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“Here’s what extreme weather means for life in three refugee camps [In Jordan, Bangladesh and South Sudan]…
“Intense heat, floods, cyclones and other disasters add to the challenges for millions of displaced people. Three women detail how they struggle to cope.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/07/17/climate-change-refugee-camps-women/
“Deadly floods engulf parts of South Asia as extreme weather devastates vulnerable region.
“From Afghanistan to Bangladesh, India to Nepal, flash flooding and torrential rain have killed hundreds of people in recent weeks, as the climate crisis amplifies the effects of the monsoon season, bringing widespread devastation to South Asia.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/16/asia/flooding-afghanistan-intl-latam/index.html
“Four years to turn Central Asia’s water woes around… Central Asia risks being plunged into a state of chronic water shortage as a major new canal project nears completion in Afghanistan.
“Failure to improve management of the landlocked region’s shared water resources would threaten the region’s interconnected water, energy and food systems, jeopardise fragile ecosystems and, most worryingly, exacerbate existing tensions.”
https://www.intellinews.com/four-years-to-turn-central-asia-s-water-woes-around-332580/
“Iran News: Extensive Wildfires Ravage Forests Across Iran.
“Wildfires have engulfed numerous regions in Iran, causing extensive damage to forests and natural resources. Local officials in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province reported a significant fire in the Kouh Siah forests in the Charusa district, which continued throughout Monday.”
https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/anews/iran-news-extensive-wildfires-ravage-forests-across-iran/
“Wildfires ravage 685,500 hectares of land in Mongolia.
“A total of 90 forest and steppe fires have been reported across Mongolia since the beginning of this year, devastating 685,521 hectares of forest and grassland, the country’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Wednesday.”
“Video of the flooding in Omsk [Russia]: rain flooded shops and drowned cars.
“Today, Omsk was hit by a massive downpour. In just half an hour, the roads were flooded, and underground passages turned into a water park… oads, entrances, shops were flooded. Cars went under water up to their roofs, cars stalled and said goodbye to their electronics.”
“China places 15 provinces on emergency alert as deadly floods make their way north…
“Deadly downpours that devastated the south have moved northwards to affect the previously drought-hit central province of Henan as well as northern Hubei province… Meanwhile, large areas of Henan, a major grain-producing province hit by drought between April and June, were reeling under floods…”
“A small town in China’s Henan was lashed by almost a year’s worth of rain in one day as the extreme storms that battered the south this summer shift to the central and northern provinces.
“As of 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) on Tuesday, 606.7mm (24 inches) of rainfall had been logged in Dafengying over a 24 hour-period, Reuters reported.”
“Torrential rains trigger evacuations, closures in Greater Seoul, central region.
“Torrential rains swept through the central parts of South Korea on Thursday… causing chaos for many. The northern parts of Gyeonggi Province were among the hardest hit, including Paju, which saw rain up to 75.1 millimeters [three inches] per hour early Thursday morning.”
https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240718050619
“HISTORIC – HOTTEST JULY NIGHT IN THE WHOLE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE HISTORY: MIN 28.8C [82.8F] at Nukononu.
“Insane heat all over Oceania and Asia is breaking records in 100% of all tropical islands. MALAYSIA also destroyed its national July high Tmin record with 28.2C at Penang.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1813370186113651128
“The world’s oldest known open caves have been closed to visitors after the only roads in were destroyed or damaged by storms, fires and floods.
“The Jenolan Caves, in the Blue Mountains region west of Sydney, are now impossible to access by road, after months of heavy rain forced the only remaining road to close for repairs for 18 months.”
“Farms vs. forests in Brazil’s Amazon as climate change hurts crops…
“As drought and floods wreak havoc across Brazil, farmers are feeling the effects of the climate emergency but despite poor harvests and rotting crops, they are fighting to protect their right to fell more trees and convert grasslands.”
https://www.context.news/nature/farms-vs-forests-in-brazils-amazon-as-climate-change-hurts-crops
“Rare new pictures show uncontacted Amazon tribe threatened by loggers…
“New pictures have emerged of the Mashco Piro, a rarely-seen uncontacted Indigenous tribe in the remote Peruvian Amazon, amid concerns that logging activity is forcing them out of the dense rainforest more frequently.”
“Crisis at Tres Fronteras: how criminal syndicates threaten Amazon’s future…
“The area of the Amazon where Brazil, Colombia, and Peru meet – referred to as Tres Fronteras (triple frontier) – brims with wildlife and natural resources. It is also a hotbed of illicit activity. Criminal groups are clearing the forest to plant coca and erect laboratories to turn the crop into cocaine.” [So, alas, taking a lot of cocaine is not the answer to all our problems.]
