Dude. What a .. decade?

Remember when we were so hopeful that the start of this decade - in 2020 - would bring good things? (haha?)

WTH happened?

I think everyone is dazed.. it's like, we keep getting punched.

I'm on the constant lookout for moments of kindness and beauty - and adding my bit.

What are your strategies?

#world #climate #climatechange #covid #art #mosstodon #politics #nature #mentalhealth

Weather Whiplash Decimates Pennsylvania Fruit Crop

This is one of the challenges plant breeders and farmers face - for temperate tree fruit crops that go dormant for winter and emerge "when the coast is clear", what happens when the coast is not clear in Spring?

It's not unprecedented to have a crop emerge and get devastated by late frosts. What's new is how often it's happening and how dramatically...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTtWZnWgTME #FruitToot #PlantBreeding #ClimateChange

Re-reading "#UtopianSocialism - Its History Since 1800" by #LeoLoubere (published in 1974). In particular, chapter 6, which deals with "experimental communities" and why they fail -- citing #Capitalism, lack of practical knowledge, and how cooperation and #MutualAid were needed for communities to survive. And also how defense (against others, protecting crops, etc.), and leaders who aren't forceful are also necessary.

Ahhhh. And some truly lighter reading. The last printed issue of the Farmer's Almanac (in print since 1818). I will miss their tips and tricks as well as topics like natural pest control, #Hygge, herbs of the month, how to make #Switchel, and #Gardening tips. I noticed they also acknowledged #ClimateChange and #WeatherExtremes, and highlighted #EmergencyPreparedness.

#Bookstodon #AmReading
#SustainableLiving #BuildingCommunity #PowerStructures #MoonPhases #SpendTimeInNature #HistoryOfSocialism #Histodon #History #SolarPunkSunday

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Two publications. One is a softcover book - "Utopian socialism - Its History Since 1800." The other is a small digest-sized magazine - "Farmers' Almanac 2026 - Your Guide To the Good Life. 200 years of handpicked wisdom."

#Banff #Alberta #canada

Report forecasts 3- to 6-degree temperature increase for Banff National Park
'We’re losing it all right before our eyes,' says glacier expert

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/banff-national-park-climate-summary-9.7246211

#ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

One of Europe’s Hottest Cities Rediscovers an Old Cooling Technique

By Laura Millan
August 8, 2023

"The streets of #Seville in southern #Spain were so hot that July afternoon that it felt almost impossible to walk outdoors. As temperatures approached 42C (108F), people scrambled to find shelter in air-conditioned homes, offices and public buildings. Yet, less than two miles from the city center, a cool breeze blew under a giant white roof.

"The structure is a part of CartujaQanat, an architectural experiment in cooling solutions that doesn’t rely on burning more planet-warming #FossilFuels. The site, about the size of two soccer fields, includes two auditoriums, green spaces, a promenade and a shaded area with benches. But its star performer remains hidden — the qanat, a network of underground pipes and tubes inspired by Persian-era canals.

"The grid of #aqueducts can lower surrounding temperatures by as much as 10C using just air, water and #solar power, according to Emasesa, the Seville public water company that helped to build it. The system is modeled on ancient tunnels dug to bring water to agricultural fields that were first documented in what is today #Iran. The Persians realized 1,000 years ago that the running water also cooled the air in the canals, so they fashioned vertical shafts to bring that air to the surface.

" 'This is not an air-conditioning system like the one you may have in your home,' says Juan Luis López, the project’s supervisor and an engineer at Emasesa. 'We use natural techniques and materials to reduce temperatures.' "

Read more:
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-seville-spain-extreme-heat/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/36fz1

#SolarPunkSunday #History #PersianTechnology #ClimateChange #KeepingCool #ExtremeHeat #AncientTechnology

[Thread] #NOVA Releases Series of Short Films Produced by #IndigenousFilmmakers

by Barbara Ayotte
November 25, 2024

"Honoring Native American Heritage Month, GBH, Vision Maker Media, and NOVA have released a collection of six short documentaries, Legacy of the Land, covering climate change in Native American communities. The first of its kind, the collection includes stories each produced by an Indigenous filmmaker making the series as dynamic and distinct as Native American communities themselves. From Alaska to Arizona, audiences witness the knowledge, tradition, and innovation of people living on the front lines of our changing climate. This series is a companion to NOVA’s film, Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine, which was released in July.

