"I don't say this lightly - but the floods in 
#PortoAlegre, #Brazil, are looking comparable to what Katrina did to New Orleans in 2005 -- massive evacuations, water & power outages, key infrastructure damaged, parts of city, possible long-term consequences."—Brian Winter

Background heating +1.3ºC

#ClimateCrisis 

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 "We expect the 12-month mean to rise to at least 1.6°C in the next six months (Fig. 1) because of Earth’s extreme energy imbalance."—James Hansen et al

Source: http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2023/MeasuringStick.2023.12.14.pdf

#ClimateCrisis #ElNino #2024

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 "How much do you think climate change will harm you personally?"

🇺🇸 United States:

A great deal: 22%
A moderate amount: 30%
Only a little bit: 18%
Not at all: 7%
Don't know: 33%
No response: 3%

Lack of climate literacy leaves people unprepared

Source: https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/international-public-opinion-on-climate-change-2022b.pdf 

#ClimateLiteracy #ClimateCrisis 

 About October in Europe.

The northern hemisphere just not shaking the heat.

https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/powerful-heat-dome-forecast-heatwave-october-autumn-season-2023-europe-uk-ireland-mk/

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateLiteracy #Heatwave #HeatDome 

 I can’t emphasis how remarkable this is. 

About 67% of South Africa’s landmass is experiencing extreme heat at the moment. We have 157 reporting weather stations and by Thursday afternoon at 1pm 104 of them had reported temperatures above 30°C!

#Heatwave #ClimateCrisis #ElNino #SouthAfrica

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 Current status:

+1.3ºC above preindustrial (As of Sept '23)
419.51 ppm C02 (June `23)
1922.26 ppb CH4 (May '23)
1.36 W/m^2 Earth Energy Imbalance (Jan `20 - Jun `23)

Permanent +1.5ºC by about 2030 and, on our current emission trajectory, 2ºC by about 2050.

How bad must it get before we act?

https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/historic-heatwave-heat-dome-forecast-midwest-united-states-october-fall-season-2023-mk/

#ClimateLiteracy #ClimateCrisis #Heatwave 

 Climate literacy is non-negotiable as  we move deeper into the climate crisis.

“The popularity of black roof colours in Western Sydney is contributing to its “heat island” status”

https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/are-you-one-of-the-25-million-australians-doomed-this-summer/news-story/3215ed1dbb8799c66efc56aef76b60a4

(As an aside, if you read the comments on this piece WTF is going on in Australia?)

#ClimateLiteracy #ClimateCrisis #HeatIsland

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 In our hemisphere we are moving into spring.

It would seem that we will be carrying on where the northern hemisphere left off 😳

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/14/spring-heatwave-for-eastern-australia-a-heads-up-of-whats-to-come-bom-says

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateLiteracy #Heatwave 

 Data just released by the team at Berkley Earth for August shows that the global mean temperature for the months of June to August above the 1850 to 1900 average looked like this:

June +1.47ºC
July +1.54ºC
August +1.68ºC

Source: https://berkeleyearth.org/whats-new/

#ClimateLiteracy #ClimateCrisis #GlobalHeating

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 Just leaving this here

#ClimateCrisis #UKHeatwave

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