Bob Berwyn

Morning sun shining directly into the camera, with long shadows falling over paths and green grass, tree branches above.

Another morning in Absurdistan ... the stupid burns so much. When will it end?

But the late-winter morning light at the local park was nice ...

The presumed upcoming El Nino will help cement and quantify global warming acceleration, showing that 2C global warming is likely to be reached in the 2030s, not at midcentury.
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Warming Triggers a Chain Reaction of Disturbance in European Forests - Inside Climate News Escalating wildfires, wind damage and insect outbreaks could threaten tourism, water supplies and biodiversity, a new study shows.

Warming Triggers a Chain Reaction of Disturbance in European Forests
Escalating wildfires, wind damage and insect outbreaks could threaten tourism, water supplies and biodiversity, a new study shows

insideclimatenews.org/news/0503202...

An Island Nation in the South Pacific Leads the Latest Push for Climate Justice at the UN - Inside Climate News Vanuatu urges the U.N. to support a landmark International Court of Justice climate opinion that says governments have legal duties to confront climate change.

Climate justice is a a long time coming, with sketchy, shady petrostates fighting tooth and nail to slow progress, but step by step, it's coming closer.

An Island Nation in the South Pacific Leads the Latest Push for Climate Justice at the UN - Inside Climate News Vanuatu urges the U.N. to support a landmark International Court of Justice climate opinion that says governments have legal duties to confront climate change.

With all the smoke and mirrors out there, it's easy to forget that there is still a globe-spanning coalition of nations, representing billions of people, that want to strengthen global climate rules.

Photo of burning oil rig surrounded by several boats spraing the flames to put them out.

Man, watching the U.S. chewing off its own limbs right now to try and get out of its own fossil fuel trap is agonizing!
insideclimatenews.org/news/1001202...
(Symbolic photo of Deepwater Horizon by the U.S. Coast Guard)

Blueberry brunch bliss …

Warming Triggers a Chain Reaction of Disturbance in European Forests - Inside Climate News Escalating wildfires, wind damage and insect outbreaks could threaten tourism, water supplies and biodiversity, a new study shows.

A detailed new study by dozens of international scientists models how global warming will drive different types of disturbances in a spatially realistic way.

Pano view of a stream valley filled with an expanse of broken trees.

A red car on a roadside beneath a slumping road cut and tilted, falling trees.

All sorts of extremes are increasing, including avalanches and landslides, also affecting forests. Large logjams can affect river flows and downstream water supplies.

A bald eagle sitting on dead tree branches against a bright blue sky.

When human-caused warming kicked into high hear in the 80s, pine beetles proliferated and wiped out huge swaths of Western forests. In Colorado, some of the dead stands were colonized by eagles, with great nesting sites and a clear view over a man-made reservoir stocked with trout.

The Scottish avalanche forecasters – photo essay Photographer Murdo MacLeod patrols the snow with members of the Scottish Avalanche Information Service, which has for several decades published a vital daily avalanche forecast for mountain areas

The Scottish avalanche forecasters – photo essay

Pano shot with a lone net fisherman in the center standing in shallow surf on a beach as the rising sun lights thin clouds with orange and pink.

Good morning!

Warming Triggers a Chain Reaction of Disturbance in European Forests - Inside Climate News Escalating wildfires, wind damage and insect outbreaks could threaten tourism, water supplies and biodiversity, a new study shows.

Wildfires surge northward, more disturbance and fragmentation—more global warming means a rough ride for forests. Important new research from an international team.

Closeup of bluebell flowers with petals curved downward and open like an umbrella, with water droplets and part of an ant visible, against a backdrop of vertically pointed leaves.

Feelin it ...

Tamale heaven ...

“Making us safer”🤣 sounds pretty Orwellian.

Pale yellow crocus clump of7 flowers opening for the first time this season.

Bright yellow buttercups blooming against a backdrop of old wrinkled leaves and brown grass.

A busy clump of snowdrops blooming bright white amidst a bit of green and brown grass.

OK, in spite of everything, THIS is still happening at the local park ...

December 2025 through February 2026 was the 2nd warmest winter on record for the Contiguous U.S. according to Prism climate data. The widespread record to near record warmth in the west easily outweighed the cool temps in the east. 🔥🔥🔥

for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

A penguin stands on a slanted snow and ice field.

I have a soft spot for penguins, so when I hear researchers say, "There's little good news these days," it makes me sad and angry.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2602202...

Update: According to Prism via @climatologist49.bsky.social the US had its 2nd warmest meteorological winter (Dec-Feb)! Folks in the East much really be shocked at this. But the entire West has been baking!

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Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump - Inside Climate News As Democrats and climate activists seize on energy costs as a political issue, new data shows electricity rates rose 5 percent nationwide in 2025. The figures were much higher in some states.

New from me and @mlavelle.bsky.social: Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump

insideclimatenews.org/news/0203202...

Gas prices soar as Iranian attacks shut down Qatari production Retaliatory strikes also hit Saudi Arabia refinery

Iran attack shuts down Qatar gas production. That leaves the US as the main purveyor of LNG, with exports led by a few firms including Venture Global.

Timeline cleanse ...

Play-n-Watch: youtu.be/gIGZbHTqWpY?...

*White America* didn’t just “allow” it.

They elected him.

Twice.

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Sun-dappled pine trees.

Forest light …

Map depicting predicted departures from average of temperatures later on Friday across the U.S. Southwest from the ECMWF model. Highly anomalously warm values are depicted nearly everywhere.

Map from NOAA NWS depicting specific locations expected to approach or exceed high temperatures today. Many such locations are noted in southern CA, AZ, NV, and adjacent regions.

Exceptionally warm-to-hot late winter conditions expected across the Southwest through the weekend, peaking Fri and Sat. Numerous daily record highs (and record warm overnight minimums) will be set, along with some Feb monthly records possible. [Thread] #CAwx #AZwx #NVwx