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“Earth just tied its hottest month on record, NOAA says…
“NOAA’s July global climate report calculated that July 2026 tied 2024 as Earth’s hottest July, with the planet’s temperature 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average… Among other areas of the globe with record warmth in July were the planet’s oceans.”
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/earth-just-tied-hottest-month-122440735.html
“Late Paleozoic Ice Age warming event hints at potential climate ‘tipping point’.
“It started small. A modest rise in global ocean surface temperatures… Melting permafrost released methane into the atmosphere, and that methane dramatically amplified the initial warming. By the time it was over, global sea surface temperatures had climbed by more than 7 degrees Celsius (12 degrees Fahrenheit).”
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-late-paleozoic-ice-age-event.html
“Climate models now unanimously expect the strongest El Niño on record this year.
“Eight of them expect the record-breaking margin to be wide — at least a degree Celsius. There is no modern precedent… And now, one of the strongest westerly wind bursts of the year is about to commence, which could once again bump up El Niño strength forecasts.” [Ben Noll]
https://x.com/BenNollWeather/status/2087184763492692303
“Phytoplankton dramatically decline following El Niño arrival…
“The impact of this subdued phytoplankton growth extends far beyond the open ocean. Phytoplankton support virtually all marine creatures, their absence triggers a domino effect up the food chain: zooplankton starve, leaving commercial fish stocks, seabirds and marine mammals without nourishment.”
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/phytoplankton-dramatically-decline-following-el-nino-arrival/
“Greenland Meltwater Is Bending Europe’s Jet Stream Into Record Heatwaves.
“Cold blob south of Iceland deflects polar jet stream northward, parking heat domes over Europe each summer… Marilena Oltmanns, a climate physicist at the University of Bremen, led a 2024 study showing that the cold blob has a direct connection to European summer heat that goes through the jet stream.”
“‘Extreme heat is not a distant threat’: UK on the brink of warmest summer on record.
“The UK is on track to experience its warmest summer since records began in 1884, driven by a series of relentless heatwaves and severe human-caused climate change… Forecasters note that only average weather conditions are needed through the remainder of August to permanently shatter the record.”
“HISTORIC HEAT – MONTHLY RECORDS:
“IRELAND: 31.2 Casement, 29.3 Gurteen; UK: 35.7 Ross-on-Wye, 34.9 Whitechurch, 34.3 Bude, 34.2 Aberporth, 34.1 Westonbirt, 33.4 Swyddffynnon, 33.2 Plymouth, 32.2 Bala, 31.4 Rochdale, and 35.3 [95.5F] Goggerdan HOTTEST AUGUST DAY IN WALES.“
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2087623617454420076
“Nurses fainting in ‘inhumane’ conditions due to extreme heat, union warns [UK]…
“Amid growing pressure from Labour backbenches to fully acknowledge the urgency of adaptation measures as the climate crisis bites, Burnham said he was for now focusing on the immediate crises caused by an ongoing summer of extreme heat.”
“HISTORIC HEAT WAVE IN EUROPE. Records from West to East:
“FRANCE – 28 Monthly records (see list by Meteociel). Hotter tomorrow. ALL TIME RECORDS: CROATIA – 40.2 [104.4F] Split (Min 30.5), 40.1 Dubrovnik, 39.8 Senj, Min 30.0 Rab. ITALY: 38.4 Udine AP, 39.2 R. Legionari tie.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2087606306114842804
“EU fuelling economic ‘doom loop’ by weakening climate rules during record heatwave, Dutch bank says.
“A Dutch bank has warned that Europe risks falling into a “doom loop” in which climate damage slows economic growth, prompting governments to weaken climate policy, and so leaving the continent even more exposed to future heatwaves.”
“A punishing European drought shrivels crops from Dutch potatoes to Bosnian corn…
“The drought that is roasting much of Europe this summer is taking a heavy toll on crops across the continent, from potatoes in the Netherlands to corn in Bosnia and grapes in Italy. Even when farmers try to adapt, the extreme weather is hitting their crops and water supplies.”
