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“Unbelievable warmth in the Arctic – weeks with temperatures >20C [68F] at 75 latitude in the Arctic coast of Russia. This is absolutely insane and nothing like this has ever happened before.
“Even at 80 latitude there hasn’t been any frost for nearly 6 weeks. Mind blowing persistently abnormal.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1959590627798065226
“In the Arctic, consequences of heat waves linger.
“Kwon and team suggest that the effects of the 2020 [Siberian] heat wave were still detectable the following year in the form of warmer- and wetter-than-usual soils. The findings are published in the journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles.”
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-arctic-consequences-linger.html
“Rivers at critical level as Scotland’s water supplies feel the strain.
“Scotland is known for its rainfall, famed as a lush, green, soggy nation. Not this year. Water levels are way below average after the driest spring since 1964 and a hot summer.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qly7g9pepo
“Inside unassuming town that usurped Riviera as France’s best place to live…
“Fougères’s sudden claim to climate fame comes as rising temperatures are shifting mentalities regarding where to holiday or indeed buy a house in France and other European countries. Traditionally cool and wet regions such as Brittany and Normandy are turning into increasingly attractive alternatives to beat the heat.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/25/fougres-usurped-riviera-france-best-place-to-live/
“Spain’s August heatwave was ‘most intense on record’, weather agency says…
“In a statement on Sunday, the agency said that provisional readings for the August 3-18 heatwave exceeded the last record, set in July 2022, and showed an average temperature 4.6 degrees Celsius (8.28 Fahrenheit) higher than the expected threshold.”
“Portugal counts the cost of its biggest ever forest fire,
“Nearly 1,000 firefighters remained mobilized Monday in central Portugal to prevent flare-ups of what authorities said was the biggest forest fire the country has seen—ravaging an area more than 10 times bigger than Manhattan island.”
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-portugal-biggest-forest.html
“EU wildfires worst on record as burning season continues….
“The fires have charred homes, blackened forests and choked far-off cities. Data from the European Forest Fire Information System (Effis), which goes back to 2003, shows 1,015,024 hectares have burned this year – breaking the previous record of 988,544 hectares that was set in 2017, with weeks of dangerous fire weather still to come.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/22/eu-wildfires-worst-year-on-record-as-season-continues
“Freak maritime ‘supercell’ storm sparks chaos in Italian tourist hotspot as cars are crushed by falling trees and buildings flooded – with more wild weather to come…
“The north-east Emilia-Romagna region has been left ravaged by a violent storm that included rain, hail and winds exceeding 100km/h.”
“Record drought in Europe, Mediterranean in early August.
“More than half of Europe and the Mediterranean basin was affected by drought in the first ten days of August, according to an AFP analysis on Monday of European Drought Observatory (EDO) data. The 51.3% figure is the highest level registered for the period…”
https://www.euractiv.com/section/eet/news/record-drought-in-europe-mediterranean-in-early-august/
“‘We cannot do it the way our fathers did’: farmers across Europe struggle to adapt to the climate crisis…
“Their struggles mean the price of wine, olives, citrus fruits and vegetables are expected to continue to rise, as droughts, flash floods and high temperatures affect traditional crops in the Mediterranean.”
“Disastrous harvest gives bitter taste of food inflation in North Macedonia…
“This is the time of year Macedonians traditionally preserve food for winter, and stalls are stocked with tomatoes, cucumbers, aubergines, courgettes and red peppers of all kinds — the ingredients used to make savoury ajvar spread. But for a number of items, prices have risen to levels many citizens say are unsustainable…”
“Mohos Sinkhole on the Bükk Plateau in Hungary recorded this morning a minimum below –10 °C / 14F (–10.14 °C at 2 m).
“This is the lowest summer air temperature ever measured in Hungary, including unofficial records.” [Zedenek Nejedly]
https://x.com/ZdenekNejedly/status/1959903072978612494
“Three Dead, Four Injured As Violent Storms Sweep Romania…
“The storms battered 18 counties and the capital Bucharest, toppling more than 240 trees and power poles, flooding dozens of basements and courtyards, and damaging over 70 cars, the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU) reported on Saturday.”
“Turkish seas warming at twice global rate, threatening marine ecosystems.
“Sea surface temperatures around Türkiye are rising at more than twice the global average, causing severe damage to marine ecosystems, including seagrass beds, sea fans and cold-water corals, according to new research from Middle East Technical University.”
