I have sympathy for the extinction rebellion movement now, though it’s a futile symbolic gesture at best.
Seems those that are breeders pass the be fruitful and multiply trigger to their offspring and those that don’t, just die off, like myself.
Look at the Shakers…
Harry and Meghan have shown tremendous restraint in only having the two children and are an example to us all. They need to get a move on if they are to fulfil that heartfelt net zero pledge they made before COP26, though:
““As global leaders convene for COP26 to commit to solutions for our climate crisis, all of us at Archewell, led by The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, share our pledge towards a more sustainable future by becoming net zero by 2030.”
““Our co-founders, Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have a long-standing commitment to the planet, both together and prior to their union, with global projects and partnerships dating back over a decade.””
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/megan-markle-private-jet-kate-william-commercial-b2237839.html
Yes, thank you Justin for pointing that out.
On the other hand Prince William
Prince William and Kate Middleton strike major blow to ‘two children or less’ mentality
https://www.preciouslife.com/news/457/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-strike-major-blow-to-two-children-or-less-mentality/
Regardless, die off is already baked in so for those that don’t mind and have satisfaction in doing so, all my best…
I literally start crying when I see babies and small children anymore. Is it because I have no family myself? Hmm, that never really bothered me before.
No, it’s just the opposite. Overwhelming grief that they probably have absolutely no future. How could anyone bring children into this world?
I hope I’m wrong, but judging by how many lives are already being destroyed all over the world the odds don’t look good.
I completely agree with you. It’s downright criminal, imho, to willingly bang out another human when there is no hope for them. The ultimate act of cruelty to children. Just for a status symbol.
Well, I’m in no position to throw stones on that score, as I have two sons.
Millions of years of evolution, cunningly expressing themselves as pleasurable biological urges and all sorts of socio-cultural pressures, both overt and covert, convinced my younger self that it was what I wanted. It wasn’t a very conscious decision.
Obviously, had I known then what I know now, I might have done things differently. Nevertheless, I am glad they are here, even if the future is bleak and the poor planet creaking at the seams.
https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/dollar-general-store-staff-quits-donation-policy-dispute/507-42cbc9b2-3fd5-4121-bd16-7751051275fe
Here is another good one the staff at a dollar store walk off the job over pay and being overworked.
I know the solution to those ungrateful workers…create a digital currency and if they cause trouble like that just block their access to their money…
In other news Family Dollar and Dollar Tree are closing 1,000 stores here.
Dollar Tree is really $1.25 and up store in price and they seem to be having a difficult time with their merchandise mix…
The CEO claims their customer base is definitely cutting back and earning have been falling..
Not to the liking of Wall Street investors…
I don’t go to Family Dollar but do shop at Dollar Tree for certain items because it is very convenient. From my experience the store crew are very helpful and are overworked.
“According to Tribolet, the Dollar General donation policy required workers to throw out items that were getting near the expiration date or that the store no longer sold. She told WKOW to get around the policy they would label items as damaged and donated the products anyway. She said when corporate found out and told them to stop, the workers decided to quit.”
Jeez. It’s enough to turn you Marxist.
Oh my, yes, Mr Skea, more science is needed:
https://robertlowrey.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-science-is-clear.html
But the most frightening snippet is the statement that the change isn’t linear, two years before our pal at the Arctic news site theorized its non-linearity would become manifest, while the UN’s Gutierres was still insisting, “There are reasons to be hopeful”.
All of them spurious:
https://robertlowrey.blogspot.com/2022/04/dearth-day-day-earth-still-stood.html
The CO2 readings are once again off the chart today: 4.5 ppm above a year ago, while FINALLY, at least a decade after it became clear that hydraulicly-produced oil was unleashing methane at an precedented rate, the science that we need more of, has seen fit to mention that it is still, now that fracking has all-but peaked, being spewed out at 3X’s the “official” estimate.
But the initial fracturing experiment carried out on US soil in No. Dakota’s Bakken was releasing so much methane it alone pushed the USA well above the flaring champion of the globe: Russia.
This post is from 10 years ago:
https://robertlowrey.blogspot.com/2014/06/bakken-ussa-toxic-gas-oil-filled.html
‘Nobody could have seen it coming”. That is the mantra of our demise.
“…more science is needed.”