“The ice tunnel that has carried generations of mountaineers out of the Aiguille du Midi cable car station and onto the high ridge above Chamonix [France] no longer exists.
“After days of failed attempts to stabilize the structure amid a punishing summer heatwave, crews from the Compagnie du Mont-Blanc dismantled the tunnel this week, closing off — for now — one of the most iconic access points in the Alps.”
“The Bella-Tola Glacier in the Valais canton of Switzerland has completely melted away and disappeared.
“Local reports and photographic evidence confirmed that consecutive, extreme summer heatwaves have entirely erased the small ice mass on the northern slope of the 3,025-metre peak above Saint-Luc, leaving behind only rock, stones, and a few temporary snow patches.”
https://pomona.ch/en/story/785103/the-bellatola-glacier-has-disappeared
“Current Swiss summer has broken many 2003 records…
“The average temperature so far this summer has been around 0.7 degrees Celcius higher than that of the summer of 2003, which had previously been the hottest summer since records began in 1864. The number of hot days with temperatures above 30 degrees was also higher at most measuring stations.”
“The rising fiscal risk of wildfires and heat [Greece]…
“Arghyrou declined to say how much public funding would be allocated to the [resilience] strategy, but said additional investment would be financed largely through higher tax revenues generated by a crackdown on Greece’s informal economy.”
https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1312343/the-rising-fiscal-risk-of-wildfires-and-heat/
“The sea around Spain getting warmer leads to more flooding…
“”Annual temperature anomalies for the 40-year series show a clear upward trend over the last two decades, both in the Mediterranean basins and in the Atlantic, of 0.025C per year, and in the Mediterranean, with 0.037C per year,” the study says.”
https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/getting-warmer-there-20260811130905-nt.html
“The punk and the bruiser: Invasive species thrive as global warming transforms the Mediterranean.
“Driven by rising global temperatures and facilitated by the Suez Canal, a non-native species now enters the Mediterranean roughly every two weeks. Scientists have identified over 1,000 alien species, completely disrupting native ecosystems, fisheries, and coastal economies.”
“Flash floods destroy homes, displace dozens in Sudan’s North Darfur…
“The latest flooding comes as Sudanese civilians continue to bear the brunt of a devastating war between the national army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which erupted in April 2023. “
“Strong floods sweep through one of the roads in Fofa, Sarwat Khawlan, in the Jazan region, amid heavy rains forming dangerous water flows [Saudi Arabia].
“Adventure Ends in Tragedy: In Jazan floods sweep away a car that tried to cross one of the valleys.” [Arab Storms]
https://x.com/Arab_Storms/status/2087610327668322444
“HARSHEST HEAT WAVE IN HISTORY – 52c DAY/39c NIGHT.
“World climatic history is being rewritten in Middle East – 52C [125.6F] KUWAIT CITY all time record after a MIN. of 38C. Crazy MIN 38.7C Delhoran IRAN; 35.0 Makkah, SAUDI ARABIA (August record).” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2087565358437679113
“Water temperatures in the Persian Gulf, the hottest sea on the planet, have reached as high as 97°F (36°C), over the past week…
“Some cities in Iran have experienced weeks of temperatures near 50°C (122°F). The extraordinarily warm Persian Gulf is also fueling a brutal combination of heat and humidity, with the heat index reaching 145°F (63°C) on August 7 in Doha, Qatar.” [Colin McCarthy]
https://x.com/US_Stormwatch/status/2087291540347769032
“Heartbreaking scenes.. The sound of a little girl crying and calling out «Daddy.. Daddy» during the floods sweeping through the village of Sheref Abad in Varzaqan province in the northwest of the country [Iran], amid widespread damage that affected nearly 400 beehives.”
