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Even Worse Polar Vortex Excursions Are Likely In Our Future

By Abrupt changes, Arctic Sea Ice, Arctic warming, Drought, Earth systems, Extreme Weather, feedback, Impacts, polar vortex, sea ice, Temperature

  Even Worse Polar Vortex Excursions Are Likely In Our Future It may not be this year, but it may be. These extreme cold outbreaks caused by climate change were generally not supposed to happen according to the models, but the models are understated. Almost all climate change effects are happening generations to a century…

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Copernicus Versus Berkeley Earth – Which Global Temperature is Correct?

By Abrupt changes, Temperature

Copernicus Versus Berkeley Earth – Which Global Temperature is Correct? Are scientists confused? Some global temperature reports tell us that 2024 is the first year above the 1.5 degrees C above normal dangerous threshold, some say 2023 was, and there are varying reports that say the numerous global temperature evaluations are different from one another….

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Texas Winter Forecast: Much Warmer than Normal, With An Above Average Chance of Extreme Cold

By Extreme Weather, polar vortex, Temperature

Texas’ Winter Forecast: Much Warmer than Normal, With An Above Average Chance of Extreme Cold The Electric Reliability Council of Texas tells us that this winter is expected to be warmer to much warmer than normal across the state with an above average chance of extreme cold. One of the remarkable statistics they cite is…

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Climate Change Across America Filming Report, September/October 2024: East Coast and New England

By Abrupt changes, Beach Report, Beaches coastal, climate emergency, evolutionary boundaries, Extreme Weather, flood, Flooding, forest health, Forest Mortality, Impacts, in-depth and Popular Press, Photo Tour, Point of No Return, Reports, Sea Level Rise, Shifting Ecology, The Unexpected, Tipping, Vegetation Response

Climate Change Across America Filming Report, September/October 2024: East Coast and New England – A Summary Bruce Melton This season we witnessed 13,000 miles of climate change across the Eastern US from Texas to New England and down to the Outer Banks. We look mostly at natural systems degradation from warming effects, where this degradation…

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Climate Change Denial in Government and Media in Central Texas

By climate emergency, Deniers and Delayers, Extreme Weather, Impacts, Myths, polar vortex, Psycho, Strategy, The Unexpected, What we can do

Climate Change Denial in Government and Media in Central Texas Record-breaking ice accumulation struck Austin on January 31-February 2, 2023 leading to the worst ice disaster Austin has ever seen. One would think that this obviously climate change-caused event would warrant acknowledgement of climate change in any reporting, much less an after-action report this report…

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American cities are getting unbearably hot. These ones are roasting the most. (CNN with heat island commentary)

By Extreme Weather, Heat, Impacts, Myths, Temperature

KXAN Pavement Temperature 162 F August 19, 2024, high temperature for the year. American cities are getting unbearably hot. These ones are roasting the most First published at CNN by Amy O’Kruk and Angela Dewan, August 13, 2024 (Editor’s note: Caution when viewing unbelievable statistics. Check their work! This article states that the heat island…

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When will climate change turn life in the U.S. upside down? A common misunderstanding about our current climate knowledge.

By Climate Catastrophes, climate emergency, climate solutions, Emissions, Emissions Scenarios, evolutionary boundaries, Messaging, Myths, Solutions, The Unexpected

Painting by Henry C. Pitz showing John Wesley Powell and his party descending the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, presumably during the historic 1869 expedition. (Image credit: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, via Yale Climate connections) When will climate change turn life in the U.S. upside down? Intensifying extreme weather events and an…

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The “remarkably unprecedented” increase in warming rate in 2023 and 2024

By Abrupt changes, climate emergency, Earth systems, Extreme Weather, Heat, Temperature, The Unexpected, Tipping

The “remarkably unprecedented” increase in warming rate in 2023 and 2024 * All time global temperature records keep falling| * Almost every single day over the last 13 months set a new global daily all-time high temperature records Bruce Melton PE Climate Change Now Initiative, 501c3 ClimateDiscovery.org It’s not just all-time temperature records being broken….

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Climate Change Across America, May-June 2024

By Abrupt changes, Beach Report, Beaches coastal, evolutionary boundaries, forest health, Forest Mortality, Gigs and Presentations, Impacts, Photo Tour, Podcasts, Sea Level Rise, Shifting Ecology, Tipping, Vegetation Response

Climate Change Across America, May-June 2024 Radio Interview on MeltOn’s latest climate change filming trip from Texas to Delaware and the Outer Banks. Rag Radio (syndicated on Pacifica) Interview by Thorne Dreyer, July 27, 2024 (Article) Climate Change Across America – East Coast Filming May/June 2024 First published by Bruce Melton at the Rag Blog…

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By Abrupt changes, Drought, Extreme Weather

Assessment of Historic and Future Trends of Extreme Weather in Texas, 1900-2036 Texas A&M University Report by the Office of the Texas State Climatologist Update 2024 (Link to full report) (Commentary by Editor MeltOn) Large thanks to State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon and his team. Texas is a big place and this report was a lot…

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