Thread: Any doubts about Climate Change?

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

...an idiot.

He is indeed.

Originally Posted by pickel

Lytton, BC just broke the Canadian record again at 47.5 degrees.

It hit 106f/41c today. Thankfully my house has A/C, my neighbors are dying without it. The end of June here we should be worrying more about whether the rain clouds are going to clear in time for the fourth of July. Instead, we are breaking all-time high temperatures two days in a row.

Had to rig the AC for the house into one bedroom just to have a chance at falling asleep later

Well fuck.

Arctic Circle is already recording 118 F degree days (and summer is just heating up)

Arctic Circle is already recording 118 F degree days (and summer is just heating up) | Live Science

Pakistan and Ras Al Khaimah have both breached a threshold climate models predicted wouldn't be reached for decades.

Hotter than the human body can handle: Pakistan city broils in world’s highest temperatures

The UK has brought forward the exit from coal-fired power generation by one year to 2024, energy and climate change minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said June 30.

UK brings coal exit forward one year to October 2024 | S&P Global Platts

Not even summer yet...

Kuwait registers highest temperature on earth for 2021

Nawasib city recorded 53.2 degrees Celsius, hottest temperature worldwide

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Not even summer yet...

Summer started two weeks ago dippy.

Originally Posted by bsnub

Summer started two weeks ago dippy.

Not in the sandpit dipshit. It's barely started.

August will see its peak in Kuwait.

First things first…….

June 2021 was the hottest June on record for U.S

Exceptional heat waves from coast to coast helped push June 2021 to the No. 1 spot on the list of hottest Junes on record for the U.S.

The first six months of 2021 also brought eight billion-dollar weather disasters, ranging from destructive severe weather to a historic deep freeze, according to experts from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.

Below are more highlights from NOAA's U.S. monthly climate report for June:

Climate by the numbers/June 2021

The average June temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 72.6 degrees F (4.2 degrees above average), making it the hottest June in 127 years of record keeping and surpassing the record set in June 2016 by 0.9 of a degree.

Eight states — Arizona, California, Idaho, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Utah — also saw their hottest June on record. Six other states — Connecticut, Maine, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming — marked their 2nd hottest June.

The average June precipitation across the U.S. was 2.93 inches, matching exactly the historical average for the month, though some states had extremes in rainfall — either too much or too little. For example, South Dakota saw its driest June on record while Mississippi had its second wettest.

• NASA – June 2021 was the 3rd warmest June recorded. January – June 2021 8th warmest recorded.

Data.GISS:
GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP v4)

• NOAA – June 2021 was the 5th warmest June recorded

National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) formerly known as National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) | NCEI offers access to the most significant archives of oceanic, atmospheric, geophysical and coastal data.

• in other news………

US and Germany launch climate partnership

The U.S. and Germany on Thursday launched a partnership to collaborate on climate issues.

A fact sheet released by the White House said that the countries will work together to raise global climate ambition, collaborate on developing and deploying energy technologies and boost clean energy in developing countries.

“The United States and Germany will invest in a sustainable economy that drives inclusive growth, supports communities, and creates good jobs and a healthy environment on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond,” the fact sheet said.

FACT SHEET

Germany Climate and Energy Partnership

President Biden and Chancellor Merkel today at the White House launched the U.S.-Germany Climate and Energy Partnership. As part of our ongoing work together on addressing the threat of climate change, this Partnership will strengthen climate ambition and deepen our collaboration on the policies and sustainable technologies needed to accelerate the global net-zero future. Both countries are committed to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and taking decisive action this decade to keep a 1.5-degree Celsius temperature limit within reach. We share the goals of leading the world to develop the innovative tools urgently needed to accelerate global climate action and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in their economies by 2050 at the latest. The United States and Germany will invest in a sustainable economy that drives inclusive growth, supports communities, and creates good jobs and a healthy environment on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond.

The Climate and Energy Partnership will be co-chaired from the U.S. side by the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and the Secretary of Energy, and from the German side by the Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy and the Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, with participation from the U.S. Department of State, Germany’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other agencies or ministries as appropriate.

The United States and Germany intend the Partnership to include three key areas of cooperation:

Climate Action: The United States and Germany will push to raise global climate ambition and work bilaterally and multilaterally to accelerate reaching a net-zero future. We will develop actionable roadmaps and policies for near-term and long-term reduction of emissions to keep a 1.5-degree Celsius limit in sight; coordinate on climate and trade agendas; mobilize finance for sustainable development; advance sectoral decarbonization and address short-lived climate pollutants; and coordinate on common interests in multilateral fora including the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the climate tracks in the G20, and G7.

Transformational Energy Technologies: The United States and Germany will collaborate on developing and deploying critical energy technologies. We will advance renewable energy technologies and grid integration of variable renewable energy including through energy storage; collaborate on sustainable hydrogen technologies; cooperate on efficiency measures across the building and industrial sectors; increase the adoption of electric vehicles; promote technology commercialization from research institutions to industry; advance reliable and resilient energy systems and supply chains; cooperate on advanced sustainable energy systems while promoting inclusivity, supporting communities, and strengthening the workforce; and coordinate in multilateral energy fora including the energy tracks in the G20 and G7, Mission Innovation, Clean Energy Ministerial, International Energy Agency, and IRENA.