[Arab Storms]
https://x.com/Arab_Storms/status/2087433802947949036
“EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN CENTRAL ASIA:
“Another insanely hot night with MINIMUM up to 32C [89.6F] in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan after maxes up to 45C. The area has been with relentless record heat for months, breaking and rebreaking every record.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2087486873539055933
“Is India’s Indus Freeze a Warning for Every Shared River on Earth?
“…The same logic echoes across other contested basins. Ethiopia’s construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam has strained relations with downstream Egypt and Sudan… China’s dam building on the upper Mekong has repeatedly drawn complaints from Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. The Colorado River compact between the United States and Mexico has come under renewed strain…”
“Schools shut in Bhopal, roads submerged in Barmer-Bikaner; Ganga spills onto UP highway [N India]…
“In Rajasthan, the Kanota Dam in Jaipur and the Kalikhad Dam in Jhalawar have overflowed following heavy rainfall. Sri Dungargarh in Bikaner received intense rain on Sunday night, leaving roads under 2-3 feet of water.”
“Deadly India landslide kills at least seven in Mumbai.
“Heavy rains triggered a landslide on Wednesday that killed at least seven people, and injured several others in India’s western Maharashtra state. Overnight precipitation caused a hillside to collapse onto several houses.”
“Heavy rain lashes Odisha, IMD issues ‘red warning’ for entire State [E India]…
“According to the Meteorological Centre (MC), Bhubaneswar, the highest rainfall of 236 mm [9.3 inches] has been recorded at Bhograi in Balasore district, followed by 230 mm at Shyamakhuntam 215 mm at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district and 204 mm at Rajghat in Balasore district.”
“Mass evacuations in Beijing as Typhoon Dolphin brings more torrential rain to China.
“Forecasters warned on Tuesday that the Chinese capital could receive more than 150mm of rain over the following 24 hours, with some districts forecast to exceed 200mm [8 inches] – more than one-third of Beijing’s average annual rainfall of 528mm.”
“Typhoon Dolphin brought torrential rain to Henan Province, with 419mm [16.5 inches] of rainfall in 24 hours causing severe flooding.
“Lushan County in Jiangxi Province was hit by extreme rainstorms due to the typhoon! 470.7 mm [18.5 inches] of rainfall occurred in 24 hours, triggering severe flash floods.” [Jim Yang]
https://x.com/yangyubin1998/status/2087149331799535892
“RECORD HEAT IN JAPAN:
“Record heat never ends in Japan, even the Hokkaido coldest spots are sweltering today. In particular, the 33.6C [92.5F] at Kamoenai is a new all time record of highest temperature.”
[Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2087507612690501637
“Potatoes ‘boil’ in the ground as record heatwave sweeps across swathes of Asia.
“South Korean farmers are suffering in record heat, as Hong Kong reports its highest ever temperature and Japan swelters through newly designated ‘cruelly hot’ days. In a potato field in Yanggu county, 80 miles (130km) north-east of Seoul, Lee Sang-hyuk dug into the soil and found nothing worth saving.”
“South Korea issues nationwide mobilization order to combat drought in southeast.
“South Korea on Thursday mobilized military vehicles and firefighting water tankers from across the nation to supply water to South Gyeongsang province as a deepening drought grips the country’s southeast, according to local media reports.”
“SE ASIA RECORD HEAT. Records are being broken everywhere, every day:
“AUGUST HIGHEST MINIMUMS – Min 30.5 [86.9F] Hong Kong AP and 30.2 Hong Kong Observatory all time record; PHILIPPINES: 27.9 Laoag and 27.4 Butuan; CHINA: 38.1 Qinzhou all time record; INDONESIA: 35.5 Tanah Merah Monthly record.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2087520930788409469
“Vietnam’s once relatively stable weather patterns are becoming harder to recognise as climate change intensifies heat, rainfall extremes and compound disaster risks.
