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“Extreme weather to strengthen rapidly over next two decades, research suggests…
“The paper, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, shows how global warming can combine with normal variations in the weather, to produce decade-long periods of very rapid changes in both extreme temperatures and rainfall.”
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-extreme-weather-rapidly-decades.html
“The record heat continues in the extreme north in Norway.
“Today Hammerfest (70.39N), the northernmost city (with more than 5000 residents) in the world, set a new September heat record with 21.5C [70.7F]. Old record 20.2.C 1.9.2019.”
https://x.com/VaerTorsten/status/1833174403305144762
“Another exceptionally warm night in Denmark with minimums up to 21C [69.8F] at Ronne.
“Hottest September night in history at Copenhagen with a min of 19.6C. Even in mid summer such a week of warm nights would be abnormal, let alone in September.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1833219607290909084
“[UK] County, Shropshire, sees second wettest day on record…
“The second wettest day on record was monitored on Sunday at Shawbury Monitoring station… BBC Weather said it was “the wettest day in 50 years and the second wettest on record” for the area.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5nyqj0mlro
“England is heading for one of its worst harvests ever following record breaking rain last winter that has reduced yields.
“Farmers’ ability to grow crops have been disrupted by the extreme weather while their crucial wheat harvest was reduced by almost a fifth, an analysis of Government data has revealed.”
https://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/1946298/england-harvests-yield-rainfall-farming
“128 mm [5 inches] rainfall in 6 hrs yesterday in Gavarnie (Pyrenees)!
“Aosta, Piedmont (IT), Valais, Grisons, Ticino (CH), Ecrins (F)… everywhere in the Alps this summer anomalous huge floods have been destructive! Anthropogenic climate change in action.”
https://x.com/subfossilguy/status/1832784634997785081
“Massive Rockfall on the North Face of the Eiger [Switzerland]…
“Such events now happen in the Berner Oberland from time to time due to thawing permafrost. Until recent years, ice and snow within and between the rocks largely glued together the unstable slopes. As this “glue” melts in the higher temperatures, the rocks become even more unstable.”
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/massive-rockfall-north-face-eiger-154611286.html
“For the first time in 66 days, the temperature at the high Sonnblick [Austria] at over 3000 meters has just slipped into minus.
“The, by far, longest frost-free period since measurements began in 1886 is finally coming to an end. The old record of 31 days (2019 & 1994) has been more than doubled!”
https://x.com/wetterblogAT/status/1833029601569677734
“Severe drought in Bosnia and Poland brings record low water levels.
“Lakes and rivers across Europe are drying up as the hottest summer on record comes to an end. In Poland and Bosnia, this has caused critically low water levels.”
“Debeli Namet (Durmitor massif, Montenegro) – image Sept. 2023 | Sept. 2024
“This small glacier seems to be finally gone this year! No more snowpatch, only buried ice remnants. It has not survived multiple heatwaves in the Balkans this summer.”
https://x.com/subfossilguy/status/1833168935379714439
“EXCEPTIONAL 2024 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO – Unprecedented in European history:
“For Belgrade June, July and August 2024 were all the hottest on record. Last Autumn, winter, spring and summer were all the hottest (>100 years of data); Same for Montenegro: August anomalies +2.2C to +3.8C.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1833052726034616365
“Heavy rains flood Dalmatia, Dubrovnik worst hit…
“A change in the weather has affected much of the country on Monday, but heavy rainfall has caused the most problems in Dalmatia. Streets in Zadar, Makarska, Split, and Dubrovnik have been flooded.”
https://www.croatiaweek.com/video-heavy-rains-flood-dalmatia-dubrovnik-worst-hit/
“Greece’s national observatory said the nation experienced its hottest summer on record in 2024, surpassing the previous milestone by one degree Celsius (1.8 Fahrenheit).
“June and July were the warmest months since records began in 1960, while August was the second hottest behind August 2021.”
