“All monthly records are being broken simultaneously…
June surface air temperatures will be highest on record.
Global Sea Surface Temperatures will be record high.
Global Sea Ice will be record low.
This is not normal!”
https://twitter.com/LeonSimons8/status/1673226534788661248
“Global Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly keeps rapidly breaking new records.
“We need to seriously consider the possibility that this warming spike will be worse than the 1997 and 2015 Super El Niños. This will turn into record atmospheric heat soon.”
https://twitter.com/LeonSimons8/status/1672992350371446786
“Global sea ice levels are quite a large departure in our satellite record for this time of year. This is particularly related to (ongoing) record low Antarctic sea ice conditions in June.
“More global sea ice graphics available at https://zacklabe.com/global-sea-ice.”
https://twitter.com/ZLabe/status/1673367616403181569
“Canada has officially marked its worst wildfire season on record, with smoke from the blazes crossing the Atlantic Ocean and reaching western Europe on Monday.
“Canada has had a dramatic start to wildfire season, with at least 18,688,691 acres already charred across the country. Wildfire activity in Canada typically peaks from June to August, leaving more than half of the peak season still to come.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/26/americas/canada-wildfire-season-worst-2023/index.html
“Canada’s explosive wildfires have damaged a forest carbon offset project.
“Canada’s explosive wildfire season has already pumped millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Some of that carbon is coming from vegetation burned at a carbon offset project, highlighting the fragility of a tool the world is relying on to fight catastrophic climate change.”
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/27/business/canada-wildfire-forest-carbon-offset-risks/
“This is an absolutely insane statistic – more area burned in [Quebec] in 25 DAYS than the last 20 YEARS.
“Quebec burned area last 20 years : 1.121Mha… Quebec burned area last 25 days: 1.128 Mha. Let that sinks in… (Burned area within the intensive protection zone).”
https://twitter.com/postcarbonsteve/status/1672730759193411585
“Montreal has worst air of any major city as wildfires rage.
“”It’s really like a fog, except it’s smoke from the forest fires. It’s really hard to breathe, and it stings the eyes a bit too,” said 18-year-old Fauve Lepage Vallee, lamenting that a festival she was due to attend had been cancelled.”
“US Supreme Court Rules Against Navajo Nation in Water Rights Case.
“The largest Native American reservation in the United States has lost a key legal battle with the Biden administration over its access to a critical waterway. The Navajo Nation had argued that the federal government is legally obligated to address the tribe’s water needs from the drought-stricken Colorado River…”
https://earth.org/scotus-navajo-nation/
“Tornadoes, severe weather kill 3 in US Midwest.
“At least three people have been killed after severe storms hit the US states of Indiana and Arkansas, local authorities said, as several tornadoes touched down in some areas. The tornadoes were reported on Sunday afternoon…”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/26/indiana-tornadoes-kill-one-damage-homes-in-us-midwest
“Why Texas Could Be As Hot As The Sahara Desert This Week…
“Many cities in Texas have experienced multiple days in a row of record-breaking triple digit heat, as Weather.com meteorologist Jonathan Erdman articulated above. Del Rio, for example, broke a daily high-temperature record for an eighth straight day on June 25th.”
“115-degree heat index prompts one Florida sheriff to ask criminals to postpone crimes…
““Folks … due to the extreme heat, we are asking anyone thinking of conducting criminal activity to hold off,” the Hardee County Sheriff’s Office wrote Sunday, June 25, on Facebook. “It is straight up H-O-T and humid. Criminal activity in this kind of heat is next level henchmen status, and also very dangerous for everyone involved.””
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article276737321.html
“Why the heat index matters more than the temperature in a heat wave.
“… the climate crisis is expected to increase exposure to dangerous heat index levels by 50% to 100% in much of the tropics and by up to 10 times across much of the globe, according to a 2022 study published in the journal Nature.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/26/us/what-is-the-heat-index-xpn-scn/index.html
“Intensifying Rains Pose Hidden Flood Risks Across the U.S.