“Climate change and its impacts are no longer a distant threat. They are becoming increasingly evident across Vietnam’s economic and social life.”
https://vietnamnet.vn/en/climate-change-brings-new-weather-challenges-for-vietnam-2543752.html
“Manila river clogged with rubbish after Typhoon Dolphin floods – in pictures.
“Days of rain has caused widespread flooding across the Philippines capital, Manila, and filled the city’s waterways with debris. A massive clean-up operation involving teams of workers and heavy machinery is under way.”
“Breaking News! Antarctic sea-ice extent is having a moment, now second lowest on record for the day and 3.78 standard deviations below the 1991-2020 average.
“What’s going on down there?”
[Prof Eliot Jacobson]
https://x.com/EliotJacobson/status/2087502382053859431
“EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN OCEANIA. Records smashed everywhere, every day.
“Specially of high Minimums, typical of the hot season despite being the Austral cold season. MINIMUMS temperatures up to 28C [89.6F]. Over 220 countries and territories have broken [monthly and national] heat records this month (>95%).” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2087501926975848609
“EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN SOUTH AMERICA:
“HISTORIC WINTER WARMTH IN CHILE. Yesterday 32.5C at Iquique (and Min 18.8) destroys the August records. Next days HISTORIC 40C+ [104F] in Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia & Brazil.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2087681268213280779
“Brazil Supreme Court upholds laws that led to downfall of Amazon soy moratorium…
“The Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, plays a critical role in regulating the climate far beyond South America. Scientists warn that forest loss could accelerate global warming and disrupt agriculture as far away as the U.S. Midwest and parts of Europe.”
“A ‘Super’ El Niño Could Push the Amazon Toward a Tipping Point, Scientists Warn.
“The Amazon rainforest, often called the lungs of our planet, is buckling under the pressure of rampant deforestation and climate change. Now, another threat is emerging, and scientists worry it could push this essential ecosystem over the edge.”
“HISTORIC HEAT IN COLOMBIA:
“Monthly and all time records smashed from North to South. Temperatures up to 43C [109.4F]. Absolutely historic. See list in 2 pages by IDEAM.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2087233849898012969
“Powerful mudslide hits Pereira [Colombia].
“Hours after the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that shook Colombia, a powerful torrent of water and mud surged through the streets of the Kennedy neighborhood in Pereira’s Comuna Oriente, causing alarm among residents.”
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Db6HILMgCsj/
“More EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN TROPICAL AMERICAS:
“MEXICO – Manzanillo Min 29.1 [84.4F] Monthly record Max. 37.6 ALL TIME RECORD; COSTA RICA RECORD HIGH MINS 22.6 Pavas AP (West San Jose); 20.6 San Jose Observatory (0.2 from all time R, data since 1880s)… GUYANA Min 27.0 AP – HOTTEST AUGUST NIGHT… COSTA RICA 38.3 Liberia also 0.1C from August National record.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2087699329284771907
“‘The crisis is now’: Nevada stares down unprecedented Colorado River cuts.
“Nevada’s Colorado River czar offered little concrete insight into the status of negotiations at a summit Wednesday as the state braces for the federal government to hand down a final operating plan its water managers aren’t happy with.”
“Stingray lashings up as marine heat wave off Southern California draws more to shore…
“Hemann, a 31-year-old tourist from New Mexico, said he was learning to surf when he hopped off his board and landed on what he thought was a sharp stick. “It hurt pretty bad,” he said…”
https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/stingray-lashings-up-as-marine-heat-wave-off-22386264.php
“Midwest faces fourth consecutive day of flooding after ‘catastrophic’ Indiana deluge.
“Relentless storms that unleashed catastrophic flooding in eastern Indiana are set to reload across the Midwest on Thursday, raising the risk of another round of dangerous flooding from Iowa and northern Illinois into the already inundated Ohio Valley.”
https://edition.cnn.com/weather/flooding-rain-severe-storms-derecho-midwest-appalachians-climate
“Another 1000-YR Rain. In fact in some cases it exceeded the criteria by almost 2X.