"'This series shines a well-deserved spotlight on Native American climate solutions that are based on Indigenous knowledge and science. The stories provide a rare insight from the perspective of Indigenous filmmakers who have given us privileged access to their communities,' said Laurie Donnelly, GBH Executive Producer."

https://www.wgbh.org/foundation/highlights/2024-11-25/nova-releases-series-of-short-films-produced-by-indigenous-filmmakers

#IndigenousKnowledge #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeSolutions #PublicTelevision #WGBH #FilmSeries #LegacyOfTheLand

[Short Film]: #SandsOfTime: #CoastalErosion in #SouthernAlaska

"This short documentary by Anna Hoover of #BristolBay, #Alaska, presents the realities of coastal erosion by witnessing the experience of Bristol Bay community members. Interviews, local archives, and ancestral knowledge put the circumstances in stark relief, detailing the communities’ adjustments to the retreating coastline."

Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nhQZrBwQTI&list=PLtiOgIRVt407KkUa7gtlkGIuTD5YU6bqT&index=6

#IndigenousKnowledge
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeSolutions
#PublicTelevision #WGBH #FilmSeries #LegacyOfTheLand #IndigenousFilmmakers #NOVA #AnimalProducts #Fishing #IndigenousPeoplesDay

[Short Film]: Keepers of the #Coastline – #California’s #Indigenous #MarineStewards

"In 2023, the Tolowa Dee-ni’ people alongside partnering tribes asserted sovereignty over the 700 square miles of their ancestral fisheries. Now in 2024, in this film by Jeremy Charles of Smith River, California, we see how marine science and resource management can be guided by community and culture."

Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqga3nTzmjE&list=PLtiOgIRVt407KkUa7gtlkGIuTD5YU6bqT&index=6

#IndigenousKnowledge
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #ClimateChange #TolowaDeeni’ #KeepersOfTheCoastline #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #California #ClimateChangeSolutions
#PublicTelevision #WGBH #FilmSeries #LegacyOfTheLand #LandBack #IndigenousFilmmakers #NOVA #IndigenousPeoplesDay #AnimalProducts #SolarPunkSunday

[Short film] Tides of Tradition

"Communities like the #Unangax̂ rely on traditional #foodways instead of customary, expensive grocery suppliers. This film by Kanesia McGlashan-Price of #Unalaska, #Alaska, follows the journey of a local subsistence hunter and shares the realities of food access in the changing Arctic and the values that inform their harvest."

Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN4dee0q378&list=PLtiOgIRVt407KkUa7gtlkGIuTD5YU6bqT&index=4

#IndigenousKnowledge
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #ClimateChange #TidesOfTradition #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #California #ClimateChangeSolutions
#PublicTelevision #WGBH #FilmSeries #LegacyOfTheLand #ClimateChange #ChangingClimate #ArcticMelt #IndigenousFilmmakers #NOVA #FoodAccess #TraditionalHunting #AnimalProducts #IndigenousPeoplesDay

[Short film]: Standing the Heat

"In a journey of reconnection, #NavajoNation filmmaker Steven Tallas explores the #hogan - a small, unassuming traditional structure found across the Navajo Nation. Remaining cool in the summers and warm in the winters, this short film revisits the hogan amid a warming American Southwest."

Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11pBhG-9OyY&list=PLtiOgIRVt407KkUa7gtlkGIuTD5YU6bqT&index=5

#SolarPunkSunday #KeepingCool #IndigenousKnowledge
#ClimateChange #StandingTheHeat #ClimateChangeSolutions
#PublicTelevision #WGBH #FilmSeries #LegacyOfTheLand #ClimateChange #ChangingClimate #IndigenousFilmmakers #NOVA #TraditionalDesign #ExtremeHeat #BuildingForClimateChange #Diné #Dineh #ClimateChange #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Deaths, disruptions across #Europe: What you should know about the #heatwave

Experts say the #ClimateCrisis is making Europe’s #heatwaves more frequent and more intense.

By Caolán Magee
Published On 24 Jun 202624 Jun 2026

Excerpt: "What is causing the heatwave?

"Meteorologists said the extreme temperatures are driven by a heat dome, a vast area of high pressure that has become parked over Western Europe.

"The phenomenon is being sustained by what is known as an omega block, a weather pattern named for the Greek letter because of the similar shape it creates in the atmosphere.

