“Record high temperatures in Nunavut, Canada yesterday. The mild air reached Coral Harbour (lat 64N) with an incredible max. of +7.2C/45F ,which destroys its monthly April record.
“Temperatures above freezing there in April are very unusual. Never happened to get above +5C/40F before.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1650567688320589825
“-39.2°C [-38.56F] in Thomsen River (73.3°N), Northwest Territories. This is remarkably low so late in the year (last third of April) since the *May* Canadian record is -35.0°C (on May 13!).
“Also -35.7°C in Stefansson Island, Nunavut and -25°C in northern Yukon.”
https://twitter.com/ThierryGooseBC/status/1650176864412131329
“New gold rush in California triggered by record rainfall and forest fires.
“California is experiencing a gold rush triggered by record rainfall in January. Gold seekers who in the past had to dig into the soil to find precious nuggets are enjoying a bonanza after flood water flushed sediment down the Sierra rivers.”
“Crippled by record flooding, Fort Lauderdale residents brace for more rain.
“Homeowners crippled by record flooding less than two weeks ago braced themselves for another blow. Forecasts called for heavy rain just as flood victims see progress toward recovery. Jose Vazquez feels mired in the struggle…”
“A lack of rainfall in St Kitts has forced the water services department to implement a water rationing schedule for the island.
“The St Kitts Water Service Department says a water rationing schedule has been put in place whereby water will be closed off between 9 pm and 5 am daily.”
https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/dry-season-woes-st-kitts-rations-water-due-drought-conditions
“Records heat are falling allover. Now the turn is of Antigua and Barbuda.
“Today the max. reached 32.8C [91F] at the Vc Bird Int. Airport, which is a new national record high for April, 0.1C above the record set in 1998.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1650244583735930885
“Record day in French Guiana. The village of St Laurent du Maroni,near the Surinamese border, rose to 35.3C [95.5F] today, just before a thunderstorm area moved in and sent the temperature crashing.
“It’s the hottest April day on records for the station, well above the 34.5C of 29 april 2011.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1650221336784957440
“Earth Day: Bolivia’s Lake Poopo disappears amid 20-year drought…
“Lake Poopo used to be the second-largest body of water in Bolivia. Without it, local communities which formerly relied on fishing have had to find new ways to earn a living. Many men have left to work in mines and the population in Punaca Tinta Maria has halved in the past 10 years.”
“Argentina’s yields coming in lower than expected… could be smallest soybean crop in 25 years…
“A historic drought has severely cut the size of this year’s crop in Argentina, especially soybeans, and there are other headwinds for agriculture, including runaway inflation, an export tax and deflation of their currency, the peso, at play.”
“[UK] Households and water companies have been urged to focus on saving water now as officials prepare for another dry, hot summer of droughts – despite record rainfall last month.
“The National Drought Group (NDG) is already making plans for a “worst case scenario” of the country experiencing a repeat of last year’s heatwaves and water shortages.”
“It’s April 24 and the highest average daily temperature in Wrocław, Poland was recorded … on January 1st (+15.0 C / 59F). At least since 1951, the highest average daily temperature of the first four months of the year has not fallen in January, especially on January 1.
“…there has never been a combination like this, specially the unprecedented new year event. this is a 1 in 1000+ years event,” says weather historian Maximiliano Herrera.
https://twitter.com/ZdenekNejedly/status/1650466768861659142
“Lack of snow condemns Italy’s Po to a desperately dry summer.
“Italy’s largest river, that’s home to fishers and boats, feeds rich farmlands, powers turbines and quenches local populations across its banks and delta, is already as low as it was last summer, sparking fears of precariously dry months…”
“Catalonia’s farmers face threat of drought … and a plague of hungry rabbits.
“Alex Foix is planting vines in dusty ground near the village of Verdú in the province of Lleida. He hopes to have enough water for the vines to survive their first year, but that is not his only worry: it is the rabbits he fears most.”
“No rain in Spain pushes olive oil prices to record levels.
“Olive oil prices have surged almost 60 per cent since June to roughly €5.4 per kilogramme, on the back of a severe drought in Europe that last year ruined olive crops across the continent. Spain, the largest olive oil producer, was hit particularly hard…”
https://www.ft.com/content/9e37accd-dbbc-4681-8811-2431b4741765
“Spain braced for record-breaking April temperatures of 40C [104F].
“Spain’s PM has warned of the ongoing “challenge” faced by the country as climate change continues to bring extreme conditions to the Mediterranean. Reservoirs are around 15% below average levels, while the dry conditions are raising fears about the outbreak of more wildfires this summer.”
https://news.sky.com/story/spain-braced-for-record-breaking-april-temperatures-of-40c-12865085
“Fierce heat wave in Botswana with temperatures rising to 40.4C [104.7F] at Tubu (Northwest) and 38.5C at Mababe, located at nearly 1000m asl.
