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“Extreme Heat Isn’t the Only Climate Impact Shocking Scientists…
“These heat jumps are part of a larger shift of climate change seeming to accelerate. Ocean temperatures just reached a new high for the early summer. Sea levels are rising faster than before, while new records for daily rainfall are being set at a rapid clip.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-extreme-heat-climate-change-data/
“Breaking News!
“Global sea-surface temperatures are at 21.00°C, and have now set a new daily record high for the 33rd day in a row, more than 0.08°C above the previous record high, set in 2024.” [Prof Eliot Jacobson]
https://x.com/EliotJacobson/status/2073786705820484019
“Breaking News! Code: y-axis alert!
“As of July 5th, the Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly has now crossed 1.80°C above the 1991-2020 mean. The Nino 3.4 SST is now 3.46 standard deviations above the 1991-2020 mean:” [Prof Eliot Jacobson]
https://x.com/EliotJacobson/status/2074150989528240219
“Both the traditional index (+3.9˚C) and relative index (+3.4˚C) would break El Niño records according to new ECMWF data.
“The most extreme scenario is for a +4.5˚C rise in central equatorial Pacific Ocean temperatures.” [Ben Noll]
https://x.com/BenNollWeather/status/2074131206933987677
“Challenging summer ahead without any historical analog to current strong east-based El Niño and strong Pacific Decadal Oscillation combination…
“Absolutely zero historical analog to El Nino this strong with PDO this strong.” [Commodity Wx Group]
https://x.com/commoditywx/status/2074176837291299094
“Well that’s that. The Barents Sea had its earliest melt-out of Arctic sea ice on record this summer!
“ICYMI: I wrote up a blog on this extreme event: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-…. This is already one of the fastest changing climates in the world.” [Zack Labe]
https://bsky.app/profile/zacklabe.com/post/3mpta5o5qds2e
“Collapse of AMOC ocean current may already be locked in…
“The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) carries warm, salty water from the tropics into the North Atlantic Ocean, where it cools, sinks and then returns south. This circulation regulates the climate across Europe, Africa and the Americas.”
“UK enters third heatwave – with temperatures set to hit 35C.
“Southeast England has now officially met the heatwave criteria, after three days of temperatures above 28C, the Met Office said. Temperatures are forecast to rise across the UK this week with more regions likely to reach their local heatwave thresholds, the forecaster added.”
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-enters-a-third-heatwave-with-temperatures-set-to-hit-35c-13560657
“HISTORIC HEAT WAVE IN FRANCE: 43C [109.4F].
“Dozen records of July highest Temperatures smashed today including Montpellier with 38.7C. Extreme heat continues in Spain and Portugal. This is the beginning of another historic heat wave which will smash hundreds of records in the coming weeks.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2074197992668619184
“Thousands forced from homes in France as wildfires rage across Europe.
“Over 10,000 people have been evacuated in southern France due to an out-of-control wildfire threatening two dozen towns near the Spanish border. The European Union is deploying four waterbombing aircraft and over 100 firefighters from Cyprus and Sweden to aid French emergency teams.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/trevillach-wildfire-tour-de-france-spain-b3009916.html
“Last week in the Alps the freezing temperatures stayed above freezing even at the highest peaks like Mont Blanc, 4,800m! All Alpine glaciers were melting.
“Sheets laid over the ice to protect from sun & heat felt like a veil draped over a dying patient.” [Marco Lambertini]
https://x.com/ConvenerNatureP/status/2073783871884206238
“The Alps are drying out: EU-funded project assesses the future of Europe’s “water tower”…
“According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the melting of Alpine glaciers threatens the water supply of mountain communities and the millions of people living downstream. Europe’s largest mountain range is estimated to be warming roughly twice as fast as the global average.”
“A hydrological drought is spreading across Poland, with official warnings now covering about half of the country as river levels continue to fall, the national weather agency has said.
“The warnings follow a period of extreme heat in Poland. Last week, the country recorded a new all-time temperature record, with Słubice in western Poland reaching 40.5 degrees Celsius [104.9F]…”
“Nearly 40% of Attica’s Forests Burned in Nine Years [Greece].
