Randall Gates
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American voters, some on the right would like you to believe Jan. 6 2021 was a hoax.
It wasn’t. They had one goal - to overturn an election.
Don’t let their Influencer in Chief, Donald J. Trump, anywhere close to the reigns of power ever again.
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Imagine enjoying a sunny day in Switzerland and then within a few seconds this hits you. 😬
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Earlier this summer I began noting the troublesome spike in atmospheric methane readings from Barrow AK. Someone commented they were likely in error. Nope. These record high readings over 2000 ppb are real and part of a record spike up in Arctic methane levels this year.
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We won’t forget your courage and determination at the beginning
@GretaThunberg
when you stood alone. You have now inspired the world and millions stand with you. Thank you!
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The atmosphere has a lot of extra energy right now. The most it’s had in 120,000+ years.
This from Romania.
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Adjectives, expletives and shocked bewilderment welcome.
I’ll start: WTF have we done?!
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So imagine you’ve gone to Sicily for a relaxing 2023 summer holiday and are treated instead to this. 😬
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So when scientists talk about an accelerating hydrological cycle think of this, replicated in many geographic locations, all over the planet.
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Some very prophetic words from the great Carl Sagan. He seemed to be speaking directly to our current times.
@MichaelEMann
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On heartbreaking scenes duplicated at many locations around the world this summer, people are fleeing massive wildfires. This one is in Algeria.
#ClimateEmergency
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Near perfect circular symmetry in the strong
#PolarVortex
right now and very close to being centered right over the North Pole. About as far as you can get from any sort of disruption or split.
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In this shocking video from the recent flooding Spain I’m always amazed at the ironic parsimony of seeing cause and effect in the same video. A hydrological cycle amped up by a warming climate that is then washing away cars that helped cause that warming.
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This year’s extraordinary methane rise over the Arctic is coming into perspective a bit better. Almost 10 separate readings over 2050 ppb. Clearly something happening. I know many would prefer we not talk about methane. Sorry.
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An extreme heatwave in
@Siberia
this summer created new methane “blowout” craters from rapidly thawing permafrost. What I hadn’t seen before were photos of pre-blowout mounds where the pressure from released methane expands the ground before the blowout. From
@siberian_times
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Methane is a very potent greenhouse gas and has risen to levels not seen in millions of years.
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Well, these cars and trucks will not be generating any more carbon emissions. That’s one way to get emissions down.
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Severe flooding in São Paulo Brazil yesterday. Global oceans at the highest heat content on record and this is exactly what you get. Yes, this is climate change.
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Methane concentrations over the past 10,000+ years of the Holocene. I extended it a bit off the top of the graph to more accurately reflect where we are in 2023.
This spike is all about the burning and extraction of fossil fuels, which would include any feedback effects.
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Climate change denialists would like people to believe there’s not enough data to know if oceans are warming. The thousands of ARGO floats taking measurements every day would refute that claim.
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Western Europe seeing record high temps and this crazy “omega” jet stream pattern explains it. Yes, these jet stream patterns predicted by
@MichaelEMann
and others to result from climate change.
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Here’s a great info graphic from Bloomberg: What’s Really Warming the World? Spread this widely, especially to your climate change denialist friends.😄
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Nothing to see here, just the 6th mass extinction event.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
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The entire N. Pacific ocean surface is showing large heat anomalies right now.
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For anyone paying attention, our oceans and sea ice are telling us something right now. Somethings way out of whack with the climate of planet Earth. Graphics from:
@ZLabe
@EliotJacobson
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Devastating floods around the world are signs of an enhanced hydrological cycle and a natural and inevitable consequence of increasing greenhouse gases. This is in India.
#ClimateEmergency
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Unprecedented heatwave set to hit Australia. These are the cooler years of the rest of 21st century ahead.
#YesThisIsClimateChange
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Intense hailstorm in Spain August 26, 2019 causes a “hail flood”. While the video is intense, listen to the woman crying and the man trying to console her while shooting the video.
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Graphs that really confuse and anger climate change denialists and simply scare the hell out of the rest of us:
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In a year of so many climate records being shattered, methane levels at Pt. Barrow won’t be outdone. The daily average reading of methane has spiked to unprecedented atmospheric concentrations. (Look at the right hand side of the graph!)
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@stephens_ben
@EricHolthaus
@DoctorVive
@nytclimate
The establishment world still doesn’t get the climate emergency we are in. The protesters are Heroes. Business as usual won’t work anymore - and has led us exactly to this emergency we are in.
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The planet seems to really have something against automobiles.
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The historic heat wave over the west coast of North America shows little signs of easing over the next 10 days. Yes, this is the face of the
#climateemergency
we all face.