“…calculations suggest that one in nine residents of the lower 48 states, largely in populous regions including the Mid-Atlantic and the Texas Gulf Coast, is at significant risk of downpours that deliver at least 50 percent more rain per hour than local pipes, channels and culverts might be designed to drain.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/climate/rainstorms-hidden-flood-risk.html
“An increase in sea levels and temperatures is resulting in rare sightings of mammals turning up on Irish coastlines more common.
“The latest discovery of a dead juvenile humpback whale on a Co Mayo beach comes from the recent news about such species expanding their range to Irish northwest waters.”
“Freak hailstorm wreaks havoc in Wexford [Ireland].
“There were scenes of flooding along the quay and on some of the approach roads to the town and a severe fall of hailstones during a thunder and lightening storm left some areas of the town resembling the depths of winter.”
“Extremely hot day in Spain with temperature up to 44.4C [111.9F] at el Granado in Andalusia. One of the hottest June days in Spain.
“France also had its share of heat: Marseille Observatory Palais Longchamp rose to 38.0C and broke its monthly record which was still belonging to 1935!”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1673399775696134171
“With Record Heat and Drought-Stricken Woods, Spain’s Catalonia Faces Perfect Wildfire Conditions…
“Spain suffered the biggest losses from wildfires of any European Union country last year amid a record-hot 2022. Four people, including one firefighter, died in blazes that consumed 306,000 hectares. And with Spain sweltering under a record-hot spring, it is again leading the continent in 2023 with 66,000 hectares turned to ashes.”
“Insane heat in Morocco and Madeira Island today. June records were totally obliterated in coastal areas with chergui wind:
“46.6 [115.9F] Taroudant; 46.3 Rabat; 46.3 Kenitra; 45.4 Nouasseur; 37.4 Funchal (the whole Madeira new high for June).”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1673414329167740929
“Flooding hits Ivory Coast cocoa mid crop, could hinder next main crop.
“More heavy rain could hinder the start of the next main crop as it would knock flowers from trees… “It is not good here, showers come one after the other. Farmers can no longer go to the fields because rivers have broken their banks and there is flooding,” said Arsene Kouao.”
“Following days of torrential rains, floods have taken over many communities in Ondo State [Nigeria], prompting a visit to the areas by the acting governor of the state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
“In Irese in Ifedore Local Government Area, one of the affected communities, floods have made the major road to the town impassable. The road is the only tarred one in the community.”
“The Erbil governor on Sunday declared drought in the province for the second year in a row due to lack of precipitation [Kurdistan].
“Governor Omed Khoshnaw announced the condition at a press conference in Erbil after he had a meeting with the province’s water authorities to discuss ways to tackle the issue.”
https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/31765-Erbil-declares-drought-for-second-year-in-row
“More exceptional heat in Middle East: Yesterday Fahud in Oman reached a record of 50.5C [122.9], the second country to hit 50C in 2023.
“Iran with world record or near record high temperatures at high elevations: Bam 940m TMIN 35.8C; Kerman 1748m 41.6C (about 42C at 1800m is world record).”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1672988510834290691
“Pakistan: 20 killed in rain-related incidents in Punjab province.
“At least 20 people have died in rain-related accidents across Punjab while 112 were rescued, in the past 24 hours, reported Dawn. Farooq Ahmed, a spokesperson for the provincial emergency services, released a statement blaming the fatalities on electricity, drowning, and lightning.”
https://theprint.in/world/pakistan-20-killed-in-rain-related-incidents-in-punjab-province/1643884/
“More exceptional heat at high elevations. This time in Ladakh, NW India.
“At Chushot Yogma located at 3200m asl, the temperature reached a staggering 36.4C [97.5F], which is 0.2C from the world record of highest temperature above 3000m asl.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1673275353672843264
“Monsoon is becoming more erratic with time: experts…
“On Saturday, the monsoon arrived in Delhi and Mumbai on the same date – the usual arrival time for these cities is nearly a fortnight apart – marking the first time in more than 60 years this has happened. Experts said the phenomenon is one of several instances that highlight that monsoon’s behaviour is getting more and more erratic every passing year…”
“Floods galore in 14 years: ‘Calamity coming’ no more, it’s already there in Karnataka.
