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Eric Holthaus

4 months

Just to make it official: This social media account has moved to @ericholthaus .bsky.social — this is my last Twitter post. 👋 All my daily writing about weather and the climate emergency has moved to Currently Weather Service, follow me there:

Currently on Earth

Weekly updates on the climate emergency, from Eric Holthaus

www.currentlyhq.com

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

5 years

This is Sydney, Australia. On strike. For the climate.

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@kymtje

5 years

INCREDIBLE

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Eric Holthaus

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5 years

87°F just south of the Arctic Circle in Finland today. Folks, you may think that this is not normal and you'd be right

Mika Rantanen

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5 years

Historical chart. There are no known cases in Finland's climate history when it has been hotter than now so early in the summer.

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Eric Holthaus

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7 years

Hurricane Irma is so strong it's starting to show up on seismometers in the Caribbean -- equipment designed to measure earthquakes.

Stephen Hicks 🇪🇺

@seismo_steve

7 years

Seismometer recordings from the past 48 hours on Guadeloupe show Cat. 5 #Hurricane #Irma driving closer toward the Lesser Antilles

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Eric Holthaus

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4 years

Please remember: What is happening in Texas + California is voter suppression and it is intentional. No one should have to wait two or three hours to vote. Voter suppression disproportionately disenfranchises working class voters.

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Eric Holthaus

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2 years

Your periodic reminder that this was the headline a week ago today but you may not have read it because an actor slapped another actor at an awards show

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

3 years

Wow, this is an absolute game changer. There's now a mRNA vaccine in the works for malaria. Huge, huge news for Africa. 💚

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

7 years

Day 31: 84% of Puerto Rico is w/o power 28% w/o running water Yesterday, a surgery was conducted by cellphone light. An affront to humanity.

Alejandro

@agarciapadilla

7 years

This is what POTUS calls a 10! Surgery performed with cellphones as flashlights in Puerto Rico today.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

6 years

Wow. Syria is signing the Paris accord. That means the U.S., under Trump, is now the only nation on Earth to refuse climate action.

Arthur Wyns

@ArthurWyns

6 years

BREAKING news at #COP23 #Syria just announced it will sign #ParisAgreement , leaving the #US isolated in the denial camp @ClimateTracking

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Eric Holthaus

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5 years

This week, 40 billion tons of ice will melt in Greenland as the European heat wave moves north -- enough to measurably raise global sea levels. This single heat wave will create a permanent change in our oceans that will linger for millennia. We are in a climate emergency.

Xavier Fettweis

@xavierfettweis

5 years

A heat wave is starting tomorrow over Greenland with Tmax reaching 25°C in tundra. The integrated anomaly of melt over the next 5 days (resp. over Summer 2019) will be 40Gt ~0.11mm (resp. ~0.65mm) sea level equivalent. Summer 2019 = what the models project for 2050 using RCP85.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

2 years

hot take: when was the last time a climate protest of any kind headlined the NY Times, completely dominated your timeline, disrupted exactly zero working class folks, did no damage — and explicitly named the fossil fuel industry? these protestors are brave. we need more of them.

The New York Times

@nytimes

2 years

Climate protesters threw cans of tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” at the National Gallery in London. The gallery said the work was unharmed aside from “some minor damage to the frame.”

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Eric Holthaus

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5 years

Sorry to be harping so much on this climate change thing, but we only have 12 years to complete a total transformation of global society before we lock in irreversible planetary change for millions of years so I'm eager to get started

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

7 years

There are now at least 14 "rogue" Twitter accounts from federal science agencies:

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

6 years

Uhhh... about bitcoin... it's actually ruining the planet. The bitcoin computer network currently uses as much electricity as Denmark. In 18 months, it will use as much as the entire United States. Something's gotta give. This simply can’t continue.

Bitcoin could cost us our clean-energy future

The digital currency is slowing our effort to achieve a rapid transition away from fossil fuels.

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Eric Holthaus

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4 years

This is huge, huge news. Today, the Netherlands Supreme Court ruled that radical emissions reductions — 25% by the end of 2020 — are *mandatory*. This is the first time in the world that a citizens-led lawsuit has found a legal duty to prevent climate change.