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2024/09/09/news/greece-logs-hottest-summer-on-record-researchers/
“Blackened hills, torched cars and destroyed businesses: Athens reels from August wildfire.
“‘We can’t just blame politicians’ for Athens wildfire devastation, one local says. In the blackened remains of his workshop, sculptor Vangelis Ilias stacks what little is left of years of his efforts.”
“Spain is running worryingly low on extra virgin olive oil after drought and poor harvests, warn farmers.
“Spain’s main associations of olive oil producers are warning that cooperatives and major retailers are running worryingly low on stock of the country’s so-called ‘liquid gold’, due to the poor harvests seen over the past two years because of an ongoing drought.”
“A year on, politics plague rebuilding efforts in Libya’s flood ravaged Derna…
“The 2023 disaster, triggered by extreme rainfall from the hurricane-strength Storm Daniel, saw two dams bursts in Derna, displacing over 40,000. The tragedy highlighted Libya’s fractured governance and sparked widespread calls for accountability amid crumbling infrastructure.”
“The death toll continues to rise in Algeria and SE Morocco following deadly flooding caused by torrential rains.
“More than 20 people have died and dozens others are missing in both countries after floods swamped villages in the normally arid region. In Morocco, homes were destroyed and infrastructure including roads, electricity, water supply, and phone networks were damaged.”
“Three dead in flash floods triggered by heavy downpours in Kasese, Uganda.
“Residents ride on a waterlogged street in Kasese, western Uganda, Sept. 8, 2024. Three people were killed in flash floods triggered by heavy downpours Saturday in the western Ugandan district of Kasese, according to a humanitarian relief agency.”
https://english.news.cn/africa/20240909/eaf466a19dc04473b86f51673e7b34ef/c.html
“‘We are starving’: Villagers in Malawi cook toxic yams to survive drought.
“In the worst drought in southern Africa in a century, villagers in Malawi are digging for potentially poisonous wild yams to eat as their crops lie scorched in the fields. “Our situation is very dire, we are starving,” 76-year-old grandmother Manesi Levison said.”
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2024/09/10/2003823568
“Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed warned on Sunday that his country would “humiliate” any nation that threatens its sovereignty, in an escalation of the war of words after Egypt signed a security pact last month with Somalia…
“Cairo and Addis Ababa have been at loggerheads for years, trading incendiary words over Ethiopia’s massive hydroelectric dam project, which Egypt says threatens its fragile water security.”
https://www.thearabweekly.com/ethiopian-pm-threatens-humiliate-rivals-amid-tensions-egypt-somalia
“MP says Afghanistan has yet to give Iran its full share of Hirmand water…
“The Hirmand River serves as a crucial water resource for eastern Iran, especially within the Sistan-Baluchistan province. It is integral to the agricultural advancement and economic prosperity of the area. The issue of water rights concerning the Hirmand River has sparked significant disputes between Iran and Afghanistan.”
“Himalayas Need Urgent Attention: 65% Faster Loss Of Glacier Mass Leading To Irreversible Changes…
“The Himalayas are a major source of water supply not only for India but several other countries. It is reported that about 2,000 cubic kilometres of water are stored in the Himalayas – often called the water tower of Asia. However, the water in the Himalayas has started decreasing with glaciers shrinking rapidly.”
“Today, 543 stations (22%) in China exceeded 35C, and 7 stations 40C [104F].
“Chongqing Tiancheng and Hubei Sanxia set the latest 40C day record. Hubei Yicheng 39.4C and Anlu 39.1C broke the September record. Hangzhou tied the annual record of 35 days, 59 days.”
https://x.com/yangyubin1998/status/1833125503882199077
“A row has erupted on Chinese social media over the use of air conditioners in classrooms as the country endures an unseasonal heatwave.
