The Earliest Catastrophic Wildfire Season Ever
for USA and Canada
Was Caused By Extreme & Deadly June Heat Waves & Drought in 2021.
From Siberia to Turkey, Italy, Spain, Greece, Lebanon & the Balkans
record-breaking heat waves ignited out of control wildfires,
while Germany, Austria, Netherlands, India & China
dealt with unprecedented torrential rains, floods & deadly mudslides.
In Zhengzhou China,
there were "25 inches of rain in 24 hours
and 8 INCHES in 1 HOUR !"
Historic Rainfall Overwhelmed Zhengzhou (caixinglobal.com)
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Temple Energy, Environment & Climate Info
Headlines and Clips
The "News & Links" page has details and links for the headlines below
The "Military Could Collapse Within 20 Years
Due to Climate Change "
From a 2019 report commissioned by the Pentagon
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbmkz8/us-military-could-collapse-within
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"These Are the Hottest Temperatures in Recorded History"
In July of 2024
"Palm Springs Hit An All-Time High of 125 F"
"100's of towns from Maine to CA shattered all-time heat records"
"2nd & 3rd degree burns" resulted from falls on sidewalks with130 degree temps.
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July 22, 2024
Was "Earth's Hottest Day Ever Recorded" --
for the cumulative temperature of the entire planet,
including the Arctic & Antarctic regions.
NASA data shows July 22 was Earth's hottest day
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"Global Ocean Temperatures
Skyrocket to Record-Breaking Levels.
"Record ocean heat, acidification and de-oxygenation
have major implications for marine life" . . .
caused by the ocean's high absorption of C02 and warmer air temps.
Now, "1,000's of dead dolphins and fish are washing up on CA beaches."
"Shellfish populations are diminishing,
and coral reefs are dying."
https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/ocean-conference-ends-call-action
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AND
is also rapidly losing oxygen --
a huge danger for the world's food and economies."
Earth's Water Is Rapidly Losing Oxygen, And The Danger Is Huge : ScienceAlert
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Financial Costs of Climate Change
"Staying with the status quo can be overwhelming.'
2020 - "22 climate driven billion-dollar disasters"
2021 - "20 climate driven billion-dollar disasters"
2022 - "18 climate driven billion-dollar disasters"
2023 - "28 climate driven billion-dollar disasters"
2024 - "Damages and economic losses from Hurricanes"
Debby, Helene & Milton will be at historic levels. Helene's
cost, alone, is estimated between $34 & $100 billion.
www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions
Hurricane Helene damages could reach $35 billion (axios.com)
www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/billion-dollar-disasters-in 2022$95 billion
and $110 billion ,
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"Once Upon a Time
Life Almost Ended on Earth."
"The 'Great Dying'
was the largest mass-extinction in history --
caused by temperatures rising so fast, it wiped out 90% of all life.
BUT TODAY. . .
EARTH IS HEATING EVEN FASTER,
and we're losing species at a much higher rate."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/great-dying-permian-triassic-extinction-event-warning-humanity/
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Catastrophic Hurricane Helene
"Laid waste to an 800-mile path of destruction
A storm of "Biblical proportions" through 6 states,
with 140 mph winds, tornados, historic flooding & mudslides,
it left 1.3 million without power,
and killed at least 235 people.
Why Hurricane Helene was so devastating (sciencenews.org)
Helene leaves a path of death and destruction across six states | Watch (msn.com)
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In 2024, With Temperatures In Antarctica
Up to 50 Degrees Above Normal,
the already "rapid melting of the massive Thwaites Glacier,
the so-called, 'Doomsday Glacier', was intensified."
Massive Thwaits glaciers rapid melt | Watch (msn.com)
2 years earlier . . .
"The Enormous Conger Ice Shelf Collapsed
Off Eastern Antarctica -
(the size of Los Angeles")
when temperatures hit 40 degrees above normal,
shocking scientists, convinced that Eastern Antarctica was stable.
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/1088840912/antarctica-ice-shelf-collapses
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"Dangerous Heat Waves" in 2022
Engulfed Europe, England, China, Asia, Middle East, N. Africa & the US - endangering public health, increasing drought, drying up grain fields,
and igniting catastrophic wildfires.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/12/dangerous-heatwaves-engulf-parts-china-us-europe
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150083/heatwaves-and-fires-scorch-europe-africa
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To Sustain Civilization as We've Known It
For The Last 10,000 Years . . .
is becoming less realistic.
In 2021, the amount of C02 in the atmosphere reached
"A Level Not Seen In
4 MILLION YEARS,"
("when sea levels were 78 feet higher.")
