“For those who are paying attention, here is an update to the global ICE situation, showing the total f&%kery that is unfolding [ie global sea ice extent at record lows].
“”Fortunately, this ICE doesn’t have battering rams and isn’t breaking down doors.” [Prof Eliot Jacobson, referencing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement there, I believe].”
https://bsky.app/profile/climatecasino.net/post/3liwgxtn7ks25
“Arctic study urges stronger climate action to prevent catastrophic warming…
“…researchers noted that the region could become virtually ice-free during summer months, leading to devastating effects on marine ecosystems and the livelihoods they support as well as increased geopolitical and industrial pressures in the region.”
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1074710
“Scientists identify tipping point for Greenland’s ice sheet — and it’s not far off.
“Just 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) of further warming could be enough to trigger a collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet, causing sea levels to rise by 23 feet (7 meters) and sowing havoc across global ecosystems.”
“Exceptional records for February in the Arctic…
“HISTORIC WARMTH IN LAPLAND; 13.4C [56.1F] at Sandnessjoen destroys the February record of the Nordland region of Norway… 9.6 [49.3F Fruholmen and 9.9 Sula i Trøndelag [Northern Norway]… Record after record in Svalbard: The tiny island of Hopen today had its highest February temperature on record with +4.8C.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1893334164486730196
“The growing problem of UK wildfires…
“Researchers at the University of Cambridge have shown that as UK springs and summers get hotter and drier thanks to climate change, the country’s wildfire season is becoming stretched and more intense.”
https://geographical.co.uk/science-environment/geo-explainer-the-growing-problem-of-uk-wildfires
“River Thames study: Climate change limits cleanup efforts by accelerating algal growth…
“Rising river temperatures driven by climate change are increasing the risk of both spring diatom blooms and summer cyanobacterial blooms, the study found. These can have big impacts on the health of rivers, by shading out and suffocating aquatic life…”
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-river-thames-climate-limits-cleanup.html
“Mallorca sea temperatures reached a record 32ºC [89.6F]…
“On 12 August last year the Dragonera buoy recorded a record 31.87ºC which, in their opinion, reflects the extreme conditions observed in the Mediterranean… Marine heatwaves impact key species such as Posidonia oceanica in the islands…”
“Climate change is forcing sea turtles to nest earlier each year [Cyprus]…
“Using three decades of data and more recent observations, the research team – comprising those from University of Exeter and the Society for the Protection of Turtles – now predicts that by the year 2100, there will be ‘hardly any new loggerhead turtle offspring produced…”
“In Rome, talks to protect Earth’s biodiversity resume with money topping the agenda…
“Oscar Soria, chief executive of The Common Initiative… was pessimistic about raising a great deal more money. “We are completely off track in terms of achieving that money,” Soria said. Key sources of biodiversity finance are shrinking or disappearing, he said.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/bogota-rome-colombia-earth-united-nations-b2703980.html
“Winter is gone from central Europe!
“Vienna (AT) has just set a negative record: with a total of 1 cm, winter of 2024/25 ends as the least snowy winter in Vienna’s history!”
https://x.com/subfossilguy/status/1894036732225425832
“Forest fires push up greenhouse gas emissions from war in Ukraine.
“The burning of Ukraine’s forests at unprecedented rates over the past year has helped push the total greenhouse emissions from the war since Russia’s full-scale invasion to almost 230m tonnes, analysis shows.”
“Driest winter on record: Lake Kinneret sees rare February drop in water level [Israel]…
“For the first time in a century, the water level of Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee) has dropped during February—an unusual phenomenon highlighting this winter’s extreme dryness. Data from the Water Authority show an exceptionally low flow from the Jordan River…”
https://www.jpost.com/environment-and-climate-change/article-843574
“Floods in Algeria’s Tindouf camps exacerbate living conditions for Sahrawi refugees.
““These floods add another layer to the ongoing struggles of the Sahrawi refugees,” Hallab explained. The camps in Tindouf have been home to this community for nearly five decades, making it one of the world’s longest-standing refugee situations, second only to that of the Palestinians.”
“Eternal record heat in the Gulf of Guinea:
“Today another record of February of hottest night (tied from Feb 2024) in TOGO with a minimum temperature of 25.7C [78.2F] at Atakpame. Every single tropical country is smashing record after record.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1893982520909115606
“Table Mountain blaze forces closure of Newlands and Kirstenbosch hiking trails [Cape Town]…
“Overnight, multiple flare-ups occurred in inaccessible areas, requiring crews to remain on scene at both the base and head of the fire for continued monitoring and suppression efforts where accessible,” said SANParks spokesperson, JP Louw.”