“Parents in some of China’s hottest cities have called on schools to install air conditioners as temperatures surpass 35C.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9zlkz0ypyo
“A record amount of whales and dolphins are washing up on Taiwan’s beaches and the Taiwan Cetacean Society’s volunteers are rallying to respond…
“Taiwan began reporting an uptick of stranded animals around 2016, when 90 were found ashore, a jump from a few dozen in previous years, said Yang Wei-cheng…”
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-taiwan-volunteers-whale-dolphin-strandings.html
“Sharks are deserting their coral reef homes as the climate crisis continues to heat up the oceans, scientists have discovered.
“This is likely to harm the sharks, which are already endangered, and their absence could have serious consequences for the reefs, which are also struggling.”
“Seoul’s latest tropical night shatters 89-year record as heat wave persists…
“Seoul experienced another tropical night, breaking an 89-year record, as temperatures remained above 25 degrees Celsius (77F) from Monday night into Tuesday morning amid a continuing heat wave… This is the latest in the year that a tropical night has occurred in Seoul.”
“Vietnam storm deaths rise to 64 as a bridge collapses and flooding sweeps away a bus…
“A bus carrying 20 people was swept into a flooded stream by a landslide in mountainous Cao Bang province on Monday morning. State media said four bodies were recovered from the bus and one person was rescued alive. The others were still missing.”
https://apnews.com/article/yagi-vietnam-storm-flooding-landslides-fdc1ab23b354b8b63a9c92213c3ec316
“The water levels on the Thao River in northern Vietnam have surged past 87 meters, breaking a 53-year record, while the Cau River swelled to nearly 29 meters, surpassing a 65-year record high.
“Over the last three days, all 25 cities and provinces in northern Vietnam have experienced heavy rainfall following typhoon Yagi, typically ranging from 200-400 mm.”
“EAST ASIA HISTORIC HEAT WAVE – Hundreds of records smashed all over the area:
“VIETNAM hottest September day in history: 39.7C Lao Cai; HOTTEST SEPTEMBER NIGHT IN THAI HISTORY: Tmin 29.5 Bangkok Pilot; BRUNEI Record Hottest September day: 37.6 Sukang yesterday.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1832378828775178695
“EXCEPTIONAL HEAT IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND:
“Monthly Records of High Mins: 22.2 [72F] Broken Hill; 21.0 Yamba; 18.0 Albion Park; 19.0 Norfolk Island; 17.6 Marimbula; 16.6 Charlton; 19.6 Hotetoun; 19.3 Waipeup; 20.2 Yunta; 18.4 Snowtown; MAX: 24.1 Lord Howe Island; 23.9 Raoul Islan.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1832955669911097561
“Nearly two-thirds of Australia’s most famous tourist attractions, from Bondi Beach to Uluru, may be under threat from the climate crisis by 2050, a new report says…
“These include national parks, beaches, and airports, with the situation expected to worsen as global temperatures rise.”
“SOUTH AMERICA HISTORIC HEAT WAVE.
“Records from North to South: 42.4 Jerusalem COLOMBIAN HOTTEST SEPTEMBER DAY ON RECORD tied; minimum 29.3 TOBAGO – HOTTEST NIGHT EVER RECORDED IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; Brutal heat in Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia: up to 42.8C at San Matias.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1833279952546157026
“Severe drought drops water level to historic low on the Paraguay River, a regional lifeline.
“Paraguay’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology reported that water levels on the country’s namesake river, a regional economic lifeline, dipped 89 centimeters (35 inches) below the meter’s benchmark at the port of Asunción, the capital, the lowest point in 120 years.”
“Forest fire affects the Chaco region, between Bolivia and Paraguay.
“The flames are spreading towards a nature reserve in the Chaco region, on the border between Bolivia and Paraguay. The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development announced that the causes of the fires are being investigated…”
https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/incendio-forestal-chaco-bolivia-paraguay-rba-tv/
“Heavy smoke from Bolivian fires threatens large parts of Argentina…
“A large cloud of smoke stemming from wildfires in Bolivia threatens to cover the skies of 15 Argentine provinces and even reach the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) between Monday and Tuesday…”
“During Brazil’s worst drought, wildfires rage and the Amazon River falls to a record low.