“It’s the hottest April day on records in the country and extremely hotter than anything happened so late in the year.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1650517185037516806
“The risk of extreme wildfires around Cape Town has nearly doubled…
“We analysed the destructive April 2021 wildfire on the slopes of Devil’s Peak in Cape Town, South Africa, under extreme fire weather conditions. We concluded that such extreme fire weather has become around 90% more likely in a warmer world.”
“Pakistan’s floods are still targeting millions of children…
“Children in Sindh province today are lucky if they eat once a day. Crops have been destroyed, as well as the grain stores that were sources of income for so many families here. My area was effectively an island for months. People who were getting on fine are now completely reliant on charity to survive.”
“Hailstorm wreaks havoc in Telangana districts [southern India], destroys 5,000 acres of mango crops.
“Hailstorms over two days destroyed mango crop over 5,000 acres in the erstwhile Warangal district. The sudden downpour also struck farmers, who have been harvesting paddy and maize in Hanumakonda, Jangaon and Mahabubabad districts.”
“A severe hailstorm lashed Assam’s Tinsukia district [eastern India] on Saturday night, claiming two lives.
““The sound of the hailstones, while it was falling on the tin roofs, and the gusty winds were very scary. I have never seen or heard something like this in my entire 57 years,” Pranab Gogoi, a resident of Tinsukia town, said.”
https://www.eastmojo.com/assam/2023/04/23/assam-hailstorm-wreaks-havoc-in-tinsukia-2-dead/
“Lightning Strikes Kill 9 in Bangladesh.
“On Sunday, a sequence of lightning strikes occurred in Bangladesh and resulted in the demise of nine individuals within a span of less than two hours. Fatalities were recorded in different localities within the districts of Sunamganj, Moulvibazar, and Sylhet occurring from 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. local time amidst heavy rain.”
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Lightning-Strikes-Kill-9-in-Bangladesh-20230424-0006.html
“8 killed, 109 injured after deadly tornado hits central Myanmar.
“The tornado struck Aung Myin Kone and Tadau villages on Friday evening near capital Naypyitaw, causing widespread damage to the area. Local charity organisations have taken 128 people to hospitals and 232 houses in the two villages were destroyed.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/myanmar-tornado-death-toll-b2325111.html
“Thailand issues ‘don’t go out’ warning as heat index hits record 54C / 129F.
“Parts of Asia have been struggling with unseasonably high temperatures for April, with power outages and shortages as demand soars… A record 45C (113F) was also reported in Thailand for the first time ever last week.”
“Smoke and Heat: Breaking Records in Southeast Asia.
“The long-range forecasts paint a bleak, hot outlook, with suffocating heat and smoky air across Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia… A record heatwave combined with intense smoke from burning off cropland has created the worst living conditions in memory across mainland Southeast Asia…”
https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/smoke-and-heat-breaking-records-in-southeast-asia/
“The yearly statistics of the highest temperature records of 2447 national weather stations in China that I compiled.”
[By Jim Yang on Twitter]
A staggering increase!
https://twitter.com/yangyubin1998/status/1650501337317007361
“China’s Frigid Weather Sparks Concern About Fruit Crop Damage.
“A cold front has caused temperatures to plunge across northern China, sparking concern about damage to fruit and vegetable crops and driving investors to bet on production losses… China is one of the top fruit and vegetable producers, accounting for roughly a third of the world’s supply.”
“More records of highest temperatures sprouting in every Continent: Now it’s Solomon Islands 34.2C [93.6F] yesterday at Honiara AP was the hottest April day on records.
“For Honiara downtown (and Solomon Islands as average) this month is the 91st consecutive warmer than average!”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1650482287543197700
“How a looming El Niño could fuel the spread of infectious disease…
“El Niño will increase temperatures and make precipitation more volatile, which in turn could fuel the spread of pathogen-carrying mosquitoes, bacteria, and toxic algae. It’s a preview of the ways climate change will influence the spread of infectious diseases.”
https://grist.org/health/how-a-looming-el-nino-could-fuel-the-spread-of-infectious-disease/
“A recent, rapid heating of the world’s oceans has alarmed scientists concerned that it will add to global warming.
“This month, the global sea surface hit a new record high temperature. It has never warmed this much, this quickly. Scientists don’t fully understand why this has happened.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65339934
“Breaking News!
“After spiking upwards to 21.04°C on April 23, global 60S-60N sea surface temperatures reached a new all-time high of 4.69σ above the 1982-2011 mean of 20.34°C, making the current SST anomaly a 1-in-740,000 event.