Jasper Teulings

@Patagorda

4 years

The Dutch Supreme Court confirms that the State has a positive obligation to reduce GHG emissions in order to protect our right to life. Thank you @urgenda ! #ClimateEmergency

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

5 years

Meanwhile, on the hottest day in the history of France, here’s shocking video of police spraying tear gas in the faces of climate activists in Paris. This happened today. Do not look away.

Clément Lanot

@ClementLanot

5 years

PARIS - Intervention des CRS qui utilisent des gazeuses pour tenter de déloger les militants. Plusieurs journalistes ont été empêcher de filmer.

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Eric Holthaus

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6 years

This is worth repeating over and over: The most horrific thing Brazil's new president, Jair Bolsonaro, has planned is privatization of the Amazon rainforest. With just 12yr remaining to remake the global economy and prevent catastrophic climate change, this is planetary suicide.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

7 years

Whoa. France just launched and is offering grants of up to 1.5 million Euro for climate scientists to move there.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

5 years

BREAKING: Greta Thunberg and other kids from around the world are suing world leaders in a landmark new climate lawsuit. 🔥🔥🔥

Greta Thunberg, 15 Kids Sue Five Countries In Groundbreaking Climate Lawsuit

UNITED NATIONS—On Monday, Greta Thunberg and 15 other young people filed a potentially world-changing climate complaint. On an abnormally steamy day in New York, when sweat built on the brows of the...

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

5 years

A friendly reminder: You don’t need to spend two weeks on a boat to do your part to avert our climate emergency. You just need to do everything you can, with everyone you can, to change everything you can. If we all did that, my loves, it would be enough. ❤️🌿🌍

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Eric Holthaus

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5 years

A new study confirms that global warming has triggered an irreversible collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will alone raise global sea levels by 10 feet. It's still up to us to decide if that ice takes 500 years to melt, or 50. We are in a climate emergency.

Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣

@rahmstorf

5 years

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is melting and has probably passed the tipping point to its complete demise, causing a long-term sea-level rise of 3 meters. But is that our fault? That has long been unclear, but now a new paper in NatGeo finds: yes, it is.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

4 years

Hurricane Laura from 22,000 miles up in space, as of 25 minutes ago. A historic image for a historic storm.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

7 years

This is incredible. Oxfam, an int'l aid org, will assist Puerto Rico after calling U.S. response "inadequate".

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

6 years

If you're upset that Miss America is dropping its swimsuit competition, wait until you hear about the 4,600 Americans that were left to die by their government without power or health care or clean water after decades of racist, colonialist neglect.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

3 years

We've left the era of fucking around, and we're now entering the era of finding out.

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Eric Holthaus

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4 years

For the second day in a row, Australia has broken its hottest day in recorded history. The nationwide average temperature on December 18 was 41.9°C (107.4°F) -- across an area the size of the U.S. -- that's unthinkable. We are in a climate emergency.

Bureau of Meteorology, Australia

@BOM_au

4 years

Based on preliminary analysis, yesterday, Australia recorded its hottest day on record. The nationally-averaged maximum daytime temp was 41.9 °C exceeding the record set on Tuesday, 40.9 ºC. You can view the top ten highest daily maximum temps here:

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Eric Holthaus

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5 years

This is a must-read thread. Bottom line: @AOC is right. Voters strongly support the Green New Deal in almost every district in America. We must reshape society for the 21st century, built on justice and climate resilience—but corporations want the status quo. This is our fight.

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Eric Holthaus

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4 years

🚨 Trump just signed an executive order using emergency powers to gut the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act, waiving the requirement for environmental review for construction projects. 🚨 Holy shit.

Trump signs order removing environmental review of major projects

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening that would waive requirements under a suite of environmental laws, a move the administration says will boost the economy amid the coronavi…

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Eric Holthaus

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7 years

For context: 22,000 troops deployed to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake 24,000 deployed to Japan after the 2011 tsunami And PR is in the USA.

Dan Lamothe

@DanLamothe

7 years

Pentagon says there are currently about a combined 5,000 active-duty troops and National Guardsmen involved in Puerto Rico.