“HISTORIC HEAT WAVE IN THE CARIBBEANS – Records smashed all over, every day, for over 500+ consecutive days.
“Today HOTTEST JULY DAY IN CURACAO Tmax 35.8C [96.4F]; HOTTEST JULY NIGHT IN COLOMBIA (again!) Tmin 28.8 Providencia; HOTTEST JULY NIGHT IN GRENADA Tmin 27.9C.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1813731340132683920
“Severe flooding and damage in Guadalajara [Mexico]: Zapopan is the most affected area.
“The Guadalajara Metropolitan Area was hit by heavy rain and hail on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 16, causing widespread flooding and damage to infrastructure. The heavy rainfall caused the collapse of roads and essential services.”
“US probes nearly 70 suspected human cases of H5N1 bird flu [Colorado]…
“Due to extreme heat during the culling operation – around 40 degrees Celsius – workers found it difficult to wear their personal protective equipment, Nirav Shah, principal investigator of the CDC, told reporters this week.”
“Record salmon migration runs into hot water [Washington state].
“… warming waters — in major tributaries like the Okanogan River and the Snake River — come at the same time as annual migrations of sockeye salmon from the Pacific Ocean, complicating a spawning ritual that spans hundreds of miles and is already peppered with human-made obstacles.”
https://www.eenews.net/articles/record-salmon-migration-runs-into-hot-water/
“Concerns grow over impact of wildfires on salmon habitats [BC, Canada]…
““The resultant alterations in soils and the loss of vegetation combine to influence stream flows and temperatures, channel morphology and water quality, and these impacts threaten to push some salmon populations beyond their ability to adapt,” continued the guide.”
https://seawestnews.com/concerns-grow-over-impact-of-wildfires-on-salmon-habitats/
“New out-of-control wildfires have erupted across Alberta since late Tuesday, with blazes potentially threatening more than 400,000 barrels a day of oil production.
“Many of the fires are burning south of the unofficial oil sands capital of Fort McMurray.”
“‘Something you’d see in a hurricane:’ Toronto saw more than a month’s worth of rain in three hours…
“Phillips described Tuesday’s weather system as a “freight train” that lined up from London, Ont. right through the west of Toronto. He said it moved slowly in a straight line with a pipeline of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico.”
“Risk of Illinois dam breach is under control after once-in-a-century rainfall, officials say…
“Washington County was under a flash flood warning until 4:30 p.m. CT after the region received over 5 inches of rain in six hours, according to radar estimates from the National Weather Service office in St. Louis. That level of rain approaches 100-year rainfall frequency…”
“Arkansas floods sweep house away in 11-inch downpour as people are trapped in flooded nursing home.
“The southern US state has received about 11 inches of rain as of today leading to multiple washed-out and broken bridges – particularly near Yellville in central Marion County.”
“D.C. hits record 104 amid most intense heat stretch since Dust Bowl.
“The District tied a record high of 104 degrees Tuesday while surpassing the century mark for the third straight day, matching the longest such streak on record set in 1930 at the beginning of the Dust Bowl.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/07/16/dc-heat-100-record-high-temperatures/
“Video shows damage after severe storms strike Rome in upstate New York.
“Trees were toppled, power lines were brought down and cars were overturned by an intense thunderstorm that struck the city of Rome in upstate New York.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/extreme-weather-strikes-rome-in-upstate-new-york-215049797650
“Storm Ciarán’s low pressure made tea taste worse, say scientists [UK]…
“Millions of Britons were forced to drink subpar cups of tea last November due to the record-breaking low pressure caused by Storm Ciarán… water in Reading was boiling at 98C on the morning of the storm.”
“The increase in tropical nights [Austria] is worrying, and regions where warm nights were previously unknown are increasingly affected.
“Last night, for example, in Friesach (K): For the first time in the history of measurements (beginning in 1958) it did not cool down below 20 degrees [68F].”
https://x.com/wetterblogAT/status/1813466282504712655
“Historic heat in HUNGARY: records are falling in all major cities. After Budapest, Pecs also had its hottest night in history with a minimum temperature of 27.4C [81.3F].”
“Hungarian Grand Prix chaos as pit lane floods just 48 hours before first qualifying session.
“Budapest has seen huge rainfall this week which has resulted in parts of the Hungaroring becoming submerged in water. The pit lane, where the teams are stationed, was seen with inches of water, leaving some people knee deep as they attempted to walk through.”