“Deadly floods in Botswana kill 9; nearly 2,000 people evacuated.
“Botswana authorities say at least nine people were confirmed dead Monday, as rare flooding hit the semi-arid country. More than 5,000 people have been affected by the floods as record rainfall fell over the last week.”
“ZESCO has cut power supply in some selected parts of flooded Lusaka’s Kanyama and Makeni as a precautionary measure [Zambia]
“ZESCO says this is aimed at preventing electrical hazards such as electrocution and infrastructure damage.”
https://znbc.co.zm/news/zesco-cuts-power-to-flooded-kanyama/
“RECORD HEAT IN MOZAMBIQUE.
“Every corner in the tropics keep breaking records every single day and Mozambique has been with record heat for months. Yesterday the coastal town of Vilanculos had its hottest February day on record with 35.9C [96.6F].”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1893681533778624953
“Uganda swelters in record heatwave as temperatures soar to 40°C…
“According to the principal meteorologist at the Ministry of Water and Environment, Mr George William Omonyi, the country should brace for even higher temperatures, with 2025 already on record as the hottest year yet.”
“MIDDLE EAST WINTER FREEZE & SCORCHING HEAT. Extreme contrasts between a wintry cold spell and record heat:
“SAUDI ARABIA: 37.0 [98.6F] Sharorah 700m, 36.0 Najran 1100m; EMIRATES 38.7 Mezaira; several monthly records broken. OMAN: 36.9 Haima monthly record; YEMEN: 37.2 Seiyoun monthly record.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1893855873312637154
“Only five days of clean air since March 2024: Tehran struggles with smog…
“Many Iranians complain of breathing problems and feel that their quality of life is severely restricted – and the trend is rising. More than 15 million people live in the metropolis and its catchment area.”
“Food-borne bugs and their links with climate change come into focus [India]…
“In mid-February, parts of India witnessed a second spurt this year in cases of Guillane-Barré syndrome, a nerve condition causing nerve pain and sometimes paralysis, along with difficulties in breathing and swallowing.”
“Endless record heat in INDIA.
“Today it was the famous coastal town of Goa: With a minimum temperature of 25.6C [78.1F] it had its hottest February night in history.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1893609319653908483
“Kerala’s early heat surge signals climate shift…
“Sajith Remady, an art teacher from a nearby village who offers outdoor lessons, said. “It is just a burnt-out landscape out there, under the sun. We just cannot work after mid-morning.””
https://india.mongabay.com/2025/02/keralas-record-heat-highlights-climate-shift/
“RECORD HEAT IN SRI LANKA:
“38.0 [100.4F] Ratnapura February Highest temperature on record. All tropical countries are destroying heat records no-stop,the exact opposite of what happens during a Nina.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1893654544468599149
“Arunachal Pradesh’s glaciers are shrinking rapidly, study finds [NE India].
“…over time, as the glacial mass reduces due to continuous melting, freshwater availability will decline significantly affecting agriculture, drinking water supplies, and hydropower generation in the region.”
https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/india/arunachal-pradesh-glaciers-shrinking-at-alarming-rate/story
“Farmers in Rukum West suffer as climate change bites [Nepal].
“Gauri Giri, 67, from Gujoldanga of Musikot Municipality, has been baffled by the impact of climate change over the past few years. Lately there has been no timely rainfall nor good crop production as attacks by pests and diseases intensify.”
https://kathmandupost.com/money/2025/02/24/farmers-in-rukum-west-suffer-as-climate-change-bites
“Impact of climate change on farmers’ crop production in China [study]…
“Despite China’s significant position in global crop production, the country’s crop production is highly exposed and more sensitive to climate change… Temperature affects cash crops more than grain crops, while grain crops are more sensitive to precipitation than cash crops… the government should increase subsidies and support…”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-04287-5
“Sea ice in the Sea of Okhotsk basin has been very slow to reform this winter [off Eastern Siberia and Northern Japan].
“Total extent for this region is currently at record low levels and way below older years like in the 1980s (purple lines).” [Zack Labe]
https://bsky.app/profile/zacklabe.com/post/3lixqeyepsk2n
“Snow depth in Hirosaki in Northern Japan reached 160 cm / 5.2 feet on Sunday, setting the highest record since statistics began in 1982. This is 2.5 times the average.”
“Despite such unprecedented snowfall, the railway workers continue their snow removal efforts day and night.”
https://x.com/sayakasofiamori/status/1893497564994928987
“Japanese salmon catches plummet in losing battle to climate change.