"Under normal conditions, the jet stream carries weather systems from west to east. During an omega block, however, that flow becomes distorted, trapping a ridge of high pressure between two low-pressure systems.

"The result is that hot, stagnant air remains locked over the same region for days or even weeks. The UK Met Office said Britain currently lies on the boundary between the high-pressure system and cooler air to the northwest, which is creating sharp contrasts between hotter conditions in the south and east and cooler, wetter weather farther north."

Read more:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/24/deaths-disruptions-across-europe-what-you-should-know-about-the-heatwave

#ExtremeHeat #ExtremeTemperatures #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #HeatDome #OmegaBlock #EuropeWx #ClimateDiaryEurope #RecordBreakingHeat

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A map of Europe, Africa, Middle East and East Asia. Parts of Africa are dark red (indicating very hot), but parts of Europe are also that color. The map shows temperatures, and some parts of Europe are hotter than the Middle East! Text: How Hot Are European Cities These Days? Paris, France: 41C (106F) Mecca, Saudi Arabia: 40C (104F) Madrid, Spain: 39C (102F) Bandar Abbas, Iran: 38C (100F) Brussels, Belgium: 37C (99F) Cairo, Egypt: 36C (97F) London, UK: 34C (93F) Kolkatta, India: 33C (91F) Berlin, Germany: 33C (91F) Kabul, Afghanistan: 32C (88F) THE GRAPHIC SHOWS SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE TEMPERATURE YOU FEEL, AS IT ACCOUNTS FOR FACTORS SUCH AS HUMIDITY, WIND AND SUN EXPOSURE SOURCE: Ac WEATHER, 200M EARTH | JUNE 24, 2026

Climate change

I removed the previous post about the temperature in the Sahara as I was unable to verify if the value was actual or estimated. Rather than leave a potentially misleading post online, I've removed it.

#ClimateChange
#hot
#g7izu

andy burnham, it turns out, will probably be the next PM of the UK & all i know is that he's not going to do shit about fuck.
#ukpol #burnham #climateChange #heatwave #gaza

"Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world - cancelled - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment"

"We regret that this event has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office."
https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/events/extreme-heat-improving-governance-and-strengthening-action-around-the-world/
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #irony

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Screenshot of the announcement for a program at the London School of Economics that was scheduled to take place on 24 June 2026: "Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world - cancelled - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment" The page announcing the program was updated to also state: "We regret that this event has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office."

Let me be explicit. The massive heat waves we're seeing around the world more extreme and frequent due to human-caused #climatechange. And these heat waves are going to continue to worsen because of our failure to reduce carbon pollution. Just one of the many costs of #climate change.

#Virginia slaps data centers with big new tax — but no climate rules https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/data-centers/virginia-data-centers-new-tax #ClimateChange

Europe's #heatwave curbs French #NuclearPlants

By Forrest Crellin and Hugo Lhomedet
June 24, 2026

"The heat has reduced output at the #SaintAlban2 and #Bugey 3 reactors on the Rhone river in eastern France, and the #Nogent2 reactor on the Seine ​southeast of Paris.

"The #Golfech2 reactor on the Garonne river in southwest France went offline late Monday due to the heat.

"French environmental regulations force nuclear operator #EDF to reduce output when river temperatures reach a certain threshold to protect ​local ecosystems.

"It was not certain how long the current heatwave, driven by a weather pattern known ​as an #OmegaBlock due to its shape, which allows temperatures to build day after day, would last.

"Europe is ‌warming at ⁠more than twice the global average, the World Meteorological Organisation has said, which makes prolonged heat episodes increasingly likely."

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europes-heatwave-curbs-french-nuclear-plants-2026-06-24/

#NoNukes #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Heatwaves #NuclearPlants #France

@cwebber @avuko

"We would like to inform you of an exceptional situation affecting Cogent communications Data Centre in Rennes (AV CHARDONNET - LORANS 30F)

"Due to unprecedented and historically high temperatures in the region, it has become impossible to maintain the environmental conditions required for the safe operation of equipment hosted at the facility. Despite a thorough on-site inspection carried out by a technician, no viable solution has been identified that would allow us to restore adequate cooling capacity under the current circumstances."

#Datacenters #ClimateChange #ExtremeHeat

A bit clunky, but it's crowdsourced and has a lot of places other sites don't have...

