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“See How Marine Heat Waves Are Spreading Across the Globe.
“Sea surface temperatures in 2024 broke records and about a quarter of the world’s oceans are experiencing temperatures that qualify as a marine heat wave… Hotter oceans are causing drastic changes to marine life, sea levels and weather patterns.”
“A negative Indian Ocean Dipole could emerge later this year, suggests new ECMWF seasonal guidance.
“Unusually warm seas in the eastern Indian Ocean may enhance rainfall in Australasia and reduce rainfall in parts of the Pacific. Globally, marine heat waves will be widespread.“
https://x.com/BenNollWeather/status/1931346657326596530
“‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study.
“…a new study by the UK’s Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), the Washington-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Oregon State University’s Co-operative Institute for Marine Resources Studies found that ocean acidification’s “boundary” was also reached about five years ago.“
“Coral reefs migrating poleward too slowly to escape rapid ocean warming, simulation study shows…
“The team designed a global simulation model that included roughly 50,000 coral reef sites, incorporating processes essential to coral reef health, such as how corals grow, disperse, evolve, and adapt to heat stress.”
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-coral-reefs-migrating-poleward-slowly.html
“As Arctic ice vanishes, maritime traffic boom fuels the climate crisis.
“…new shipping routes between continents are opening up, and the yearly window for navigating through these freezing waters is expanding. But there is a heavy toll that comes with increased traffic in the Arctic, a fragile environment that is rapidly collapsing.”
“ENDLESS RECORD HEAT IN RUSSIA:
“Dozens of thousands of records have fallen all over Russia since March, continuously, with intense heat waves sweeping the country from Europe to Asia one after another. North of 50 latitude temp >38C [100F] continues today with minimums up to 24C.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1932050284638835038
“Moscow flooded by abnormal rainfall. Planes could not land, and a person was pulled into a sewer.
“Moscow and the Moscow region are facing the consequences of a heavy downpour that hit the region on Sunday, June 8. The elements flooded a metro station, disrupted the airport, caused traffic disruptions and left residents of the region with gardens destroyed by hail.”
https://www.e1.ru/text/incidents/2025/06/09/75564137/
“Tens of thousands of tree saplings killed by drought in England.
“…One of the worst-hit schemes — the Dorn and Glyme Valley Woodland in the Cotswolds — involved 189,505 trees planted across nearly 100 hectares. More than 40 per cent have failed, with drought cited as the primary cause.”
“Forest crisis sparks alarm that Europe will miss net-zero targets.
“A sudden and dramatic decline in the amount of carbon being soaked up by European forests is causing alarm among scientists, with fears that the sharp downturn could undermine efforts to curb global warming.”
“Severe storm hits Bucharest, causing floods and disrupting transport.
“A powerful storm swept through Bucharest on Monday afternoon, June 9, prompting a large-scale emergency response as torrential rain overwhelmed the city’s infrastructure. Several streets and boulevards were flooded…”
https://www.romania-insider.com/storm-bucharest-floods-june-2025
“MEDITERRANEAN EXTRAORDINARY HEAT:
“Hundreds of stations at record levels all over the Mediterranean, except in Italy (nowhere close to records): Portugal – 38.2 [100.8F] Braga Marelim June record; Spain – Insane 41.5C Almeden 590m asl; 45C in Algeria; 37.6 Tirana, Albania. Night temperatures >30 in Greece.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1932141837499699225
“Greece water emergency: from drought to disaster.
“From shrinking reservoirs next to Athens to bone-dry farmlands in central Greece, the signs are evident everywhere. Lake Marathon is at its lowest level in years. Farmers are watching their fields dry before the summer peak, and on the islands, tourists arrive by ferry while water is delivered by truck.”
https://euroweeklynews.com/2025/06/09/greece-water-emergency-from-drought-to-disaster/
“Greek Seas Record Unseasonably High Temperatures in June.
“Sea surface temperatures across the Aegean and Ionian Seas have reached unusually high levels for June, according to the National Observatory of Athens. Current readings show temperatures between 20°C and 22°C (68–71.6°F), significantly exceeding seasonal norms.”
https://pappaspost.com/greek-seas-record-unseasonably-high-temperatures-in-june/
“In ALGERIA the heat is historic – temperatures >42C in the northern highlands. Record for June also at Maghnia with 42.6C [108.7F].
“Incredibly, in 2025 in Sicily, Italy some stations have never risen above their MARCH records like Palermo. In 2024/2025 years 0 records, the only place in the world.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1931792783108444243
“SUMMER IN WINTER – record heat never ends in Southern Africa. It moved to Madagascar and Mozambique.
“MADAGASCAR: 35.5C [95.9F] Mahjunga June hottest day in history; MOZAMBIQUE: Temperatures up to 34C in Tete and Massangena. Hotter tomorrow.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1932097485050122584
“Zimbabwe plans to cull dozens of elephants and distribute the meat for consumption in an effort to manage the growing elephant population, according to a statement from its wildlife authority on Tuesday.
“The country is home to the second-largest elephant population in the world, following Botswana.”
“Aid cuts put vital work to protect millions in Ethiopia from climate crisis at risk.
