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“This is astonishing. Record breaking temperatures across the entire Mediterranean basin and very anomalous warmth to the southwest of the UK and through the Bay of Biscay.
“Anomalies are >5C above where they should be at this time of year.” [+3.84°C above the 1982-2015 average! Leon Simons]
https://x.com/Met4CastUK/status/1937464287791923357
“Another scorching day with 40.6 [105.9F] in Catalonia (Spain), 40.9C at Argeliers, France with more June records: 38.1 Lagrasse, 37.4 Le Castellet
“Yesterday super performance of Almeria, SPAIN: Record hot June day and night: Min 27.1 Max 40.9. Next days a real hell is coming: Up to 45/46!”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1937571835098337429
“Balearics [Spanish islands] declared storm disaster zone…
“Freak weather fronts cause serious damage over the winter in Mallorca. Extreme autumn weather warning for the Mediterranean. This summer will be hotter than normal in the Balearics.”
“French vineyards face growing pressure to adapt irrigation rules as climate change intensifies drought and threatens wine production…
“Experts argue that irrigation is essential for preserving vineyards during extreme heat and drought. Without it, vines can die from prolonged water stress. There are currently no viable alternatives to irrigation under these conditions.”
“Water shortages loom as drought approaches record year of 1976 [Netherlands].
“The official rainfall shortage – the amount needed to compensate for evaporation – increased by 32mm in the last week to 162mm, almost level with the record dry summer of 1976.”
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/06/water-shortages-loom-as-drought-approaches-record-year-of-1976/
“Switzerland’s famous glaciers are starting to look like Swiss cheese…
“Richard Alley, a geosciences professor and glaciologist at Penn State University, noted that glacier shrinkage has wide impacts on agriculture, fisheries, drinking water levels, and border tensions when it comes to cross-boundary rivers.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/switzerland-rhone-glacier-hole
“Cool spaces open in Athens as heatwave strikes…
“The heat will intensify through Thursday and Friday, peaking at 40-41°C (104-106°F) inland. Coastal regions and islands, including the Ionian, eastern Aegean and southern Crete, will also see highs between 35-38°C (95-100°F).”
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1273425/cool-spaces-open-in-athens-as-heatwave-strikes/
“Surat [NW India] reels under 13 inches of rain in 24 hours…
“Torrential rains battered South and Central Gujarat since early morning, leaving streets waterlogged and chaos unfolding across cities. A red alert has been issued in 11 districts till 4 pm as the weather threat deepens.”
“Floods Swamp Cities in Southwest China, And More Storms Due.
“Citizens in Guizhou and other parts of southern China have been swamped by days of record-breaking rainfall as the East Asia monsoon kicked into high gear over the past week.”
https://www.asiafinancial.com/floods-swamp-cities-in-southwest-china-and-more-storms-due
“Deadly dengue fever impacts climate-hit Bangladesh coast.
“Mosquito-borne dengue fever was rarely a major problem in Bangladesh’s coastal districts, but some hospitals are so full of those with the potentially deadly virus that patients are treated on the floor.”
“Shocking images of flooding in three Venezuelan provinces.
“There was material damage in several municipalities, with roads affected, families cut off from communication, and bridges collapsed.”
“Attention! The death toll from the landslide on the northeastern border of Medellín and Bello [Colombia] rises to 10…
“The tragedy on the border between the municipality of Bello and the northeastern part of Medellín continues to escalate as the hours pass.”
“The Gulf of Karankawa (Mexico) just set a new record for the hottest sea-surface temperature …
for the June 23rd since measurements began in 1982.” [Prof Eliot Jacobson]
https://x.com/EliotJacobson/status/1937527345688326565
“Poison hemlock thriving in Middle Tennessee after record rainfall.
“The toxic plant that killed Socrates is flourishing in Tennessee after the wettest May on record, experts warn about its distinctive purple-streaked stems.”
