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This graphic shows the rate of heating of Earth since January, 2002, expressed as Hiroshimas per Year.

The linear trendline has the current rate of heating just under 350 million Hiroshimas per year.

The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.

Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 22, 2025 ~ And I am telling you.

"This translates to existential risks for billions of people. Not far in the future, but within the next few years for extreme events, and within decades for tipping points."

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Your 'doom quote' for today:

"As bright, white surfaces like sea ice and snow shrink, less of the sun's energy is reflected back into space; instead it is absorbed into the climate system, which in turn melts even more ice and snow."

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This year will end with about 150-160 days at or above the Paris limit of 1.50°C, down from a record 271 days in 2024.

These are the days, my friend.

End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:

"Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase out of fossil fuels ..."

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Science Under Siege In this “well-researched guide,” two of the world’s most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science move...

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"we offer this stark warning: if humanity fails to combat the great global crises we face today, there won't be an Earth--at least not one that we'd recognize."

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Is the world too exhausted to fight the climate crisis? - RUSSH Journalist and author Elfy Scott traces the grief and resilience of climate activism in an age of political and environmental tumult.

Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 20, 2025 ~ Bright green truths.

"A global pandemic, competing existential crises and the sinister spread of right-wing populism have exhausted so many of us, rendering us either too shell-shocked or cynical to engag with something so painful."

The latest, from November 18, has the planet at 1.61°C above pre-industrial.

Will the planet reach an anomaly of 1.80°C above pre-industrial over the coming few days, as forecast? The Climate 8-ball is busy eating gobsmacking bananas.

COP30 evacuated after fire breaks out Thousands of people are attending the UN climate talks in Brazil.

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:

"It was climbing the walls and onto the ceiling. People were screaming...Hundreds of people are now sitting on the floor or on plastic chairs outside in high temperatures and humidity."

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The Fragmentation Factor: How Social Division in 2025 Is Amplifying Global Risks - Risk & Insurance As climate change loses ground to geopolitical instability and cybersecurity threats, AXA’s latest research reveals a world where the erosion of trust and social cohesion are making every crisis harde...

Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 19, 2025 ~ Losing ourselves.

"This fragmentation isn’t just a social concern – it’s a risk multiplier. Divided societies struggle to mount coordinated responses to threats, from climate adaptation to pandemic preparedness."

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Science Under Siege | Michael E. Mann How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World. Two of the world’s most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science movement—and show us how to fight b...

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"Doomism produces viral social media content--what's been termed 'climate doom porn,' marked by dramatic but unsupported claims of collapsing ice sheets, runaway warming, and imminent extinction."

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The Earth energy imbalance (EEI) is best looked at over longer periods, as short-term impacts from ENSO, volcanoes, solar cycle, cloud cover and aerosols can create a lot of volatility.

Here is a graph showing the 36-month running average for the EEI, currently at 11.2 HpS.

This graphic shows the difference from the 1981-2010 baseline. Add about 0.60°C to get the anomaly above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.

In other words, an anomaly over pre-industrial above 1.80°C is likely in the next few days.

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3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:

"When the planet heats up beyond 1.5 degrees, the impacts don't get just slightly worse. Scientists warn that massive, self-reinforcing changes could be set off, having devastating impacts around the world."

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The 2-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly is still above 1.55°C.

Everything will be fine.

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Your 'doom quote' for today:

"What is thinking good for today, among the millions of voices shouting to be heard, as we stumble and trip toward our doom? Not much, maybe nothing, maybe less."

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Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up As rainy season fails to bring relief, authorities try cloud seeding – while others across the country pray for a miracle

Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 17, 2025 ~ Blaming invisible friends.

"Rather than blaming the climate crisis, attention in some quarters has turned to whether this descent into calamity is God sending a disapproving message."

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The Climate 8-ball says, "Everything will be fine."

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Marjorie Taylor Greene is now a VICTIM of the CUTURE she helped CREATE!
Trump Attacks MTG as She Blames Him for Spike in Death Threats
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene says Donald Trump sent a “dog whistle to dangerous radicals.”
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 252. 11/17/25 … Judge William Fitzpatrick issued a scathing ruling today against former Trump personal attorney, now interim US Attorney, Lindsay Halligan for her conduct in front of the grand jury that indicted fo...

Halligan implodes in court, DOJ whistleblowers expose corruption, Trump flips on Epstein files, MAGA civil war explodes, and Saudi/crypto deals raise alarms. All this and more in today’s must-read Meidas+ Bulletin.

BIG WIN: The Trump Administration was ordered today to immediately release all the SNAP food benefits they've withheld during the government shutdown.

Californians are beginning to see benefits on their CalFresh cards now.

YouTube video by Disaster Monitor Heavy flooding due to intense rain in Santa Barbara, California, US 🇺🇸 (15.11.2025)

Here in Santa Barbara, we've received nearly 9 inches of rain in the last 3 days, with 2-4 more inches expected. Our annual average total is 18 inches.

Car soup time ...

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Can methane cuts pull us back from the brink of climate breakdown? With temperatures breaching the Paris limit, experts say tackling the powerful gas could buy crucial time as the clean-energy shift stalls

Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 16, 2025 ~ All joking aside.

"More than 150 countries are bound to cut their methane levels from 2020 by 30% by 2030, under the global methane pledge signed at Cop26 in 2021."

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Your 'doom quote' for today:

"the second faction [of doomers] is composed of people who sincerely believe that ... the world is not going to eliminate its emissions and halt global heating beacause the politics of climate change are impossible."

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Cop30 was meant to be a turning point, so why do some say the climate summit is broken? Swamped by lobbyists and hobbled by a lack of urgency, there are fears Cop could become a sprawling spectacle that betrays those who depend on it most

Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 15, 2025 ~ Reason No. 42.

"... rather than making material progress towards climate goals, the talks will once again be merely a jamboree of well-paid lobbyists and officials, while genuine climate concerns are sidelined."

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The ongoing Arctic heat anomaly is forecast to peak around November 20th. I will be watching to see if Arctic sea-ice hits a new daily record low (since records began in 1979).

Meanshile, the Climate 8-ball is building a bunker in New Zealand.

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Your 'doom quote' for today:

"The first faction [of doomers] is composed of people who actively misrepresent the science so as to insist that ... the planet is destined to become a Mad Max hellscape in our lifetimes."

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E&E News: Green group 350.org suspends US operations The group will keep three U.S. positions open in hopes of reviving operations in the future.

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:

"The letter to outside organizations from Executive Director Anne Jellema said 350.org had suffered a 25 percent drop in income for its 2025 and 2026 fiscal years, compelling it to halt operations."

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The more you know!

Atmospheric methane increased 7.22 ppb from July 2024 to July 2025. However, due to methane's short lifetime (about 110 months), it required over 153 ppb of new methane to cause the atmospheric level to rise by 7.22 ppb.

As for the 'Global Methane Pledge'...

The November ENSO forecast was just released yesterday by NOAA, and by early summer, 2026, the next El Nino may be underway.

Will there be an El Nino next year? Will 1.5°C be history? Will we solve for x?

The Climate 8-Ball has one hand in its pocket.

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