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/07/1004097672/atmospheric-carbon-dioxide-fueling-climate-change-
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The Highest Temperatures on Record (until 2023)
For Canada, Europe & the Middle East Occurred in 2021.
The US had its hottest summer on record.
And Earth had its hottest month ever recorded - until 2023.
https://www.google.com/search?q=earths+hottest+month&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS976US976&oq=earths+hottest+
month&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30l3j0i8i13i30j0i390l4.7693j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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COP 26
UN Conference on Climate Change in Scotland In 2021
"More than 100 countries have signed the
Global Methane Pledge,"
It requires a 30 percent cut in methane emissions by 2030.
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Hurricane Ida
Slammed into the Louisiana Coast in 2021,
with 150 mph sustained winds and 172 mph gusts!
It broke hundreds of abandoned underwater pipelines and platforms
in the Gulf of Mexico, causing 300+ toxic leaks & oil spills.
The furocious Category 4 storm's tornados and historic flooding caused deaths and destruction all the way into the northeast.
August 29, 2021 Hurricane Ida landfall news | CNN
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"The Hyperactive 2020 Hurricane Season
was driven by warmer sea temperatures."
"Sea temperatures have been steadily rising since the late19th century", intensifying storms such as Super Typhoon Goni which hit the Philippines
with"140 mph sustained winds & 190 mph gusts!".
https://www.google.com/search?natuional+geographic+on+sea+warming+caused+by+climate+change&oq=natuional+geographic+on+sea+warming+caused+by+climate+change&aqs=%E2%80%8Bhttps://www.cnn.com/2020/11/01/asiaphilippines-super-typhoon-goni-landfall-intl-hnk/index.htmlutm_term=16042381236104a9e238435fc&utm_source_Five+Things+for+Sunday
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"Alaskan Glaciers Are Melting 100 Times Faster
Than Peviously Thought."
"From the Polar Caps
to the glaciers of Europe, Asia and South America,
global warming is melting the planet’s ice faster than ever,
and speeding the inundation of the world’s coastlines".
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/07/alaskan-glaciers-
melting-faster-than-previously-thought/
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"The Highest Temperature Ever Recorded
Above the ARCTIC CIRCLE -
100.4 degrees Fahrenheit,
occurred in Siberia on June 20, 2020"
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/un-confirms-hottest-temperature-
ever-recorded-in-the-arctic-in-2020-18097
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And in 2019
During Alaska's Hottest Summer Ever (before 2020),
"The sea ice completely melted away."
"There was NO sea ice
within 150 miles from the shoreline. None."
Reported by the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy
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"WHEN RISING SEAS HIT HOME"
- a downloadable book
http://www.ucsusa.org/global-warming/global-warming-impacts/when-rising-seas-hit-home
-chronic-inundation-from-sea-level-rise
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"NH Faces Chronic Inundation"
-- From the Union of Concerned Scientists
http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2017/07/when-rising-seas-hit-home-
newhampshire-fact-sheet.pdf
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Environmental
Headlines and Clips
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"The Era of Global Warming Has Ended.
The Era of
Global Boiling Has Arrived."
- UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1139162
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"Two Thirds of North American Birds
Are at An Increasing Risk of Extinction
Due to Climate Change and Higher Temperatures."
"389 Bird Species Are On the Brink"
And 80 species of NH's bird populations are diminishing.
https://www.audubon.org/climate/survivalbydegrees
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"Historic New England Fishing Industry
Faces Warming World"
"A significant decline in NH's lobster stock."
"As the waters off our coast warm because of climate change,
the industry will face continuing challenges."
Cod and lobsters, are moving to colder waters,
other species are diminishing due to ocean acidification
and loss of oxygen - caused by the ocean's absorption of C02.
Science | AAAS https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aac9819
Historic New England fishing industry faces warming world - CBS
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"There Is a Biodiversity Crisis in NH"
"The Rapid Rate of Change in Our Climate
Is Already Affecting Plants and Wildlife in New Hampshire".
"There are already some species struggling to adapt."
"Threatened," or "endangered," or even undergoing "die-offs,"- they include moose, brook trout, N. Atlantic Right Whales, Common Loons, Canada Lynx, N.E. Cottontails, Blanding's Turtles, Karner Blue Butterflies, Cliff Swallows and 79 other species of birds, plus Hemlocks, Maples, White Pines and Ash trees.
The animals at risk due to N.H's biodiversity crisis | New Hampshire Public Radio (nhpr.org)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/climate/new-england-trees-forests.html
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"Today the Planet is Warming 10 Times Faster
Than Any Time in the Last
65 Million Years."
"We are living through the sixth mass extinction of life."