“Dangerous heat wave: Several East Coast cities break June heat records…
“Multiple cities in the Northeast, baking in the current heat wave, experienced their hottest June temperatures on record Tuesday afternoon, including Boston, Providence, Rhode Island; and Newark, New Jersey.”
“Over 150 people sick in ‘mass casualty’ event at graduations amid US heatwave.
“More than 150 people at two outdoor high school graduation ceremonies fell ill in a ‘mass casualty’ event amid the US heatwave.”
https://metro.co.uk/2025/06/24/150-people-sick-mass-casualty-graduations-us-heatwave-23498044/amp/
“Lightning Strikes the Arctic: What Will It Mean for the Far North?
“A warmer world is expected to bring more thunderstorms, especially at higher latitudes. Scientists are now reporting a dramatic surge in lightning in the Far North and are scrambling to parse how this could affect wildfires, the chemistry of the atmosphere, and Arctic ecosystems.”
https://e360.yale.edu/features/arctic-lightning-climate-change
[Humans suck department]
“Unborn dolphin calves have toxic metals in their blood, revealing horrific ocean pollution.
“The team detected copper, zinc, arsenic, vanadium, and mercury in the fetus recovered from the pregnant franciscana dolphin… “This is direct evidence of transplacental transfer,” stated Guilherme dos Santos Lima…”
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Thank you for todays roundup. Several reports of heat deaths of workers in the news feed; postal worker in Dallas Fort Worth. Also, air travel out of Dallas airport reported delays and cancellations due to extreme weather conditions.
How much longer can this be masked over from the public is anyone’s guess. Suppose as long as the A/C provides so relief, that is.
If not for C&E it is difficult to connect the dots on ones own, regardless of all the peer reviewed studies.
Thanks, VPK. I had not heard of those heat deaths. Yes for sure until the AC gives out for those of us lucky enough to work indoors. Sure feels like we are on the edge of big shifts!
A layman’s round-up of tipping points, I found it concise (and disturbing in its length). Reaches a different audience than usual. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvrFHwSa_qQ
Interesting! I had not seen that channel before. Thank you!
First them. Then us.
First the dolphin in its mother’s womb. Then humans in their glass towers.
We have proclaimed ourselves stewards of something we barely understand — as if the sea were a spreadsheet, the earth a pantry, and other species footnotes in our story. But meanwhile, whales still sing songs we cannot translate, and dolphins carry toxins we ourselves have excreted.
“Elevated above creation” — it’s a phrase that sounds like theology but ends up as an ecological declaration of guilt. The irony is that we only know that whales sing thanks to undersea microphones, military sonar, and scientific filters — but we can no longer hear them ourselves. Only the echo in a TED talk, or a GIF with subtitles.
And while we discuss technological solutions, on the other side of the placenta, the contract with life is already being broken.
Perhaps we should sit a little less “exalted” and listen a little more often — not to ourselves, but to the hissing of a warmer sea, the silence of a frightened calf, the cracking of an ice sheet.
No prestige.
No data dashboard.
“…the contract with life is already being broken.”
Indeed! We are part of the madness. It’s a wonder any of us here are still functioning! 😱
Sorry dolphins, that this scum species is destroying your Garden of Eden. At least, my beautiful creatures, this slime is not immune to the laws of nature. How do I say, in dolphinese; “Hope they get everything they deserve.”? Bet it will be worse than they can imagine.
Risking it’s total destruction before it gives up it’s ego. All right NTHE, it’s time to pick up the pace. Sorry! Slow down, it will make the suffering last longer.
I’ll be nice when the 8 billion admit they are fools.
Too much? Too soon? Never too unfiltered. 😉
Greenland melt spike in the forecast
https://cci-reanalyzer.org/wx/fcst_outlook/maps/d7-10/gfs_arc-lea_t2max_d7-10.png
Event will be posted here in about a week to 10 days.
https://nsidc.org/ice-sheets-today
Thanx again, Harry