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Eric Holthaus

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5 years

Dear God let this be a good sign

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Eric Holthaus

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6 years

Sometimes, sea level rise happens all at once. In Antartica, scientists are uncovering a process that will be enough to remake the world's coastlines in decades. This is the most important article I've ever written. Please read & share:

Ice Apocalypse

Rapid collapse of Antarctic glaciers could flood coastal cities by the end of this century.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

5 years

270 → 280 ppm: ~5000 yrs 280 → 290: ~100 290 → 300: ~40 300 → 310: ~30 310 → 320: ~23 320 → 330: 12 330 → 340: 8 340 → 350: 6 350 → 360: 7 360 → 370: 6 370 → 380: 5 380 → 390: 5 390 → 400: 5 400 → 410: 4 410 → 415.7: 2 We are in a climate emergency.

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Eric Holthaus

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4 years

Friends, a gentle reminder: We just completed the hottest 12-month period in recorded history. We are in a climate emergency.

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5 years

Preventing the Earth from descending into a lifeless husk of a planet in a geological blink of an eye is technologically possible, experts say. But it will require confiscating unearned wealth from billionaires and ending the pointless wars we've been fighting for generations.

NYT Climate

@nytclimate

5 years

Green New Deal is technologically possible, experts say. But it will cost trillions of dollars, require expansive new taxes and federal programs, and could not be accomplished within the 10-year timeframe that supporters say is necessary.

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Eric Holthaus

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6 years

2,975 people died in Puerto Rico. It is the worst humanitarian disaster in modern American history. For the first time, here are the names of hundreds of the dead. And their stories, told by grieving family members. Bold, courageous reporting by @qz :

Hurricane Maria was a manmade disaster. Hundreds of families told us what really happened

A searchable database of Maria's victims, from Quartz, Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism, and the Associated Press.

qz.com

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

4 years

53°C / 127°F today in Iraq. Normal human life is impossible in temperatures like that. We are in a climate emergency.

Mika Rantanen

@mikarantane

4 years

Incredible heat in Middle East today. These are pretty close the absolute maximum temperatures you can experience anywhere on Earth.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

5 years

No hurricane in Atlantic history has ever rapidly intensified from a high-end Category 4 to a high-end Category 5. #Dorian was the first. We are in a climate emergency.

Sam Lillo

@splillo

5 years

In the last 24 hour, Hurricane #Dorian intensified from 130kt to 160kt ... in fact it did this in under 9 hours. Rapid intensification is an impressive enough feat, but becomes extremely rare from high initial intensities. From 130kt, it is unprecedented in the Atlantic.

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Eric Holthaus

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This is the first time in human history our planet's atmosphere has had more than 415ppm CO2. Not just in recorded history, not just since the invention of agriculture 10,000 years ago. Since before modern humans existed millions of years ago. We don't know a planet like this.

Keeling_Curve

@Keeling_curve

5 years

415.26 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 11-May-2019 First daily baseline over 415ppm

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

4 years

Joe Biden needs 53% of the remaining vote to win the nomination. Bernie Sanders needs 54%. Don't get swept up in the narrative that this is impossible.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

4 years

This @BernieSanders rally last night in Iowa with @AOC is unlike anything I’ve ever heard in American politics. Today, they have another event with @NaomiAKlein focused entirely on the climate emergency. This is what it feels like to create change on the scale that’s necessary.

Bernie Sanders

@BernieSanders

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We’re ready to take on the power of the billionaire class, pass a Green New Deal and create an economy that works for all of us. Join me and @AOC live in Iowa:

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Eric Holthaus

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9 months

Hurricane Hilary will bring 2-3 years of rain in 3 days to the deserts. Catastrophic flooding is possible. Get ready, California.

Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

9 months

@NWSSanDiego @NWSLosAngeles @NHC_Pacific Hurricane Hillary is now explicitly forecast to remain tropical over southern California. It would be a unique event in modern meteorological history. Parts of the California deserts could receive 2-3 years of rainfall (>10" / >250mm) in 2-3 days.

