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Aww forecast changed to mid 80s. Maybe we'll open the pool the following week to start March off.
Forecast says 93 degrees for the high next Friday.
February 27.
I guess it's time to get the pool ready, amirite, Darrin?
Aww forecast changed to mid 80s. Maybe we'll open the pool the following week to start March off.
heat ac ulation
natural feedback loops will not be mocked
https://www.expressnews.com/san-anto...s-21941259.phpHigh heat incoming: San Antonio could break a 72-year old record on Thursday
February time is now pool time!
hhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/opinion/blizzard-snow-storm-winter.html?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=ema il&utm_term=2026-02-25"Warming has already melted so much ice in Greenland and Antarctica that Earth’s rotation has slowed and its axis has shifted, slightly altering the length of the day and disrupting the precision of satellite tracking, global positioning systems and timekeeping."
Exxon projected anthropogenic climate change roughly in line with academic projections from 1977-2003
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abk0063Many of the uncovered fossil fuel industry do ents include explicit projections of the amount of warming expected to occur over time in response to rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Yet, these numerical and graphical data have received little attention. Indeed, no one has systematically reviewed climate modeling projections by any fossil fuel interest. What exactly did oil and gas companies know, and how accurate did their knowledge prove to be? Here, we address these questions by reporting and analyzing all known global warming projections do ented by—and in many cases modeled by—Exxon and ExxonMobil Corp scientists between 1977 and 2003.
Our results show that in private and academic circles since the late 1970s and early 1980s, ExxonMobil predicted global warming correctly and skillfully. Using established statistical techniques, we find that 63 to 83% of the climate projections reported by ExxonMobil scientists were accurate in predicting subsequent global warming. ExxonMobil’s average projected warming was 0.20° ± 0.04°C per decade, which is, within uncertainty, the same as that of independent academic and government projections published between 1970 and 2007. The average “skill score” and level of uncertainty of ExxonMobil’s climate models (67 to 75% and ±21%, respectively) were also similar to those of the independent models.
Moreover, we show that ExxonMobil scientists correctly dismissed the possibility of a coming ice age in favor of a “carbon dioxide induced ‘super-interglacial’”; accurately predicted that human-caused global warming would first be detectable in the year 2000 ± 5; and reasonably estimated how much CO2 would lead to dangerous warming.
Wall Street and PE looking to make $$$ off extreme weather
https://gizmodo.com/hedge-funds-are-...sks-2000770164Attention: DOGE’d and RIF’ed U.S. government meteorologists and climate scientists. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is looking to hire a new executive director focused on “catastrophe modeling.” Ideally, someone who could be a “subject matter expert in natural catastrophe and climate,” upping their portfolio’s “resilience to physical climate risks.”
And they’re not alone. Some hedge funds are offering as much as $1 million per year for the right extreme weather forecaster. As one recruiter who specializes in placing experts in this niche world of “insurance-linked securities” told Bloomberg News, anthropogenic climate change’s most canny and enterprising Cassandras have been netting “exponentially higher” pay bumps compared to their past salaries over the last two years.
Not unlike the mortgage-backed securities of the 2008 financial crisis, insurance-linked securities (ILS) reimagine an insurance company’s outstanding policy risks and potential rewards as assets that it can market to outside investors, like hedge funds.
the danger of smoke from climate-driven wildfires alone likely exceeds the mortality burden from climate change itself
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09611-wHere we quantify the mortality burden in the USA due to wildfire smoke fine particulate matter (PM2.5) under climate change. We construct an ensemble of statistical and machine learning models that link climate to wildfire smoke PM2.5 and empirically estimate smoke PM2.5–mortality relationships using data on all recorded deaths in the USA. We project that smoke PM2.5 could result in 71,420 excess deaths (95% confidence interval: 34,930–98,430) per year by 2050 under a high-warming scenario (shared socioeconomic pathway scenario 3-7.0, SSP3-7.0)—a 73% increase relative to the estimated 2011–2020 average annual excess deaths from smoke. ulative excess deaths from smoke PM2.5 could reach 1.9 million between 2026 and 2055. We find evidence for mortality impacts of smoke PM2.5 that last up to 3 years after exposure. When monetized, climate-driven smoke deaths result in economic damages that exceed existing estimates of climate-driven damages from all other causes combined in the USA4,5. Our research suggests that the health impacts of climate-driven wildfire smoke could be among the most important and costly consequences of a warming climate in the USA.
