"At midday, more than 35 million people in southern #Texas, #Louisiana and #Florida were under excessive #heat warnings, watches and advisories extending through the three-day Juneteenth weekend, the National Weather Service said.
The growing frequency and intensity of severe weather across the U.S. is symptomatic of human-driven #ClimateChange, climate scientists say."
"#Mexican authorities urged people across the country to take safety precautions on Thursday as an unusual late Spring heat wave sent temperatures soaring, with cooler days possibly weeks away.
In nine states including #NuevoLeon, temperatures were forecast to top 45C (113F) on Thursday."
In case you were wondering where this #heatwave came from:
"According to #ClimateCentral’s analysis, Austin’s high temperatures by Thursday afternoon exceeding 100° are at least five times more likely because of #ClimateChange."
Working on my presentation to the #RTPI conference next week, and took some measurements to test my thesis about #greenInfrastructure (i.e. plants) having a measurable cooling effect. Temperatures are 'shade' temps
Extreme weather conditions in Europe have killed almost 195,000 people and caused economic losses of more than 560 billion euros since 1980, the European Environment Agency said Wednesday.
Of the 560 billion euros in losses, only 170 billion, or 30%, were insured, the EEA said, as it launched a new online portal collating recent data on the impact of extreme weather.
Climate crisis dissonance. To the left, I see that the council has made vendors price their food according to its cost to the climate. To the right, I see the car company selling cars to people while telling them how to reduce their CO2 impact. Good thing my emotional rollercoaster doesn’t run on fossil fuel.
Climate crisis dissonance. The Prince and Princess of Denmark sailed by yacht from Copenhagen to Aarhus, a trip that takes 4 hours by train. They’re being driven around in a 9-car convoy for distances that take 5 minutes to walk.
Their yacht is docked below a UN Sustainable Development mural that should have been finished two days ago. But the artists are still painting it. The reason it wasn’t finished on time? The gable wall got too hot to paint on.
What strikes me still a lot when communicating the severity of #climatechange with concerned non-specialists is that for most the greatest fear is to not being able to pursue their recreational activities due to say a #heatwave or lack of snow and not the drying rivers, failing crops, #biodiversityloss.
How do we change this deeply nudged mindset of ours? We can’t exploit natural resources endlessly! #ClimateDiary
Buckle up because El Niño is almost here, and it’s going to get hot
Prepare for temperatures reaching ‘uncharted territory,’ the World Meteorological Organization warns.
by By Justine Calma, May 17, 2023
"The next five years are almost guaranteed to be sweltering, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned today. Climate change has already raised baseline temperatures for the planet. Now, a weather pattern known as El Niño is going to make things even hotter when it develops later this year."
This is August nonsense, halfway through May. We had a cool wet spring and now it's time for a reminder that the climate crisis may give the occasional break, but it doesn't stop until we stop it. Take care.
‘The country is becoming a desert’: Drought-struck Spain is running out of water.
After a long and painful drought, the country has been hit by an unusually early heat wave, evaporating even more of the "blue gold" it still has left in its reservoirs.
While farmers fear for their survival, environmentalists say it is time for “Europe’s back garden” to rethink how it uses and manages its increasingly scarce water supply.
Portland is expected to have its hottest mid-May weather in 35 years during this next week, as the US Pacific Northwest and western Canada broil under a heat dome similar to the one that brought record-breaking heat to the region in June 2021.
I've just had to put in one of my window AC units in May for the first time ever. Usually I wouldn't need AC before mid June.