“…thanks to aid cuts, agencies in charge of distributing money are having to focus on emergency humanitarian aid over programmes like Anticipatory Action or other activities that prioritise longer-term climate resilience.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/aid-trump-us-uk-ethiopia-climate-weather-b2751865.html
“Turkmenistan’s deepening water crisis could have far-reaching regional consequences.
“Exacerbated by a changing climate, almost a century of unsustainable practices, and new regional developments, this crisis is not just an environmental problem—it’s an unfolding human tragedy that could have significant economic and political ramifications well beyond its borders.”
“Water crisis deepens in Pakistan: Indus basin dams near dead levels.
“A sharp drop in water flow from key dams in Pakistan’s Indus Basin has sparked concerns over the country’s agricultural and water security. According to recent reports cited by News18, the flow has declined by nearly 15% compared to the same period last year.”
“India’s $80 billion coal-power boom is running short of water…
“Many of the 20 people interviewed by Reuters for this story, which included power company executives, energy officials and industry analysts, said the thermal expansion likely portended future conflict between industry and residents over limited water resources.”
“Climate change heightens risk of Indian farmer suicides…
“Dwindling yields due to water shortages, floods, rising temperatures and erratic rainfall, coupled with crippling debt, have taken a heavy toll on a sector that employs 45 percent of India’s 1.4 billion people.”
“Record rainfall followed by floods and landslides batter Northeast India…
“Explaining this unusually high intensity of rainfall, Rahul Mahanta, Associate Professor at Cotton University, Guwahati, who specialises in climate science, told Mongabay India, “This year, sea surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal have been abnormally high.””
“Severe rainstorms disrupt China’s national college entrance exam (Gaokao).
“Torrential rains caused widespread flooding in parts of eastern and central China, including Wuhu and Changsha, on June 7 and 8, 2025, disrupting the national college entrance examination (Gaokao). The Gaokao is China’s most important academic exam…”
“The heat wave in northern China has further expanded today, with Turpan in Xinjiang reaching 44.8C and AWS reaching 47.1C / 116.8F (Mangxiaohu).
“Tomorrow, some stations in northwest China may hit the June record.”
https://x.com/yangyubin1998/status/1932054356561662214
“SE ASIA RECORD HEAT – in just one week of June, nearly all tropical countries have broken heat records (unprecedented in world climatic history).
“MYANMAR wasn’t spared from it; 39.0C [102.2F] at Nyaunglaybin yesterday broke its monthly June maximum temperature in history.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1931288082437038468
“AMOC decline linked to increased dry season rainfall in parts of the Amazon rainforest.
“…the study is the first to identify a causal pathway from the AMOC to the Southern Amazon from reanalysis and observational data. A weakening AMOC leads to a cooling of North Atlantic Sea surface temperatures, and this causes increased rainfall in the Southern Amazon during the dry season.”
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-amoc-decline-linked-dry-season.html
“Search intensifies for young woman swept away by Pacaya River while trying to save her motorcycle [Honduras].
“After several hours of heavy rain, the Pacaya River burst its banks on Saturday in Zone 2 of the Escuintla departmental capital, severely affecting the Ferrocarrilero, Entre Ríos, and Popular neighborhoods. The flow swept away logs, rocks, and tons of trash…”
“EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN MEXICO – HISTORIC.
“46.0C [114.8F] at Bolanos ties the HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN THE JALISCO STATE. Once again, Mexican climatic history is rewritten and more record heat is expected next days.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1931470698448298272
“Canyon, Texas declares second disaster after hailstorm slams city weeks after tornado.
“For the second time in just over a month, the City of Canyon has declared a disaster after back-to-back severe weather events battered the Texas Panhandle community with tornadoes, hail, and high winds.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/canyon-declares-second-disaster-hailstorm-161753839.html
““I’ve never seen hail this devastating”: How local farmers were impacted by recent hailstorm [Colorado]
““I’ve never seen hail this devastating with such a wide path. I mean you’ll get spots of hail, but never such a wide path of hail,” said Nieslanik. Nieslanik said they still need to assess all the damage that was done to the crops. She also said that everything was going to be set back by at least two weeks.”
“Midwestern dust storms double as climate change and farming strip soil bare.
“Dust storms are creeping into the Midwest, where fertile soil is the backbone of U.S. agriculture. The storms carry fertilizer residue, pesticides, and other pollutants into rivers, lungs, and crops. The combination of hotter temperatures and intensive row cropping —especially corn and soy — strips fields of cover and speeds erosion…”
“Just in: U.S. just saw it’s 2nd-warmest spring on record.” [NOAA]
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-202505
“Stifling heat hits the Pacific Northwest with 100-degree days through midweek…
“Stifling conditions are settling into the Pacific Northwest and Columbia River Basin to start the week, with triple-digit temperatures and readings flirting with records. The brief but intense heat wave will last through the middle of the week…”
“Temperature records fall in BC several communities, Lytton flirts with 40C [104F].
