Huge thanks to this month’s anonymous sponsor, who wishes me to lead with this splendid quote from “The Sting”: “If you’re playing a poker game and you look around the table and can’t tell who the sucker is, it’s you.” [Paul Newman, playing Henry Gondorff]
“Warming depletes Arctic soil’s nitrogen stores, irreversibly increasing CO₂ emissions… [Arctic sea-ice extent still at record low for the date per JAXA]
“”We already knew that climate change was causing Arctic soils to release more CO₂, but we thought at least some of the emissions would be offset by plant growth, which increases slightly with warming,” says Marañón. “But our study shows that this isn’t the case. Nitrogen is lost and soil fertility decreases, preventing Arctic ecosystems from offsetting microbial CO₂ emissions.””
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-depletes-arctic-soil-nitrogen-irreversibly.html
“Arctic tern numbers down nearly a third at key breeding site, experts warn.
“Numbers of Arctic terns nesting at a key breeding site [Northumberland, UK] have dropped by nearly a third this year, as experts warn climate change and disease are hitting the rare birds.”
“More than 80% of UK farmers worried about climate crisis harming livelihood, study finds…
“Farmers have warned that global heating risks Britain’s supplies of home-grown food amid wild swings in weather conditions, in new research carried out by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).”
“Spain and England have recorded their hottest June ever, as scorching temperatures continue to grip Europe.
“Spain’s weather service Aemet said the “extremely hot” June – with an average temperature of 23.6C (74.5F) – “has pulverised records”, surpassing the normal average for July and August.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70rrlexnwzo
“Climate change could bring tropical diseases to UK.
“Climate change is driving tropical infectious diseases like dengue and West Nile Virus northwards into Europe as pathogens thrive in hotter, more humid conditions, with fears the danger could spread to the UK.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/dengue-fever-uk-climate-change-b2781314.html
“The Netherlands is officially experiencing a heatwave.
“It’s the 31st heatwave since 1901. 15 of which occurred since 2000. Implying an increase of ~300%!” [Leon Simons]
https://x.com/LeonSimons8/status/1940374328966828446
“HISTORIC DAY IN GERMANY -40 DEGREES – NATIONWIDE AVERAGE MAX. 35.4 (record:35.5 25 Jul 2019).
“Dozens of records including – ALL TIME RECORDS: 37.4 [99.3F] Bochum, 35.7 Barth, 35.2 Hiddensee-Vitte, 34.0 Berleburg, JULY RECORDS: 38.0 Lippstadt, 37.9 Wittenberg, 36.6 Dresden.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1940496505724649567
“France and Switzerland shut down nuclear power plants amid scorching heatwave…
“Europe’s ongoing heatwave means that the water pumped by nuclear sites is already very hot, impacting the ability of nuclear plants to use it to cool down. On top of this, nuclear sites run the risk of posing a dangerous threat to local biodiversity, by releasing water which is too hot into rivers and seas.”
“Hottest June on record for high elevation stations in Switzerland!
“They all have broken their 2003 record, demonstrating the incredible nature of this air mass in altitude!” [Melaine Le Roy]
https://x.com/subfossilguy/status/1940365500586049750
“Swiss lakes reach record high temperatures…
“If we refer to the standard established using the average for the years 1983 to 2024, the increase represents between four and seven degrees. Meteonews attributes this increase almost entirely to the heatwave that has been affecting the country for almost two weeks.”
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-adaptation/record-temperature-rise-in-swiss-lakes/89620326
“Dozens evacuated from Austrian village after mudslide covers parts of Alpine valley.
“The Austrian Armed Forces used a Black Hawk helicopter to fly out around 100 people from the village of Gschnitz and three mountain huts higher up. Severe thunderstorms on Monday set off a mudslide, leaving homes covered with water and debris.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/tyrol-black-hawk-switzerland-b2780305.html
“Thousands evacuate as wildfire burns in Crete…
“At least 155 firefighters, along with 38 water trucks and support teams, have been deployed to the municipality of Ierapetra, where the fire has already caused severe damage to homes and hotels.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/03/greece-crete-wildfire-thousands-evacuate/
“Two people have lost their lives in a wildfire burning in west Catalonia since Tuesday evening.
“Firefighters informed that the victims were the owner and a worker from a local farm. One of the main hypotheses is that the owner tried to rescue the worker, who was feeling sick from the smoke.”