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I know talking about climate tipping points seems be a no-no with some, but well...this is kinda a big one.
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Devastating and deadly flash flooding in India as the planet’s hydrological cycle is on overdrive.
#ClimateEmergency
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Not that anyone seems to much care anymore, but methane levels at Pt. Barrow Alaska have been rising rapidly again this autumn to record heights. 😞
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The high amplitude meridonal jet stream flow we are now beginning to see more frequently is both a predicted effect of
#ClimateChange
and a factor influencing extreme weather events, including the current
#CaliforniaFires
h/t
@MichaelEMann
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@PeterGleick
Human ancestors looked something like this the last time CO2 level this high.
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Here’s the “peace formula”:
1. Restore the territorial sovereignty and integrity of Ukraine.
2. Ukraine joins NATO
3. Russia pays war reparations.
4. Trials for war crimes.
@KremlinRussia_E
@mfa_russia
It is a remarkably good sign that more and more countries start realizing that Ukrainian "peace formula" is the only path to ensure a true peace. There is one thing left to agree on – security guarantees for Ukraine.
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The jet stream over the Northern Pacific right now is absolutely crazy.
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So this is one of the better videos of the atmospheric pressure wave from the
#TongaVolcano
#Tongaeruption
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Anthropogenic climate change denialists hate seeing this kind of double hockey stick data presented so clearly as it validates everything
@MichaelEMann
has been saying for years.
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@DoctorVive
It’s not too late for us to help ourselves. The alarm bells are ringing, but Church hasn’t burned down yet. Our collective compassion and will can overcome our blind selfishness and greed.
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Okay, this bolder rolling into a lava stream is strangely satisfying.
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Exactly the pattern of high amplitude jet stream predicted by
@MichaelEMann
Dr. Jennifer Francis and others as sea ice melts and the Arctic warms.
Extremely amplified & blocked pattern leading to a prolonged series of severe weather outbreaks &
#tornadoes
in the Plains. Notice the north-south extent of the Alaska ridge and SW trough... which is spitting out disturbances aided by big temperature contrast!
#extremeweather
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Sadly, there’s appears to have been a very high potential loss of life in the Libyan flooding, and a slow international response.
#ClimateEmergency
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What’s very interesting is this graph is actually not even controversial science but gets attacked by “skeptics”, which kind of tells you that their skepticism is actually more denialism.
@MichaelEMann
@PeterGleick
@curryja
@DrShepherd2013
@billmckibben
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Perhaps there’s no conclusive evidence that we’ve crossed climate tipping points, but based on current extreme anomalies in several climate system areas, we may be exceptionally close. From a geological perspective we are at the very precipice.
@MichaelEMann
Graphic from
@ZLabe
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Jet stream is at or approaching record speeds over parts the US right now. Really ripping along.
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We’ll greenwash and compromise ourselves into oblivion, but the Pentagon of Power will be served. 😞
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Hey
@MichaelEMann
, you can use this the next time you get lectured by someone who tells you that CO2 is just plant food. 😀
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Another unprecedented milestone is approaching for the North Atlantic sea surface temperature - 25C! Never in recorded history has it been that warm. And the seasonal peak is still many weeks away. 😬
Also, globally sea surface temperatures just way way above normal.
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This kind of relentless rain and flooding in Texas is not normal for the old climate, but is normal for our changing climate.
#ClimateCrisis
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An enhanced hydrological cycle is an inevitable consequence of higher greenhouse gas levels. These 1 in 1000 year events are going to happen much more frequently. Sorry Connecticut. 😞
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As 2019 draws to a close, here’s a reminder of the unprecedented extreme climate year it’s been. Yes, we are in a
#ClimateEmergency
, one that humanity has caused and one that we can all solve. Let’s make 2020 the year of clear vision, determination and action.
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Another new record high for North Atlantic sea surface temperatures.
I look forward to the expert analysis on this unprecedented record busting year. I actually would welcome any solid explanation other than underlying long-term anthropogenic warming.
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Bee population is battling its own pandemic from new rapidly spreading viral disease. It’s almost as though we are witnessing the simultaneous breakdown of multiple ecosystems.
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Up until now only a few people were talking about how the vast stores of permafrost may be responding much more rapidly to warming than models either predicted or understood they could. The very earm, even hot summer in
#Siberia
and shocking permafrost thaw has opened more eyes.
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It’s fascinating how evenly matched the Aurora activity is in the north and south poles are during these periods of intense activity.
#AuroraBorealis
in the north and
#AuroraAustralis
in the south.
