Welcome to another round of overheated climate psychobabble, no doubt designed to stir up the masses. Empirical evidence of human causation of the modern warm period is, as ever, still noticeably absent but no shortage of claims.
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2023 is likely to be the hottest year in human history, and global temperatures during the Northern Hemisphere summer were the warmest on record, the EU climate monitor said on Wednesday.
Heat waves, droughts and wildfires struck Asia, Africa, Europe and North America over the last three months, with dramatic impact on economies, ecosystems and human health, says Phys.org.
The average global temperature in June, July and August was 16.77 degrees Celsius (62.19 degrees Fahrenheit), surpassing the previous 2019 record of 16.48C by a wide margin, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a report.
“The three months that we’ve just had are the warmest in approximately 120,000 years, so effectively human history,” C3S deputy director Samantha Burgess told AFP. [Talkshop comment – show us the data].
Last month was the hottest August on record and warmer than all other months except July 2023.
“Climate breakdown has begun,” said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, echoing famous testimony before the US Congress 35 years ago, in which government scientist James Hansen declared that global warming had begun.
“Our climate is imploding faster than we can cope,” Guterres added. [Talkshop comment – something or someone is imploding?]
Also on Wednesday, the World Meteorological Organization warned that more frequent and intense heat waves are generating a “witch’s brew” of air pollution that shortens human lifespans and damages other life forms.
“Heat waves worsen air quality, with knock-on effects on human health, ecosystems, agriculture and indeed our daily lives,” WMO chief Petteri Taalas said in a statement.
Record-high global sea surface temperatures played a major role in stoking heat throughout the summer, with marine heat waves hitting the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Antarctic sea ice remained at a record low for the time of year with a monthly value 12 percent below average, “by far the largest negative anomaly for August since satellite observations began” in the 1970s, C3S said. [Talkshop comment – nothing to report from the Arctic, as summer sea ice continues its recent non-decline].
Full article here.
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September 6, 2023 at 02:06PM
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