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Eric Holthaus

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6 years

OK you guys, my intention is not to scare anyone with this message. But Hurricane #Florence —the storm bound for North Carolina—is going to be about the size of North Carolina when it arrives. This is what it will look like, according to the latest high-res model prediction:

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Eric Holthaus

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3 years

We've officially crossed over to 418ppm, the highest atmospheric carbon dioxide levels in millions of years — before the pyramids, before the ice age, before modern humans existed. Humanity has never experienced our planet like this. We are in a climate emergency.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

5 years

This is not stunning at all. Our lives are literally on the line. Of course we're going to do what it takes to preserve the habitability of the only planet in the known universe that harbors life.

The Nation

@thenation

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By a stunning 30-point margin, millennials support a Green New Deal.

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Eric Holthaus

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This weekend, Hurricane Hilary will be moving over the driest parts of the USA. Hilary will bring 5-10 inches (125-250mm) of rain to places like Palm Springs, Death Valley and Las Vegas. That's 2-3 *years* worth of rain in 2-3 days. None of this has ever happened before.

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7 years

There are no words.

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7 years

On the left, Hurricane Andrew (1992). On the right, Hurricane Irma (today). (images to scale)

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Eric Holthaus

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3 years

So, the heat wave in Canada was so strong that it created extreme wildfire conditions, and when the fires started the heat plumes were so strong they created severe thunderstorms, which are so strong they're creating lightning that's sparking new fires

Dr. Daniel Swain

@Weather_West

3 years

Satellite view of British Columbia interior confirms that the severe thunderstorms occurring at present are indeed pyro-convective events: wildfire-generated severe storms, complete with abundant lightning and strong winds. Precipitation may be minimal to non-existent... #BCwx

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

6 years

Shouldn't they have just...um...turned the lights off instead?

Mayor Eric Adams

@NYCMayor

6 years

The Empire State Building is shining green tonight because it's time to put our planet first. #DivestNY

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Eric Holthaus

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5 years

Here’s what people need to understand about @BernieSanders ’ new climate plan: This is it. This is our one chance to build a just & equitable world before the climate emergency tips out of control. We need to give it everything we’ve got. This plan does.

Bernie Sanders' $16 Trillion Climate Plan Is Nothing Short of a Revolution

On Thursday, Bernie Sanders released his long-awaited presidential climate plan. And folks, Bernie is gonna Bernie.

gizmodo.com

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

7 years

Hurricane Andrew (1992, inset) & Hurricane Irma (today), at scale.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

5 years

2993 cities 162 countries 7 continents Today is the biggest day of climate action in world history. #ClimateStrike

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

4 years

The West Coast is on fire, right now. Millions of people are breathing deadly air, right now. This is going to keep getting worse every year unless we transform our society, right now. We are in a climate emergency.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

4 years

I'm a scientist, and I think it can work.

Alex Thompson

@AlexThomp

4 years

Biden camp has largely avoided hitting back at Bernie but the candidate occasionally can’t seem to help it. Biden hits Bernie’s climate plan: “There's not a single solitary scientist that thinks it can work."

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Eric Holthaus

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6 years

The first peer-reviewed study of bitcoin’s energy consumption confirms our fears: Bitcoin’s energy consumption is growing at 20% *per month* and is effectively erasing decades of progress on renewable energy.

Bitcoin's energy use got studied, and you libertarian nerds look even worse than usual

Bitcoin is on track to consume 0.5 percent of the world's electricity by end of the year.

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I'm starting my 11th year working on climate change, including the last 4 in daily journalism. Today I went to see a counselor about it. 1/

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

4 years

100°F about 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle today in Siberia. That's a first in all of recorded history. We are in a climate emergency.

Bob Henson

@bhensonweather

4 years

Incredible, and frightening: this is the northernmost 100°F reading ever reliably observed.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

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Today is going to be one of the hottest days ever recorded in the history of California. There will be people who die today because of the heat. There will be people who die today because of the wildfire smoke. It's here, this is it. This is climate change.

Rob Bradley

@WxRobBradley

4 years

This kind of heat happens in the deserts but it is RARE for L.A. to reach 110°. This weekend heat wave is serious - the NWS in LOS Angeles is calling it deadly 🥵 100° plus for just about everyone - overnight lows in the 80s. More on @WeatherNation

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Eric Holthaus

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There is no tangible difference between "climate change is a hoax" and "climate change is real but doing anything about it on the scale the science demands is unrealistic". Both are climate denial. Both lead to inaction. Irreversible tipping points are just that: Irreversible.

