Baby, It’s Hot Outside! Extreme Heat Is Having An Impact On World Cities.
Cities around the world are experiencing more and more days where extreme heat threatens their inhabitants.
Global Weirding
UK Not Making Hay While The Sun Shines
A hot, dry summer in the UK has led to reduced hay yields in the eastern part of the country, driving up prices.
Climate Change Brings More Rapidly Intensifying Hurricanes; NOAA Cuts Make Forecasting Them Harder
By Jeff Masters, Yale Climate Connections As Hurricane Helene roared toward the Florida Panhandle on September 26, 2024, the storm put on an intimidating display of rapid intensification, ramping up from a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph (129 km/h) winds to a Cat 4 monster with 140 mph (225 … [continued]
Analysis: Record UK Wildfires Have Burned an Area Twice the Size of Glasgow in 2025
Wildfires have scorched more than 40,000 hectares of land so far this year across the UK — an area more than twice the size of the Scottish city of Glasgow. This is already a record amount of land burned in a single year, far exceeding the previous high, Global Wildfire Information … [continued]
Fossil-Fuelled Heat Has Caused Tropical Birds to Decline by “Up to 38%” since 1950s
An uptick in heat extremes, driven by human-caused climate change, has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38% since the 1950s, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis. The study combines ecological and climate attribution techniques to trace the fingerprint of fossil-fuelled climate change on declining wildlife populations. It … [continued]
DOE Decrees That We Can Never Have Too Much Carbon Dioxide
The latest report from the US Department of Energy claims there is no such thing as too much carbon dioxide.
Electricity Demand in the Eastern United States Surged from Heat Wave
Electricity demand in the PJM Interconnection and ISO New England (two regional grid operators covering the Northeast United States) reached multiyear highs on June 23 and June 24, respectively. Electricity demand increased significantly due to a heat wave that affected most of the Eastern United States this week. PJM Interconnection Electricity load in the PJM … [continued]
Hot Enough For Ya?
It’s hot across much of the US and Europe this week, as record temperatures sear hundreds of cities and millions of people.
Climate Change Is Causing The Florida Real Estate Market To Tumble
I remember after the 2004 Hurricanes Jeanne and Francis how the Florida real estate fell apart. A friend then said we could buy low, but we wouldn’t live long enough to see our investment flourish. Of course, she was wrong, and the Florida real estate market not only rebounded but … [continued]
A world map plotted with color blocks depicting percentiles of global average land and ocean temperatures for the full year 2024. Color blocks depict increasing warmth, from dark blue (record-coldest area) to dark red (record-warmest area) and spanning areas in between that were "much cooler than average" through "much warmer than average." (Image credit: NOAA/NCEI)
A Suggestion As We Walk Into A Scorching Summer
It’s getting hot — very hot — here in Florida. The heat is extreme and debilitating. I grew up here, so, to some extent, I’m used to it. However, this is not the climate of my childhood. There used to be some very hot days in the summer — very … [continued]