“NORTH AFRICA HEAT WAVE:
“Maximums up to 47.4C [117.3F] at Bidon, ALGERIA Next night some places might fail to drop below 34/35C! Then the heat is set to expand again to Tunisia, Libya, Turkey, Black Sea, Caucasus & East Europe.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1959683530897695136
“Egyptian farmers behind world’s perfumes face climate fight alone.
“For years, Egyptian jasmine picker Wael al-Sayed has collected blossoms by night in the Nile Delta, supplying top global perfume houses. But in recent summers, his basket has felt lighter and the once-rich fragrance is fading.”
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-egyptian-farmers-world-perfumes-climate.html
“Study links low rainfall to increased conflict between African pastoralists and farmers.
“Since 1990, more than 2.5 million people have died as a direct or indirect result of civil conflict in Africa. One of the causes of conflict, which increasingly involves clashes between predominantly Muslim herding and Christian farming communities, may well have been competition over agricultural resources, brought on by the hotter, drier conditions in the last 30 years.”
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-links-rainfall-conflict-african-pastoralists.html
“‘Without water nothing can exist’: the Malawians repeatedly displaced by drought…
“Since 2019, about 950,000 people have been displaced by cyclones, most temporarily, some multiple times… The more gradual impacts of climate breakdown are also pushing people from their homes.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/23/water-malawai-drought-climate-crisis
“Sudan army evacuates flood-hit villages as high Nile levels loom.
“The Sudanese army deployed helicopters on Sunday to evacuate villagers trapped by the flooding Gash River in eastern Kassala state, as authorities in Northern State issued urgent warnings of dangerously high Nile levels expected to last until October.”
https://sudantribune.com/article304319/
“Floods sweep Yemen, leaving 8 dead over past 2 days…
“On Tuesday, heavy rains triggered floods in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, injuring several people and causing significant property damage. Authorities in multiple provinces have issued warnings of continued heavy rainfall and the risk of further flash floods…”
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/floods-sweep-yemen-leaving-8-dead-over-past-2-days/3667334
“‘The marshes are dead’: Iraqi buffalo herders wander in search of water…
“”In the past, the drought would last one or two years, the water would return and the marshes would come back to life. Now we’ve gone without water for five years,” the buffalo herder told AFP.”
“Mountain Mudslide In Pakistan Creates 7-Km Lake, “Catastrophic” Floods Feared.
“A 7-km (4-mile) lake in northern Pakistan, created by a mountain mudslide, is threatening to burst and unleash potentially “catastrophic” floods downstream, officials warned on Saturday. The mud flow descended into the main Ghizer River channel and blocked it completely…”
“‘It happened in seconds’: residents count the cost of deadly floods that have left Pakistan in crisis.
“Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been the worst-hit region in Pakistan, with torrential rains and flash floods killing more than 400 people, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority. Thousands of houses in Swat have reportedly been damaged, with losses worth billions of rupees.”
“Heavy Rain: Rajasthan district [India] reels under 7-hour deluge, shatters 50-year record…
“Torrential rain in Nagaur district, Rajasthan, on Sunday broke a 50-year record. Seven inches of rain fell in Nagaur city in just seven hours. The incessant heavy rain flooded low-lying areas, submerging several colonies and causing water to rise three to four feet in many houses…”
“Himachal Pradesh [Northern India] Continues To Struggle Amid Incessant Rains.
“Many people have lost their lives, while a large number of people have been left homeless. There is no section of the society that is untouched by the misery brought by the rains in the form of landslides and flash floods.”
“India’s Boiling Point. Millions in the country are confronting a terrifying reality: When sweat can’t evaporate, heat kills…
“With humidity, the air can feel as much as 10 degrees hotter. Even in a nation that’s made huge strides in modernizing its economy, such temperatures can overwhelm railways and electrical grids, hampering exports and idling factories.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-india-extreme-heat/
“Climate change is reshaping the Gangotri Glacier System—source of Ganga [NE India]…
“With debates on water security and Himalayan disasters intensifying, the study provides fresh insights into how a warming climate is transforming the Ganga at its very source, authors say, urging for sustained field monitoring and the integration of high-resolution climate projections…”
https://tehelka.com/climate-change-is-reshaping-the-gangotri-glacier-system-source-of-ganga/
“Indian villagers resist mega dam meant to counter China water threat…
“The resistance underscores growing tensions as India rushes to fast-track its own mega-dam project in response to fears that a planned Chinese hydropower dam in Tibet could reduce water flows on a major river by up to 85 per cent during the dry season, according to four sources and a government analysis seen by Reuters.”
“7 stations breaking or tying records from late August today [China].