““This is the first time that a drought has covered all the way from the North to the country’s Southeast,” Ana Paula Cunha, a researcher at the National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters, said in a statement. “It is the most intense and widespread drought in history.””
“Hurricane watch issued for southern Louisiana as Francine forms in gulf…
“Tropical Storm Francine formed Monday morning in the southern Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to sweep north and strike Louisiana as a hurricane on Wednesday. The storm could intensify quickly as it passes over record-warm waters.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/09/09/tropical-storm-francine-louisiana-hurricane-watch/
“Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is warning the public how the state is running out of water, especially in South Texas.
“The leader discussed the water shortage issue while on WFAA’s Inside Texas Politics on Sunday, September 8… “We’re out of water, especially in the Rio Grande Valley. But, my view is we have to quit complaining and do something about it.””
https://www.lmtonline.com/news/local/article/texas-water-shortage-19752444.php
“National Park rangers call out ‘world changing’ impact of dropped Cheetos bag [New Mexico]…
“Plain water is the only thing visitors are allowed to consume inside the huge cavern at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. Cheetos are a no-go, and the recent park visitor who dropped a bag full of them created a “huge impact” on the cave’s ecosystem, park rangers said Friday…”
“Fast-spreading wildfire east of LA forces thousands to flee amid fierce heatwave…
“As of Monday morning, the blaze had charred more than 23,000 acres of grass and chaparral and blanketed the area with a thick cloud of dark smoke. Only 3% of it is contained, threatening more than 36,000 structures…”
“Wild horses seen escaping wildfires in Nevada.
“Firefighters in Nevada battled the Davis Fire south of Reno prompting evacuations and damaging structures. Thousands of residents received evacuation notices, and faced power outages to prevent further ignition.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cevj37mxypyo
“Global sea-ice extent continues on at a record low for the date, over 2.7 million square kilometers below the 1991-2020 mean.”
[Prof Eliot Jacobson]
https://x.com/EliotJacobson/status/1833111362823913781
“Methane emissions are at new highs. It could put us on a dangerous climate path...
“During the 2000s, an extra 6.1 million tonnes of methane entered the atmosphere each year. By the 2010s, the rate of growth was 20.9 million tonnes. In 2020, growth hit 42 million tonnes. Since then, methane has been added even more rapidly. Growth rates are now higher than any previously observed year.”
“China and US push each other on priorities for UN COP29 climate talks…
“Washington’s top climate diplomat John Podesta has pressed Chinese leaders to come up with ambitious plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 in one of the final meetings between the world’s two largest polluters ahead of the UN COP29 climate summit in November.”
https://www.ft.com/content/784bb728-a0d7-485a-9ab9-89da0d516f61
“Good Cop, Bad COP29: Azerbaijan’s greenwashing ahead of crucial climate summit…
“Since it was announced as this year’s host in November last year, Azerbaijan has intensified crackdowns on independent media and academics, arresting dozens on falsified charges this year alone. And concerns are intensifying around Azerbaijan’s commitments to expanding its fossil fuel industry.”
“Inside the Anti-Climate Culture War Led by Jordan Peterson and Project 2025…
“…while attending two Peterson shows in recent months, DeSmog saw firsthand how the Canadian podcaster is using his fame and influence to turn followers against what he portrays as false faith in science and environmentalism.”
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Disturbing. Just when I think things cant get worse, the ol’, “faster than expected” reemerges. How much more scared could we be.
Not to scare you further, EMJ – courage, mon brave, as my father used to say – but Zeke Hausfather’s latest admits that we are in uncharted territory:
“Unfortunately we still lack a good explanation for what drove the exceptional warmth the world saw in 2023 and 2024… Many of us hoped that if 2024 returned to a more predictable post-El-Nino regime it would provide evidence that what happened in the second half of 2023 was a blip – some short lived internal variability that drove a spike in global temperatures but did not persist.