“Nearly 40% of the forests in Greece’s Attica region have been destroyed by wildfires over the past nine years, according to a new analysis by the METEO unit of the National Observatory of Athens.”
https://www.tovima.com/society/nearly-40-of-atticas-forests-burned-in-nine-years/amp/
“A toxic cloud has covered large parts of Oraiokastro and Thessaloniki in northern Greece on Sunday after a wildfire in the area reached an industrial area and burned down several plants…
“…residents of the broader area have been urged to stay in their homes with closed windows and balcony doors in order to protect themselves…”
“‘Better safe than sorry’: Greece installs floating barrier to ward off toxic fish…
“The arrival, thanks to the climate crisis, of toxic, long-toothed pufferfish – capable of chomping through bone, metal and wooden blocks – has posed a different threat: in an unprecedented step, the Greek Red Cross issued a public health warning in June advising citizens to seek emergency care if bitten by the fish…2
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/06/greece-floating-barrier-pufferfish-warming-waters
“Veneto Declares a Water Emergency as Drought Tightens Its Grip on Wine Country [Italy].
“Veneto has declared a regional water emergency as a deepening drought strains one of Italy’s most important wine regions and pushes growers to rely more heavily on sensors, drones and data-driven irrigation.”
“Malaga’s Montejaque dam returns to its usual appearance: not a single drop of water despite reaching its limit four months ago [Spain].
“The reservoir, which in February filled up for the first time in a century and almost overflowed, has drained 36 million cubic metres of water.”
“From north to south, Africa braces for volatile El Nino year…
“With lives and livelihoods at stake, experts say Africa’s climate preparedness cannot be left to individual governments or ministries. “It has to be embedded within agriculture, within health, within water, within energy, education and social protection,” Mkumbeni said.”
https://www.dw.com/en/is-africa-ready-for-el-nino-drought-floods/a-77826694
“Suffocating Thirst Crisis in Gaza… Contaminated Water and a Collapsing Health Reality.
“The Gaza Strip is currently experiencing, with the intensifying summer heat, a horrific water crisis, in addition to the difficulty of obtaining water for daily use, with contamination levels in groundwater reaching 96%, leaving only 4% usable…”
“Arava water crisis leaves farmers fighting to save crops [Israel].
“A severe water crisis is affecting the Central Arava as farmers in the region contend with a worsening shortage of irrigation water. Demand for water exceeds available supply and in some communities farmers say they are unable to irrigate crops regularly.”
https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/h1wqhtwmgg
“Rain, windstorm injure dozens, cause widespread damage in KP [Pakistan].
“… torrential rain accompanied by powerful winds caused widespread destruction in Wana, the district headquarters of Lower South Waziristan, uprooting hundreds of trees, damaging solar panels, and partially collapsing a religious seminary building.”
https://www.thenews.pk/print/1424524-rain-windstorm-injure-dozens-cause-widespread-damage-in-kp
“Anti-hail nets in demand across Himalayas, as climate goes haywire.
“Weather across the Himalayas is increasingly growing erratic due to the impact of climate change. This is having substantial impacts on farmers and horticulturists in the region, like apple farmers.”
“Monsoon Fury In Jammu And Kashmir, Floods, Landslides Damage Infrastructure [India].
“Heavy rainfall across Jammu and Kashmir triggered flash floods and landslides in several districts, damaging roads, vehicles and property, while authorities urged people to remain alert as adverse weather conditions continued across the region.”
“Woman and five children die in Mumbai as record monsoon rains flood India’s financial capital…
“Some areas of Mumbai received more than 300mm [12 inches] of rain in a single day on Sunday, roughly half of what London would be expected to receive in an entire year. It was a record for rainfall across the city and nearby areas like Palghar and Raigad…”
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/mumbai-record-rains-building-collapse-b3009670.html
“Cloudburst-like rain spell of 510mm [20 inches] brings Mahabaleshwar to its knees [south of Mumbai].
“A torrential, cloudburst-like rain spell has severely disrupted life in Mahabaleshwar, triggering severe landslides, critical road closures, and extensive power outages.”
“RECORD HEAT IN INDIA:
“Hottest day in history in the SE Indian port of Tondi on Monday with a max. Temperature of 40.7C [105.3F]. [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2074259533002686528
“At least 16 people are still buried following a landslide in the mountainous region of China’s western province of Gansu.