“Hangzhou reached 40.3C [104.5F], marking the first time this year that Zhejiang has reached 40C! Heat wave is expected to continue over the next week, with many locations breaking records for the latest 40C.”
[Jim Yang]
https://x.com/yangyubin1998/status/1959617039917805970
“JAPAN ENDLESS RECORD HEAT:
“Brutally hot and humid conditions continue unabated in Japan with max. temperatures up to 39C [102.2F] and no relief at night. Suwa recorded its August hottest night on record with a minimum of 24.4C.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1959928367018299718
“Tokyo household budgets further squeezed by heat wave.
“Japanese households are spending more due to extreme heat this summer, as the mercury continues to break record highs while inflation further squeezes household spending… The largest increases were in food and travel expenses and money spent on air conditioning units.”
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/25/economy/heat-household-expenses/
“Amid the frequent appearance of rats that were rarely seen throughout downtown Seoul, “climate change” is cited as the cause [S Korea].
“According to Gangnam-gu and Gangdong-gu in Seoul on the 24th, there have been a series of reports of rats appearing on the civil petition board of the district office recently.”
https://www.mk.co.kr/en/society/11401480
“Three killed after Typhoon Kajiki lashes Vietnam, floods Hanoi streets.
“Vietnam’s government, in a statement, said Kajiki damaged nearly 7,000 homes, inundated 28,800 hectares (71,166 acres) of rice plantings and felled some 18,000 trees.” [Only the second Cat 2 typhoon to hit Há Tinh and the first since Typhoon Charlotte in 1956].
“Record heat continues also in THAILAND with 38.5C [101.3F] yesterday at Tak, its hottest August day in history.
“Rain is expected to intensify though, so far the rainy season has been modest, especially in the Khra Istmus (only ab. 300mm accumulated in 2025 between Petburi and Cha Am).”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1959261237989998925
“AUSTRALIA BETWEEN RECORD WARMTH AND COLD.
“More records in Australia: warm in the East and cold returned in the West with max. temperatures only around 10C [50F]…” [Perth has its coldest day in 50 years, recording a maximum of just 11.4C on Monday].
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1959920864339661152
“‘We’re trying to call on everybody that we can’: South Australia scrambles to fight its pulsating algal bloom.
“New satellite imagery of South Australia’s devastating algal bloom shows it shifting and surging around the coast, where it has killed tens of thousands of marine animals. On the video, a light green smudge explodes into an angry, purplish red mass, indicating a high concentration of chlorophyll.”
“Freak storm covers Northland beach in hail [NZ].
“Two Northland fishermen stumbled on a scene resembling a winter wonderland after a freak hail storm left hundreds of metres of a remote beach blanketed in ice. For several hundred metres, from the water’s edge up into the dunes, the beach was blanketed in hail.”
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/freak-storm-covers-northland-beach-hail-rnz
“Historic heat the day before yesterday in ARGENTINA.
“The agro station of Posta Salazar had a MINIMUM temperature of 28.7C [83.7F], which is the highest minimum temperature ever recorded in winter in Argentina. Temperatures have now plummeted back to winter.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1959582607609356402
“EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN THE CARIBBEAN; records smashed everywhere:
“Min 28.9 Max 35 US VIRGIN ISLANDS HOTTEST AUGUST DAY AND NIGHT IN HISTORY; 34.9 CAYMAN ISLANDS HOTTEST AUGUST DAY IN HISTORY; 37.0 Lamentin HOTTEST DAY IN MARTINIQUE HISTORY; Min 29.7 [85.5F] Middle Cay AUGUST HOTTEST NIGHT IN CENTRAL AMERICA HISTORY; Max 33.3 Argyle ST VINCENT AUGUST HOTTEST DAY; Min 28.9 St Thomas US VIRGIN I. AUGUST HOTTEST NIGHT.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1959020666792874276
“Floods in Jiutepec [south of Mexico City] leave dozens of homes damaged and total losses.
“More than 13 neighborhoods in Jiutepec, Morelos , were affected by heavy rains. The water reached a meter and a half deep on Tabachines Street, damaging furniture, appliances, and personal documents.”
“Two people died during the rains in Querétaro [north of Mexico City] on Friday night and early Saturday morning. They were a man and a woman found lifeless in the Peñuelas area, apparently swept away by the stormwater…
“…rainfall reached a record of 146 millimeters / 5.7 inches per second [hour, I’m assuming], while the Querétaro City Council reported 80 millimeters per square meter.”