#WorldAirQuality Index [#WAQI] project

"The map shows the real-time air quality for more than 10,000 stations in the world."

https://waqi.info/

#AIQ #Wildfires #Heatwave #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #GlobalHeating #Pollution #ExtremeTemperatures #AirQualityIndex
#GlobalWeather #WeatherWebsites

#Australia - Australian Bureau of Meteorology

http://www.bom.gov.au/

Australia - National Warnings Summary

http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/warnings/index.shtml

#Heatwave #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #GlobalHeating #ExtremeTemperatures
#GlobalWeather #AustralianWeather #ExtremeWeather #WeatherWebsites
#WeatherResources #Floods #Drought #Storms #AustraliaWx

So, the CDC's Heat & Health Tracker website has been gutted (thanks #DOGE). "This website is no longer being maintained, and no new data will be added." The page does suggest to check out the NWS HeatRisk website, which is experimental and allegedly up for a short time only.

"The NWS HeatRisk is an experimental color-numeric-based index that provides a forecast risk of heat-related impacts to occur over a 24-hour period. HeatRisk takes into consideration:

- How unusual the heat is for the time of the year
- The duration of the heat including both daytime and nighttime temperatures
- If those temperatures pose an elevated risk of heat-related impacts based on data from the CDC

"This index is supplementary to official NWS heat products and is meant to provide risk guidance for those decision makers and heat-sensitive populations who need to take actions at levels that may be below current NWS heat product levels. "

https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/heatrisk/

#Heatwave #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #GlobalHeating #ExtremeTemperatures
#GlobalWeather #USWx #USWeather #ExtremeWeather #WeatherWebsites
#WeatherResources

Weather in Finland - Finnish Meteorological Institute

Includes: "Warnings, UV index, Marine weather, Weather in Europe, and Past 30 day Weather" and #climatenews!

https://en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/

#Heatwave #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #GlobalHeating #ExtremeTemperatures
#GlobalWeather #WeatherWebsites
#WeatherResources #EuropeWx #FinnishWx #FinnishWeather

I've used this website to track wildfires in British Columbia last year. US and Canada only, though... On the map right now, one can see there's a LOT of wildfires in #Alaska and part of #Yukon! Yikes!

https://fire.airnow.gov/

#AIQ #Wildfires #Heatwave #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #GlobalHeating #ExtremeTemperatures
#GlobalWeather #WeatherWebsites
#WeatherResources #USWx #CanadianWx #WildfireWeather #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel

A lot of #WetBulb resources have disappeared... I found this one, but if anyone knows of others, please let me know!

https://www.weather.gov/tsa/wbgt

#Heatwave #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #Wetbulb #GlobalHeating
#ExtremeTemperatures
#GlobalWeather #USWeather #ExtremeWeather #WeatherWebsites
#WeatherResources

#AirNow - "AirNow reports air quality using the official U.S. Air Quality Index (AQI), a color-coded index designed to communicate whether air quality is healthy or unhealthy for you. When you know the AQI in your area, you can take steps to protect your health."

https://www.airnow.gov/

#Heatwave #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #GlobalHeating #AQI #AirQualityIndex
#ExtremeTemperatures
#GlobalWeather #USWeather #ExtremeWeather #WeatherWebsites
#WeatherResources

[Thread] Time to update the #Weather websites list! Mostly #USWx, but some worldwide websites as well. Suggestions welcome!

#Heatwave #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #Weather #Wetbulb #GlobalHeating #ExtremeTemperatures #GlobalWeather #USWeather #ExtremeWeather #WeatherWebsites #WeatherResources

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Three photos next to each other. The first image is clouds and storms over the ocean, with a beach with waves. The second image is a silhouette of an industrial building belching out dirty looking yellowish smoke into the sky. The third image is of an icy place, but the ice is breaking up. The sky is blue, with a line of gold, pink and white clouds in the distance.

#ZoomEarth is an interactive weather map of the world. "With Zoom Earth you can track the development of hurricanes and storms, monitor wildfires and smoke, stay aware of the latest conditions by viewing satellite imagery and rain radar updated in near real-time."

https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/

#Heatwave #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #Wetbulb #GlobalHeating
#ExtremeTemperatures #GlobalWeather #USWeather #ExtremeWeather #WeatherWebsites #WeatherResources #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel

#WorldWeatherMap - "Interactive world weather map by Worldweatheronline.com with temperature, precipitation, cloudiness, wind. Animated hourly and daily weather forecasts on map"

https://map.worldweatheronline.com/

#Heatwave #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #Wetbulb #GlobalHeating
#ExtremeTemperatures #GlobalWeather #USWeather #ExtremeWeather #WeatherWebsites #WeatherResources #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel

A favorite of mine, Windy.com -- which has had significant upgrades!