“There is trouble on the horizon in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, where poor fishing conditions triggered by global warming are endangering Japan’s prized salmon — widely considered one of the country’s favorite seafood.”
“Endless record heat continues in Southeast Asia:
“Today minimum temperature at Puerto Princesa in the PHILIPPINES was 27.2C [81F] ,highest minimum ever recorded in February. Records have been falling every single day for over 700+ days in SE Asia.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1893487300123992195
“Extreme weather in Australia the ‘new normal’, scientists say…
“…there’s been flooding in North Queensland, cyclones in the Western Australia and heatwaves fuelling bushfires across Tasmania, New South Wales, and Victoria. But climate scientists say this isn’t just an unusual summer – this is the ‘new normal’.”
https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/25/extreme-weather-in-australia-the-new-normal-scientists-say/
“Perth blanketed by smoke haze triggered by bushfires in state’s South West and easterly winds.
“A smoke alert is currently in place from Jurien Bay, a coastal town in WA’s Wheatbelt, to Perth. The issue was triggered by multiple bushfires near Manjimup and Collie, in the state’s South West.”
“RECORD HEAT IN AUSTRALIA:
“Fierce warming again in the State of Victoria yesterday, with some stations beating their February Highest minimums in history: 26.0 Viewbank; 26.7 [80F] Moorabbin; 23.8 Coldstream… Australia has witnessed sharp temperature fluctuations in the past weeks.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1894016934406189506
“Weather tracker: temperatures hit record highs across South America…
“North-western Argentina is set for highs in the upper 30s to low 40s Celsius in the coming days, 10 to 15C above the seasonal average. However, unlike in Rio, these high temperatures are likely to set off thunderstorms, some of which may lead to some high rainfall totals…”
“A storm with strong electrical activity and hail passed through Villa Mercedes [Argentina]…
“After a weekend in which temperatures exceeded 40°C, rain arrived in Villa Mercedes this morning. As a result of heavy rainfall in a short period of time, flooding was recorded on some streets in the city.”
“Endemic fish wiped out in Brazilian Amazon hydroelectric dam area, study finds.
“The hydroelectric dam has transformed the Uatumã River’s fast-flowing habitats into static environments, making them unsuitable for certain fish species… The study underscores the broader threat of hydropower dams…”
“The Panama Canal needs more water. The solution is a dam that could displace thousands.
“Last week, the Panama Canal Board of Directors approved plans to build a dam to solve what it says is a long-term water shortage problem. Construction is expected to begin in 2027.”
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/g-s1-49456/water-panama-canal-shortage-dam
“Child Dies After Being Swept Into Open Drain During Havana Floods.
“A heartbreaking incident unfolded in Cuba’s capital amid torrential downpours, when a young boy, estimated to be between 10 and 13 years old, was tragically swept into an open drain during a severe flood.”
https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/297727
“Major flood warnings issued in five states as rest of the US is set to bake.
“While the northwest will be battered by strong winds and rain, the rest of the country is set for a week of what feels like spring… in the Southwest, temperatures could rise up to 20 degrees above average.”
“Driest January on record exposes stunning Mississippi River ice.
“Dan Baumgardt of the National Weather Service in La Crosse discusses weather patterns in the Driftless Region of Western Wisconsin and Eastern Minnesota.”
“Organic farmers and environmental groups sued the US Agriculture Department on Monday over its scrubbing of references to climate change from its website.
“The department had ordered staff to take down pages focused on climate change on Jan. 30, according to the suit… Peter Lehner, a lawyer for Earthjustice, said the pages being purged were crucial for farmers facing risks linked to climate change…”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/climate/agriculture-farmer-website-data-lawsuit.html
“In case you missed it, as of Feb. 22, 2025: *Arctic sea-ice extent: lowest; * Antarctic sea-ice extent: 2nd lowest; *Global sea-ice extent: lowest; * Global mean surface temperature: 4th highest; *Global sea-surface temperature: 2nd highest; * 36-month albedo: lowest; *Collapse of everything: highest.” [Prof Eliot Jacobson]
https://bsky.app/profile/climatecasino.net/post/3liua333gss2s
“Hansen: 2025 could be the hottest year on record, despite La Niña…
“If global temperatures remain at or above 1.5°C of warming relative to pre-industrial levels [with no El Nino] it will confirm that a fundamental shift in climate dynamics is occurring…”
“Why religion is fundamental to addressing climate change…
“As an Anglican priest in Alexandria told me, members of his congregation understood these heatwaves as manifestations of climate change, but at the same time asked him: “What is God is trying to tell us? Is this a sign of his anger? What should we do?”“
https://theconversation.com/why-religion-is-fundamental-to-addressing-climate-change-248074
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“What is God is trying to tell us? Is this a sign of his anger? What should we do?”“
My suggestion: make peace with your God and your death. Ask forgiveness for your part in utterly destroying an ecosystem of astounding complexity and beauty.
