Chris Martz
@ChrisMartzWX
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Meteorology student. Climate + energy. Python programmer. Weather guesser. Offensive pot stirring comedian. Opinions my own. They call me Martzy.
Millersville, PA / Virginia
Joined November 2018
Hi again, Mike. 👋. Let’s go over this for what’s now a third time. Maybe it will sink in. The Greenland ice sheet contains about 2.9 million gigatons (Gt) of ice. 🧊. Using the conversion factor that 1 Gt = 1 billion tons, this means that the ice sheet has roughly 2.9 million.
The Greenland ice cap is losing around 30 MILLION tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis - 20% MORE than what scientists originally thought. No time to waste. Stopfossifuels. #ActOnClimate . #climate #energy #renewables #go100re
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Hi Mike. 👋. Let’s go over this again. The Greenland ice sheet contains ~2.9 million gigatons (Gt) of ice, the equivalent of 2.9 million billion tons. 🧊. Yes, that’s right. Math is involved. 😊. Now, if the ice sheet is losing 30 million tons of ice per hour, that works out to.
The Greenland ice cap is losing around 30 MILLION tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis - 20% MORE than what scientists originally thought. No time to waste. Stopfossifuels. #ActOnClimate . #climate #energy #renewables #go100re
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Hi again Mike. 👋. The Greenland ice sheet is estimated to contain 2.9 million gigatons (Gt) of ice, or 2.9 million billion tons. 🧊. If the ice sheet is losing 30 million tons of ice per hour, that works out to 720 million tons of ice per day and 262.8 billion tons of ice per.
The Greenland ice cap is losing around 30 MILLION tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis - 20% MORE than what scientists originally thought. No time to waste. Stopfossifuels. #ActOnClimate . #climate #energy #renewables #go100re
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Hi Mike. The Antarctic ice sheet contains ~26.5 million km³ of ice, which works out to ~24.3 million gigatons (Gt) of ice, using the conversion factor that the mass of 1.0 Gt of ice = 1.091 km³ of ice. Now, given that 1.0 Gt of ice = 1.0 billion tons and the ice sheet contains.
“The Arctic is currently warming at four times the rate experienced by the rest of the planet. But the Antarctic has started to catch up, so that it is already warming twice as quickly as the planet overall.” . No time to waste. #ActOnClimate. #climate
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Hi there, @CenkUygur. 👋. Since reliable data collection began 1851, there have been a total of 28 hurricanes that have made landfall in Florida at either the same or a higher intensity than Milton (954 hPa). Of that subset, 17 occurred more than 60-years ago. Three of the top
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Governor @RonDeSantis shot down a news reporter today who tried to get him to blame Hurricane Milton on climate change. He didn’t evade it either — he directly answered the question and cited stats to debunk the claim. Oh, and those stats Governor DeSantis cited? They were
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Jeff, do you care to explain to the class how Asheville, North Carolina flooded in July 1916 from the Charleston Hurricane remnants back when carbon dioxide concentrations were 118 ppm lower? Was that climate change too? How did that happen without your Honda Pilot?
Mother Nature launches aggressive new campaign to convince NC voters that climate change is not a hoax.
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Hi there, @StephenKing. 👋. Did you know that of the top 15 strongest hurricanes to make landfall in the Conterminous U.S. since 1851 [when reliable recordkeeping began], 9 of them struck before 1970?. Are you also aware that there has been no meaningful trend (R²-value = 0.009)
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Do you really want to play this stupid game? . Because we can play it all day long.
Billionaire Elon Musk gave what appeared to be a fascist salute Monday while making a speech at the post-inauguration celebration for President Donald Trump at the Capital One Arena. “Some elections are important, some are not. But this one, this one really mattered and I just
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John, I want you to take a very close look at these two photographs. The image on the left is an aerial shot of Miami Beach in 1925. The image on the right is Google Earth satellite imagery from the same spot from 2017. Ok, now that you have seen these photographs side-by-side,
“It is, frankly, harder to live in Greater Miami and Fort Lauderdale when your pocketbook gets hit again and again by more frequent short-fused extreme weather emergencies on top of the slow-motion symptoms of the changing climate”. My analysis for @nbc6👇🏼
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Hi again, Mike. 👋. Do you like math? I do. So, let's run some numbers. The Al Dhafra solar photovoltaic (PV) park, located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, has 2,100-MW of installed power and covers 5,233.7 acres of land (21.18 km²). It is said to generate 4,700 GWh (4.7.
The world's largest single-site solar farm is officially live. The Al Dhafra solar farm contains almost 4 million solar panels. It's expected to power 200,000 homes and eliminate more than 2.4 million tonnes of CO2 per year. We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
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Good afternoon, @AOC. 👋. The worst flood in U.S. history occurred in April 1927 when the Mississippi River spilled over the banks and inundated over 27,000 square miles of land, causing >$18 billion in damages in 2024 USD. How did that happen with CO₂ levels 118 ppm lower? 🤔
Big Oil and their mouthpiece, Fox News, would rather us burn fossil fuels until entire cities get wiped out than have us confront the climate crisis. They do not give a damn about people losing everything. That’s why we must mass organize like our lives depend on it. It does.