"In 2021, two new #ICON forecast models were integrated - ICON-D2 with local coverage for central and west #Europe and ICON Global. Thousands of new air quality stations monitoring primary pollutants worldwide were added from our partners #OpenAQ and #PurpleAir to fight #AirInequality.

"Several new layers were launched - Tidal currents featuring high-resolution data; the Sea currents dataset was updated; Thermals layer with soaring forecast for glider and paraglider pilots; Drought monitoring layers - Soil moisture, Moisture anomaly, and #Drought intensity, monitoring global drought.

"We also expanded into the wear OS category and introduced Windy Apple Watch App. The 3D Globe mode was brought back for most layers (desktop only), including the Hurricane Tracker.

"In 2022, we launched several new features and improved existing ones. In the beginning of the year, we added a new #radioactivity set of stations as a POI overlay and partnered with SaveEcoBot, run by a non-profit organisation SaveDnipro, and obtained a broad spectrum of environmental data sources in #Ukraine and offer them in an easy-to-access way to our users and other affected communities for free.
New local models HRRR for the US and ACCESS model for Australia were added, along with a set of layers wet-bulb temperature, UV Index and Solar power.
With release of iOS16, the Windy.com iOS app got LockScreen widgets, which can be placed on the phones's locked screen. A new significant iOS feature.

"For the #HurricaneSeason, we launched redesigned and upgraded our Hurricane Tracker and added multimodel forecast & LIVE satellite visualization. Users in the US could also appreciate an improved radar resolution and coverage."

https://www.windy.com/

#Heatwave #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #Wetbulb #GlobalHeating #ExtremeTemperatures #GlobalWeather #USWeather #ExtremeWeather #AirQuality #AQI #WeatherWebsites #WeatherResources #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel

We can't breathe

The Invisible #ClimateChange Effect That Is Most Likely to Kill You

#AirPollution is less dramatic than floods or storms, less inconvenient, and much harder to politicize. It’s also much more deadly.

Liza Featherstone, August 1, 2025

Excerpt: "In #NewYorkCity, I’m lucky enough to enjoy better air quality than many other places. We are only the fiftieth most #polluted city in the world, way behind #Chicago, #Dubai, #Jakarta, #Delhi, and numerous (enormously populous) cities in #China. But for a few days early this week, it was hard to breathe and our phones were buzzing with alerts warning that the most vulnerable—the very young and the very old, and those with poor respiratory health—should stay indoors, due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. But the elderly, the asthmatic, and the babies weren’t the only ones feeling it; my son, a college soccer player, got headaches training outside, as did his friends—all fellow rain-or-shine athletes. Yet for the most part, the problem has gone unremarked.

"Compared to a flood, a fire, or a heat wave, a bad #AirQualityAlert isn’t that inconvenient even when it’s happening. You can still go to work and otherwise go about your day. If you own property, it won’t be damaged. And because #AirPollution lacks visuals, it doesn’t lend itself to morbid #doomscrolling or panicked media coverage.

"Yet compared to floods, fires, and heat waves, bad air is much more deadly. In fact, the danger is barely even comparable. The World Health Organization estimates that air pollution kills about seven million people every year. The direct death toll from heat waves is under half a million, although that’s getting worse. The number of people who die in floods annually is in the thousands, and the direct death toll from wildfires is much smaller than that, though these threats are also getting worse. "

https://newrepublic.com/article/198675/bad-air-quality-deadliest-effect-climate-change?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#AirQualityAlert #AirQuality #AirQualityIndex #AQI #AirPollution #AirIsLife #ParticulatePollution #ParticlePollution

We are drinking the Earth—and eating it https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/06/coffee-plantations-deforestation-environmental-impact-food-emissions-beef-agriculture/ #ClimateChange

Searing #UK heat leaves schools, hospitals and transport networks struggling to cope https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/23/searing-uk-heat-leaves-schools-hospitals-and-transport-networks-struggling-to-cope #ClimateChange

#Greenland and #Iceland saw #RecordHeat in May. What does that mean for the world?