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/hungary-grandprix-pitlane-water-weather-33269652
“EXTRAORDINARY – ROMANIA had its HOTTEST NIGHT EVER again with a min of 29.8C [85.6F] at Orovita. 27.6c Tmin at Sulina.
“Records are falling all over Central/Eastern Europe except for Italy which remained untouched.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1813556490697117859
“Romania’s corn and sunflower crops severely impacted by drought.
“Romania is expected to suffer significant losses in corn and sunflower crops due to severe drought conditions affecting nearly two million hectares… Romania is Europe’s second-biggest grain exporter after France.”
https://www.romania-insider.com/romania-corn-sunflower-crops-drought-2024
“After Serbia and Romania, MOLDOVA also had its hottest night in history with a minimum of 27.4C [81.3F] in the capital Chisinau.
“Records are falling by the hundreds all over the eastern half of Europe and Northern Africa.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1813311457414848707
“Ukraine smashes temperature records amid power outages…
“Several cities across Ukraine were recording historic scorching temperatures, officials said Wednesday… The Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center said historic records were set in Vinnytsia, Chernivtsi and Mykolaiv — cities in the centre and south of Ukraine.”
“Early jellyfish invasion disrupts Crimean coastline…
“This year, the jellyfish arrived at the shores of Crimea several weeks earlier than usual. This earlier appearance is linked to persistently high temperatures and warmer-than-usual water for this time of year.”
“Much of Europe continues to bake under a prolonged heatwave, triggering forest fires and drying up a lake in Serbia for the first time…
“…the Rusanda salt lake in the northern province of Vojvodina, which contains medicinal mud, dried up for the first time ever, locals said… The Adriatic Sea hovered at temperatures around a record-high 29.5°C in several coastal resorts of Croatia.”
“Albania continues to tackle wildfires spreading up north of country…
“Fires blazing through Albania have spread up north of the country. The EU has been assisting the country with resources needed to tackle the wildfires. Albanian authorities enter a third week of fighting fires that have been raging through the country.”
“Greece experienced its tenth consecutive day of a heatwave on Wednesday, according to the Meteo weather service of the National Observatory of Athens.
“The highest temperature on Wednesday was recorded in Oleni, Ilia, in the Peloponnese, at 42.2°C.”
“Turning vapor into drinking water…
“…people on the Canary Islands in Spain and in Morocco are meeting the specter of drought with innovative new projects. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that North Africa will lose around 50 per cent of its available surface water this century.”
“Tunisia inaugurates Zarat Desalination Plant to combat water scarcity…
“The facility, designed to mitigate the overexploitation of groundwater resources exacerbated by prolonged droughts and the depletion of surface water sources, marks a major development in Tunisia’s water infrastructure.”
“A Tunisian village’s fight for running water…
“Like its neighbour Algeria and large areas of the Mediterranean region, Tunisia suffers from “alert drought conditions”… Tunisia’s national water grid supplies almost all of the country’s urban areas, but only about half of the rural population… “We’ve been marginalised,” said Saket.”
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/a-tunisian-villages-fight-for-running-water/ar-BB1pHOy5
“Western Cape floods: Citrus farmers worry about harvest as Citrusdal remains cut off…
“The Western Cape’s citrus production could be severely impacted by flooding, the Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) has warned, especially with the town of Citrusdal being cut off.”
“RECORD HEAT WAVE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA – brutal heat in DJIBOUTI with 47C [116.6F] at Cape Lemonnier which ties its hottest day in history.
“In SOMALIA deadly humid heat 24/7 at Bosaaso with minimum temperatures up to 35.3C and high humidity.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1813148778062295454
“Dubai recorded a heat index of 144°F (62.2°C) today at 3 PM.
“The heat index is currently 129°F (53.9°C) at 5 AM local time. Life-threatening heat.”
https://x.com/US_Stormwatch/status/1813393106294960137
“…the most humid place on Earth is the Persian Gulf in the Middle East.
“Water temperatures in the Persian Gulf are currently as warm as 95°F (35°C), leading to oppressive humidity and widespread heat indices above 125°F (51.7°C). Today at noon, Persian Gulf International Airport reported a heat index of 149°F (65°C).”
https://x.com/US_Stormwatch/status/1813665009253384209
“Incredible in MALDIVES. 33.9C and national July record again at Male.
“500+ days of continuous record heat no-stop and all monthly records beaten several times each month of both hottest day and night. El Nino has officially ended but 100% of the tropics are breaking more records than ever.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1813624558718796287
“Breaking News! Code UFB!!!