“A total of 33 people were initially trapped, with 17 now “successfully rescued”, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Tuesday.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/7/at-least-people-buried-following-landslide-in-china
“Record heat continues in [Xinjiang] CHINA:
“45.1C Hami 750m asl breaks its all time record for the 3rd time in a row. Several WORLD RECORDS for heat at latitude and altitude were smashed in this historic and unprecedented heat wave which rewrote climatic history 4 days at 50C [122F] at 43 latitude.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2073760418380538279
“Extreme heat, snowmelt floods hit Xinjiang.
“Multiple regions in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are grappling with extreme weather, as scorching heatwaves push surface temperatures to extreme levels in Turpan, while sustained high temperatures trigger snowmelt floods in the Kunlun Mountains, damaging local infrastructure.”
https://www.bastillepost.com/global/article/5987081-extreme-heat-snowmelt-floods-hit-xinjiang
“11 dead as rare tornado, severe storms hit Central China’s Hubei; rescue and relief efforts underway.
“From Monday to Tuesday, cities including Huangshi, Huanggang, Ezhou and Xianning were hit by thunderstorm gales, with wind speeds reaching Force 8 to 13 in 53 townships, causing 14.6 thousand people affected by the disaster and 331 people injured, per Xinhua.”
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202607/1365322.shtml
“Nanning, Guangxi [southern China], experienced record-breaking torrential rain from July 5 to 6 due to the influence of Typhoon Maysak, with 745.7 mm [29.3 inches] of rainfall in 24 hours.
“This caused three reservoir dams to breach, and several downstream villages and towns were flooded.” [Jim Yang]
https://x.com/yangyubin1998/status/2074103471620723144
“Guangxi upgrades flood warning to red alert amid torrential rain as rescue operations continue…
“Guigang city also raised its emergency response for flooding and typhoons from Level II to Level I at 8 am on Tuesday, according to CCTV News, as the Yu River at the Guigang hydrological station is forecast to peak at 47.5 meters around 11 pm on Tuesday, 6.3 meters above the warning level.”
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202607/1365318.shtml
“Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm…
“Rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry, while the coral reefs that support Okinawa’s coastal ecosystems are experiencing repeated bleaching events.”
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/07/05/climate-change/okinawa-mozuku-seaweed-threat/
“Records smashed in pieces in SE Thailand:
“37.5 [99.5F] Phatthalung, 37.3 Yalla, 37.0 Sawi. Over four months with Mins 29C on The Gulf. Previous records were in 2025,before in 2024 and before in 2023. Insane.
[Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2074145073244110952
“The record at Bengkulu [Indonesia] didn’t last much:
“Minimum of 25.8C [78.4] and new record of July highest minimum again. Not a single day has passed in Indonesia since early 2003 without a record (or more) being broken.”
[Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2073674115114737745
“ENDLESS RECORD HEAT IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA:
“Record heat has been going relentless for months in Eastern Australia. JULY RECORDS: 33.0 [91.4F] Collinsville; High Minimums: 26.2 Mc Cluer Isl., 20.5 Sandy Cape, 19 Urandangi, 17.8 Coffs Harbor, 14.1 Gunnedah, 13.4 Swan Island, 13 Low Head, 12.8 Bega, 9.9 Corryong.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2073305916493967476
“The bitterly cold start to the week in Australia’s south-east was triggered by a record weather event in Tasmania.
“The Bureau of Meteorology recorded a mean sea level pressure of 1044.5hPa at a weather station at Ouse, Tasmania, just before 10am yesterday, weather data firm Weatherzone reports… It would be the highest MSLP reading on record in Australia…”
“Super Typhoon Bavi strikes US Pacific islands with pummeling winds.
“Howling winds and lashing rains battered Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands as super typhoon Bavi made landfall on Monday. Bavi brought wind speeds of 290km/h (180mph) as it moved over the island of Rota, according to the US National Weather Service (NWS).”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7xpgx50jxo
“South Australian algal bloom species the world’s most toxic harmful microalga yet recorded.
“The marine microalgae responsible for the most devastating effects of the South Australian harmful algal bloom (HAB) has now been shown to be the most toxic species of its kind ever studied.”
https://phys.org/news/2026-07-south-australian-algal-bloom-species.html
“A Sea Change for Commodity Prices: Why Markets appear to be Underpricing El Niño Risks.