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY
Updated 1:42 PM EDT, June 11, 2025

"Human-caused #ClimateChange boosted Iceland and Greenland ’s temperatures by several degrees during a record-setting May #heatwave, raising concerns about the far-reaching implications melting #ArcticIce has for weather around the world, scientists said in an analysis released Wednesday.

"The Greenland ice sheet melted many times faster than normal during the heat wave, according to the analysis by World Weather Attribution, with at least two communities seeing record temperatures for May. Parts of Iceland saw temperatures more than 10°C (18 °F) above average, and the country set a record for its warmest temperature in May when Egilsstadir Airport hit 26.6°C (79.9 F) on May 15.

"The findings come as global leaders put more focus on Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments that he would like to annex the mineral-rich island.

"Burning #FossilFuels for electricity and transportation releases pollutants such as carbon dioxide that cause the planet to warm unnaturally fast. The Arctic is one of the fastest-warming places on Earth.

"Even in today’s climate, the occurrence of such a strong heat wave in the region is relatively rare, with a 1% chance of occurring in a year, the analysis said. But without human-caused climate change, such an event would be “basically impossible,” said Friederike Otto, associate professor of climate science at Imperial College London, one of the report’s authors.

"The extreme heat was 40 times more likely compared to the pre-industrial climate.

Global impacts from a melting Arctic

"Otto said this extreme weather event affects the world.

"As the Greenland ice sheet melts, it releases massive amounts of fresh water into the salty oceans. Scientists say this could slow down the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation [#AMOC], an ocean current that circulates water from the Gulf of Mexico across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe and then the Arctic.

"Such a slowdown could disturb global climate and weather patterns.

“The nature of weather in the Northern Hemisphere is directly tied to what’s happening in the Arctic, because that ice floor basically at the bottom of the atmosphere helps determine the weather patterns that we get,” said Waleed Abdalati, who heads an environmental sciences institute at the University of Colorado Boulder. He was not involved in the WWA analysis.

"The Greenland ice sheet and other ice covering the Arctic can influence where and when wind blows, how much water content the wind has and whether precipitation falls as rain or snow.

"Most of the melting of the Greenland ice sheet happens in June, July and August. The May heat wave means there will be a longer melting season this year.

"Melting ice sheets and glaciers also contribute to #SeaLevelRise that is threatening to flood coastlines globally and inundate low-lying island nations in the Pacific Ocean.

"#Indigenous communities in Greenland are increasingly encountering dangerous travel conditions as sea ice that was once constantly frozen begins to thaw. Access to traditional hunting locations are lost, and sled dogs can no longer travel the same routes. Thawing #permafrost can destabilize buildings and increases the risk of #landslides and #tsunamis caused by landslides."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/iceland-greenland-heat-wave-arctic-climate-weather-2f156f6a0c6d1d5f7f3881917c539b83

#GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #GlobalHeating #ClimateCatastrophe #FossilFuels #RenewablesNow #BigOilAndGas #Degrowth #Oiligarchy #Capitalism

Scientists alarmed after two #wildfires hit #Greenland within a week

Researchers say it is ‘quite wild’ to see fires at such high northern latitudes happen so early in the year

Ajit Niranjan and Miranda Bryant
Tue 23 Jun 2026 06.44 EDT

"Scientists have expressed concern after two wildfires broke out within a week of each other on the Arctic island of Greenland earlier this month.

"Fires were burning close to #Sisimiut, Greenland’s second largest town and a popular tourism centre, on 14 and 15 June, satellite imagery has shown, while a second blaze hit #Kujalleq, on the island’s southern tip, on 17 June.

"While most of Greenland, a largely autonomous territory, is covered in vast ice sheets and thick glaciers, a significant part is ice-free and covered in tundra. Wildfires in these areas are rare, but becoming more common.

[...]

"Inunnguaq Eigil Lundblad, the emergency manager for Qeqqata municipality, which includes Sisimiut, said the fires there had broken out after 'someone used fire recklessly. We had not had much snow this winter and then very little rainfall, which is why we have very dry soil.'