“Catastrophic Flood underway, Flood Emergency for Indiana in Cambridge City, near New Castle, South of Muncie, east of Indianapolis. Stay safe folks, turn around don’t drown!” [Jeff Berardelli]
https://x.com/WeatherProf/status/2087600839934329046
“At least five tornadoes tore through the Chicago area and northwest Indiana during a strong derecho storm on Tuesday that left damage across the region.
“In addition to the three tornadoes confirmed by National Weather Service crews in the hours after the storms, officials announced on Wednesday that two more twisters were confirmed from the “catastrophic” storms.”
“Sixteen inmates injured after lightning strikes US prison…
“Lightning struck an Ohio prison during severe weather in the state on Tuesday, injuring 16 inmates – including one who had to be airlifted to hospital. The prisoners were outside during the storm, moving between buildings after an evening meal.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg0zn3dv9ko
“Southern Alberta auto shops busy after hailstorm leaves widespread damage.
“Auto repair shops across southern Alberta are experiencing a massive surge in demand after a severe hailstorm swept through the region, leaving widespread damage to vehicles, homes, and crops.”
“B.C. winemakers and ranchers flee wildfires, facing uncertain future.
“Wildfires ripping through British Columbia’s wine country have ruined grapes, spoiled fruit on trees and caught cattle in dangerous areas as farmers and workers evacuate to church basements and friends’ homes. The impact on the wine industry will last years, said Ron Kubek…”
“Flesh‑eating bacteria are devouring limbs in warming waters worldwide − here’s how to protect yourself…
“…rising ocean temperatures due to global warming are creating new habitats for this type of bacteria, which can now be found along the East Coast as far north as New York and Connecticut. A recent study noted that Vibrio vulnificus wound infections increased eightfold between 1988 and 2018 in the eastern U.S.”
“One year on and the global plastics treaty ‘is going backwards’.
“Twelve months after formal negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty broke down in Geneva, the new Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee has released an Aid to Negotiations document intended to revive the stalled process.”
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The consequences of El Nino are supposed to be more predictable if the hottest sea surface temperatures are furthest east in the Pacific, as now. So likely El Nino effects for 2026/27 and possibly into 2028 the way things are going: central California becomes a lake, east and far south west Australia, north Brazil and Indonesia are ablaze, north west Africa and Egypt are in drought and hungry, Europe switches from extreme drought to floods and back to worsening drought and heat waves, with lots more refugees, both externally from the south and increasingly internally as places get hit with successive extreme events and become irrecoverable.
Kuwait City is now fairly regularly hitting low 40s Celsius with 35 to 45% humidity for an hour or so a day. That is right on the survivable limit for over 65s. Dubai is just behind but September is sweat-ember there. The whole of the Persian Gulf coast looks likely to hit deadly wet bulb conditions for six hours per day for several days over the coming few weeks.
I think there is a psychological break point after being hit by extreme events so frequently that the memory never fades, when people realise things are just going to keep getting worse. That’s when the social contract will break down and social unrest will escalate. It’ll be much worse as the food inflation and shortages start to materialise over the coming months.
Thank you for this astute summary…My experiences over the years in caring for dying relatives as well as some work in nursing homes and home health care have somewhat prepared for what is now happening…At least I am stable in the understanding that nothing can be done to stop what is coming and I am also cognizant of the fact that at a certain point even comfort measures will not work…Earth is in the ICU and will soon be moving into hospice…The massive grief I feel for all that is being lost, destroyed, comes and goes, like waves…
Anne, re massive grief. Same here. I am trying to focus on the here and now, as well as forays into deep time to be able to step back a bit.
I think I am lucky that our planetary predicament is so huge that I don’t really have the ability to engage with it emotionally.