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While El Niño may play some role in the remarkable warmth of the global sea surface temperature, the temperatures are so many standard deviations above normal that even El Niño can’t provide the entire explanation.
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Scientists who understand the urgency of our climate situation are standing up for the planet. And yes, that takes courageous action and honest scientific analysis. Thanks
@MichaelEMann
and others.
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This plan to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is not just foolishness and crazy, but should be considered a crime against humanity and a healthy planet.
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Could we make this free climate change science class a mandatory class for anyone who wants to run for public office? 🤔 👍
@MichaelEMann
Launching September 1 ‘Climate Change: The Science and Global Impact’. Taught by
@MichaelEMann
, this new free online course from
@SDG_Academy
goes in depth into the science behind climate change. Enroll today:
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Two very different extreme climate anomalies, two hemispheres, both part of the extreme and record setting year that 2023 has become.
#ClimateEmergency
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2019 has been a year of climate extremes...with plenty left to go. A quick highlight reel...so far.
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We have once last chance to pull back from the brink.
#VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
#VoteBlueToSavethePlanet
@MichaelEMann
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So many streets around the world becoming rivers this year.
This one in India. July 27, 2023
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A big component of the North Atlantic sea surface temperature anomaly right now is this NE region where temperatures are up to 6C above normal. The Gulf Stream continues to pump warm water into the area (bottom of video).
Has the AMOC completely shut down?
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Devastating flooding in Iran the past few days. Yes, this is climate change.
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#Antarctica
isn’t about to let
#Siberia
steal all the climate headlines right now as it is experiencing a heat wave of its own, even in the the austral winter.
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Scientists like Dr. Jennifer Francis and
@MichaelEMann
have been talking about craziness with our jet stream (high amplitude, blocking etc) related to climate change.
Well, for May, this is pretty crazy. Watch out for more rough weather as a result.
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Hey
@BreitbartNews
I’ll be using this to teach students how to spot pseudoscience denialist bunk. Choosing the warmest year on instrument record as the start of a cooling trend is such a teachable moment. Thanks!
@MichaelEMann
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Hey climate change deniers and non-hockey fans, the shape of the Earth’s temperature curve over the past 2022 years is called a “hockey stick” shape. Please remember this and h/t to
@MichaelEMann
for pointing it out. 😀
One of the most compelling
#ShowYourStripes
figures is this one by
@ed_hawkins
showing global temperatures over the past 2000 years along with carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere:
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Extremely important & courageous of
@MichaelEMann
to speak truth to power like this. He’s 100% accurate as attempts to sabotage global climate action represents a crime against both current and future humanity.
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The fires in
#Siberia
have been ferocious this year and sea ice in the Siberian arctic is at record low. Both on land and by sea, the signs of
#ClimateChange
seems to have reached some significant acceleration points.
This image from
@CopernicusEU
#Sentinel2
shows the fury of ongoing
#wildfires
in
#Siberia
(
#Arctic
Circle Lat: 66.8, Lng: 151.1) following prolonged heatwave which would have been “almost impossible" without
#climatechange
Via
@annamaria_84
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With insurrection in the US and a global pandemic, no one may care about this, but over the next 10 days or perhaps longer, the temperature ANOMALY near the North Pole will quite something.
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If it takes you more than 10 seconds to find the leopard in this photo, you likely would have become its next meal. 😋
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Remember when scientists could just “do science”? The serious nature of the climate change threat we face demands they speak up. They should be both applauded, listened to and joined in taking action.
@MarloWordyBird
@GretaThunberg
@MichaelEMann
@PeterGleick
#ClimateStrikes
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Melt ponds open in Arctic as permafrost melts at levels not expected until 2090
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As Colorado (where I live) is set to go from near 100F today to snow in 2 days, its a good time to review this research by
@MichaelEMann
and others on climate change and a extreme weather from a wonky jet stream.
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The deviation of the Antarctic sea ice is so far below normal that some robust dynamical explanations must be found outside of “natural variability”.
And “El Niño” isn’t a candidate.
Sea ice growth has slowed down again in the last few days in the
#Antarctic
, which is deviating even further from the typical seasonal cycle average.
More visuals at . Graph shows daily
@NSIDC
data.
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This is just plain awful news. If this trend of Earth dimming due to climate change continues, climate models will have to (once more) be significantly revised to include this additional net warming.
#ClimateEmergency
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Q: How much should we worry that permafrost is thawing rapidly?
A: Probably a lot.
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Hey Global sea surface temperatures - you’re supposed to be cooling right now.
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If you can go fossil free in
#Antarctica
you can go fossil free anywhere. And note: nuclear not required either.
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