“As of July 16, 2024, global sea-ice extent hit a new record low for the date, beating the record low set just last year… Antarctic sea ice extent is now at 4.6 standard deviations below the 1991-2020 daily mean.”
https://x.com/EliotJacobson/status/1813579077586153837
“Butter made from CO2, not cows, tastes like ‘the real thing’, claims start-up…
“Savor, backed by the Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, has been experimenting with creating dairy-free alternatives to ice-cream, cheese, and milk by utilising a thermochemical process that allows it to build fat molecules, creating chains of carbon dioxide, hydrogen and oxygen.”
“Lab-grown pet food is to hit UK shelves as Britain becomes the first country in Europe to approve cultivated meat…
“Research suggests the pet food industry has a climate impact similar to that of the Philippines, the 13th most populous country in the world.”
“Danish insect farm sets sights on feeding Europe’s livestock…
“Jane Lind Sam and her father, Carsten Lind Pedersen, swapped pigs for soldier flies and created a 22,000-square-metre (237,000 square feet) factory where they intend to produce more than 10,000 tonnes of insect meal and oil a year.”
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-danish-insect-farm-sights-europe.html
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Justin, I must respectfully disagree with your editorial that buying mass quantities of cocaine is not an answer to our problems. It’s AN answer, just maybe not a great one. Thanks so much for what you do, hug your parents this weekend.
You are welcome, John.
“hug your parents this weekend.”
I will try to sneak one in. We’re pretty English and repressed when it comes to hugging though, as tragic as that is. 😂
Hola, maybe your parents can be swayed by the science of hugging. Each hugs must last a minimum of 15 seconds, in order for the synapse of the brain to get the message to release endorphins-nature’s natural uppers. The skin is the largest organ of the human body- more science. If infants are not held and touched, they die- also science. Always ask someone if they want to share in a hug, as a form of greeting, good-bye,etc. Another gift from the universe- hugs, right up there with laughter. I often share in laughter hugs! All are free. Happy, Peaceful Now💖
Beautiful.. Thanks for the reminder 😌🙏💕
Yes! Let’s go out hugging!!!
❤
East Coast farmers face catastrophic crop loss due to unprecedented drought
XtremeAg farmers in Maryland and North Carolina manage impact of drought on early planted corn and soybeans.
By XtremeAg Published on July 15, 2024
Early-planted corn on the east coast is extremely bad. The drought area affected goes from Pennsylvania to Georgia. It’s the worst I’ve ever seen in my career as a farmer. A lot of areas are a zero yield. We have a little bit of rain relieving heat and drought for a small amount of time and it could help late-May-planted corn, but we think the damage has been done at this point.
The early-planted soybeans struggled with wet weather early, then severe drought. Soybeans are extremely short and struggled to canopy. Somehow, they are still holding on for the time being. There was a window in mid- to late May where the soybeans were planted that actually look fair. A fair amount of double crop soybeans was replanted because there was just enough moisture at planting to germinate them, then they died.
All in all, the crops in the east are a complete disaster.
PS. Recently, saw a video regarding the patenting of seed hybrids by Big Ag and recent legislation to provide means to control more of the food supply..
Patent war looms over Europe’s future supercrops
New rules on gene-edited seeds could pave way for half a dozen big suppliers to strengthen their market domination.
https://www.politico.eu/article/gene-edited-seeds-europe-patent-war-supercrops/
Just another reason for TR to point out how our society is leading us to ruin for short sighted gains…we just might reach 10 Billion people before the cliff.
That will be something when everyone in Dubai, one of the wealthiest cities in the world, will be dying from too high wet bulb temps.
Meanwhile the Mashco Piro tribe tries to survive the onslaught of industrial civ. If anyone doesn’t deserve our collective fate, it’s them.
Right on
Someone on reddit posted an interesting article from Rand, of all places. Look up “Climate Change Risk to National Critical Functions”. Unlike politicians and other pundits they actually take a realistic view of the situation. Major nation-wide disruptions to critical services by 2050, then downhill from there. Things like supply chains and the electrical grid. Once those go down it cascades and starts taking other things out, things like medical care and critical electronic components,
Hell, we’re already seeing it. Folks in Texas have been without power for weeks. During a brutal heatwave. And how many years do wee need to see a repeat of “1,000 year” floods before people get it that they are “every other year” floods now? How many farms need to be destroyed? How many blackouts?
2050 is looking optimistic.
Jerry, feel free to post links to such things. I agree, 2050 is optimistic. Actually ridiculous IMO.
Pan,
After today’s links, please take a few days off. One of us needs a break. 😉
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Same old shit everyday. No news about an extended solar flair shutting down all electricity on this rock. A failed suicide would be more fun.
BTW, what’s this talk about parents? These are the assholes that created the creatures that are destroying the habitat.