Instead, I get moments of panic or dread about the kids’ futures or find myself weeping over images of suffering animals, but it is manageable.
I was really happy when, back in the 1990s before we had a home computer and I was almost completely ignorant about the trouble planet earth was in, my daughter started talking about becoming a veterinarian when she grew up.
I thought that is really a practical choice. If the future turns out to be great she can have a great life making lots of money vaccinating hunting dogs for wealthy hunters. If the future is terrible iti can be less terrible for her because she will be able to barter her skills for food from the farmers.
At that point I had not considered the possibilty that any farmer with food would be murdered for that food.
Farmers who live in the little known Noton McCook Oakley triangle probably wont get murdered though. Because, I doubt that they will have any food left over at the end of the day. But even more importantly there will not be enough gasoline in the gas stations for mauraders and scavangers to travel to that remote location.
Never underestimate a cannibal with a bicycle.
Thank you…I will explore the deep time subject and yes, more of a focus on the here and now does help when I have the discipline stay with the moment…
The ICU implies that there is intensive care being administered to prevent the worst outcomes, the opposite is being done for earth, so it seems it is already in hospice.
Very good point…The earth in ICU for me meant more that systems that once were stable are now intensely unstable and all the lights and alarms are going off…
Thanks for your earlier comments that tipped me off to the correlation between increased ocean stratification and increasing El Niño intensity, George.
pretty funny
George, that psychological break point has a financial dimension, too, as locations become too expensive to insure or the risk of rebuilding/investing there too high.
We’ve only seen this is in isolated pockets so far, like Newtok in Alaska or Lismore in NSW, but obviously that will change. What if, say, Valencia were hit with another catastrophic flood? As you say, parts of the Middle East are starting to flirt with uninhabitability.
my mother is spending a week in the south of france in the middle of september. can someone more knowledgeable than me explain the different climate extremes she will be heading into? i know that the person organizing the trip did not know about any of the wildfires in europe until last week
also, because i’m a staunch advocate of “if you’re gonna complain about something, do something,” i’ve just started the multi-decadal process of restoring 200 acres of forest that my family purchased in 2011. there’s a lot of complexity to it but it’s very exciting. and i hope i don’t encounter any “tHaT wOnT sAvE tHe EaRtH” sentiments along the way
Everyone will dead or wish they were by 2040.
End of story.
I live in the south of France. Your mother can travel here without any worries. She’ll probably be visiting the well-known places along the Mediterranean coast, such as Nice, Monaco and Saint-Tropez. Apart from the very high prices for a glass of white wine on a café terrace, she shouldn’t encounter any “climatological” problems.
This isn’t California. The infrastructure is still in good shape, and September is generally known for being a fairly settled period weather-wise.
Good luck with your 200 hectares of woodland. That sounds like a lot of work!
Whether or note you save the earth, John, or even your substantial little bit of it, the work of trying is surely worthwhile. The creatures of the forest will be grateful, as will an important part of you no doubt. What an opportunity to take upon yourself!
John, enjoy your forest restoration.
Shane, I agree 100% – there are plenty of battles still worth fighting.
“If I knew the world would end tomorrow, I’d still plant a tree today”, quote by Martin Luther. Cheers!
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Me: quote below from article. How prepared are you?
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Civilization has never fallen from a height this great. Make no mistake: collapse doesn’t arrive with fanfare and televised announcements. It comes silently, in gas station lines, in empty shelves, in the darkness of your refrigerator at midnight when the power dies and doesn’t come back……
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https://open.substack.com/pub/johnwalter25/p/10-foods-that-will-keep-you-alive?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=6s5xp4
Bob Shaw Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?
I checked out the post. Good info. Quick scan of his substack shows no awareness of ecological collapse. I am always so curious about you preppers. What happens when the food runs out? Can you supply 100% of the nutrients and calories you need to survive? Otherwise it’s a slow death.
