Heartbreaking visible image of a potentially generational storm, and a likely reflection of broader trends—greater ocean warmth and depth of warmth, faster intensification rates, slower forward speeds, and greater rainfall rates.

The Northern Pacific Ocean is currently smashing temperature records. And it is reaching these levels far earlier than the current generation of climate models had expected. A short thread 🧵

SUBSTORM NOW THIS IS CURRENTLY FROM CENTRAL WI

Inadvertently, this is an incredible illustration of how (a) the infrastructure required for fossil fuel extraction is bonkers and (b) how we don't consider our oil and gas to be 'destroying nature' like wind turbines simply bc it's undersea

Healthy aurora glow starting now in Maine. Check out the cam! go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

St. Helena Island, SC last night

Massive, violent tornado on Brandon Copic's livestream near Lake City AR. Holy crap.

A rotational velocity signature of 113 kt and a deep tornado debris signature indicates this is likely an EF 3+ tornado in progress across northeast Arkansas. 100+ kt rotational velocity signatures are historically in the upper echelons of intense tornadoes.

Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed

Yet another dedicated scientist and public servant, this time from US Fish and Wildlife, showing up unpaid after she was fired to volunteer to protect an endangered species. What are we even doing here. 🎁 link: 🧪

Check out our new Polar Vortex Blog! Though parts of the US have been very cold and snowy, experts do not think there's much evidence that the polar vortex is the main driver of our winter weather so far this year. www.climate.gov/news-feature...

Wow. Last month wasn't just a usual hottest January on record. Despite cool La Niña conditions, it was *even hotter* than last years record-breaking El Niño January! Graph by @hausfath.bsky.social

Is it hurricane season already? It's January 26 and the ocean heat content in the Caribbean Sea is presently as high as it normally would be on June 1. 🧐🌊 Granted, the climatological annual minimum is still 6 weeks away so it *should* fall a bit more. We'll see. bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/ohc/

Particularly prescient line in recent paper on cold air outbreaks and high-latitude warming: “Even if CAOs become less frequent and/or less intense overall, their impacts can be more significant as society… becomes increasingly less prepared as CAOs penetrate into regions ill-equipped to respond.”

According to NWS Los Angeles: “A Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning is in effect for the coasts, valleys and mountains in the #SantaAnaWind prone corridor of Los Angeles/Ventura Counties, Monday night into Tuesday. Red Flag warnings are in effect for portions of SoCal Mon-Wed.”

News for the record books: US installed 32GW of solar PV in 2024. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 electrek.co/2024/11/29/2...

This supercell absolutely made the second day of chasing worth it. Stout little storm coming off the Capitans. #nmwx

Why the IEA says peak oil* really is coming this time, in one simple chart 1/3

On The Climate Brink, a guest post by Kevin Trenberth on "Why have hurricanes gone crazy?" www.theclimatebrink....

Almost a Cat 5 already 😮 Milton is gathering strength at a breakneck speed, as several intensity models suggested it would. Even if it weakens a bit prior to the FL west coast, it will be pushing an immense and likely catastrophic storm surge. www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...

An insidious effect of decades of climate science denialism is that it seeped false info and doubt into the public consciousness. Observed warming is ~100% due to human activity, yet media coverage, poll questions, etc. talk about humans "mostly" causing" or "contributing to" climate change.

Global temperatures have remained persistently high over the past few months despite fading El Nino conditions in the tropical Pacific. We saw records tied or set in May, June, July, and August. Its only in September 2024 that we are likely to move out of record territory:

Despite today's grim milestone with the world passing 1.5C over the past 12 months, I see some reasons for cautious climate hope. We stand both on the brink of severe climate impacts, but also on the brink of a rapid energy transition away from fossil fuels.

Wisconsin. February 8th. NOT NORMAL! (For reference - Wisconsin has *never* had a recorded tornado in February.) #wiwx

This right here. As experts like @katharinehayhoe.com and others have pointed out, the knowledge deficit model simply does not work. COVID, climate change, Jan 6, it doesn't matter. This should be a foundational piece of knowledge for any academic, advocacy, and journalistic work.

THREAD My annual deep-dive on IEA #WEO23 🔊Clean energy "unstoppable" 📉Global CO2 cld peak *AS SOON AS 2023* ⛰️Global fossil fuel peak in 2025 🇨🇳China fossil fuel peak in 2024 (!) 🌅Solar outlook for 2050 up 69% vs last yr (!) 🌡️Warming 2.4C ( 🔽2.6C 2021 ⏬3.5C 2015) www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-glo...