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Hi there, Deborah. 👋. Do you like facts? . I hope so, because I do and a whole lot are coming your way right now. 🫵. Time for an education. 🫴📚. Believe it or not, floods are not new. Indeed, they have occurred for at least all of human history and probably before that. Floods
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Hi Senator. Time for a meteorology 101 lesson. ➊ The deluge in South Florida today is being caused by a series of shortwave troughs riding along a stalled front and tapping into deep tropical moisture as they pivot into the region. ➋ Florida receives most of its rain from
Florida refuses to acknowledge "climate change," despite streets turning into rivers and @GovRonDeSantis vetoing crucial infrastructure projects in vulnerable communities. Welcome to the Free State of Florida! 🙄.
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Hi there, JoJo. 👋. Do you want to know why hurricanes have become a lot more destructive?. I'm glad you do. So, listen up. 👂. Consider the two side-by-side photographs of Miami Beach, Florida presented below. It isn't Tampa, but it is sufficient for our thought experiment. 🧠
Climate scientists for years:.Unless we address climate change hurricanes will become unimaginably destructive!. Republicans:.Climate change is a hoax! It’s not the government’s job to control the weather!. [enter hurricanes Helene and Milton]. Republicans:.No one ever imagined.
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@AOC New York City has reached 70° during the month of November a total of 156 other times since records began in 1869, including seven times in November 1953. Which of these instances was due to climate change? Can you rub your crystal ball and give us some insight?. Top 10 warmest
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I am a senior atmospheric science student. I don't think I need to be schooled about the weather from a Ph.D. geneticist who has never set foot in a thermodynamics or atmospheric dynamics class in his entire life. Your attempt of a rebuttal has been noted, but you failed
Hi Chris, I see you are confused about some things regarding hurricanes and climate change. That's ok, I'm willing to educate you for free. Lucky you!!!😉. 1) Note how you went back to the 1800s to cherry pick data points. Nothing you spoke to addressed the fact that the average
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Hi again, Mike. 👋. Let’s go over this again. The Antarctic ice sheet is estimated to contain 26.5 million km³ of ice, which is the equivalent of 24.3 million gigatons (Gt) of ice, using the conversion factor that 1 Gt of ice = 1.091 km³ of ice. 🧊. Now, given that 1 Gt of ice =.
A giant iceberg, more than 20 times the size of Manhattan, split off from Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf: . No time to wait. #ActOnClimate. #climate #energy #go100re
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Hi there, Ed. 👋. I don't think we've met. Pleasure to meet ya. 🤝. Do you like facts? 🤔 . I hope so. You're about to be overwhelmed with a lot. There is no “global clean energy revolution” occurring. It's just a figment of your imagination, like the “climate crisis” and
The global clean energy revolution is happening and it is unstoppable. That is what gives me optimism in the fight against the climate crisis. My reflections on week one of #COP29 👇.
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This is what poor city planning and flash flooding looks like. Has nothing to do with carbon dioxide.
This is what the climate crisis looks like. Our beautiful homes, luxurious cars, and money has no value on a dead planet. There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate . #ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables
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Since 1851, there have been 243 hurricanes that have traversed through the Caribbean Sea. Which of those were caused by climate change? When you figure that out, please get back to me.
So are we going to wait until all the Caribbean islands are covered by water before we have holistic conversations about climate change?. Asking for your grand kids.
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To all of the goons here in the replies telling me “Learn the difference between weather and climate:”. ⓐ I'm a senior meteorology major. I think I'm aware of the difference between the two. ⓑ Y'all are the dipsticks blaming this week's heatwave on climate change and calling.
On this date in 1988, 66.5% of the spatial area of the U.S. mainland was >90°F (32°C). Today's “unprecedented climate-fueled heat dome” only managed to get 17% of the U.S. land area >90° at peak heating. Our thermometer data doesn't lie, but journalists and academics do.
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Good afternoon, Craig. 👋. I want you to take a look at these two photographs. I took the liberty to post them side-by-side below in the same image for your viewing pleasure. Stare at and study them until your eyes burn. 👀. The photo on the left shows Miami Beach, Florida near
“Natural disasters are natural disasters. But these don’t feel natural anymore.” -- #Florida innkeeper who's been victim of repeated hurricane disasters. via @TrevorHughes.
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Hi there, @0liviajulianna. 👋. Do you like facts? Because I do! 🙋♂️. It’s time to give you a schooling. 📚. Since 1851 [when reliable record keeping commenced], Florida has been struck by 110 hurricanes and 39 major hurricanes. Can you point out to me on the map that is shown
The people of Florida do not deserve these weather disasters, but they do deserve representatives who don’t deny the very reason they continue to get worse and worse. Climate change is real.
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No, it doesn’t. Listen here. It’s my turn to talk and your turn to listen. 👂. If you are going to claim that “2024 was the hottest year in 100,000 years,” then you best be able to back that claim up if I ask you what the temperature was in 7,652 B.C. If you cannot tell me what.