“Massive dust storm slams Phoenix, causing damage, airport delays and power outages…
“The National Weather Service in Phoenix issued both dust storm and severe thunderstorm warnings as the system pushed into Maricopa County Monday evening. The weather service warned drivers of dangerously low visibility and urged people to “pull aside stay alive.””
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/26/weather/phoenix-dust-storm-wind-damage-climate-hnk
“Wildfires expand in Oregon and California, threatening homes and prompting evacuations.
“Wildfires in California wine country and Central Oregon grew overnight, prompting hundreds of evacuations as firefighters worked Sunday to try to contain the blazes amid dry, hot weather.”
“Charleston sets new rainfall record as a stalled cold front triggers flash floods in South Carolina.
“Charleston broke a daily rainfall record as a stalled cold front over the southeastern United States dropped up to 300 mm (12 inches) rain in Charleston County, on Friday, August 22, 2025. The system also affected parts of southeastern Georgia…”
“EXTRAORDINARY HEAT WAVE IN CANADA:
“Today Lytton rose even further: 41.3C/106F. Only in 1967 Canada had a comparable late heat as now, ut this episode is being even longer (6 days vs. 4 days in August 1967). So, that means we are just halfway and there will be 3 more scorching days.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1960137610606899293
“Extreme summer weather [Canada] could further endanger monarch butterflies, researchers fear.
“Without nectar, monarchs may lack fuel for fall migration to Mexico… This summer’s drought and record-breaking heat could affect the fall migration of the endangered monarch butterfly, according to researchers from the University of Ottawa.”
“As of August 21st, global surface temperatures currently rank 3rd hottest since 1940, and likely third hottest in the last 120,000 years [Prof Eliot Jacobson; graph is Eliot’s]…
“Temperatures over global land areas so far this year are still the 2nd warmest on record (after last year).” [Zack Labe per NOAA data on BlueSky]
https://x.com/EliotJacobson/status/1959233121209229421
“The Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes warmed more over the past 15 years than over the preceding 150!
“July 2025 was higher above 1991-2020 than any of the preceding 2,058 months. Regional Sea Surface Temperature are likely higher than at any time in the past 100,000s of years!” [Leon Simons]
https://x.com/LeonSimons8/status/1958919156499148820
“Global water crisis could cost trillions.
“Planet Earth is 70% water, yet only about 0.5% is freshwater available for drinking, washing and watering crops. And much of that is becoming scarcer due to rising demand and intensifying heat and drought linked to climate change.”
https://www.dw.com/en/global-water-crisis-could-cost-trillions/a-73394280
“Nature can keep up with climate change – but not at this speed…
“By burning fossil fuels, we are emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere 30 times faster than at any point in the last 100 million years. That’s like putting nature’s slow-moving film on fast-forward – only the device is overheating as a result.”
“A ‘global stocktake’ and strategic agendas at COP30…
“The …most likely scenario is one in which climate change continues to serve as a pretext for advancing other agendas. The “global stocktake” will offer a convenient tool for legislators to satisfy bureaucrats, sidestep real decisions and obscure growing disagreements among member countries. Meanwhile, powerful states will use the process to expand their geopolitical influence.”
https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/cop30-agenda/
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Excellent video Doom Wizard, thanks! The new normal for many of us is to limit outside activities/chores to the morning hours. Yesterday I spent several afternoon hours in the workshop with a fan blowing, didn’t think much of it till I crashed in bed earlier than usual and slept 10 hours which is about 4 hours more than I normally would. A friend stopped by late afternoon and we both agreed, can’t handle the heat like we used to. I hesitate to describe it as the new “normal”…
Texas Guy, the UK’s summer of 2025 will almost certainly go down as our hottest on record, following on from a historically dry and sunny spring.
Crazy to think we had our wettest 18 months on record from October 2022 to March 2024. Talk about tilting to extremes!
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/26/summer-2025-almost-certainly-uk-warmest-record-met-office
We have been in a heat wave for 5 days in Washington state. Its been miserable and i agree Texas guy its getting harder to handle the heat every year. These heatwaves are getting longer and here we have more humidity than usual.
And yet the news on NPR, day after day is: What show is Trump putting on today?
Exactly. Glad I stopped listening to that many years ago. Of course whoever is the current president of the shitshow gets blasted by the other side and as you say no one talks about the elephant in the living room.
“Let me tell you, folks, it’s true — absolutely true — Justin Panopticon, fantastic guy, tremendous, and his website, Climate and Economy, really incredible, really something special. Everybody should be talking about it, everybody should be paying attention to it. He’s out there every single day putting the real issues up front — the climate, the economy, the things that actually shape your lives, your jobs, your future. Honest work, by the way — very honest, very transparent. No nonsense. That’s rare!