“El Niño does not have a uniform impact. Historically, its effects vary by crop and by region. But the broad pattern is that a strong El Niño cycle tends to constrain global agricultural supply and increase price volatility. The influence of El Niño extends beyond agriculture…”
“Brazil boosts budget and number of firefighters amid strong El Niño forecast…
““I’m not calm. I’m very alert,” João Paulo Sotero, director of deforestation and fire policy at Brazil’s environment ministry, told Mongabay in a video interview. “We are much better prepared [now] than we were in 2024 and 2025 … we are prepared for the worst scenario.””
“Panama Canal Deepens Draft Restrictions as El Niño Strengthens.
“The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will further reduce the maximum authorized draft for vessels transiting its Neopanamax locks later this summer, tightening restrictions as forecasts point to a strengthening El Niño that could reduce rainfall across the canal watershed.”
https://gcaptain.com/panama-canal-deepens-draft-restrictions-as-el-nino-strengthens/
“Record heat continues in Honduras:
“39.7 Choluteca [103.5F], beating the Tmax. of DC. El Salvador also recorded warmer spots than DC just like Colombia & Venezuela and nearly every State of Mexico.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2073327177525825784
“HOTTEST NIGHT IN HISTORY at Manzanillo, MEXICO.
“Min. 29.2C [84.6F] and hottest July night in history at Chilpancingo (1270m asl) Min 21.7C.” [Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2073821186962690251
“The Colorado River Crisis Is Reaching a Breaking Point.
“Federal pressure is increasing as the seven basin states and tribal nations struggle to reach agreement on how to divide a shrinking Colorado River… New demands from critical mineral mining, particularly lithium, are emerging just as water supplies become increasingly constrained.”
“My Town Is Under Threat from Colorado’s Gold Mountain Fire. Here’s What’s at Stake…
“In disbelief, I have watched the Gold Mountain Fire burn the iconic Cimarron Range for a week straight from the back deck of my house atop a mesa overlooking Ridgway, a vibrant mountain town in Southwest Colorado.”
“Major Heat Ridge Builds as Record-Pace El Niño Raises New Weather Concerns…
“The dominant feature shaping the forecast is a broad upper-level ridge expected to settle across the Four Corners region and southern Plains. Atmospheric analysts indicate the system could grow into one of the most significant summer ridges observed in recent decades, potentially reaching near-record intensity by mid-July.”
“After drought and wildfires, wheat farmers in the Great Plains are in for a rough year…
“Across the 18 states that produce winter wheat, 45% of the crop is in poor or very poor condition, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest crop report. That’s following drought, wildfires and record-breaking high temperatures in the winter and early spring across much of the Great Plains.”
“New Jersey flash floods leave streets underwater. See the incredible scenes.
“The severe weather that blasted New Jersey over the weekend continues to wreak havoc Monday. Heavy rainfall is swamping the tri-state area throughout the day Monday. Long Island and Connecticut may be the hardest hit by this system…”
“Baseball-sized hail fell in parts of Connecticut during this weekend’s stormy Fourth of July — and it may have set a new state record…
“Hailstorms in the state have become more frequent and widespread over the past 30 years, according to the NOAA data. In recent years, individual hailstorms, like the one seen this weekend, have hit multiple towns across the state.”
https://ctmirror.org/2026/07/06/ct-fourth-of-july-storm-hail-heat/
“Record amounts of rain hit Kelleys Island [Ohio] from Sunday night through Monday morning, the National Weather Service reported.
“Meteorologists estimate between 12 to 15 inches of rain fell across the island, with the heavier levels on the eastern side of the island. Initial estimates reported early Monday said the island saw 7 to 14 inches of rain.”
“Hail, heavy rain pound southern Alberta, damaging crops.
“Rain, wind and hail — some stones approaching the size of billiard balls — pounded areas of southern Alberta over the weekend, hitting crops that were coming in strong after a wet spring and start to the summer.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/july-hailstorm-southern-alberta-9.7260529
“Breaking News!