Best argument for abortion; Look into a mirror.
Nagging question. What does one do after it’s too late?
Paraphrase of Jim Jefferies: Society can only walk as fast as the slowest person.
Pick up the pace, you drag ass 8 billion baboon brains. 😉
Love this sentence: “A global tech failure disrupted operations across multiple industries on Friday, halting flights and upending everything from banking to healthcare systems” – Reuters. How’s that 2024 technological era working out? That’s some side splitting, floor rolling laughter.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mount-everests-highest-camp-littered-030846199.html
“Who cares? We don’t live there.” Greedily spoken by a bunch of baboon brains. Translation: “Fuck this planet, except my set of living arrangements.”
I’m living a delusion thinking that anything will get anyone’s attention so that 8 billion would take any effort to do anything, about anything. Where is the devastating horror that will get this species attention? How about a total shutdown of all cell phone communication? Collapse of electrical service so that there can only be power to homes or the internet, but not both. I see some raised their heads as if they heard something. 😉
Wait, it gets worse. Someone on reddit posted an article from wired about the resource intensity of the new “generative” AI data centers. Not only are they sucking up massive amounts of juice from the grid, they are also EVAPORATING massive amounts of fresh water.
Hmm…, last time I looked water vapor was one of the more potent greenhouse gasses. So, we get a double punch. First, a gut punch from the huge spike in CO2 from the power generation. Then, they kick you in the short-hairs with a massive draw-down of fresh water converted into water vapor.
Brilliant! The entire human race brought to our knees by data centers making our online fappery more “conversational”.
Meanwhile, the Juneau police sez: “Hey, folks! It’s OK to kill people! Especially if they’re homeless!” ugh.
Meanwhile, the Juneau police sez: “Hey, folks! It’s OK to kill people! Especially if they’re homeless!” ugh.
We are a killer species. When I say killers that might as well be everyone of us. Those that don’t demand killing stops & do nothing to stop it, aren’t killers they are human scum. For any of the 8 billion that didn’t hear that, SOME OF YOU ARE HUMAN SCUM. Everyone else can write the law , I’ll write the punishments: Unbearable punishment or don’t commit any crime. Too complex for bleeding hearts? We need Old Testament punishments.
I’m looking forward to the next mass shooting anywhere in the U.S. or the world. Wonder how many politically correct, bleeding hearts, their families & friends will die? How’s that doing nothing working out? Too bad delusional value systems don’t protect one’s family.
I’m adding do nothing to the top of my bucket list. I will be surrounded by plenty of Do Nothings. 😉
‘”We can develop large projects that will really move the needle on climate change,” said Tim Latimer, the CEO of Fervo Energy, which is partnering with Google to boost geothermal power.
Geothermal energy accounts for less than 1% of electricity in the U.S., according to the Department of Energy.
Fervo wants to change that. Latimer said the company think geothermal energy can be as much as 20% of the U.S. electricity grid.’?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-surging-demand-for-energy-and-rise-of-ai-is-straining-the-power-grid-in-u-s/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6j&linkId=514312370&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0N7nTrCIkeCEux82XkkzHRIQ9IO6PKsgQJKSIMVT1Ut5wkCqksQJzjOXE_aem_-3w7sL_6Gt1Scs_A9cDwYg
I read recently someone had the idea of using gear developed for fusion power, cyclotrons I think, to melt holes in the Earth’s crust. It’s a brilliant idea. Huge potential, and it opens up the possibility of putting drill sites next to existing power plants. No need for new steam turbines, power lines, or substations.
It does nothing to address our global ecological overshoot, of course. In fact, it would only exacerbate it by making the myth of infinite progress even more monolithic than it is now.
Meanwhile, our once lovely little planet hurtles into the abyss.
I have been saying for a while now that our old planet is gone. Check. I’ve also been sneering that no one knows what our new planet is going to look like. Wrong. We do know. Last time CO2 levels were this high was 3 million years ago. Sea levels were 30 feet higher, or more. Giant camels wandering the humid swamps of the Arctic.
Everywhere else? Look up “Mass Wasting Events”. The forests: Burned. All of them. The topsoil: Gone. All of it. Washed out to sea in giant “alluvial fans”.
Cue Richard Attenborough.
I’m chomping at the bit. Can’t wait for the next climate post.
All the global talking heads about Biden’s withdrawal don’t have a clue about the possible future they, their families & friends could be facing. It will be fun to see the sadness, anguish, grief & tears when they realize what they have denied as they face their end.
Dying dumb is not a virtue.
“Mass Wasting Events”, This species sliding down the slope of extinction.