more empirical support for the "hockey stick"
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Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may be leaving a measurable imprint inside the human body. Researchers analyzing more than two decades of U.S. health data found that blood bicarbonate levels have climbed about 7% since 1999, while calcium and phosphorus have declined—changes that closely track increasing atmospheric CO2.https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0814235845.htmBicarbonate is essential for regulating the body's acid-base balance. As CO2 increases, the body can retain additional bicarbonate to help keep blood pH stable. Although this response helps preserve that balance, maintaining it over long periods could have physiological effects.
"If current trends continue, modeling indicates average bicarbonate levels could approach the upper limit of today's accepted healthy range within 50 years," A/Prof Larcombe said
"Calcium and phosphorus levels could also reach the lower end of their healthy ranges later this century."
some climatologists think it likely that this is the highest SST since the interglacial period 125,000 years ago
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0801093239.htmGlobal warming appears to have shifted into a faster gear. After removing the effects of El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, researchers found that the planet has warmed at roughly 0.35°C per decade over the past ten years, compared with just under 0.2°C per decade from 1970 to 2015. The acceleration, which becomes visible around 2013 to 2015, appeared across five major global temperature datasets with more than 98% statistical certainty.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62m4gpnp78oWorld's oceans hit highest temperature on record as El Niño grows
The world's oceans are hotter than ever recorded, new data suggests, as they suffer from human-caused climate change and the growing El Niño weather phenomenon.
The average surface temperature of the planet's seas outside the polar regions hit 21.1C (70F) on Saturday, according to figures from the European Copernicus climate change service.
That edges past the 21.09C recorded in March 2024, and is far above average for the time of year.
Warmer oceans can have wide-reaching consequences, including supercharging extreme weather, raising sea levels and harming marine life.
"This record is another clear signal of an ocean under growing stress," said Dr Samantha Burgess, deputy director of Copernicus.
"El Niño is adding heat to the system, but it is doing so on top of decades of human-driven warming," she added.
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l Niño is expected to keep strengthening until Christmas time, with scientists warning that it is on course to be the strongest in centuries.
This could see ocean temperatures climb yet further.
"The fact that we are already breaking records is an early indicator of how strong the El Niño is becoming," said Dr Jeremy Grist, senior research fellow at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton.
"All things being equal we might expect the ocean temperature record to be broken again in March [or] April 2027," he added.
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I don't think it's hyperbole to say humans will rid themselves from this planet at this rate
what happens beforehand is more worrisome, tbh
We almost ended ourselves twice with CFCs and leaded gasoline -- both completely unnecessary corporate options.
We're just going to keep on doing it.
“The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week announced that for the Lower 48 states, this summer– from June to August– was the warmest in 132 years of record-keeping. Globally, August ties with July 2023 as the hottest month on record…”
Trump 2.0 is a toxic airborne event
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...core-ios-shareThe Trump administration plans to announce Monday that the United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas, according to two people familiar with the proposal.
The power sector is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the United States. This pollution ac ulates in the atmosphere, where it traps the sun’s heat, raising temperatures and supercharging extreme weather events around the globe.
Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, is expected to announce the change during a meeting of energy ministers from the Group of 20 nations in Houston, according to the two people familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity to describe the proposal before it is made public.
if the U.S. power sector were its own country, it would be the fifth-largest climate polluter in the world after China, the entire United States, India and Russia.
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