"The 6th Mass Extinction Really Has Begun, Scientists Warn in Newly Published Study : Science
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"Scientists Are Freaking Out"
"The heat we're seeing shouldn't be happening
for 20 YEARS !"
And the heat in the oceans may be impacting
the Atlantic current (AMOC) -- critical for climate stability.
Scientists are freaking out about surging temperatures. POLITICO
Gulf Stream current could collapse in 2025, plunging Earth into climate chaos: 'We were actually bewildered' | Live
Science The Ocean Apocalypse Is Upon Us, Maybe - Nautilus
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"Melting Faster Than Ever:
Greenland Loses 610 Gigatons of Ice in One Summer" -
University of Barcelona September 29, 2024
"Greenland’s ice melt has doubled in frequency since the mid-20th century, leading to significant global and regional climate implications, including risks to Europe’s weather patterns," It threatens to slow or even stop the critical AMOC - the global Atlantic ocean
current that draws warmer water up from the south, moderating northern climates.
Melting Faster Than Ever: Greenland Loses 610 Gigatons of Ice in One Summer (scitechdaily.com)
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"The Overshoot Myth: A Strategic Threat to Global Stability"
"Leading scientists say the belief
that humanity can overshoot the global warming targets
and then fix the situation later with advanced technologies
is a very dangerous myth. This so-called “overshoot myth” is deemed
to be one of the biggest threats facing global stability and security."
The Overshoot Myth: A Strategic Threat to Global Stability (msn.com)
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Support for Renewable Energy Grows
As Battery Storage Gets a Boost
The utility Southern California Edison to build seven lithium-ion
battery storage projects that add up to enough to power a small city.
C:\Users\Owner\Documents\100% Renewable Energy slides.pptm
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"Methane Drives Sea Level Rise for Centuries"
Washington Post, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/201/
7/01/09/methane-may-not-last-long-in-the-atmosphere-but-it-drives-rising-seas-
for-hundreds-of-years/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3dd34950d544
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"Climate Disruptions are Public Health Threats
Physicians for Social Responsibility
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"Urgent and Unprecedented Changes
Are Needed."
"We only have 10 more years to significantly
mitigate catastrophic climate change."
Warning from the UN IPCC in 2018 - in other words by 2028
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Legal Challenges From Youth
"Hawaii agreed to take action
to decarbonize its transportation system by 2045
to settle a lawsuit by 13 young people --
alleging the state was violating their rights under its constitution
with infrastructure that contributes to GHG emissions
and climate change."
And
Another Legal Case Was Won By Montana Youth --
"challenging the state's use of and support for fossil fuels,
contrary to its Constitution's commitment
to protect the health and wellbeing of its youth."
Hawaii agrees to 'groundbreaking' settlement of youth climate by case | Reuters
Judge Rules in Favor of Montana Youths in a Landmark Climate Case - The New York Times (nytimes)
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"To Preserve a Livable Climate,
greenhouse-gas emissions must be reduced to net 0 by 2050."
https://www.un.org/climate-change
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New Federal Campaign to Help Combat Climate Change -
Cutting Nitrous Oxide Pollution
"It's lesser known but is a dirty gas that drives rising global temperatures,"
Reducing industrial and other sources of nitrous oxide emissions
"can be a quick and cost-effective way to pump the brakes
on atmospheric damage, and lead to cleaner air and water in our communities."
www.whitehouse.gov › briefing-room › statements
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"The people cannot be safe without information.”
- Thomas Jefferson
Small-Scale Solar Reduces Pollution
"It also avoids the release of health-harming sulfur dioxide,
nitrogen oxides (super potent GHG) and particulate matter,
yielding public health savings in the $ millions."
- From a 2020 economic report from Clean Energy NH.
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Plankton Decline Across Oceans as The Waters Warm
"Phytoplankton is the fuel on which marine ecosystems run.
So a decline of phytoplankton
affects everything up the food chain."
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"The Arctic has Entered an Unprecedented State
that Threatens the Entire Planet"
- Report from a 50 year long study- 4/9/19
https://www.nationofchange.org/2019/04/09/new-study-shows-the-arctic
-has-entered-an-unprecedented-state-that-threatens-the-entire-planet/
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In 2023, "Earth Had Its Hottest Day, Week and Month
in 120,000 YEARS."
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4086841-were-experiencing-earths
hottestweather-in-120000-years-and-its-just-getting-started/
And
"July 4, 2023 Was the Hottest Day on Earth
in 125,000 years!" (until 7/24)
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These Are the Hottest Temperatures in Recorded History