Eric Taborek

We do not listen well...

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IPCC models might deem it highly unlikely, but Global warming reaching +2.0°C next decade is much more likely when considering NASA CERES satellite observations based climate forcings and feedbacks.

We'd better assume observations are more indicative of reality than models alone:

2026 at #2 only after #1 for 2016... and we all know what a great year that was...not, but hot. Not a good start. Hot even here in Santa Cruz and zero rain to boot.

Make George Saunders new novel Vigil be required reading for all oil / gas executives.

ghosts in the machine

1.5 degree from a 10 yr running avg?

AI generated is not NECESSARILY bad. It has aggregated the thoughts of many, and probably most Meteorologists. But the question remains, are these extreme cold events directly related to the anomalous Arctic heat global warming..(?)

Did you read the recent post from Zeke Hausfather...(?) He disputes the link between global warming and extreme cold outbreaks / polar vortex breakdown ..curious on your opinion here.

The future generations are in a barrel just up river ...

I like ICE to be crushed, but not this kind.

Ignorance is Strength...

The January 2026 front page of The Onion newspaper 340 million americans killed in botched training exercise

The January 2026 front page of The Onion newspaper.

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The climate crisis is not a distant threat. It is already shaping our world through extreme weather, infrastructure stress, economic instability, and ecosystem collapse. Heatwaves, droughts, floods, and storms are becoming more intense and frequent.

The #ClimateCrisis is not a distant threat. It is already shaping our world through extreme weather, infrastructure stress, economic instability, and ecosystem collapse. Heatwaves, droughts, floods, and storms are becoming more intense and frequent.

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And here is the corresponding global upper ocean heat content (0 to 700 m depth) for 2025 and set a new record too... 🔥

Data (shown as anomalies on the graph) and methods from: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...

These key phenomena are as you predicted our future from years ago: warm and wet, dipole extremes...whiplash, RRR...

At least there is some hope. still alive, etc..

This is an excellent book. Every government official should have it as required reading. It may not all be correct 5 years later, and I think I might know why he (sort of) reversed here, but it is a great framework of key milestones and issues that we all face.

Breaking News!
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In case you missed the news, as of January 17th, Arctic sea-ice extent once again dipped to a new record daily low, over 50,000 km² below the previous record daily low set just last year.

The Climate 8-Ball says, "Il est déjà trop tard."

Polar stereographic map showing sea surface temperature anomalies in December 2025 relative to 1982 to 2010. Most areas are warmer than average. Sea-ice cover is also shown if sea-ice concentration is at least 15% per each grid point. Red is shown for warmer sea surface temperatures, and blue is shown for colder sea surface temperatures. Data is from OISSTv2.1.

Last month observed well above average sea surface temperatures in areas surrounding the Arctic Ocean. This was especially notable in the Labrador Sea near Greenland and Baltic Sea.

Data from NOAA OISSTv2.1 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/opt... 🌊

Breaking News!

CERES just released the "Earth Energy" data for November, 2025, and there was a new record low for the 36-month running average for Earth albedo, now down to 28.682%.

"Well, darkness has a hunger that's insatiable..." - Indigo Girls

Data: ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp...

Might be time for Curare cocktail?

Thx for the rec....I just bought it.
Have you read or know much about the novel The Minestry for the Future ?

this is genuinely scary....kaboom...?

Line graph time series of global ocean heat content for the 0-2000 m layer for 3 year averages, yearly averages, and five years averages from the late 1950s to 2025. There is a long-term warming trend. The baseline is 1955-2006 for the zero reference to calculate the anomalies.

An additional dataset in showing that global ocean heat content (0-2000 m depth) is surging off the charts after another new record in 2025... 🌊

Graphic/data (anomalies) from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...

Earth's Energy Imbalance was over 10 Hiroshima bombs per second for the 4-year running average (showing less variability) too..

This rate of global heat uptake is impossible for us tiny humans to fathom.

In a newly published paper, we find that in 2025 human emissions of greenhouse gases added around 23 billion trillion joules of heat to the world's oceans – 39 times as much as the annual energy produced by all human activity on Earth. link.springer.com/ar...

Why this particulary?

Statement on Trump’s Withdrawal from International Climate Agreements As they take a machete to international laws, Trump’s withdrawal from dozens of conventions, treaties & organizations should surprise no one

Trump is withdrawing the US from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — the international treaty established to combat the climate crisis.

Trump and his regime are anti-science and anti-human rights as they take a machete to international laws & norms

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