“Over the last 14 years, the Malnad, coastal regions and the four major river basins of the state have witnessed floods in nine years and landslides in 13 years, resulting in huge loss to life and property… This apart, 80 per cent of the state’s geographical area was affected by drought for 15 of the last 22 years.”
“Himachal flash floods | Hundreds of commuters stranded as Chandigarh-Manali national highway blocked.
“Hundreds of commuters were stranded in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district as the Chandigarh-Manali national highway was blocked following flash floods and landslides, officials said on Monday (June 26).”
“Heavy floods hit Yingde city… High-power pumps have been working every minute to help pump water in the streets and major venues where floods have been hitting the hardest in the Yingde city in the northern part of Guangdong province, China, since Saturday…
“The city recorded a precipitation of more than 335 millimeters [13.2 inches] on Friday, a record high for a single day in the city’s history.”
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202306/25/WS64982411a310bf8a75d6b7bb.html
“Cattle, farmland short of water in northern China…
“Chinese capital Beijing topped 40 degrees Celsius(104F) on Saturday for a record third day, as rare high temperatures for June grilled an area the size of California in northern China… Southwestern Yunnan, which has already endured months of drought since last year, is also facing water shortages, according to the Xinhua report.”
“Record heat widespread from China to Yakutia and Far East Russia today with over 40C [104F] in Inner Mongolia and over 35C [95F] in Yakutia.
“Historic record in the famous cold pole of Oymyakon, which rose to 31.7C [89F], its hottest June day on record.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1672930000616534017
“Freak weather soaks Australian outback, dumping months of rain in two days…
““The ocean hasn’t cooled [around Australia] as much as we thought it would,” Al-Ansari said. “It’s definitely something that we did not foresee.” …Rainfall totals may approach 100mm in some parts of central Australia, triggering flood watches…”
“More extreme weather in Australia: Full Summer temperatures in Queensland, records broken:
Highest Tmins: 25.5C [77.9F] Pirlangimpi and Fawcett; 25.0C Bradshaw; 24.3C Tindal… Highest Tmax: 35.3C Richmond; 34.2C Winton; 30.3C Gladstone.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1673247446653194242
“While record heat is sweeping the East, a cold spell is ongoing in Western Australia with some records broken (but mostly short POR stations):
“June Tmins: 3.6C [38.5F] Gooseberry Hill; 1.9C BeIckley… Lowest June Tmax: 8.5C Kalgoorlie AP (old observatory had lower Tmaxes).”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1673250177358938115
“Solomon Islands did it again. Yesterday 25th June the Honiara Int. Airport rose to 35.1C [95.2F] which is the highest temperature ever recorded in the country in June.
“Solomon Islands have never recorded a cooler than average month after September 2015 and most months beat heat records.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1673135236194922496
“New report warns of concerning link between plastic usage and extreme flooding.
“An accumulation of plastic pollution has left urban communities worldwide more vulnerable to the heavy rains and floods driven by climate change, which acts like steroids for the weather. Plastic waste accumulates in cities’ drainage systems…”
https://news.yahoo.com/report-warns-concerning-between-plastic-124500183.html
“920 million people could face conflict over the world’s rivers by 2050: what our study found in Africa…
“Although cooperation historically prevails over conflict and large-scale violent international conflicts haven’t happened so far, tensions over water have long existed. They are also rising in several river basins.”