But if I was a sea turtle, I would not forgive.
One of my five sisters asked if I would be attending Easter dinner at one of my other sister’s house. I said no. I’ll be 69 next month and I have finally stopped saying yes to other people‘s beliefs in religious dogma and the attendant celebrations. Praying to deities who supposedly have made over 8 billion attempts at creating beings in his/her/its likeness and fails time after time? Wow, time for a new story!
Texas Guy, I had a fairly religious (Catholic) upbringing and found the experience, at best, baffling; as lampooned so magnificently by Monty Python in “The Meaning of Life”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBqe5xvYnNc
I’ve since been down the spiritual rabbit hole and retrospectively discovered that there is helpful wisdom in many Christian teachings, including Catholic ones, although it took me a long time not to feel triggered by the framing.
Churches generally seem more interested in social control than raising the consciousness of adherents, which I suppose is why they prefer to indoctrinate than enlighten.
Thought to mention George Orwell today as I noticed the lawsuit regarding the order to delete any reference to climate change in US Agriculture websites. The thought police are stepping up their game now and a battle of the modern high priests (lawyers) of so called truth and justice will present their case in the courts.
As Caligula (John Hurt) consulted his aged uncle Emperor Tiberius in, I, Claudius, about the deceitful Sejanus (played by Patrick Stewart), “isn’t that a sad comment about our society.”
Then the revealing he had a bigger dog to crush Sejanus.
Gleefully, Tiberius announces Rome deserves Caligula and makes him his successor..
Just imagine the drama that is being displayed today behind closed doors…
Vince, as I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, George Orwell is something of a local celebrity, having written “1984” on neighbouring Jura (and having a pretty tough time of it, by all accounts).
He was sick of London and thought the clean air would help his tuberculosis …but he would probably have been better advised to go to the Alps or Mediterranean, instead of the chilly, soggy and austere Hebrides. He died shortly after finishing the novel at just 46.
I wonder what he would have made of the “1984” movie and the Eurythmics song about Winston Smith’s ultimate sin that featured on the soundtrack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcTP7YWPayU
Thanks for the link, Pan. I too explored his life and much of his writings ….trials and struggles in his hard life. Remarkable human being. One essay reveals their psychological pressure we are under in the so called norms of society.
“Shooting of an Elephant” was about an event in Burma while serving as a police officer for the Empire. Great read on sometimes our actions are literally force upon us…
George Orwell’s 1936 autobiographical essay, “Shooting an Elephant”, depicts a police officer in colonial Burma who is pressured by an angry mob to shoot an innocent elephant. The narrator wrestles with the decision, knowing that shooting the elephant will financially harm its owner and that the animal no longer poses a threat. He feels guilty about killing the animal simply for being an animal.
Outstanding
February is typically the coldest month for us here in Texas and in many parts of North America. Where I am in the Hill Country of Texas it will be in the high 70s today. we are bracing for what I believe is going to be a very warm spring and a very hot summer. we no longer try to grow anything in the garden during the summer. It’s just too hot and it takes too much water to keep things alive much less productive.
As Jason Box once said in an interview. Its not a question of whether the arctic and Greenland will melt that will happen. The question is how fast it will go. We can say safety say hold on to your butt! (Jurassic park quote)
There are lots of apposite quotes for this era in “Jurassic Park”. I like this exchange:
John Hammond (Richard Attenborough): I don’t think you’re giving us our due credit. Our scientists have done things which nobody’s ever done before…
Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum): Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should.
Hello Pan
Interesting piece on religion and climate science with a nice quote from Tolstoy. I have written an essay about it which I will spare you. It is an interesting theme…which is about the total failure of ‘urgency’ of the climate scientists in all their ‘peer reviewed’ pieces. ….
We must act now, and then they will take the ‘Maslow hammer’ from their toolbox and start hammering nails into planks that are already completely filled with the same ‘offerings’ of ‘meaningless’ graphs and concepts such as degrowth.