“The Mediterranean is on fire.
“A buoy off the coast of Majorca has measured a sea surface temperature of 31ºC [87.8F], the average AUGUST temperature is 26ºC. Temperatures range from 3-7ºC above average across the basin. This marine heatwave is setting new records for what’s possible.”
https://x.com/Met4CastUK/status/1940459562274029913
“Climate change has doubled the world’s heatwaves: how Africa is affected…
“…our study focused on a heatwave that saw temperatures rise above 45°C in the Sahel (the semiarid region of western and north-central Africa). During this heatwave, Mali recorded temperatures of close to 50°C.”
“JUAN DE NOVA AGAIN! Min 26.1 Max 31.0 [87.8F] Juan de Nova Island – HOTTEST JULY NIGHT IN FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES and Record July max. for Juan de Nova
“Juan de Nova has broken records in all 2023 months, re-broke all of them in 2024 and it’s re-re-breaking all of them again in 2025.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1940047752349483207
“Reaching an impasse: Egypt raises the stakes against Ethiopia over Nile dam dispute…
“In describing the GERD as a threat to his country’s existence, the Egyptian foreign minister echoed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who also repeatedly branded the Ethiopian dam project in the same manner. Sisi also repeatedly said several times in recent years that his country’s water security is a “red line” Cairo would not allow anybody to cross.”
https://www.newarab.com/news/egypt-raises-stakes-against-ethiopia-over-nile-dam-row
“98% of Quneitra’s Dams Reach ‘Dead Storage’ Levels [Syria].
“Experts warn that the crisis in Quneitra is not a seasonal anomaly but a symptom of deeper climate and water system changes across Syria,”
“HISTORIC RECORDS IN IRAN:
“50.0 [122F] Tabas* 711M asl, 49.8 Zabol, 49.7 Khor* 842m asl, 46C at 1200m; MINIMUMS up to 30C at 1400m asl. World record temperatures at mid high elevations. Also 46C in Turkmenistan, mins >30C.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1940434697785573795
“Kashmir Records Hottest June Since 1978; Water Shortages, Early School Breaks Amid Scorching Summer…
“The heatwave has triggered widespread water shortages. Streams and irrigation canals, especially in south Kashmir, are drying up, leaving farmers worried. “If there are no immediate rains, we fear our entire crop will be lost,” said Pulwama-based farmer Abdul Qayoom.”
“Record rainfall in central China leads to flooding and evacuations.
“Gushing brown torrents washed away cars in the city of 300,000 deluged on Monday night, local media videos showed online, as more than 14 inches of rain fell in one area… Chinese meteorologists blame climate change for heavier and more frequent rain…”
“China’s north and west on red alert for heavy rains…
“Although China has a nationwide system to forecast and monitor severe weather, scientists say it is hard to make localised predictions, especially in rural communities that lack forecasting capabilities.”
“Ocean warming is pushing sea life into new territories [off S Korea].
“Once native to the rocky shores of Jeju Island, the top shell Turbo sazae is now moving north. Scientists at KIOST have linked the snail’s shifting range to rising sea temperatures driven by climate change.”
https://www.earth.com/news/ocean-warming-is-pushing-sea-life-into-new-territories/
“EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN THE KOREAS – insane MINIMUM temperature of 30.4C [86.7F] at Kangeung SOUTH KOREA HOTTEST NIGHT IN HISTORY. [S Korea has just had its hottest June, too.]
“Extreme humidity and deadly dew points are affecting the whole East Asia in the worst heat wave in history.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1940555394042167467
“Japan recorded its HOTTEST JUNE since records began in 1898 — and with a jaw-dropping anomaly!
National average temperature was +2.34°C above normal, breaking the previous record of +1.43°C in 2020, according to JMA.” [Sayaka Mori]
https://x.com/sayakasofiamori/status/1940038174727905607
“INDONESIA RECORD HEAT:
“Record heat never ends in Indonesia. It has been going on for over 800 consecutive days. Tonight it was the July hottest night in history at Tarakan with a minimum of 27.7C [81.9].”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1940208215431811187
“Heavy rains recorded in recent hours in the province of Zamora Chinchipe, in the Ecuadorian Amazon, caused flooding and affected residents….
“…due to the increased flow of the Zamora River on the afternoon of July 1, the force of the current swept away two bridges, one pedestrian and one vehicular, collapsing both structures.”
