A climate change and extreme weather report - 16 May, 2019

Signs of extreme climate change from around the world

Perturbed Earth: Why is Heat-Trapping Methane on the Rise?

https://robertscribbler.com/2019/05/16/perturbed-earth-why-is-heat-trapping-methane-on-the-rise/

Very Long Period of Severe Weather Predicted For Coming Days

https://robertscribbler.com/2019/05/16/very-long-period-of-severe-weather-predicted-for-coming-days/

The Hot 15 Million Year Time Machine — 415 Parts Per Million CO2

https://robertscribbler.com/2019/05/14/the-hot-15-million-year-time-machine-415-parts-per-million-co2/

U.S. Just Experienced its Wettest 12 Month Period on Record

https://robertscribbler.com/2019/05/14/u-s-just-experienced-its-wettest-12-month-period-on-record/

Los Angeles Fire Season Is Beginning Again. And It Will Never End. A bulletin from our climate future.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/los-angeles-fire-season-will-never-end.html?fbclid=IwAR05Rrpdb1C5W5u1lZfcnLJf-boxN-mvS5RqBRBOfiGvj8qfcSYWr6l5aq8

Black skies over Siberia as wildfires rage around the world’s oldest lake

https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/black-skies-over-siberia-as-wildfires-rage-around-the-worlds-oldest-lake/?fbclid=IwAR2jW-fvvLBC_00BDJ-X_xSopXn7WAFzlZJAo4sCO3-ZEjuXcycd-yNA9wY

With radical Arctic change comes spawning cod in new northern waters

https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/ecology/2019/05/radical-change-comes-spawning-cod-arctic-waters?fbclid=IwAR3vTIswDOzVOz_XCTfJkswrgyurfEq-6ZDsogoKRMIHEXo_2j-6yYKo7bc

Australia to import wheat for first time in 12 years as drought eats into grain production

Biosecurity concerns raised over import from Canada as Australia’s winter crop forecast to drop 20% below 20-year long-term average

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/15/australia-to-import-wheat-for-first-time-in-12-years-as-drought-eats-into-grain-production?fbclid=IwAR19EtugEPzzWWCuMSgADC6kUM5ICPCfleiHvT4P5L8KJdHJk1bFxdGHG3Q

Thunderstorms far inside the Arctic circle

Thunderstorms hit the Lapland in the far northern parts of Finland, Norway and extreme NW Russia. This is far inside the Arctic circle, at latitudes 68° to 70°N.

http://www.severe-weather.eu/recent-events/thunderstorms-far-inside-the-arctic-circle-may-12th-2019/?fbclid=IwAR1ntMXHff6_om0izfTUJdlslb0S5W2k0pVW39jnoQOAf5NI-gzA3Vo90Ag

Total Catastrophe For U.S. Corn Production: Only 30% Of U.S. Corn Fields Have Been Planted – 5 Year Average Is 66%

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/total-catastrophe-for-u-s-corn-production-only-30-of-u-s-corn-fields-have-been-planted-5-year-average-is-66?fbclid=IwAR32E8e-HKpEoB6yYJTnTGygDaxYGxP3wonpPGMZk7r2vnnscIybntjgQo

‘Extraordinary thinning’ of ice sheets revealed deep inside Antarctica

New research shows affected areas are losing ice five times faster than in the 1990s, with more than 100m of thickness gone in some places

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/16/thinning-of-antarctic-ice-sheets-spreading-inland-rapidly-study?fbclid=IwAR3R5ZcM8EQyHKhBw3KmW4ZHxXUvepzuBtCU9qSpW9HsYNaCTy0YP6kqrMI

Global warming will reduce the amount of carbon absorbed by forests because higher temperatures will mean the lifespan of trees will be shorter

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7031327/Amount-carbon-stored-forests-reduced-climate-warms.html?fbclid=IwAR3qNw0Xsiovxtjax_PgNjERDzXwhcO73FuMerEIlRloYQI54wGl0qTxFNo

Mexico City declares a pollution emergency and tells its 9 million residents to stay indoors with windows shut as smoke from wildfires chokes the streets

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7031145/Mexico-City-declares-pollution-emergency-smoke-wildfires-chokes-streets.html?fbclid=IwAR3V2Kgo1WJ-zfge4QaumEPMLyBKmEnHusnAQoz11HdpS4HD3OIdLyajq5w

Millions of birds vacuumed to death annually in Mediterranean

New research has discovered that millions of birds are being vacuumed up as part of nocturnal suction olive harvesting in the Mediterranean.

https://www.birdguides.com/news/millions-of-birds-vacuumed-to-death-annually-in-mediterranean/?fbclid=IwAR177uet2nfA41lTQFPLfGp1zO1gEgac9VkNLgfrN9ZUQtqL7ALexdUbwug#

In 1982, Exxon predicted 2019’s ominous carbon dioxide milestone

https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/05/in-1982-exxon-predicted-2019s-ominous-carbon-dioxide-milestone.html

Occurrence of back-to-back heat waves likely to accelerate with global warming – “Compound heat waves are projected to grow more rapidly than simple heat waves”

https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/05/occurrence-of-back-to-back-heat-waves-likely-to-accelerate-with-global-warming-compound-heat-waves-are-projected-to-grow-more-rapidly-than-simple-heat-waves.html

Florida's worst nightmare is back! It killed thousands of tons of marine life last year: Red tide has arrived on Manatee County shores early

http://www.thebigwobble.org/2019/05/floridas-worst-nightmare-is-back-it.html

Another disaster unfolding for farmers! Hundreds of millions of pigs in danger as incurable swine fever sweeps through Eastern Asia

http://www.thebigwobble.org/2019/05/another-disaster-unfolding-for-farmers.html

Unprecedented flood season affecting 200 million Americans latest snowstorm breaks a 117-year-old record in Minnesota: Bleak outlook for farmers

http://www.thebigwobble.org/2019/05/unprecedented-flood-season-affecting.html

UN chief concerned nuclear 'coffin' leaking in Pacific

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/un-chief-concerned-nuclear-coffin-leaking-in-pacific/ar-AABrcbn?ocid=sf

Trump Administration Outdoes Itself on Climate Change Denial, Insists Arctic Warming is Good

https://blog.ucsusa.org/joel-clement/trump-administration-outdoes-itself-on-climate-change-denial-insists-arctic-warming-is-good?fbclid=IwAR2XkJKEUmE6xdav92F4F2JOvXAzvtLIWRndQp5dG8aLYg5K5SUoGPvXo7g

Exxon predicted in 1982 exactly how high global carbon emissions would be today

CO2 in the atmosphere has reached unprecedented levels

https://thinkprogress.org/exxon-predicted-high-carbon-emissions-954e514b0aa9/?fbclid=IwAR3N8dNC8xfTFtkt1-dYiQRkmbzZ2SvaT5goi4ffOgsYUd7OiHfmTLPWhJs

Antarctica is losing ice at an accelerating rate. How much will sea levels rise?