More junkets, more conferences, more policy meetings, more press conferences, too, I’m sure. Pretending to save the planet can make for a splendid career these days. Skea is such a slippery politician; it cracks me up: “…surprised, in one sense, that the average global temperature last year exceeded the 1.5C…” Just carefully softening the blow there. 😂
Re the methane, I recall you voicing your suspicions about the under-reporting of methane emissions by the fracking industry just the other day, Rob. Kudos to you for flagging the issue a decade ago.
‘A reminder that our world is pushing the planet’s thermostat beyond safe levels of 350 ppm CO2, and that more people are needed to combine our ingenuity and resources to keep the present overshoot brief.“
That’s all the NOAA has to say about today’s CO2 reading that’s 5.26ppm’s above last year’s … again.
Although I appreciate the kudos, Pan, my point is that they were “suspicions” 10 years ago, they are now scientifically demonstrable facts that result in nothing more than empty bromides.So exactly what “resources and ingenuity” does science, you know the source of Corponational global control 0ver, I don’t know, EVERYthing, expect these “more people” to bring to bear against the economic engine we’ve set on auto pilot like it’s a Wamo taxi: we can shout at it and even destroy one of them (Haiti, e.g.) but remain essentially helpless as they romp, not only unfettered, but, via existing Corporate Law, in fact enabled (by none more than the Demockracies’ middle classes) to snuff us.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/13/sand-dune-tide-beach-house-massachusetts?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1
We built a sand dine and the ocean swept it away!
Heather, I read that article too in the Guardian. I lived in the Boston area for 17 years and visited that beach myself…watched the video of the two property owners, one of which flat out dismissed global sea level rise and AGW…but he was an older guy so it’s easy to say it ain’t so. The other fella relented about it and said based on what is happening we have to face the facts. Moved away in 2007, went to Charlotte NC and that place is HOT in the summer and expect it to get walloped by tornadoes and lightening storms as well.
Unfortunately, my current place in Florida will be ground zero …oh well I’m old no problem
Hello Pan
Meanwhile in the world ‘that matters’ the following message….
….. Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor for Bernard Arnault at the Élysée in the presence of Beyoncé and Elon Musk
Yesterday, the CEO of LVMH received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor from the hands of the head of state. The ceremony was attended by a large number of celebrities from around the world. American pop star Beyoncé, her husband the rapper Jay-Z and American billionaire Elon Musk: a number of stars from around the world flocked to the Salle des Fêtes of the Élysée Palace. Macron paid tribute to the billionaire. The two men have long been close, and Bernard Arnault had even publicly endorsed Emmanuel Macron during the 2017 presidential campaign. Queen Rania of Jordan and visual artist Jeff Koons were also among the VIPs in attendance, as was pianist Lang Lang, who played Chopin. On the political front, Ministers Bruno Le Maire (Economy), Gérald Darmanin (Interior) and Rachida Dati (Culture) were invited, as were Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and European Commissioner Thierry Breton. Bernard Arnault (75) is currently the richest man in the world, with an estimated wealth of $230 billion, ahead of Elon Musk…..
https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/macron-a-decore-bernard-arnault-a-l-elysee-en-presence-de-beyonce-et-elon-musk-20240314
I also happen to play Chopin…. but I wasn’t invited… It must have been a nice evening I’m sure….
Celebrity culture has lost all its mystique for me.
I think that is partly because the rich and famous are now so accessible via screen and social media that their feet of clay are all too exposed, and partly because humanity itself looks increasingly absurd and delusional.
I don’t say that out of some sense of personal superiority BTW. I am myself quite capable of being absurd and delusional. I will also fess up to owning Jay-Z’s ‘Black Album’ and enjoying the odd track by Beyoncé. 😆
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwViQxSJJQ
re first link –
Go ahead Baboon Brain created Global Warming, destroy the global economy. That’s the only time that Monkey Minds might start to pay attention to you. Apparently the misery & death that their children are & will experience is not enough to make them take any action. The species’ sexual desires are more important than the life of their offspring. There will be severe consequences for some reproduction decisions.
Empathy for egos is not in my vocabulary.
There are no pregnancies from oral sex or birth control. 😉
It’s a hard job trying to convince the Special Clever Ape & it’s superior ego.
Just one more time attempting to make the truth go viral.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An8nMykc-Rk