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Beira, Mozambique “will go down in history as having been the first city to be completely devastated by climate change,” said Graça Machel, the country’s former first lady. UN: This is the worst weather disaster in history in the Southern Hemisphere.

Mozambique floods cover more ground than NYC, Chicago, D.C., and Boston — combined

Aid workers describe "inland oceans extending for miles and miles."

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It's 90 degrees in Anchorage, Alaska today for the first time in recorded history. We are in a climate emergency, America.

Brian Brettschneider

@Climatologist49

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Merrill Field has hit 90°F. This is the warmest temperature ever measured in the Anchorage Bowl. From 1943 to 1952, this was the official climate site for Anchorage. The current Official site, Anchorage Intl. AP. has been as warm as 85°F - tying their all-time record. @AlaskaWx

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Eric Holthaus

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Today’s air quality in New York City was the worst in more than 14 years. The concentration of fine particulate matter was seven times the @WHO 's healthy limit. The cause? A plume of smoke spanning the entire continent. We are in a climate emergency.

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Eric Holthaus

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Yesterday was the warmest day in recorded history on the Greenland ice sheet. Today is its biggest melt day. More than 12 billion tons of water will have entered the ocean by tonight, permanently raising sea levels. We are in a climate emergency.

Greenland Is Melting Away Before Our Eyes

Data show Greenland is in the middle of its biggest melt season in recorded history, the latest worrying signal about climate change.

www.rollingstone.com

Xavier Fettweis

@xavierfettweis

5 years

1/4 The last MAR based numbers for the current heat wave over Greenland are 31-JUL: Record of ice sheet temperature! T2m=+0.55°C (vs -0°C in 11-JUL-2012). Anomaly:6.8°C 01-AUG: Record of ablation rate (minimum SMB)! -12.5 GT/day (vs 11.7 in 2012)

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Despite last week's historic cold snap, it's 80°F in Dallas, Texas today. Across parts of the South, this year's Spring is arriving 20+ days earlier than normal. That's climate change.

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Eric Holthaus

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Hurricane Laura is heading directly for Lake Charles, Louisiana, a majority Black city with metro area population of 225,000. The per capita income is $22,855. This is the crossroads of the climate emergency and environmental racism of the oil industry.

Last Man Standing

Mossville offers a chronicle of environmental racism that spans across continents.

www.earthisland.org

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The Greenland ice sheet is currently going through a major melting this week, covering almost half its surface — unprecedented in its extent for this early in the year. This has not happened before.

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The Northern Sea Route through the Arctic north of Siberia is now open. In February. There is no multi-year ice left there anymore. We are in a climate emergency.

Alec Luhn

@AlecLuhn

3 years

A gas tanker & icebreaker made it from China to Yamal in the 1st transit of the Northern Sea Route in February, "confirming that year-round safe navigation is possible," Russia says. There's no multi-year ice left there. @BarentsNews

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Eric Holthaus

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Profoundly disheartening to see people pushing for a carbon-free economy as soon as possible being labelled "far left". That's not a radical position. That's what is *required by science for us to survive as a civilization*.

Amy Harder

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To be clear, I'm not stating that wanting action on climate change means you're "far left." I'm saying people pushing for 100% renewables immediately in the name of climate change is "far left."

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Oil just reached 10 cents per barrel. This is what the collapse of an unsustainable system looks like.

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Eric Holthaus

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7 years

The Badlands National Park account is currently engaged in an act of radical political resistance by tweeting —facts and science— ✊

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Eric Holthaus

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Day 16: The situation is still very, very dire in Puerto Rico. 89.3% w/o power 44.5% w/o water 58% w/o cell service 44.5% of banks closed

Philip Bump

@pbump

7 years

Made a tool that tracks not only data FEMA hid about Puerto Rico, but the day-to-day change.