“Scorching heat burned through the temperature record books on Sunday across parts of southern B.C. New [daily] record highs were set in a dozen communities including Kamloops, Princeton, Clinton and Lytton, which was the hottest spot in the province.”
“Above normal temperatures, accelerated snowmelt point towards another year of drought in BC…
“By this time of the year, about half of the seasonal snowmelt has melted, on average. However, the data shows that two thirds of the snowpack has melted, which has been driven by normal temperatures in April and hot weather in the final week of May…”
“Methane leaks from dormant oil and gas wells in Canada are seven times worse than thought, study suggests.
“There are more than 425,000 inactive oil and gas wells across Canada, most of which are in Alberta and Saskatchewan. This means that the number of measured wells is very small, at only 0.1 percent.”
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-methane-leaks-dormant-oil-gas.html
“Climate Change Is Driving Antibiotic Resistance in Soils.
“This discovery is especially important because soil is a major reservoir of bacteria, many of which can transfer resistance genes to harmful bugs that infect humans and animals. The study found that climate warming is making soil bacteria more adaptable, more active and better equipped to survive medicines that are meant to kill them.”
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The worldwide backlash to C&E is taking many more forms as each day unfolds like waves of lava headed toward a beach. Here is one such rearguard attempt, by grist.org, which is a mouthpiece for fossil fuel corporate interests promoting the fictions of “climate solutions” and a “just future”:
https://grist.org/oceans/amoc-atlantic-ocean-collapse-science-tipping-point/
The human world can’t accept more “bad, bad, bad” like each day’s C&E. But if the powers that be just lie with nonsensical “good, good, good,” people will easily detect the essential falsehood. So global corporate intelligence and artificial intelligence (actually the same thing) have devised “ bad, bad, but a little less bad” confabulations like this AMOC-overturning Pooh-pooher.
“Mitigate, mitigate, dance to the music.”
When has collective humanity ever “mitigated” anything about the lives of the poor, those forced by poverty to migrate to pro-virus contagion disequal states?
To be fair, even the researcher at the end of the grist.org apologetics can’t lie about achieving newfound climate happiness, but face it, C&E and C&E fans, “a little less bad than fully, completely bad” is what you are going to be eating each day for the rest of your life, complete with the obligatory absurd “tippling points” headline.
“Tippling points.” Was that an intentional pun or a Freudian slip, Martin?! 😂 Makes me think of that doomer drinking game, where you’re supposed to take a slug of something fortifying every time you encounter a climate headline that says, “Worse/Sooner/Faster than expected.”
Even a weakening of the AMOC would be pretty dire for us Hebrideans, all things being equal, which of course they won’t be. We’d be tippling like crazy on our abundant whisky just to make it through the day. More so.
Yeah, intentional. Have gotten tired of the endless warnings in the same tired cliches terms. Salud.
I’m also working on an open mic monologue by Humanity.
Humanity: Yeah, you’ve warned me over and over about these goddam “tipping points.” You say everything I do is wrong, that it’s all my goddam fault, I’ve got to change everything by one month/a year/three years/five years “or else.” This “tipping point” is about to be breached, 6 out of 9, 20 out of 15, 23% here, 49% there.
You know what, a “tipping point” means – ” a “point of no return.” It means game over. No more threats, no do-overs, shit’s over and done and final. Nothing more to talk about, no threats, no conferences, no politics, no interventions – game is O-V-E-R.
So you wonder what were going to do with all your “tipping point” warnings/threats/position papers? We’re going to blow past them. Each and every one of them. Watch us.
You’ve got a “tipping point” for us to consider? Consider it blown. If not tomorrow, then the day after. “Cos that’s the way we do things.
Oh yeah, the ozone – I forgot. Oh, we sure showed the planet what we could do if we put our minds to it. A tipping point warning was made, and we responded – as the supremely intelligent, well-governed species we think ourselves to be.
Well, for awhile, Sort of. Something that was easily done with replacement parts ready to go. On the other hand, anybody checked the ozone holes lately? Smelling kind of ozonish here down on Planet Human.
Well, it’s certainly apposite, Martin, even if it’s a bit short on yuks for an open mic. Think there might be some heckling. 😂
“Just in: U.S. just saw it’s 2nd-warmest spring on record.” [NOAA]
I don’t doubt this, but, spring hasn’t officially ended yet. June 20 is the summer solstice. So, this claim seems premature even if the remaining days don’t change the outcome.
Edward, meteorological spring in the Northern Hemisphere, as opposed to astrological spring, ends on May 31st.
Ahh, Fiscal Spring – like fiscal years.
Here’s another article at Collapse 2050 by Sarah Connor (Not sure that’s the real name of the writer).
The Carbon Capture Mirage: Why We’re Betting on a Fantasy
She boils it down. More techno fantasy.
It’s all techno fantasy, from the techno gods.
That sounds like a flyer for an epic night out, Nat. 😎
Thank you for that, Edward. I recall reading recently that Swiss company, Climework’s carbon capture plant in Iceland was actually producing more carbon than it was capturing, and is therefore a total boondoggle.
And, as per today’s thread, our attempts to offset carbon with tree-planting here in the UK are faltering because drought is killing off so many of the saplings.