“Tropical forests shrunk by 10% in 2022…
“The year-on-year decline of tropical primary forest accelerated in 2022, despite a pledge by 145 countries the previous year to halt deforestation by 2030, according to the report published on Tuesday by the University of Maryland and the World Resources Institute’s Global Forest Watch.”
https://www.ft.com/content/1ad02550-f5db-4ba1-a401-23066a1dd0a1
“Flash Droughts: Climate Change’s Next Big Blow…
“Flash drought is simply the rapid onset or intensification of drought. It is set in motion by lower-than-normal rates of precipitation, accompanied by abnormally high temperatures, winds, and radiation. Together, these changes in weather can rapidly alter the local climate.”
“Renewables growth did not dent fossil fuel dominance in 2022, report says.
“Global energy demand rose 1% last year and record renewables growth did nothing to shift the dominance of fossil fuels, which still accounted for 82% of supply, the industry’s Statistical Review of World Energy report said on Monday.”
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Unstoppable
By Matt McGrath & Mark Poynting
BBC News Climate & Science
An area of tropical forest the size of Switzerland was lost last year as tree losses surged, according to new research.
It means that a political pledge to end deforestation made at COP26 by world leaders is well off track.
Some 11 football pitches of forest were lost every minute in 2022, with Brazil dominating the destruction.
But a sharp reduction in forest loss in Indonesia shows that reversing this trend is achievable.
Not with 8 billion people it is not and those using toilet paper in the so called rich nations….Oy
Planet-heating pollution from global energy sector continues to rise as fossil fuels dominate, report finds
By Laura Paddison, CNN
Published 8:05 AM EDT, Mon June 26, 2023
CNN
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Last year may have seen a record growth of wind and solar power but planet-heating fossil fuels continued to provide most of the world’s energy, according to a new analysis.
Oil, coal and gas made up 82% of global energy consumption last year, according to the Statistical Review of World Energy report by the Energy Institute and consultancies KPMG and Kearney.
The report, which analyzes data on world energy markets, found that energy consumption rose by 1% in 2022, with fossil fuels helping to meet the demand,
Here in South Florida record heat and
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Chantal Da Silva and Mary C. Carter and Josh Cradduck
Tue, June 27, 2023 at 11:09 AM EDT
Millions across the country are waking up to more severe weather Tuesday, with hundreds of flights in and out of the East Coast canceled overnight after thunderstorms struck the region and a deadly heat wave smothered the South.
More than 715 flights in, to and out of the United States were canceled as of early Tuesday, with almost 280 of those going to and out of Newark Liberty International Airport, according to the online tracker FlightAware. NBC News
Hope your heat index is not too miserable, Vince. I was complaining about the heat and humidity here in the Hebrides the other day; conditions in your part of the world rather put that into perspective. 😆
hello Panopticon,
Fascinating how climate business runs. Suppose you were administrator in Erbil, Iraq’s third largest city. You are responsible for the drinking water supply of over 1 million people and you have almost built a nice shopping mall ‘dreamcity’ for a few hundred million. Will probably have to be refrigerated because at eh 54 degrees otherwise no one will buy anything.
Oh yeah and the Pope didn’t visit until 2021 either! All you can think of is drilling even deeper wells and tapping even more underground basins.
The Kurdish city (and the area of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers) interests me even though a tile mosaic was placed there by my wife’s brother. He came away from there with a concussion because he hit his head badly at a gate that was not calculated to his height 🙂
These are fascinating times. Do you have a solution for Erbil’s ‘water’ department?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erbil
Alas, I do not, Zip. In addition to the groundwater depletion you mention, it seems Kurdistan is somewhat at the mercy of its neighbours’ whims:
“Understandably, Kurdistan’s geographic position along the Tigris-Euphrates Basin places it amid political conflicts between Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. The complex political relationships between these riparians and the Kurds are shaped, and often manipulated, through imbalances in who can control the water flow in the Basin.”
https://dckurd.org/2023/02/15/kurdistans-position-at-the-center/
There might be one reason for most of the Clever Apes problems, overpopulation.
“Your children aren’t special.” – Bill Hicks
Someone should have told the parents of 8,000,000,000. 😉
RIP, Bill. His “Just a Ride” skit had quite an impact on me as a young man:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgzQuE1pR1w