“The June, 2026 CO₂ data was just released by NOAA and the 36-month mean rate of atmospheric CO₂ growth (ppm per 3-years) hit yet another new record high, now growing at a rate of 8.30 ppm per 36 months.” [Prof Eliot Jacobson]
https://x.com/EliotJacobson/status/2074247898636992916
“Bomb the Arctic, dam the Mediterranean and build a second moon: five outlandish plans to remodel our climate…
“These five ideas are just the tip of the geoengineering iceberg. Over the course of history serious efforts have been made to increase rainfall, control the paths of hurricanes and use weather to win wars, all to no avail. There is no end to humanity’s monstrous egotism, it seems.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/06/five-outlandish-plans-to-remodel-earth-climate
“Air pollution linked to DNA changes in sperm, research shows…
“Growing evidence suggests air pollution could reduce male fertility but the biological mechanisms have been unclear. The latest work points to DNA methylation – chemical tags attached to DNA that regulate whether genes are switched on or off without changing the genetic code – as one possible explanation.”
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/07/air-pollution-dna-changes-sperm-men
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The Pyrocene – Another Way of Looking at the Climate Crisis
The American historian Stephen J. Pyne has devoted his entire working life to a single subject: fire. In his 2021 book The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next, he proposes that we should understand our era not only as the Anthropocene, the age of humankind, but also as the Pyrocene: the age of fire.
It is a surprising perspective on the climate debate. The starting point is not fossil energy or CO₂, but something far more fundamental: combustion.
I remember a night flight over Africa, on my way to South Africa. Below me lay an almost completely dark continent. Hardly any cities, hardly any roads, almost no electric light.
But fires were burning everywhere. Small red and orange dots in an endless darkness. Fires for cooking, for clearing land, for managing grasslands. An ancient landscape in which humans shaped their environment with fire.
The Pyrocene. At first glance, it may seem little more than an appealing new name for the climate crisis. But the idea is more interesting than that.
The climate debate usually begins with fossil fuels and ends with CO₂. We burn coal, oil and gas; as a result, greenhouse gas concentrations rise and the planet warms. All of that is true.
But you can also turn the story around.
Then you do not begin with CO₂, but with combustion.
Humans are the only animals that do not merely use fire, but organise it systematically. For thousands of years, we burned wood, grass and other biomass. In doing so, we transformed landscapes, cooked food and made metals.
But all that fire had a natural limit. You could not burn more wood than could grow. However destructive humans may sometimes have been, we lived on the sun’s annual energy income.
The Industrial Revolution fundamentally changed that. We discovered underground fire.
Coal, oil and gas are, in effect, millions of years of stored solar energy. From that moment on, we no longer burned only the biosphere’s annual income; we began consuming its geological capital. That is the true fossil acceleration.
Millions of years of photosynthesis are being driven, in the space of a few centuries, through chimneys, blast furnaces, refineries, jet engines and billions of internal combustion engines. Fossil civilisation is, in essence, a machine that burns geological time.
From this perspective, CO₂ does not become less important, but it takes a different place in the story. It is no longer the beginning of the story.
It is the smoke left behind by combustion.
And suddenly, my night flight over Africa takes on a different meaning. Below me, I saw the old human world: a dark continent full of small, visible fires. But the largest fire was invisible.
I was sitting inside it. An aircraft high above the Earth, burning kerosene at enormous speed.
Perhaps that is the image of the Pyrocene. We look anxiously at burning forests, the barbecue in the backyard and the flames in the landscape, while the real world of fire has become largely invisible. It is hidden inside refineries, power stations, steelworks, ships, trucks and aircraft.
The barbecue and the sausages are little more than the refinery’s staff party.
The great combustion continues day and night.
In Greek mythology, Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to humanity. For this, he was punished. But perhaps we have misunderstood the myth.
The punishment was not that Prometheus stole the fire. The punishment was that we were allowed to keep it.
“The punishment was that we were allowed to keep it”. Beautifully said.
As someone else said, the last age of man ended with the flood.
This will end with, or rather, “in” fire.
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
–Robert Frost
Another insightful commentary.
“Fossil civilisation is, in essence, a machine that burns geological time.”
Damn! 🎯🎯🎯
It’s nice to see that someone else sees the enormity of the problem with ICE machines, it’s the internal combustion that makes the severity of the issue invisible, leaves the “combustion” safety out of sight. As dramatic as the wildfires are to behold, it’s the wiled fires under the hoods of a billion robofactured mini-furnaces that burn all year long, every single day. When there is an actual “driving season” that everyone thinks is perfectly fine, there is no path forward in confronting our dilemma, as we’ve lost the ability to go down any road that is not already paved.