It is an interesting piece, Zip. I’ll post that final paragraph with the Tolstoy quote you mention, as it is one to ponder:
“As Russian author Leo Tolstoy once wrote, “Science is meaningless because it has no answer to the only questions that matter to us: ‘What should we do and how shall we live?‘” The climate crisis demands new ways of thinking, new ways of perceiving reality, and religion is fundamental to achieving that.”
But there is really a trivial flaw in the sentence, The climate crisis demands new ways of thinking, new ways of percieving reality, and religion is fundamental to achieving that.
The word religion should be replaced by the word philosophy. It is my understanding that philosophies are not subsets of religions. But religions are subsets of philosophies. To me religions are philosophies that use the idea of Gods or a God to overcome philosophical problems like ultimate authority in order to maintain unity and avoid intra group conflict.
Therefore to use the word philosophy religion outooks would still be included.
But if we say religion secular philosophies would be excluded.
I at first thought that was a serious flaw to exclude secular philosophies. But then I down graded that to trivial because the serious flaw is that the new ways of thinking had to be done long long ago before we even got close to a climate crisis. It is rather absurd to demand new ways of thinking now when it is way way way to late to change the outcome.
Though I suspose one could say well if we determine how we are going to die that means that we have sicnficantly changed the outcome. For example by not throwing Palestinians in to the world’s largest open air prison for years and then acting surprised and shocked when they attempted to change the situation. Or not waging an undeclared war on Russia since the time of the Crimean War and then acting suprised and shocked when Russia actually tries to defend itself. And instead we die not by fighting over some acres of soil but by offering our last blueberries flown in from Chile to a stranger. ( But certianly not a stranger that speaks english because then there is a pretty high chance that that person deserves to suffer.)
Wait, an exception might be made for someone who speaks english with an Irish accent. And if you are not sure if they have an Irish or a Scottish accent I guess that you could give them the benifit of the doubt.
But it probably would not matter much anyways as those blueberries would more than likely be the last food that the person would eat in any case.
I think there must be a Religious Principle to be added to the Godwin Law.
Introduce religion to any discussion on any topic, and the whole things devolves to mush.
Tolstoy’s quote is nonsensical and stupid – nobody on this burning planet has any “answers” on how to live, least of all the religious nuts.
Religion has been” fundamental” to achieving – what? Ignorance and anti-humanist hatred? Idiotic public spectacles of intense animosity? Forced-birthism?
Imagine having to kowtow to these butthurt fundamentalist religious practitioners complaining about not being “respected” by scientists – oh, wait, that’s what the consensus IPCC has had to do, and that’s what entire swaths of US research has to do now with the ex-casino owner’s diktat.
Well, you know what they say about religion and politics having no place in polite conversation, Martin…
Tolstoy’s argument rests on a straw man, as far as I can see, because it is not the job of science to offer meaning, although it may invoke wonder. As Curt says, that is the realm of philosophy, religion and spirituality.
It’s currently hot enough for me to walk around my Virginian hometown with only a short-sleeved shirt on and no shivers…
It’s not even March, and this isn’t some fluke day either, the weather report has a multi-day streak of this for the next week.
This is something that would be inconceivable to me growing up in the late 90s and early 2000s. Usually we don’t see weather like that until April. And as for summer weather, it feels like that extends all the way into October now.
It feels like my entire adult life has been running fully fledged lunacy on fast forward.
Kord, it is very February-like here in the Hebrides, so I can’t really complain.
Our February in 2021 was particularly bananas, I recall. The UK broke its February heat record on consecutive days with temps over 21C/70F in the SE England, and we had fires raging up here in the Western Isles and Highlands.
With all the exposes of compromised journalists and news outlets, I have come to trust C&E all the more.
There is a copycat now called Collapse Chronicles that covers the same turf, but occasionally tucked in there with the climate crisis news are surely MSM headlines. The propaganda state is getting ever more devious. My thesis: CC is just more FF industry messaging, skillfully obscured by headlines that are on point. Glaring example: 9-11 is always an ISIS hitjob, never a Deep State operation.
Thank you for the kind endorsement, Ian.
Collapse Chronicles is Sam Mitchell’s project. He’s been part of the doomosphere for years. I don’t think he is as narrowly focused on news aggregation as I am. For the curious, here’s an interview he did of Prof Eliot Jacobson (so often featured in these threads) about a year ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAy7lg-xv60
Seems AGW is coming at us faster. When does it become exponential?
Let me know when it gets unbearable. How long before AGW talk starts to increase in the Main Slime Media? It will be hilarious to watch the Right Wing Media have to swallow hard to say, global warming.