“However, with temperatures remaining elevated into September 2024, its looking increasingly less likely that last year’s elevated temperatures were a mostly transient phenomenon. Rather, some combination of forcings or changes in feedbacks may be driving higher global temperatures going forward.”
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/2024s-unusually-persistent-warmth
Just online 90 minutes ago, probably missed your deadline? Not sure whether to file in tourism impacts, habitat loss or bye bye Florida?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/10/two-incredible-extreme-events-antarctic-sea-ice-on-cusp-of-record-winter-low-for-second-year-running
As privately mentioned Harry, Yagi! Now on your platform, Louisiana mmmm.
Enough of the slow motion car wreck please, it’s torturous.
Sean, yes, Yagi turned out to be quite a story(!) – one of those storms that sticks out in the memory like Haiyan, Jebi, Daniel or Harvey.
Thank you for the article re Antarctica. Prof Eliot Jacobson has already called it as not quite reaching last year’s low but this article is saying the jury is still out. Either way, it is concerning.
Meanwhile, we are not far off record lows in the Arctic, and Zack Labe is reporting that August saw an accelerated loss of sea ice volume there.
“Enough of the slow motion car wreck please, it’s torturous.”
I’m open to suggestions on how to make it worse, faster.
I taking all of them with me when I fall. That’ll teach them to start something that I have to finish. 😉
Jordan peterson even having anyone listen to his nonsense reveals just how brainwashed our society is. And it gets worse each and every day. And “they” say we doomers are crazy. Good grief.
yep. especially in the united states, on a broad social/political movement basis, sanity and reality are virtually extinct. the green party platform is pretty good, but even at the stroke-of-doom they probably won’t break 5% of the vote.
I used to be a reluctant admirer of Jordan Peterson, as he could be fascinating within his area of expertise, and a fearsome orator/debater to boot.
But with that brilliance came a volatile, highly strung temperament… I fear his rodeo with Xanax a few years ago was enough to tip him over the edge, and he’s seemed pretty batshit to me since then.
I watched “Dr. Strangelove” last night in memory of the indefatigable James Earl Jones.
What a fantastic metaphor! It could not possibly be any more timely now, a full 60 years later.
The world ends, not because of manifest evil, no.
No, we bluster and bumble our way through a tragedy that is utterly beyond our control.
Finally, in shock and horror, giving up and whimpering about maybe the, um, you know… The mineshafts.
And then there’s the immortal Peter Sellers.
“Mein Furor! I can walk!?!”
I love that movie! Brilliant.
absolutely spot on. kubrick nails it almost every time. Full Metal Jacket is still probably the best war movie of all time in terms of the actual psychology of modern “warfare”
I need to re-watch ‘Dr. Strangelove’. RIP, James Earl Jones and his wonderfully deep, mellifluous tones.
‘Full Metal Jacket’ was great. ‘Platoon’ and ‘Hamburger Hill’ were also terrific Vietnam War movies from the late 80’s… ‘Good Morning, Vietnam’, too, although I don’t know if that is strictly a war movie.
General reply to today’s C&E comments – what the fuck?
The US Greens are not within muffled whimpering distance of 2%, let alone this fantasy 5%. The party has been killed by everyone-.Dems, Nazis, themselves.
Jordan Peterson’s name belongs only in a vomitorium.
“Mein Furor” -.is that the right spalling?
Mein Führer
I going to catch the highlights after the meeting.
Bet in the Harris/Trump conversation, not a debate, neither will offer a solution to pay off $35T U.S. debt with only around $2T in currency. Watch them talk about all the programs they have in mind with no realistic mention of how to pay for them. We might hear climate change once but never hear overpopulation in relation to overshoot of this planet’s resources. One can’t print food, potable water, clean air or unpolluted earth.
This is not about politics, it’s about stupid politicians & stupid voters. There are plenty of examples like this in every country? Stupids continuing down the path of destruction.