"Miki Sikemsen, the emergency manager for #Kujalleq municipality, said the immediate trigger for the fire there was not yet known, but added: 'Weather conditions in the area have been unusually dry this year and we have not experienced any significant rainfall since May, which has left the vegetation very dry and highly flammable.' "

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/23/scientists-alarmed-wildfires-greenland

#ClimateChange #Arctic #ClimateBurning #CimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDiaryGreenland #ClimateDiary

If you were thinking an anti-woke Davos sounds like Hell…well you won’t be disappointed by the choice of venue - #London which will be seeing temperatures resembling the 6th circle of Dante’s Inferno this week.

Can you imagine the levels of psychopathy needed to derail all attempts to stand a chance of making life in any way habitable for our kids?

#NetZero
#ClimateChange
#Arc
#KemiBadenoch

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/23/populist-and-rightwing-figures-take-aim-at-ed-miliband-and-uk-net-zero-policies-at-anti-woke-davos

I occasionally succumb to a desire to tap on the side-windows of parked cars, whose drivers are sitting in air-conned luxury while their motors throb as they run their air-con units.

Partly, it's to remind them using fossil fuels to run aircon is simply adding to global warming.

Partly, it's to get them to open their windows to converse, forcing them to suffer the hot air we pedestrians are enduring.

#ACC #AGW #ClimateEmergency
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
#TrumpsHoaxClaims
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/jun/23/how-to-keep-cool-in-heatwave

Live in Mission, Texas? The City is apparently once more treating native plant front yards as "weeds" and Joey Santore from "Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't" is urging folks from Mission to make sure they write in to the City Council about it.

https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx0RnqOcoZWukdc3Qx4WQZxmPwBZUN-fNT #NativePlants #Texas #ClimateChange #Sustainability #Gardening

Drowning deaths soar in #France as #Europe buckles in peak of #heatwave

by Paul Kirby, Hugh Schofield, and
Davide Ghighlione

June 23, 2026

"France, along with Spain and Italy, have been hardest hit by the heatwave so far.
France saw its hottest June day on record on Monday and its hottest ever night on Monday night, with a minimum average of 21.6C according to Météo France, and with well over half the country on red alert.

"Meanwhile, in #Spain temperatures are set to peak above 40C in some areas, with red alerts in Andalusia in the south, and Cantabria and the Basque Country in the north, on the third day of a national heatwave.

"Spain is more exposed to the effects of #ClimateChange than almost any other European country. State weather service Aemet says June heatwaves are becoming increasingly common, with 10 recorded in mainland Spain between 2000 and 2025, and just two in the previous 25 years.

"And in Italy, a red heatwave alert has been declared in 15 cities, including Rome, Milan, Florence, Turin and Venice. The alert signals conditions that can pose health risks even to healthy adults, not just the elderly or chronically ill. France's sports minister said too many people were trying to cool off in rivers and canals without necessarily taking the risks into account."

Read more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c79yvw3j114o

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/rGe8r

#ExtremeHeat #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiaryEurope

What perverse karma is it that #climatechange is expanding the range of a tick named after Texas and causing people to lose the ability to eat BBQ?

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/06/as-lone-star-ticks-move-north-red-meat-allergies-are-on-the-rise/

As we're all passing around previous plausible future forecasts, here is today's released by the Met Office mimicking a slightly time-shifted 1976 heatwave set-up (long-lasting blocking high in the North Sea) in 2056.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2026/uk-could-see-45c-by-2056-scientists-reflect-on-1976-heatwave-anniversary

#ukweather #MetOffice #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

Alt...

A future forecast of a slightly time-shifted 1976 heatwave set-up to June 2056, where maximum temperatures in the M4 corridor could reach 45C. Large parts of England and Wales would eclipse 40C in this scenario, with over 30C for most of Scotland and Northern Ireland, and even low to mid 20s in northern Scotland and the Northern Isles.

Just started #reading "The Ministry of the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson.

I've read most of his stuff but have a few in my backlog at the moment ("Shaman" was the last one I read, and I enjoyed that immensely), and he's always been my favourite #SpeculativeFiction author, so I've been looking forward to this one a lot. Especially given all the reviews saying it was a "hopeful" piece about #ClimateChange

The first chapter though....Jesus!

That broke me, man.

It gave me a literal nightmare last night, and the last time I can recall a book doing that was when I was a teenager and was reading the "Books of Blood" horror series by Clive Barker.

I hope this "hopeful" stuff starts soon.

#Books #Bookstodon #KimStanleyRobinson #TheMinistryOfTheFuture #BookRecommendations #author #authors #literature #fiction