Hello Cassandra,
I will do my best for as long as I can as I want to see how bad it truly gets for the rest of humanity and myself. Insane Curiosity!
Being 71 guarantees I will have a great struggle, but it will be very interesting to see how starvation whittles me away.
I sure understand insane curiosity, Bob. That’s what keeps me going right now. Once my preps run out I’m done. I’ve long ago come to terms with the fact that I’m not going to see how it all turns out. Simply because mass communication won’t even be a thing by then. But I fully support your choices. It’s the right thing for you. You are a brave man!
Bob, that’s an excellent top ten for any preppers. I watch the odd “Survival Kitchen” video on YouTube, although I never have the time to try any of their recipes:
https://www.youtube.com/@1930sSurvivalKitchen
Me: youngsters dying, permanently disabled, or serious injuries because their parents buy them e-bikes & e-scooters. These “toys” can go up to 50 mph once the kid figures out how to bypass the safety locks.
Parents, tell your kids about Overshoot & Collapse and why they need to be in the very best physical condition possible for the decades of manual labor ahead.
Do not buy them these toys. Buy them regular pedal bikes, weight training equipment, garden tools like hoes, pickaxes, scythes, pitchforks, wheelbarrow, 2-man misery whips, chainsaws & axes, swede saws.
Have them get firewood, then dig up the stump. Have them haul water so they fully understand how absolutely critical it is to maintaining life.
Your children or grandchildren will either work a gardening tool or a gun. Have them exercise now to be in great shape.
Ride their pedal bike to school, don’t take the easy way on the school bus.
https://globalnews.ca/news/12018977/escooter-ebike-youth-deaths-severe-injuries-canada-report/
Work a gardening tool AND a gun.
“Scientists warn … “
Whatever for?
Reading these climate roundups are enough to make one melt even without actually being at those places being reported. Fortunately, there are a few places on this planet where one can still cool down. Today it’s 30degC by us here in southern Virginia, but that is actually below normal for us. My cousin in Kiel Germany told me the weather there is its usually “crappy” normal. I checked. In Kiel this weekend, it is going to be a bit hot, but coming next week temperatures are going to be around 19degC with clouds in the sky. So, all you folks in the EU looking for a place to cool, Kiel is the place to go.
Robert S, this broiling summer of five heatwaves has somewhat vindicated my move from England up to Islay, where temps have never risen much above 20C.
I hope that doesn’t sound smug. I have lots of family and friends down there suffering in infrastructure that no longer fits the climate.
Not smug at all. Similar situation to where we live. There are a ton of difficulties living at “the end of the world”. We put up with them to live in a spot with quiet, clean air and a pretty moderate climate.
Didn’t see this one in your list. Haven’t read much of it. It wasn’t supposed to get out.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0eae719d837d69afc7de/National_security_assessment_-_global_biodiversity_loss__ecosystem_collapse_and_national_security.pdf
“Will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights.”
“Millions in Great Britain could face emergency power cuts at short notice… Grid operator Neso can now respond with rolling blackouts as last resort without need for government powers.”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/10/great-britain-emergency-power-cuts-grid-neso-blackouts
Thanks, Pan, for your tireless work, I am one of the many that use your website for reassurance that my work still matters. Although just a gardener by day, I still work many hours to try and promote my ideas like spreader levees to rehydrate our parched semi-arid lands and my latest is the clean-up of our rivers and dead zones using floating debris stabilization like good riparian zones and wetlands used to do. The focus is on the ability for inoculated floating substrate to collect, transform and mobilize nutrients that are currently harming us and allow for broader ocean fertilization to help fight the cyanobacteria shift back to the essential large phytoplankton’s that help feed our oceans and moderate our climate. Nature had all the solutions and, in our haste, to evolve ourselves we have been neglecting the pillars of our evolution. All very sad but in my mind still salvageable. Thanks again.
Thank you, Ted, for the very kind words, and well done fighting the good fight.