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A sizzling month marked by record heat waves, major wildfires, melting sea ice and a burgeoning El Niño will go down in the books as the hottest July on record — at least until next year, federal officials said Monday.
The planet and its oceans roasted last month as global average temperatures soared 2.02 degrees above average, making July 2023 not only the hottest July ever, but very likely Earth's warmest month in at least 174 years of record keeping.
"Climatologically, July is the warmest month of the year," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in a monthly report released Monday. "As the warmest July on record, July 2023 was the warmest month on record for the globe."
Temperature data through July make it virtually certain that 2023 will rank among the five warmest years on record, with a nearly 50% probability that it will be the single warmest year on record, the agency said.
The announcement came as little surprise to millions of Americans who suffered through extreme heat conditions firsthand.
The stubborn presence of a high-pressure heat dome over the American Southwest pushed temperatures in Phoenix to 110 degrees or hotter for a record 31 days straight.
More than 40 deaths were recorded in the county with hundreds more under investigation, and scores of people were hospitalized for heat-related illnesses and pavement burns....
....After a decade of disputing the existence of climate change, many leading Republicans are shifting their posture amid deadly heat waves, devastating drought and ferocious wildfires that have bludgeoned their districts and unnerved their constituents back home.
Members of Congress who long insisted that the climate is changing due to natural cycles have notably adjusted that view, with many now acknowledging the solid science that emissions from burning oil, gas and coal have raised Earth’s temperature.
But their growing acceptance of the reality of climate change has not translated into support for the one strategy that scientists said in a major United Nations report this week is imperative to avert an even more harrowing future: stop burning fossil fuels.
Instead, Republicans want to spend billions to prepare communities to cope with extreme weather, but are trying to block efforts by Democrats to cut the emissions that are fueling the disasters in the first place....
Labels: Climate Change, Fire, History, The Repugnant Party
posted by Rob Anderson @ 1:54 PM
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“ The planet and its oceans roasted last month as global average temperatures soared 2.02 degrees”
Guess what. Sea level didn’t rise like they say and planet temperature dropped to normal.while they say in 2050 earths temperature will rise 1.5 degrees and if we don’t stop it now we will Al drown. Well earths temperature rose 2.02 degrees well over the ending of civilization 1.5 degrees and we’re still here.
Thanks.
We're still here, more or less. There are fewer of us on Maui.
By the way, those of us in San Francisco shouldn't be complacent. Recall how damaging fire was to our city in 1906: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake
Never-before seen events like the forest fires in Hawaii have to FINALLY convince the bike nuts to stop blocking and congesting traffic for their own selfish agenda. The earth is literally burning up because we aren't making highways wide enough to prevent cars idling in traffic.
Another lame attempt at cleverness. It's clearly not your thing. But for you it's a risk-free approach, since you're anonymous and no one will ever know how lame you are.
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