Enhancing the UK’s preparedness and resilience to climate change The Physiological Society is proud to be sponsoring the climate event hosted by The Foundation for Science and Technology. Register now.

Tomorrow, we will explore how the UK can strengthen climate preparedness & resilience:

📆 17:30 - 21:30 GMT, 25 Feb
📍 The Royal Society & online

Find out more about the #ClimateChange event discussing the latest scientific advice to the government ⬇️

Ironically, in New Zealand, we have had increased heavy rain incidents causing a huge amount of damage…but the agricultural sector- which has been heavily affected- are the last to accept any link with a warming climate.

Britain’s relentless rain shows climate predictions playing out as expected After an exceptionally wet start to 2026, two climate scientists explain what’s going on.

Your 'moment of doom' for Feb. 14, 2026 ~ For the rain it raineth every day.

"Warmer air can hold more moisture – about 7% more for every 1°C of warming. This means that when it rains, on average it rains harder. Bigger, heavier downpours become more common."

theconversation.com/britains-rel...

WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

As of Feb. 10, 2026, the planet is tied for 2nd hottest on record, at 1.64°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.

The Climate 8-ball says, "El Nino? We don't need no stinkin' El Nino!"

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Carl Sagan’s prediction about America, made 31 years ago.

Will be talking with #BBCNews 2pm ET / 7pm GMT about the Trump administrations assault on the EPA Endangerment Finding that underlies the regulation of fossil fuel carbon emissions.
www.bbc.com/news

US judiciary scraps climate chapter from scientific evidence manual The U.S. federal judiciary has withdrawn a chapter from the newest edition of its reference manual on scientific evidence that addressed climate change after Republican state attorneys general argued ...

You can hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete on a chapter, just not on physics.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Overshoot: The World Is Hitting Point of No Return on Climate With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead to cascading consequences — from the melting of ice...

Your 'moment of doom' for Jan. 29, 2026 ~ The other overshoot.

"Without action to draw down atmospheric carbon, the climate system will likely move into an era of accelerated warming that may be impossible to halt. Overshoot will be permanent."

e360.yale.edu/features/1.5...

‘Feels like a losing battle’: the fight against flooding in Somerset Emergency pumps are deployed in attempt to stop water inundating homes around River Parrett

The Somerset Levels used to be under the sea, and with 2m of sea-level rise possible within 75 years, and several more metres rise thereafter, resettlement is the only long-term solution

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

#BoycottWorldCup2026
#BoycottWorldCup
#BoycottWorldCupInUsa

The Climate 8-Ball is not going to attend any World Cup games held in the USA.

Storm Chandra: severe flood warning in Devon as more rain and wind hits UK Almost 100 flood warnings issued in England, with red warning, meaning danger to life, in Ottery St Mary A red flood warning – meaning danger to life – has been issued for a river in south-west England as Storm Chandra brought heavy rain and strong winds to many areas of the UK. The Environment Agency (EA) said severe flooding was expected on Tuesday morning in Ottery St Mary, which sits on the River Otter, with the flood water expected to be deep and fast-flowing. Continue reading...

Storm Chandra: severe flood warning in Devon as more rain and wind hits UK

Extreme heatwave may break records in Victoria as firefighters warn of bushfire risk in ‘very dry’ state Ouyen and Mildura in northern Victoria forecast to break state’s all-time maximum on Tuesday, as weather warnings issued

Extreme heatwave may break records in Victoria as firefighters warn of bushfire risk in ‘very dry’ state

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Is it Hopium or Hope Porn? I have heard the term 'hopium' used since my earliest days as a doomer.  'Hope' + 'opium' = 'hopium.' Hope as an opiate drug that numbs the mind and keeps us believing the delusion that a future witho...

My latest blog post:

"We live in a rapidly deteriorating biosphere in a late-stage necrocapitalist dystopia forced to have a relationship with hope. To paraphrase Socrates, unexamined hope is like an unexamined life. Not worth living."

climatecasino.net/2026/01/is-i...

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

Government accused of 'suppressing' report warning of catastrophic climate risks The Times reports unabridged version of security services' analysis sets out 'reasonable worst case scenario' where climate impacts trigger mass migration and conflict

Your 'moment of doom' for Jan. 23, 2026 ~ The less you know.

"Severe degradation or collapse of these would highly likely result in water insecurity, severely reduced crop yields, a global reduction in arable land, fisheries collapse..."

www.businessgreen.com/news/4524657...

‘Everybody’s at each other’s throats’: James Cameron says he has left the US permanently Avatar director, who moved to New Zealand after the Covid pandemic says he will soon be a citizen of a country where people ‘are, for the most part, sane’ James Cameron has said that New Zealand’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic is the reason behind his decision to relocate there from the US. Speaking to Stuff, Cameron – who shot much of the most recent Avatar feature in the southern hemisphere – described being the US under Donald Trump as “like watching a car crash over and over” and said his New Zealand citizenship was “imminent”. Continue reading...

‘Everybody’s at each other’s throats’: James Cameron says he has left the US permanently

Australia’s worst heatwave since black summer made five times more likely by global heating, analysis finds Extreme heat ‘is getting worse and whether we like it or not … there’s ultimately a limit to what we can actually physically cope with,’ scientist says

The critical limit is a wet-bulb temperature of 35C

At this level of heat and humidity the body can't sweat

Overheating is rapid, organs start to fail, and death follows in six hours or so

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Russia is invading Europe and the president of the United States is ranting about the danger that "windmills" pose to the Western World.

The reality of escalating extreme weather as we start 2026: Meteorologist @climatechris.bsky.social breaks it down.

Serious question: Do you accept that this is happening?

Deliberately running towards the precipice instead of away from it…how sad.

I have said for more than a year now that we are going backwards

And here's the latest evidence

We are digging our own grave

ICE agents eat at small-town Mexican restaurant — then detain workers “Would your mama be proud of you right now?” a bystander said as agents returned at closing time to nab the workers.

Instead of tipping them,
the “grab & go Gestapo” kidnapped their servers. 🤬
www.startribune.com/ice-agents-e...

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...

According to the latest CERES data just released yesterday for October, 2025, the current rate of planetary heating is about 10.28 Hiroshimas per second.

This equals 37,000 Hiroshimas per hour, 890,000 per day, and about 324 million Hiroshimas in planetary heating over the last year.

US carbon pollution rose in 2025 in reversal of previous years’ reductions Study from research firm finds that US greenhouse gas emissions grew faster than economic activity last year

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...