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Eric Holthaus

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JUST IN: The U.S. National Climate Assessment is now public. This is the report that the Trump Administration doesn’t want you to see. Years in the making, released on the day after Thanksgiving. #ClimateFriday Here are some of the main highlights: /1

Fourth National Climate Assessment: Summary Findings

This report is an authoritative assessment of the science of climate change, with a focus on the United States. It represents the second of two volumes of the Fourth National Climate Assessment,...

nca2018.globalchange.gov

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Puerto Rico, Day 103: —About 1.5 million people still w/o power —Hundreds of thousands still w/o clean water —Still a humanitarian emergency It's New Year's Day. Puerto Rico is still in crisis. One of the worst injustices in American history is still being ignored by leaders.

Dr. Eric Kaplan

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Wild night at Mar A Lago

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Yesterday was Africa’s hottest reliably measured temperature in recorded history: 124.3°F (51.3°C) in Algeria Africa has 16% of the world's population—and produces just 3.8% of all greenhouse gases. Climate change is fundamentally a story of injustice.

Africa’s Hottest Reliably Measured Temperature on Record: 124.3°F on Thursday in Algeria

A historic heat wave in northern Africa on Thursday, July 5, has brought Africa its hottest reliably measured temperature on record: 124.3°F (51.3°C), at Ouargla, Algeria.

www.wunderground.com

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

6 years

It's December. America is virtually snow-free. Record high temperatures are outpacing record lows 100-to-1. The seasons themselves are confused. Where's winter?

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

4 years

Just so we're clear about the current status of climate breakdown, the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia hasn't even started to refreeze yet. ~20 years ago, it would be entirely frozen by now. This is not normal. We are in a climate emergency.

Zack Labe

@ZLabe

4 years

Laptev Sea ( #Arctic ) ice watch ---> 😬

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

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"I view myself as a transitional president. It's a transition to YOUR generation. You're the best educated; you're the most open; you're the least prejudiced generation in American history. THE FUTURE IS YOURS, AND I'M COUNTING ON YOU." - @JoeBiden

Madam Auntie VP Kamala Harris is THEE GOAT!

@flywithkamala

4 years

Joe Biden reiterates that he sees himself as a transitional president to conclude #BidenTownHall . He will win the Gen Z vote! 🔥 🔥 🔥

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

5 years

Kudos to @chrislhayes and @AOC for this hour-long primetime discussion on the biggest challenge we face as a species and a path to a future that works for everyone.

MSNBC

@MSNBC

5 years

NEW: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez will join @chrislhayes to discuss the "Green New Deal" during a special event in the Bronx on Friday, March 29, at 8 p.m. ET.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

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"This is the emergency we were all worried about." — @JacquelynGill

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

4 years

@NPR the cruelty was always the point

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

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And that's it. By a vote of 51-49, taken at nearly 2 a.m. on a Saturday morning, the U.S. Senate has just voted to gut the U.S. tax code, with implications for every American. A bunch of old white men are applauding as democracy dies in the darkness.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

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Freeways in Detroit are "littered with abandoned vehicles" and 911 services are overwhelmed after 6.5 inches of rain fell last night. Heavy rain is forecast to continue for the next six days. This is not normal. We are in a climate emergency.

philip lewis

@Phil_Lewis_

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Detroit’s freeways simply cannot handle this much rain

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

7 years

But what the hell am I supposed to do? Write another blog post? Our secretary of state is the fucking Exxon CEO. 7/

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

3 years

This week a town in Canada overheated & burned to the ground, Exxon freely admitted they're fucking us & the open ocean caught fire. We need to admit it: We are in a climate emergency. We need revolutionary tactics to get a livable future for everyone.

Brian Kahn

@blkahn

3 years

The Gulf of Mexico is literally on fire because a pipeline ruptured

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

4 years

A little bit earlier this evening, the price for Canadian crude oil went negative. In the Alberta tar sands, at least for the moment, oil is now worthless. This is a turning point in the climate movement.

