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Unforced Variations: Dec 2021

1 Dec 2021 by group

This month’s open thread on climate science topics.

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  1. XRRC says

    31 Dec 2021 at 4:52 AM

    for clarity, the last section [ …… of course there are …..] is a general commentary by myself, it is not a quote like the rest from the video by Mark Zelinka.

  2. XRRC says

    31 Dec 2021 at 7:34 AM

    Dec 29
    When smashing a temperature record it’s normally by a fraction of a degree – not 20 degrees but that is what happened in #Kodiak #Alaska. The temperature hit 19.4C and was so high it broke the record not just for December but for Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb and March!

    DEC 31
    Very windy, hot, fiery and disastrous in Colorado #ClimateCrisisOnSteroids

  3. XRRC says

    31 Dec 2021 at 7:59 AM

    Andrew Dessler
    If you want to see a scientist who’s profoundly upset about the implications of his work, watch this 50-sec. clip from Michael Dettinger’s Tyndall lecture at @theAGU meeting.
    https://twitter.com/AndrewDessler/status/1476317288257273858

    “We’ve known this for 30-40 years,” speaking of water shortages & climate impacts on the western US, “and not only scientists but all of society, we need to start taking this stuff a lot more seriously.”

    I was in the room for the talk and I have to say I was completely blown away by this. Scientists spend a lot of time looking at numbers & plots that represent true catastrophe for humanity. It begins to get to you after a while. How many wake-up calls do we need before we stop hitting the snooze button?

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