Thank you, Zip. That is indeed a fascinating perspective.
I remember when I was a kid, I was curious to know what would happen if I lit a frond, dangling from a dried flower arrangement in our living room. Of course, what happened was that the whole thing erupted into flame with startling speed, melting the floral foam beneath it and blackening the ceiling above. Luckily, my sister kept a cool head and managed to extinguish the inferno with a wet towel.
Later that evening, my mother came into my bedroom when it was dark and declared, “Panopticon – you have a disease. I think it is called pyromania.” Seemed a little dramatic to me. 🤷♂️
But in Pyne’s framing, I guess we are all pyromaniacs and have been for a very long time:
“Human-set fires 13,000 years ago led to extinction of megafauna in Southern California…
““Throughout history, fire has magnified the impact of humans, for better or worse,” said Glen MacDonald, a UCLA geography professor and co-author of the study. “Humans today are responsible for at least three factors that produce wildfires: the ignitions themselves, climate change and the introduction of invasive species, which changes the fuel structure.””
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/wildfires-pleistocene-epoch-extinction-megafauna-southern-california
“A Sea Change for Commodity Prices: Why Markets appear to be Underpricing El Niño Risks.”
I think all markets have always underpriced (or not priced at all) anything that cannot be acquired through the laws of exchange that underpin them. For the current global market, one of those things is the survival of mankind beyond 2050.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdGzzfQ52TQ
Jupiviv, I guess the entire financial system is increasingly at odds with biophysical reality.
I love that whole Billy Joel album, btw, and actually most of his music. Here’s a nice, bluesy duet he did with Ray Charles – perfect for if you’re a couple of whiskies in and feeling a bit maudlin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfH2e9EYeQA
Thanks Pan.
Not to worry. It’s nothing that covering the planet in solar panels and data centers – and some really big strategically placed air conditioners – can’t fix.
Oh, and lots of geoengineering, doesn’t matter what (as long as you call it “geoengineering”), just throw whatever you got at it, wherever, whenever, any old way, and for any old reason.
And more EVs, and more asphalt pavement to park and drive more EVs on. That will green everything up real fast.
Also, get a LOT more of those carbon capture and storage systems the Paris Agreement assumed would be happily humming away everywhere by now and – I don’t know – replace glaciers with dry ice!
But please, whatever you do, DO NOT drastically reduce consumption!
That would be bad for the economy.
I always appreciate dark humor! Excellent work. Keep ’em coming. 😂😳
Hi Cassandra, high praise coming from you. I’ll try, to the degree my mental state allows.
Not sure where I’d be without dark humor, an outlet or two to express it in, and a few others to express it to.
Summit Greenland is forecast to be above freezing on 17th or so. Looks like an extensive amount of surface area will melt.
https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/fcst_outlook/maps/d7-10/gfs_arc-lea_t2max_d7-10.png
Thanks for the heads up there, Survivalist. This doesn’t happen often. Wonder if there’ll be rain, as we saw in August 2021:
“Earlier this month, instead of snow, rain fell on Greenland’s tallest point. It was the first time on record, and it was only the fourth time that temperatures there—an ice-capped expanse two miles above sea level, located in the very center of the Arctic island’s interior—had risen above freezing.”
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/rain-fell-for-first-time-greenland-s-summit-here-s-why-it-matters
To stimulate the imagination, there are all kinds of nifty ideas from the past worth revisiting in “five outlandish plans to remodel our climate.” Hopefully some techbros looking for startup opportunities see that one. That’s some Bond villain level material.
Leaf, it is – absolute catnip for megalomaniacs. 😅
“Have Bond Villains taught us nothing about messing with the climate? …whether it is cloud creating ships or “artificial trees” capable of capturing carbon from the atmosphere we are talking about technologies that could prove as powerful and destructive as a slow motion nuclear arsenal…
“…you do not have to be a student of Greek mythology to understand that human beings with God complexes rarely fare too well – just watching a couple of James Bond films ought to be reminder enough.”
https://www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/1810215/have-bond-villains-taught-messing-climate
Fantastic, thanks for sharing that Pan.
F*cking bloody hell I’m exhausted.
We ain’t seen nothing yet, Truth Wizard.