“Key climate change reports removed from US government websites…
“Scientists said the peer-reviewed authoritative reports save money and lives. Websites for the national assessments and the US Global Change Research Program were down Monday and Tuesday with no links, notes or referrals elsewhere.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/01/climate-change-reports-removed-trump
“As expected (see June 2017), after two years that averaged +1.60 °C, June 2025 was ‘only’ +1.30 °C above pre-industrial.
“The lowest anomaly month since May 2023. Impacted by a Relative La Niña of -0.67 (RONI centred on March, assuming a 3-month delayed global temp impact).” [Leon Simons]
https://x.com/LeonSimons8/status/1940401980989694424
“Droughts worldwide pushing tens of millions towards starvation, says report…
““Drought is no longer a distant threat. It is here, escalating, and demands urgent global cooperation. When energy, food and water all go at once, societies start to unravel. That’s the new normal we need to be ready for.””
“Methane-tracking satellite backed by Bezos lost in space…
“MethaneSAT, which was designed to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions with “unprecedented resolution,” was also funded by Wellington and the US-based Environmental Defense Fund. However, the satellite was plagued with technical problems and recently stopped responding to its Earth-bound controllers.”
https://www.dw.com/en/methane-tracking-satellite-backed-by-jeff-bezos-lost-in-space/a-73113795
“Company’s carbon credits raise questions about unproven ocean technology to fight global warming…
“On paper, companies that buy credits achieve a smaller carbon footprint without needing to reduce their own emissions — for instance, by paying another vendor to plant trees or capture carbon dioxide from the air.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/carbon-credits-new-zealand-algae-israel-italy-b2781641.html
“How hopeful can we be about AI climate tech?
“…AI climate tech that looks great in the lab can struggle in real life. Scientists this week claimed a Meta research project raised false hopes about sucking carbon out of the air, arguing its approach lacked scientific rigour.”
https://www.ft.com/content/bd835b8f-e39a-4e5f-84d0-2fb019b47b80
“Experiencing extreme weather and disasters is not enough to change views on climate action, study shows…
“Prior research shows less dramatic and chronic events like rainfall or temperature anomalies have less influence on public views than more acute hazards like floods or bushfires. Even then, the influence on beliefs and behaviour tends to be slow and limited.”
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At what point do the inhabitants of the northern shores and islands of the Mediterranean realise that, as correctly predicted by the models, climate change is leading to desertification, desertification means turning into a desert, deserts don’t have trees, the way trees are lost is through drought and wildfires, there is no escape from this. By the last article probably not for some time yet.
George, I guess it takes a lot before people will give up on their ancestral homelands and turn climate refugee. For now, they are doing their best to adapt, like these Almerian farmers trying to combat creeping desertification with soil regeneration:
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/battling-desertification-bringing-soil-back-to-life-in-semiarid-spain/
“As expected (see June 2017), after two years that averaged +1.60 °C, June 2025 was ‘only’ +1.30 °C above pre-industrial.”
Finally some good news… uhhhh sort of? Anyway, let’s hope it lasts longer than the likes of us expect!
I have maintained since the days that I frequently posted on Michigan Professor Juan Cole’s website that La Ninas do not cool the planet. They just store the heat somewhere that it does not get measured. Therefore the 1.3° claim is an illusion.
Any layman should be able to understand that let alone an expert. Therefore the so called experts should have been figuring out how to properly measure the heat not let the masses toy with the idea that the planet is even termporarily cooling.
Curt and Jupiviv, who knows what happens next… Global heat anomalies tend to be less pronounced during the NH summer months but, even so, we have just seen temps drop way down to not much above 1C. The forecast is for them to ping rapidly back up again, though.
Global sea temps are still third highest on record and way above anything preceding the crazy spikes of 2023 and 2024. Meanwhile, as reported in the previous thread, temps over land were record high from Jan through May, and obviously we are still seeing lots of local heat records fall.
This looks interesting:
Earth’s Greatest Enemy – A New Film by Abby Martin [OFFICIAL TEASER]
Thank you, Abby Martin is a top notch journalist and remember her with Michael Ruppert interviews. Her heartfelt announcement tribute of his death still tears me up. She is holding the torch that Michael asked her to under take.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MenAzPSWyDw&t=109s&pp=ygUrQWJieSBNYXJ0aW4gb24gdGhlIGRlYXRoIG9mIG1pY2hhZWwgcnVwcGVydNIHCQnBCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D
RIP, Michael Ruppert and thank you for Abby Martin’s movie trailer, Edward.