Energy Transitions in Emerging Economies: The United States and Germany will collaborate to accelerate sustainable energy in emerging economies critical to tackling the climate crisis and preventing the use of energy as a coercive tool. We will mobilize investment in Central and Eastern Europe, including by supporting Ukraine’s energy transformation, energy efficiency, and energy security; mobilize investment in sustainable energy in major and growing emitters around the world such as those in South and Southeast Asia; develop energy policy and regulations for increased adoption of renewables and sustainable fuel alternatives like sustainable hydrogen; and pursue technology and technical assistance collaboration with major emerging economies to speed decisive action to curb emissions this decade and enable swift net-zero transitions.

The government of Greenland has decided to suspend all oil exploration off the world's largest island, calling it "a natural step" because the Arctic government "takes the climate crisis seriously."

No oil has been found yet around Greenland, but officials there had seen potentially vast reserves as a way to help Greenlanders realize their long-held dream of independence from Denmark by cutting the subsidy of the equivalent of about $680 million Canadian the Danish territory receives from the Danish government every year.

Global warming means that retreating ice could uncover potential oil and mineral resources which, if successfully tapped, could dramatically change the fortunes of the semi-autonomous territory of 57,000 people.

"The future does not lie in oil. The future belongs to renewable energy, and in that respect we have much more to gain," the Greenland government said in a statement. The government said it "wants to take co-responsibility for combating the global climate crisis."

The decision was made June 24 but made public Thursday.

Greenland bans all oil exploration | CBC News

U.K. issues first ever extreme heat warning

The United Kingdom's Met Office issued its first ever "Extreme Heat Warning" on Monday, after all four U.K. nations recorded their hottest day so far this year over the weekend.

Driving the news: "The impacts from extreme heat are increasing across the U.K. due to climate change," per a June Met Office statement announcing its new amber and red warning system to inform the public of potential widespread disruption and adverse health effects.

• The U.K. amber warning follows extreme high temperatures earlier this month in Nordic countries. In particular, Finland is just emerging from a historic heat wave that saw temperatures hit all-time highs.

By the numbers: Northern Ireland saw an all-time temperature high of 88.1 degrees Fahrenheit, recorded in Ballywatticock, County Down on Saturday.

• London's Heathrow airport recorded the U.K.'s hottest temperature so far this year on Sunday, when it reached 88.9°F, the BBC notes. Cardiff recorded the hottest temperature yet for Wales in 2021, when it hit 86.4°F the same day.
• On Saturday, Threave, in Dumfries and Galloway all recorded Scotland's hottest temperature of 2021 when they hit 82.8°F.

Of note: "Climate change is causing warming across the U.K. All of the U.K.'s ten warmest years on record have occurred since 2002," per a Met Office statement.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather...climate-change

Lots of first evers being noted so far this year.

When karma bites you in the arse...

Parts of China have been hit by "the heaviest rain in 1,000 years" - with footage showing underground train carriages filling with water.

More than 20cm of rain fell on the city of Zhengzhou, Henan province, in a single hour on Tuesday. In the recent European floods, the worst-hit areas of Germany saw 18.2cm over three days.

Underground train fills with water as part of China suffers 'heaviest rain in 1,000 years' | World News | Sky News

On the bright side.

New CO2 battery will make wind and solar dispatchable 'at an unprecedented low price' | Recharge

Originally Posted by RPETER65

On the bright side.

New CO2 battery will make wind and solar dispatchable 'at an unprecedented low price' | Recharge

If I didn't know better I'd say repeater is in favour of phasing out fossil fuels for renewables.

If true, that's real progress.

The awareness program is working.......

The climate change deniers ,antivaxers and other anti-science ignorant morons will take us down with them.
We need to find a way to deal with them or this thing is not going to end well for all of us.

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

The climate change deniers ,antivaxers and other anti-science ignorant morons will take us down with them.
We need to find a way to deal with them or this thing is not going to end well for all of us.

Show me one climate tax or climate initiative that deniers have reversed or prevented.... The climate change regime is in full control. Deniers have zero influence on anything.

Originally Posted by Backspin

Show me one climate tax or climate initiative that deniers have reversed or prevented.... The climate change regime is in full control. Deniers have zero influence on anything.

Looking forward to your next 40+ degree days coming up? How many did you have a year when you were say 8-15 years old?

No climate change at all eh moron?

Originally Posted by aging one

Looking forward to your next 40+ degree days coming up? How many did you have a year when you were say 8-15 years old?

No climate change at all eh moron?

Didn't answer my question.

But is that supposed to mean it is man made ? That's almost religious in the perceived correlation.

Originally Posted by aging one

No climate change at all eh moron?

Wonder if it understands people kept records

Originally Posted by aging one

Looking forward to your next 40+ degree days coming up? How many did you have a year when you were say 8-15 years old?

No climate change at all eh moron?

Warning: He will drag you down to his level of stupidity and attempt to beat you at it. He will win.

Originally Posted by Backspin

Show me one climate tax or climate initiative that deniers have reversed or prevented.... The climate change regime is in full control. Deniers have zero influence on anything.

I guess when the US under the trump administration pulled out of The Paris Agreement for four long years did so under pressure from the "climate change regime " , right?