From my Reuters news feed: LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - For the first time ever, global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday.
I've read that climate scientists believe that over time the area of the US that will most be able to sustain human life is the Upper Midwest. We have harsher winters but more and better water, game fish and wildlife, and agriculture without the prospects of hurricanes, drought, sea rise, and out of control fires. I think of this every time I read that more and more seniors are moving to Florida. Fine with me, but for Pete's sake don't take your grandkids with you if you really love them.
I was reading about El Niño (El Niño Southern Oscillation) in my local paper today. Those events can meet some changes in weather patterns that are pretty detrimental. That the ENSO is developing so early may well portend an ugly west coast fire season in spite of the above normal precipitation/snowpack that we’re experiencing now.
Who will survive at the most comfortable level will be those who own caves, or their equivalent, such as wine growers, or mining interests. Summers will not be getting cooler.
I know you're not a fan of the Washington (com)Post, but one of their contributing meteorologists, Matthew Cappucci, has this very subject in today's online version. He's included maps to explain the situation we're in right now. And he finishes his article with stats from the past month that illustrate the problem - "and on Wednesday (yesterday, May 17), 35 weather stations in Japan logged their hottest May day on record."
I heard this news, too. It accompanied the murky atmosphere this morning - Seattle was blanketed in smoke and fog. That dismal feeling that comes during the smoky fire season has arrived😞😢.
I've read that climate scientists believe that over time the area of the US that will most be able to sustain human life is the Upper Midwest. We have harsher winters but more and better water, game fish and wildlife, and agriculture without the prospects of hurricanes, drought, sea rise, and out of control fires. I think of this every time I read that more and more seniors are moving to Florida. Fine with me, but for Pete's sake don't take your grandkids with you if you really love them.
Thanks for the heads up, but if I had to live in the Midwest I’d die of boredom. I think I’ll keep advocating for mitigation.
This is maddening. We should have listened to Carter and Gore.
I was reading about El Niño (El Niño Southern Oscillation) in my local paper today. Those events can meet some changes in weather patterns that are pretty detrimental. That the ENSO is developing so early may well portend an ugly west coast fire season in spite of the above normal precipitation/snowpack that we’re experiencing now.
last time I was out there, it was El Nino time. serious bummer.
Who will survive at the most comfortable level will be those who own caves, or their equivalent, such as wine growers, or mining interests. Summers will not be getting cooler.
Shorter winters, longer springs, summers and falls. It's already happening.
We have blown past 1.5C. It’s going to be a continued extinction event. We’re cooked.
Good time to be old, but how I grieve for my grands….
I know you're not a fan of the Washington (com)Post, but one of their contributing meteorologists, Matthew Cappucci, has this very subject in today's online version. He's included maps to explain the situation we're in right now. And he finishes his article with stats from the past month that illustrate the problem - "and on Wednesday (yesterday, May 17), 35 weather stations in Japan logged their hottest May day on record."
It depends on who I am reading at WaPo as to my attitude toward the organization. Cappucci's article is excellent.
I heard this news, too. It accompanied the murky atmosphere this morning - Seattle was blanketed in smoke and fog. That dismal feeling that comes during the smoky fire season has arrived😞😢.
Speaking on Monday with my friend in Connecticut, she said the air is smoky/hazy and is being ascribed to smoke from the Alberta Canada fires.
We're getting that in Northern Virginia. As I write, the wind direction is from the north-west, bringing smoke haze with it.
Our smoke is from Alberta, too. The fires must be enormous🔥🔥🔥🔥.
From what I've seen and read, the fires ARE enormous. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-alberta-braces-wildfires-spread-winds-shift-2023-05-16/
Thanks for posting the article - Windy (weather app) shows so many active fires!