“But what are people doing instead? They’re glued to the television, watching wall-to-wall Trump coverage. Ratings, ratings, ratings, that’s all it is. They can’t get enough of me — and that’s fine, I understand, I always pull the numbers, everyone knows that — but let’s be honest, folks: the big story is what’s happening with your environment, with your money, energy, housing, the fundamentals. And Justin covers it better than anybody.
“The media won’t give him the spotlight, because they’re obsessed with distractions. But if people really want to be smart, if they really want to know what’s coming, they should be reading Climate and Economy. Believe me, tremendous insight. He’s doing the kind of work that makes countries strong again — forward-looking, fact-based. People don’t realize how important that is. They should.
“So I’ll say it: forget the endless reruns of Trump-related news — you’ve seen it all already! Turn your eyes toward Justin Panopticon. Very, very smart man. Great website. If people were listening to him more, we’d all be in much better shape, I promise you that.”
[Donald Trump. Probably.]
LOL perfect
The stories go on and on…seems the mainstream press is paying attention
Your subway wasn’t built for this world
By Bill Weir, Chief Climate Correspondent, and Laura Paddison, CNN
Published 8:00 AM EDT, Mon August 25, 2025
CNN
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When the London Underground was new, Victoria was Queen, chimneys had sweeps and England was more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit cooler. But 60% of the Tube system that helped save London from Nazi bombs is now an unairconditioned health hazard on days hot enough to bend track.
Meanwhile, the New York subway hasn’t slept since 1904, and service-suspending waterfalls are becoming more common in every downpour, as platform vents become catchment basins and flash floods gush down the stairs.
Even the world’s newest systems are getting harsh lessons in the designs needed to survive an overheating Earth. When 2021 brought 8 inches of rain in a single hour to Zhengzhou, China, subway cars resembled leaking submarines full of panicked families. Fourteen people perished on a line that was less than a decade old.
And the NYTimes is going doomer…how progressive
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/well/climate-change-survival-quiz.html
The list goes on and on…Pan gives an unabridged world view of the state stage and Doomer that was a eye opening video with captions..Our society ain’t worth anything without fossil fuels..or something similar…it’s a secret between us all, right TR? Carry on…
Vince, London’s sewerage system is even older than the Underground. Unfortunately, the Victorians did things so well that the need to overhaul infrastructure was not pressing in a more energy-abundant age, so we still have sewers built by Joseph Bazalgette after the Great Stink of 1858.
I remember that “once-in-a-millennium” flooding incident in Zhengzhou well.
“Our society ain’t worth anything without fossil fuels..”
My brilliant paraphrase: Our species ain’t worth anything.
Five of the seven voices in my head have found better accommodations. Now I’m left with two dummies.
Thnx for the vid, kid.
They should just try my simple solution: since CO2, at an atomic weight of 22 (6 +8+8) is more than 2’ce that of H2O (2+8), it’s purely a matter of venting: instead of CSS, we should be using VTtS (venting to the stratosphere). Because of its weight, only volcano-produced CO2 ends up in the stratosphere, the man-made CO2 largely remains in the troposphere where it’s concentration is 425ppm; if that concentration were diffused throughout the entire atmosphere, the decrease in its concentration would slow the rate at which the planet is heating.
Using the physics that animates the flailing man-balloons outside of car dealerships, and manufacturing sail-like structures that are manufactured from the waste plastics scattered around the globe, thin-meshed CO2 “condoms” miles in length would be attached to power plant chimneys to transport the CO2 to the stratosphere where it would take decades before it descends back to the troposphere again, giving mankind a reprieve.
As ridiculous as this “solution “ sounds, it is the last bit that is the most absurd: because we all know how the “reprieve” would be used… the same way wind & solar are currently being used: to dramatically Increase the speed at which the remaining fossil fuels are excavated and incinerated.
my point being that everyone attending the upcoming COPOUT knows this (we burned more coal during the first decade of the 21’st century than during the en
So the fact that it took them 30 years to finally make the observation that the most powerful states use it to advance their own agenda is the most depressing aspect of the last article that states that fact as though it’s reporting some kind of “Breaking (Bad) News”.
Rob, that is a very creative temporary fix. As a non-physicist, I am not really in a position to critique it, although I can say that the aesthetics of a sky full of giant, gas-filled condoms leave something to be desired.
Aesthetics matter! We might as well go down with a flair (NOT gas filled…err…things)!