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Polar stereographic map of sea surface temperature trends for Septembers from 1979 to 2024. Red shading is shown for warming trends, and blue shading is shown for cooling trends. All areas of the ocean are observing warming.

Sea surface temperatures are warming across the entire periphery of the #Arctic Ocean in September.

This is especially observed in areas with long-term declines in sea ice concentration, such around the Chukchi and Kara Seas.

Data from NOAA OISSTv2.1. For more info arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...

Trump's Energy Department disbands group that sowed doubt about climate change Energy Secretary Chris Wright has disbanded a controversial Climate Working Group (CWG), which wrote a report that scientists say was full of errors and misrepresented climate science.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright has disbanded a controversial Climate Working Group (CWG), which wrote a report that scientists say was full of errors and misrepresented climate science.

There’s something you don’t see every day — an MCV moving east to west into California towards the Death Valley region:

If you were a 90’s kid, you might remember seeing the interim NASA administrator on MTV’s “The Real World”.

Incredible.
#trashtv #trashpoliticians

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A graphical weather map showing fronts, pressure systems, and forecast weather for the day.

Today’s graphical forecast! The northwest and eastern US will be experiencing a mix of precipitation. Thank you @noaa.gov and @nws.noaa.gov

Greenhouse Gases We have all heard about greenhouse gases (GHG’s) and how they are the culprit behind a warming Earth. But what exactly are they, how did they get here, and why are they so important to unders…

Seems like a reasonable time to brush up on climate change basics. 🧪

#climateaware

A line graph showing atmospheric CO2 levels at Mauna Loa Observatory from 1955 to 2025. The y-axis represents CO2 mole fraction in parts per million (ppm), ranging from 320 to 420 ppm, while the x-axis is years.

The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii.

@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!

Trump is weighing big cuts to the U.S. Education Department While only Congress can shutter the department, the president is reportedly considering executive action to severely scale back its responsibilities and staffing.

A country that does not value the education of its people, is not a serious contender on the world stage.

Currently reading “A Walk in the Woods” by Bill Bryson. What a wonderful reminder to tag out for a bit and enjoy some of the natural world.

It’s also an amazing reminder that our natural world is being threatened by Climate Change and Capitalism! There’s work to do…

I was a first generation college student. For me federal grants meant I could actually attend college and helped me obtain an education as a geologist!

🧠🧪👩‍🔬Dear Federal Employees: please do not resign. You are the last bastion of sanity, reason and order.

An image of the executive order signed by the 47th president of the USA titled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Referencing” (whitehouse.gov, 2025)

In a time when “diversity, equity, and inclusion” are suddenly considered “discriminatory”, remember there is an ENTIRE community of scientists, professionals, and leaders who stand by these principals. We will always work towards a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive future. #STEM #SCICOMM

New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North America...

An interesting concept for how climates could shift in the US, and ultimately, where humans will migrate.

Hi! We would like to be added. We are a non profit run by a geologist, hydrologists, and biologist. Thanks!

Here, we’ll interpret this for Wall Street:

Compounding interest is earned on both the initial principal amount and the interest accumulated in previous periods.

Compounding catastrophe is earned on both the initial disaster and the disaster accumulated in previous periods.

Ridgeline chart showing the distribution of global daily air temperature differences from the pre-industrial reference period (1850-1900), for every year between 1940 and 2024. Each individual year resembles a hill, shaded in a darker shade of red and further to the right for warmer years. The trend is clearly towards warmer years, with 2024 standing out as first year above 1.5C.

NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.

We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.

2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.

On shallow foundation systems that were not designed for seismic hazards or landslides. Moreover, a current code compliant foundation system on a hillside property can cost millions to construct in many cases.

Uncontrolled over the surface, and infiltrate areas that weren’t previously getting too much groundwater. As a professional geologist in SoCal, we see this pattern happen again and again. Even bigger of a question, how will the City of LA treat fire rebuilds? Many of these original homes were built…

A hillside fire burning in West Hollywood on January 8, 2025.

With wildfires continuing to rage through Los Angeles, what happens after the smoldering stops? SoCal is technically within its ‘wet’ season, and a serious aftermath will be countless surficial or even deep seated landslides. These fires strip vegetation and allow rainwater to flow…

A map from CalFire showing the locations of the Palisade, Eaton, and Hurst fires. The Palisade fire has currently burned over 15,000 acres. The Eaton fire has burned over 10,000 acres. The Hurst fire has burned over 500 acres.

With the Palisade, Eaton, and Hurst fires still burning and 0% containment, the amount of devastation is increasing by the minute. A disaster that is no doubt a result of a warming climate, decreasing rainfall, and a longer fire season. ⚒️

The Palisades Fire burning outside of Los Angeles has now burned nearly 16,000 acres, according to the latest estimate by CalFire.

That’s an increase of 4,000 acres – or 34% -- in the past two hours. There is 0% containment.

More: www.npr.org/2025/01/08/n...

Smoke rising above the hillside as seen near the sepulveda pass.

A view from 9th street in Santa Monica of flames burning through the Palisades.

A view of the Palisades village area on fire.

As fires burn in the Pacific Palisades, California, homes and lives are currently threatened with evacuations underway. Photos from earlier in the day show the beginning stages of the blaze from different locations in LA which have been exacerbated by 30-40 knot winds. #wildfire #palisadesfire

“…Reuben and his colleagues found that…The generation with the greatest lead exposures, Generation X (1965-1980), would have seen the greatest mental health losses.”

An interesting topic of consideration, since many of today’s influential people are a part of Gen X.

Time series of global average temperature anomalies in November 1850-2024.

Temperature Update for November 2024

2nd warmest November since instrumental records began

2024 is almost certain to set a new record for the warmest year

A weak La NIña is likely soon, but not certain

berkeleyearth.org/november-202...

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Great article, btw! So we’re looking at a decadal scale of continued warming after achieving net zero assuming this model accurately predicts reality? Certainly a much better outcome than a couple hundred years.

Interesting, and thank you for sharing. So this suggests if we achieved net zero tomorrow, then warming trends stop the same day, and equalize until sinks begin to slowly reduce some of the warming? What about other GHG’s? This model only considers CO2.

Yes equilibrium will be achieved but not immediately. The feedback doesn’t occur instantly because of the varying residence times for GHG’s.

A trend that is guaranteed to continue. Even if we halted all emissions now, the residence time of green house gasses would still deliver climbing global temperatures for decades to come.

Gdp chart comparing US GDP @ 27.36T to China @ 17.79T

The United States has the highest GDP in the world by *ten trillion dollars*. It's not even close. Americans should retire at 60 w/ full pension. We should have free universal healthcare. We should have free PreK-PhD education. This belt-tightening ideology is a neurotoxin limiting our potential.

Has global warming accelerated in recent decades? If we look at the rate of warming between 1970 and 2008 and extend it through present, we see that almost all years since 2015 are above the previous trend.