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In the 173 years of Atlantic hurricane records, only a handful of storms have ever roamed the Gulf of Mexico as hurricanes, but then died before making landfall on the Gulf Coast as tropical cyclones. To the delight of Gulf Coast residents, this month's Hurricane Rafael is expected to join the short list of eight underperforming hurricanes and will be the only major hurricane among them. Rafael briefly intensified into a Category 3 hurricane in the Gulf early Friday, becoming the most westerly major hurricane ever recorded in November. Thankfully, Rafael will stay on the water, although its effects will…
From Dr. Roy Spencer's Global Warming Blog Dr. Roy Spencer Key points: For years, some commentators have believed that the highest temperature ever recorded in the world was 134 degrees Celsius. The F recorded in Death Valley, California on July 10, 1913 is physically incredible. Here I show quantitatively that a temperature of 134 degrees Fahrenheit is on the high side, about 10 degrees Celsius. F. William T has conducted extensive historical research. Reed suggested that those making temperature observations at the Greenland pasture might replace the official measurements from the thermometer in Stevenson's screened shed with other measurements taken…
A small storm broke out on social media this week when scientific americanIn a late-night rage, Laura Helmuth made profane and disparaging comments about those who voted for Donald Trump. As often happens in social media uproar, many called for Helmuth to be fired from his editorial position. Yet this isn’t just about a highly partisan editor at a magazine, and firing her won’t solve the deeper problem. quite, The incident reflects the normalization of partisanship, often accompanied by intolerance and vitriol, in a field of science that is particularly closely tied to policy and politics. Every day I point…
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported on Friday that the continental United States had its second driest month on official records since 1895, after two hurricanes caused catastrophic flooding. The average precipitation for October in the lower 48 states was 0.95 inches, tying October 1963 and November 1917 as the second driest month on record in the 130-year history of records. October 1952 was much thicker than the other months, with only 0.54 inches recorded. (For more information about that month and the related 1950s drought, see our October 25 post.) As October approaches, drought and drought…
Donald Trump's landslide victory in Tuesday's presidential election sent climate activists around the world reeling. Trump called efforts to control climate change “one of the biggest hoaxes” in the world and said at his final rally “Who cares?” if sea levels rise. Trump will immediately withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement and pledged in his acceptance speech this week to mine as much “liquid gold” as possible in the United States. Of course, climate clown Michael Mann is furious. Climate activists in the UK vandalized the US Embassy in London with orange paint. X (formerly Twitter) is…
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) called a special legislative session to “confront” President-elect Trump on Thursday following his landslide election victory over Kamala Harris. [emphasis, links added] The special session will begin on December 2. Gov. Newsom says Trump poses threat to California's climate change plans based on actions he took in first termillegal immigrant population, women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights. “California is ready to fight,” Newsom said. “I have just convened an emergency special session to help bolster our legal resources and protect our country from any unlawful actions by the incoming Trump Administration.” “Whether it's our fundamental civil…
Protesters behind Stop the Oil defaced the facade of the U.S. Embassy in London on Wednesday in protest against President-elect Trump. [emphasis, links added] Hours after Trump called the 2024 election, two protesters, aged 25 and 72, “Just Stop Oil” T-shirts were spray-painted on the walls of the embassy to show their “rejection of fascism.” The Metropolitan Police arrested two people. “This morning, the world woke up to find that it has descended further into fascism and climate breakdown. Trump's victory puts the lives of ordinary people around the world at risk,” the group said Write about the protests online.…
A reader asked us: How does climate change affect and will affect food security? To answer this question, we enlisted the help of Dr. Luis Alexis Rodríguez Cruz, who works on issues related to agri-food systems, the environment, science, and public policy. Here is his response: I will abandon the multidimensional definition food safety The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) answers how climate change affects (and will affect) climate change: “When all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs, Food security exists. It…
The lame-duck Biden-Harris administration has begun working to undermine President-elect Donald Trump's energy agenda after he handed Vice President Kamala Harris a crushing defeat in Tuesday's election. [emphasis, links added] Less than 48 hours after Trump won decisive Electoral College and popular vote victories, Federal agencies are taking action to disrupt Trump's plans to expand and unfreeze liquefied natural gas (LNG) export approvals and drill for more oil and gas on U.S. soilAccording to reports from Bloomberg News and CNN. The Biden-Harris administration suspended approvals of LNG export hubs in January and took several actions to limit energy production on…
from masterresource By Robert Bradley Jr. — November 7, 2024 Ed. notes: This article was originally published on January 19, 2017, as Donald Trump was about to be inaugurated as president. “Good news indeed! Energy cuts are a piece of cake compared to the hard budget choices faced in the transition from nationalism and stagnation to a dynamic, coordinated, and ever-expanding entrepreneurial economy. Rome isn't burning, but Climate Progress' Joe Roem is. “Will Trump go down in history as the man who ended a livable climate?” he wrote, subtitled “The fate of humanity is in the hands of a denier…