Boogeymen don’t get much more abominable than the US military-industrial complex – worse even than Big Oil(!) – so I’m sure she’ll find plenty of sympathetic viewers. I’m kind of over the blame-game, though, however deserving the targets, and prepared to admit my own complicity in our mess.
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At least today’s thread didn’t feature any crazy people from The Cato Institute, Cassandra. 😂
I was actually a little curious about them and did some digging. They’ve recently changed their stance on climate change from pretty barefaced denial to peddling the line that human ingenuity and free markets are all that’s needed to dig us out of our mess. This from 2019:
“The Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., quietly shut down a program that for years sought to raise uncertainty about climate science, leaving the libertarian think tank co-founded by Charles Koch without an office dedicated to global warming.”
https://www.science.org/content/article/us-think-tank-shuts-down-prominent-center-challenged-climate-science
That’s amazing.
Like a German deli using the barter system, things have taken a tern for the wurst.
Hydro and nuclear are supposedly green, but both can easily become stranded assets, which negates any carbon credits they may be given.
The pic of the nuclear reactors spewing steam reminds me that everyone accepting nuclear as “green” conveniently dismisses the fact that water vapor is a powerful greenhouse gas; although it doesn’t last for centuries, the building of enough nuclear reactors to actually make a difference in CO2 emissions would simply fast forward climate change, like every other purported “solution” that pours tons of CO2 into the troposphere before a single molecule can be kept out of it.
Altho it’s become quite apparent that Jevon’s paradox has been more than proven during the 1‘st quarter of this 21’st century alone, the chimera of thermodynamic miracles remains firmly rooted enough that any scheme the corporate sphere concocts will continue to garnish public support and funding, even as they exacerbate the problem they we’re supposedly designed to solve for the simple reason that the primary impetus for any solution that is proposed at all is to make profits for the investors.
The trollop in the Whitehouse knows what the Trollope of “The Way We Live Now” knew: just as the financiers of the US Railroads had their profits in hand well before the first track was laid, their modern-day equivalents enjoy, via perfectly legal financial legerdemain, the same privilege. Hence, should their green machines not function as advertised, (which they won’t , ‘cause they can’t) it is the public, not their bottom lines, that suffer.
“…conveniently dismisses the fact that water vapor is a powerful greenhouse gas.”
Rob, this type of emissions from nuclear power plants had never occurred to me. I’m sure you’re right and that the construction of scores more plants + uranium mining, and fuel processing, along with the water vapour, would cause non-trivial emissions.
I must admit, though, that it is the post-collapse ramifications of our dalliance with nuclear power that concerns me most.
https://graphics.reuters.com/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/INSECT-APOCALYPSE/egpbykdxjvq/ Old article but relevant bugs disappear
Thanks for this, Heather. I’ve been relieved to spot quite a few bees in my very unkempt garden this year. Long may that continue!
A couple days ago I was walking in a parking lot. One side of the parking lot was lined by a hedge about 4 feet hight and perhaps 70 meters long. The hedge was covered with Yellow flowers. I decided to walk along the hedge and count the bees. I counted 3 bees on the flowers along the hedge.
I took a picture of the hedge. I just looked at it and I failed to consider something else the dedge was about 30 inces wide on top and the top was covered in flowers. And there was an electical charger in the picture that allows me to say that the hedge is more likely 5 foot high. There must have been at least 5000 flowers there, and only 3 bees for those 5 thousand llowers.
If we are lucky there were only 3 bees because maybe in bee culture these flowers do not turn bees on like maybe roses and lavender does.
Some types of hydrangeas and forsythias are not very appealing to bees. Sometimes see them as a hedge.
Roses are plural and lavender is singular but roses and lavender together are plural so I should have written do not does. I hope that I do not get stung for that mistake.
Not worth any stings, in my opinion! I appreciate your comments and on the ground reporting,
I never make written mistakes,it’s all poetic lyscents. I learned denial from the “It’s not my fault!” species.
Who cares about NTHE? I’m sick of all the doomers. Everything’s great, The Big Beautiful Bill passed. That’s today’s lesson about majority rule.
Is that working out as well as unregulated free market capitalism, tariffs & 1.5C?
https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/
What fight?
Good one! 😉