ProperMan

@ProperManPetri

4 years

Well, you now have to pay someone to buy Western Canada Select oil. Unreal.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

7 years

It's a busy news day, but don't forget that Puerto Rico is in day 40 of a humanitarian emergency. >70% are w/o power >20% w/o running water

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

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"I'm stressed out all the time, but this is not supposed to be a comfortable job." - @AOC on fighting for a Green New Deal Web-exclusive: Extra conversation with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Web-exclusive: All In Extra conversation with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

All In Extra: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has an extended conversation with MSNBC's Chris Hayes and audience members as part of "The Green New Deal" special. Included are Sarah Nelson, Intl. President...

www.msnbc.com

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

9 years

My favorite part of Pope Francis’ encyclical: A new prayer to help us commune with Nature: http://t.co/i57x8mr7CS http://t.co/3xOGXtjj3H

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

3 years

Every single square inch of the continental United States was warmer than normal in 2020. We are in a climate emergency.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

3 years

Large parts of the West have received less than half their normal rainfall so far this winter. In parts of Northern California, where this should be the peak of rainy season, wildfire potential is 200% above normal. We are in a climate emergency.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

5 years

There’s been half a million lightning strikes in less than 24 hours in the Houston area. This, if you’re wondering, is not normal.

Chris Vagasky ⚡️

@COweatherman

5 years

Did a quick search for #lightning within the orange box between noon September 18 and 10am this morning. Nearly 500,000 events, with most of those occurring since midnight. #HOUwx #TXwx #Imelda

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

5 years

Yesterday was the busiest day in the history of human aviation. Today was the hottest day in the history of Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Paris, France. We are in a climate emergency.

Flightradar24

@flightradar24

5 years

Yesterday, we tracked over 225,000 flights in a single day for the first time. Follow more than 20,000 flights right now at .

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

7 years

Trump EPA chief on the sinking of the Titanic: Now is not the time to talk about icebergs.

The Hill

@thehill

7 years

Trump EPA chief on hurricanes: Now is not the time to talk about climate change

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

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The northernmost permanent weather station in the world, just 440 miles from the North Pole, has warmed to 43°F today -- in the middle of months-long darkness during what is normally the coldest time of the year. This is simply shocking. I don't have the words.

Zack Labe

@ZLabe

6 years

Cape Morris Jesup ( #Greenland 's northernmost observation station) is now reporting temperatures well above freezing today... +6.1°C at the latest observation! Crazy! Station is provided by @dmidk at .

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

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Tomorrow, if you are able to, in any capacity possible, go on strike at noon local time. Even just 5 minutes. Share a photo of yourself on strike, and why. What @GretaThunberg started — an urgent call for a better world — doesn't have to be limited to climate. #FridayForFuture

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

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91°F/33°C on the shores of the Arctic Ocean in northern Canada today We are in a climate emergency.

Richard Heatwave Berler

@HeatwaveKGNS

4 years

Monday 10:52 pm: Hot in arctic Canada today...Bathurst Inlet, bordering the arctic waters just above the Arctic Circle reached 91F today. #MYKGNSNEWS

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

7 years

We don't deserve this planet. There are (many) days when I think it would be better off without us. <cue climate denier trolls> 9/

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

4 years

This is *five times* the Exxon Valdez spill. The Caribbean Sea would never be the same.

Locals warn derelict barge 'Nabarima' about to spill 55 million gallons of oil and no one is helping

Locals fear the derelict Nabarimal is about to spill its near 55 million gallons of oil right at the mouth of the Caribbean Sea.

www.wmnf.org

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

2 years

Doomsday update just dropped: "If Thwaites Glacier collapses, it opens the door for the rest of the West Antarctic ice sheet to slide into the sea. ... It’s not only goodbye Miami, but goodbye to virtually every low-lying coastal city in the world."

‘The Fuse Has Been Blown,’ and the Doomsday Glacier Is Coming for Us All

New data shows Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier could collapse in as little as five years and lead to catastrophic sea level rise.

www.rollingstone.com

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

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Current wet bulb temperatures in Texas and Louisiana are 90-94°F. The human body cannot survive a wet bulb above 95°F for more than six hours. You literally can't sweat enough to cool down and you will die. There's never been a summer like this. We are in a climate emergency.

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Eric Holthaus

@EricHolthaus

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Trump, to hurricane victims: "We are with you, we love you, and we will always pull through together, always" Trump's FEMA, literally earlier today announced they were "officially cutting off" food & water aid to Puerto Rico, where more than a million people are still w/o power.

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