Scientists' work in building and interpreting climate models may be technical, but it is crucial in informing the policies that are our only hope of tackling the crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/24/world/accelerated-heating-climate-models-policy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #climatechange #environment #emissions #un #ipcc #heat #heatwaves
"...Last year in Maricopa County, 138 people died in heat-related incidents indoors. Most of them had air conditioning that was not functional, according to investigative reports. Thirteen of them died in homes where the electricity service was off. ..."
NBC 12 News (Arizona) 4/22/25
82-year-old APS customer died after power was shut off in May 2024
An 82-year-old woman died in May 2024 after her power was cut off on a very hot day. Her son and an advocate say this shows an issue with state policies.
Japan is set to begin this year's operation of its Special Heat Stroke Alert system Wednesday in an effort to reduce health risks from extreme summer heat. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/19/japan/science-health/special-heat-stroke-index/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #heatwaves #heatstroke #environmentministry #climatechange
https://www.europesays.com/2008814/ Japan to start special heatstroke alert system Wednesday #ClimateChange #EnvironmentMinistry #HeatWaves #heatstroke #japan
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Accuweather: Extended heatwave in India, Pakistan to test survivability limits, with temperatures reaching Death Valley levels
For hundreds of millions of people living in India and Pakistan the early arrival of summer heatwaves has become a terrifying reality that’s testing survivability limits and putting enormous strain on energy supplies, vital crops and livelihoods.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/extended-heatwave-in-india-pakistan-to-test-survivability-limits-with-temperatures-reaching-death-valley-levels/1765685
#heatwaves#india#pakistan
Accuweather: Extended heatwave in India, Pakistan to test survivability limits, with temperatures reaching Death Valley levels
For hundreds of millions of people living in India and Pakistan the early arrival of summer heatwaves has become a terrifying reality that’s testing survivability limits and putting enormous strain on energy supplies, vital crops and livelihoods.
And why would Trump care about lobsters?
""Fossil fuel-driven climate change is intensifying #HeatWaves, #flooding and other #ExtremeWeather events. Waters in the #GulfOfMaine are warming faster than nearly every other swath of ocean on the planet, threatening the future of the state’s signature #lobster industry and other #fisheries "
Senator #AngusKing fumes at #ClimateChange being nixed from annual threat assessment
Chris D’Angelo for The Maine Monitor April 8, 2025
"#Maine has been described as a 'climate haven,' [the same for #Vermont] a place expected to remain relatively sheltered from the most extreme and dangerous impacts of global climate change. But the #PineTreeState is far from immune.
"Fossil fuel-driven climate change is intensifying #HeatWaves, #flooding and other #ExtremeWeather events. Waters in the #GulfOfMaine are warming faster than nearly every other swath of ocean on the planet, threatening the future of the state’s signature #lobster industry and other #fisheries.
"Sea levels here are forecast to rise approximately 4 feet by the end of the century, forcing coastal communities, shipyards and military installations to prepare and adapt.
" 'This is a guaranteed threat,' said #AmyEshoo, director of #MaineClimateActionNow. 'It’s not one we can negotiate with. It’s not one that we can put #tariffs on. It’s not one we can go to the table with. We unleashed it. It’s here. We’re feeling its effects. Maine is definitely feeling them.' "
Read more:
https://mainebeacon.com/sen-king-fumes-at-climate-change-being-nixed-from-annual-threat-assessment/
#Climate crisis has tripled length of deadly #ocean #heatwaves, study finds | Oceans | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/14/climate-crisis-has-tripled-length-of-deadly-ocean-heatwaves-study-finds #OceanHeating
Heat wave scorches parts of India with record temperatures https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/heat-wave-scorches-parts-of-india-with-record-temperatures/
Climate and health litigation mounting in Australia as exposure to heat waves grows https://phys.org/news/2025-04-climate-health-litigation-mounting-australia.html
Fewer farmers, changing diets, outdated agricultural policies and even an earthquake scare have contributed to price rises affecting Japanese rice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/07/food-drink/rice-shortage-japan-reserves/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #rice #food #agriculture #climatechange #heatwaves
Crops under threat as surprise March heat wave hits Central Asia: study https://phys.org/news/2025-04-crops-threat-central-asia.html
Australia sweats through hottest 12 months on record: Official data https://phys.org/news/2025-04-australia-hottest-months.html
This year's gardening gambit: establishing grapevines, in hopes that they will be resistant to future heatwaves (at least for a little while). They seem to be able to grow in Fresno... so thinking that will be a plus here near the California coast, even with increasing heatwave conditions. #gardening #California #heatwaves #climateadaptation
From the article:
"“We now expect a 3°C world,” Morgan Stanley analysts wrote earlier this month, citing “recent setbacks to global decarbonization efforts.”"
"#Japan could experience once-in-a-century #heatwaves every year if global warming spirals out of control, according to a warning from the country’s meteorological agency."
#WeekendReading: Kauppi and Villnäs on #marine #heatwaves on macrofauna bioturbation and in turn, fluxes of dissolved species between the water and the sediment.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1159
More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ #climatedisasters struck world in #2024 - #UN
#Floods, #heatwaves and supercharged #hurricanes occurred in hottest #climate human society has ever experienced
#WMO's report on 2024, hottest year on record. Heatwaves in Japan left hundreds of thousands of people struck down by heatstroke. Soaring temps during heatwaves peaked at 49.9C at Carnarvon in Western Australia, 49.7C in city of Tabas in Iran, and 48.5C in nationwide heatwave in Mali.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/19/unprecedented-climate-disasters-extreme-weather-un-report