@ChrisMartzWX Asking for a specific global mean temperature for 7,652 BC misses the broader point: Earth’s climate now is warming faster than at almost any time in geological history, with profound implications for ecosystems and human societies. That’s the real concern behind such claims.
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Well, ladies and gentlemen, I have made headlines. This is awesome. Thanks @Not_the_Bee .
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Death Valley recorded 10 consecutive days ≥125° in July 1913:. • July 5: 126°.• July 6: 125°.• July 7: 127°.• July 8: 128°.• July 9: 129°.• July 10: 134°.• July 11: 129°.• July 12: 130°.• July 13: 131°.• July 14: 127°. Why do you insist on ignoring this data?.
Death Valley is about to experience what could be the hottest week recorded anywhere on Earth. Here are the forecast highs for the next week: . July 3: 124°F .July 4: 125°F .July 5: 127°F.July 6: 129°F .July 7: 131°F .July 8: 131°F .July 9: 133°F.
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Repeat after me:. There is no climate crisis. There is no climate crisis. There is no climate crisis. There is no climate crisis. Weather isn't climate. Weather isn't climate. Weather isn't climate. Weather isn't climate.
Repeat after me:. We cannot afford to not address the climate crisis. We cannot afford to not address the climate crisis. We cannot afford to not address the climate crisis. We cannot afford to not address the climate crisis. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
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Is that what you think?. 2024 was the “hottest” year in 100,000 years? . If you're confident in that claim, can you please tell me what the global mean temperature was in 7,652 B.C. to the nearest tenth of a degree Celsius?.
2024 was the hottest year in 100000+ years. Unprecedented in modern human history, and trending hotter, faster. 🤒.
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97% of experts agree they don’t want to lose their NSF grant money.
@ChrisMartzWX @Jon37286763Jon 97% of professional climatologists are wrong. And you are right. Got it. Smh.
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@FiremanHokie Are you saying you’re smarter than the thousands of scientists who agree with me?.
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@RepGregMurphy Your job is to represent and do good by the will of the people, not govern. If you cannot do that, step aside and let someone else take your vacated spot who will. Hope that helps.
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@AOC Hi AOC. 👋 . There are other factors to tropical cyclone kinematics than sea surface temperature. You would know this if you took a course in meteorology. There is absolutely no observational evidence to suggest that hurricanes are becoming stronger. The Accumulated Cyclone
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No. I can’t see it. You wanna know why?. I’ll tell you why. Fossil fuels aren’t killing us. In fact, they have given rise to life-saving technology that has led to,. 1. Doubling the average life expectancy since the mid-19th century. 2. Increased the number of people with
Fossil fuels are killing us. Can't you see this yet?!. The only way out is to dismantle the fossil fuel industry.
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Hi there, Sam. 👋 . Let me explain somethin’ to ya. So, sit down and grab some popcorn. You’re in for a treat. 🍿. First of all, Bologna has a long history of flooding dating back to at least the 18th century. Its geographical location in the Po Valley near several river systems.
I was in Bologna over the weekend for a climate conference. Ironically the city was hit by flooding. 2000 people evacuated their homes. Hotels lost electricity. Roads were blocked. Meanwhile the climate deniers still question what we can all see happening in front of our eyes
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Your caps lock is on. 🔒. Also, CO₂ is 𝒏𝒐𝒕 “planet-heating pollution.” Those of us who made it past 3rd grade understand that it is an essential life-giving gas required for photosynthesis. 🪴. Without it, you’d be dead. You are a carbon-based life form, albeit not a.
WHY ARE YOU MORE CONCERNED ABOUT TRANS WOMEN PEEING THAN ABOUT OIL OLIGARCHS SPEWING 40,000,000,000 TONS OF PLANET-HEATING POLLUTION?.
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Hi there, @AOC. 👋. You seem to like science. So, I figured I would give ya an education about this topic. 📚. I took the liberty to plot the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) for June-August (JJA) for the period 1900 to 2023. The base period used for
The hurricane “machine” is climate change. Cooler ocean temperatures slow hurricane development. As temps rise, more hurricanes grow. The Gulf of Mexico is a major location for warming water. The people who bear responsibility are fossil fuel co’s + the politicians they buy.
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Let me rephrase that for ya. I don’t care whether you’re buying what I’m saying or not. The data doesn’t care about your feelings and neither do I. If tropical cyclones (TCs) were becoming stronger, that would be evinced in the observational data. We would be seeing:. • More
@ChrisMartzWX I'm not buying that hurricanes were just as bad before. Climate change is making them stronger.
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History didn't begin 40-years ago. There have been many instances of storm surge that have exceeded 15-feet. • 27.8-feet in Pass Christian, MS (Katrina, 2005).• 25.7-feet in Long Beach, MS (Katrina, 2005).• 25.0-feet in Bay St. Louis, MS (Katrina, 2005).• 24.5-feet in
@ChrisMartzWX I’ve been around 40 years. I don’t recall 15 foot storm surges. Regardless.
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