Climate Change/Mass Extinction Megathread

[PDH]

So well beyond the intellectual capabilities of our President.

It's colder in winter, therefore global warming is a hoax!

[crazy canuck]

The title of the article says it all

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oceans-are-warming-faster-than-predicted/

[PDH]

There are times when I am glad I never had children...

[Monoriu]

Is there a limit as to the amount of heat that oceans can absorb? 

[PDH]

Yes. Eventually they would all boil away.

[Maladict]

There are times when I am glad I never had children...

[mongers]

Australians on the boil:

Australia swelters through record-breaking heatwave18 January 2019 
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Australia has just sweltered through at least five of its 10 warmest days on record, authorities estimate.

An extreme heatwave has afflicted the nation since Saturday, causing wildlife deaths, bushfires and an increase in hospital admissions.

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said preliminary readings showed daily national temperature highs of 40C.

The town of Noona in New South Wales meanwhile recorded a night-time temperature of 35.9C.

It was the highest minimum temperature ever recorded anywhere in Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said.

Temperatures on Friday will soar above 42C in "broad areas", the bureau predicted.

Forecasters have compared conditions to the nation's worst heatwave in 2013, where the mercury soared to 39C for seven consecutive days.

The hottest day on record for Australia is 7 January 2013, when the national average maximum temperature was 40.3C.

"The current heatwave ranks alongside that of January 2013 as the most extensive and prolonged heatwave on record over Australia," BOM senior meteorologist Blair Trewin told the BBC earlier this week.

"There have been other notable heatwaves but none affecting such a large area of the country."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46886798

[The Brain]

Summer in Australia must be a bitch.

[AnchorClanker]

For what it's worth, DC has had the wettest year since the 1880's.  Funny, I thought the fall seemed an awful lot like an Oregon Coast fall...

[crazy canuck]

The title of the article says it all

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oceans-are-warming-faster-than-predicted/

and since the oceans are warming faster than predicted, I suppose it stands to reason that Greenland's glaciers are also melting faster than previously predicted.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/21/greenland-ice-melting-faster-than-scientists-previously-thought-study

[Duque de Bragança]

The title of the article says it all

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oceans-are-warming-faster-than-predicted/

and since the oceans are warming faster than predicted, I suppose it stands to reason that Greenland's glaciers are also melting faster than previously predicted.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/21/greenland-ice-melting-faster-than-scientists-previously-thought-study

I guess that's why one the best UK boutique labels re-released Waterworld, offering a special edition. 

[Syt]

[Syt]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
In the beautiful Midwest, windchill temperatures are reaching minus 60 degrees, the coldest ever recorded. In coming days, expected to get even colder. People can't last outside even for minutes. What the hell is going on with Global Waming? Please come back fast, we need you!

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@realDonaldTrump
Glad you asked! The polar vortex is supposed to stay at the north pole but dwindling sea ice (from climate change) has caused the vortex to split in three places, and that's why it's cold down here. Polar vortex splits like this will become more common as climate change worsens.

[Valmy]

That is probably why it is called "Global Warming" and not "Local Regional Warming"

[The Minsky Moment]

You're wasting your breath. Might as well teach a baboon to conduct a symphony orchestra.