“Will SST reach 5σ? Stay tuned.”
https://twitter.com/EliotJacobson/status/1650543623191273473
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In now definitely my final response for a while I want to reiterate that I think, Panopticon, you personally seem to have the right ideas , both in which stories you deem important , as well as in , ideally , the kind of open debate you seek.
Unfortunately, just as I experienced in the mostly leftwing universities I attended in europe , mainly Germany and the Netherlands , and for instance the guardian discussion boards , the trend is too woke and too intellectual / unrealistic to have an actual debate about what’s actually happening I n the real world
I see , over and over again with liberals the same 20th and 19thcentury anachronisms, I saw here some off the charts China apologist stories last weekend and I see not enough knowledge about the human nature and condition with most I encounter on ecology themed sites .
Zero hedge and co, for obvious reasons, I quit long ago because of strong climate denialism
But on places like The guardian or here people in the 2020s need to apologize to be European, to be white, to be anti immigrant, to be anti EU . I won’t stand for that
Woke is more a dictatorship mindset than Trumpism, as stupid as those redcaps may be .
Many parts of the world are brutal, and under the current shortages and breakdown, all your eloquent intellectual historical comparisons can be thrown into the bin
I once again recommend telhe excellent book The Selfish Ape . Humans , of every color happens to be brutal people
Your stance is confusing to me for a couple reasons. first, you use the word apology in two senses. An apologist is usually ‘One who speaks or writes in defense of anything; one who champions a person or a cause”, as in your comment about china. In 21st-century usage, apologetics is often identified with debates over religion and theology.
Later you complain about people who apologize for being European, white, etc. which is to say, try to make amends for history or circumstance beyond their control.
Personally, I do think the colonial powers of any era need to make amends, and western economics still depends on neo-colonial resource extraction, the dollar standard, and labour exploitation.
But all that is only material if it obstructs any eleventh hour attempts to stabilize climate, decrease populations and simplify consumption to living within earth’s carrying capacity. Which it demonstrably does.
We western whites (assuming you are) just getting the first taste of infrastructure and ecocidal collapse. Indigenous peoples have been living with it for centuries. And we are all in the same boat, rocking it will do no good.
“… I saw here some off the charts China apologist stories …”
I am very interested to hear how you think that the US/EU/NATO can go to war with China and at the same time enjoy trade with them? How would a war over Taiwan not become nuclear?
“… I see not enough knowledge about the human nature …”
(Im reading between the lines here, hope I got it right.). You apparently think that “the human nature” is what is causing the most recent moves toward war, and not the idiot leadership in the West. So, do you think nuclear war would be a good thing?
Hello Panopticon
A word about Spanish and French Catalonia. The French area is important especially for fruit tree cultivation, peaches, apricots ed. It has been very dry there for a year now.
…..Catastrophic drought in eastern Pyrenees
The president of the Pyrénées-Orientales departmental council fears a human catastrophe this summer. Hermeline Malherbe has written a letter to Emmanuel Macron.
In this letter, she speaks of a risk of a “human catastrophe” . At issue is the fact that the department has not had a major rainfall for over a year, but also that it experienced a fire on 1,000 hectares in mid-April.
The situation does not seem to be improving as water resources are at their lowest level, to the point that four municipalities can no longer use drinking water, affecting 3,000 people.
The politician calls for “the establishment of a solidarity fund” to support the area in this ordeal. Restrictions on the use of water, are particularly difficult to enforce in this department that produces a lot of fruits and vegetables. Hermeline Malherbe hopes that extra help will give some reassurance to the tourism and agriculture sector, which are particularly affected by this situation……”
The dilemma is of course and not only here in France and Spain…. how long do you continue with ‘ supportive’ measures and emergency funds?
How long do you continue to raise dykes and coastal ‘defences’ from Florida to the Netherlands and France etc…. all dilemmas that you don’t actually see reflected in the public debate stupidly because ‘climate change and warming’ seems to be a nice ‘revenue model’ even for the Jacobson you often quote, with his ‘watching the world go by’ and his ‘on line Casino ground’….:)
We are like children building a sandcastle at rising tide and proudly convinced that it will stay upright…. and before it does we have to go home because the day’s ‘ beach’ is over.
But we did enjoy it;
https://actu.orange.fr/france/secheresse-un-risque-de-catastrophe-humaine-dans-les-pyrenees-
“The dilemma is of course and not only here in France and Spain…. how long do you continue with ‘ supportive’ measures and emergency funds?”
Right, Zip. And unlike with flood or fire, albeit at a rising cost, non-viability through drought does not seem like something most homes will be insured against.
https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/experimental-water-release-continues-lake-meads-rise/ Yeah we have dammed every river and they cant flow correctly so we dont have any deltas and a destroyed ecosystem