Overshot the Carrying Capacity
@overshot.bsky.social
Opinionated cartoons and views on how we are doing, backed with evidence, but happy to learn more.
Unfortunately my limited talent to draw isn't matching the ideas in my head. I seem to be using this account for commentary.
Unfortunately my limited talent to draw isn't matching the ideas in my head. I seem to be using this account for commentary.
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The presumed upcoming El Nino will help cement and quantify global warming acceleration, showing that 2C global warming is likely to be reached in the 2030s, not at midcentury.
See Another El Nino Already? mailchi.mp/caa/another-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...
See Another El Nino Already? mailchi.mp/caa/another-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
The presumed upcoming El Nino will help cement and quantify global warming acceleration, showing that 2C global warming is likely to be reached in the 2030s, not at midcentury.
See Another El Nino Already? mailchi.mp/caa/another-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...
See Another El Nino Already? mailchi.mp/caa/another-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...
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This is impressive! Massive four-year study found “no increase in the risk of deaths from cancer, heart disease, accidental injury or any other major category: in every case, [Covid] vaccinated individuals had equal or lower rates of death.”
📉25% LOWER ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY! Wowzers—one of the largest long-term safety studies ever undertaken: “Among 28 mil adults, those who received an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine were less likely to die in subsequent 4 years than unvaccinated, corresponding to a 25% lower risk of death from all causes.”
January 29, 2026 at 3:09 AM
This is impressive! Massive four-year study found “no increase in the risk of deaths from cancer, heart disease, accidental injury or any other major category: in every case, [Covid] vaccinated individuals had equal or lower rates of death.”
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2026 YEAR WITHOUT WINTER
Greenland will remember for years this unexistent winter with temperatures,in the central-west,typical of October.
The monthly anomaly this January 2026 in Kitsissorsuit is close to +15C above average which is a
HISTORIC WORLD RECORD
Map:Ryan Maue
Greenland will remember for years this unexistent winter with temperatures,in the central-west,typical of October.
The monthly anomaly this January 2026 in Kitsissorsuit is close to +15C above average which is a
HISTORIC WORLD RECORD
Map:Ryan Maue
January 28, 2026 at 2:42 PM
2026 YEAR WITHOUT WINTER
Greenland will remember for years this unexistent winter with temperatures,in the central-west,typical of October.
The monthly anomaly this January 2026 in Kitsissorsuit is close to +15C above average which is a
HISTORIC WORLD RECORD
Map:Ryan Maue
Greenland will remember for years this unexistent winter with temperatures,in the central-west,typical of October.
The monthly anomaly this January 2026 in Kitsissorsuit is close to +15C above average which is a
HISTORIC WORLD RECORD
Map:Ryan Maue
OMFG can applications stop trying to "help".
January 16, 2026 at 1:47 PM
OMFG can applications stop trying to "help".
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“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are:
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
January 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are:
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Country 9 in global oil reserves has invaded country 1 and arrested its president. Country 7 is under sanctions and its refineries are being destroyed. Country 2 is facing off with country 6. And there are riots in country 3. But oil is only $60/bbl. Maybe oil is not as critical as it used to be?
January 3, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Country 9 in global oil reserves has invaded country 1 and arrested its president. Country 7 is under sanctions and its refineries are being destroyed. Country 2 is facing off with country 6. And there are riots in country 3. But oil is only $60/bbl. Maybe oil is not as critical as it used to be?
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Looking back to @wwattribution.bsky.social studies in 2025 showed again, in stark terms, how unfairly the consequences of human-induced climate change are distributed. The world does not have to be like this, we have a lot of agency to make it better. www.worldweatherattribution.org/unequal-evid...
December 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Looking back to @wwattribution.bsky.social studies in 2025 showed again, in stark terms, how unfairly the consequences of human-induced climate change are distributed. The world does not have to be like this, we have a lot of agency to make it better. www.worldweatherattribution.org/unequal-evid...
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I occasionally like to share these "Mercator vs Real Country Size" animations to encourage you to buy a globe. Nothing fancy - just a basic globe. It does wonders in helping you (and your kids) to understand the world. Source: buff.ly/EGdKGR3
December 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I occasionally like to share these "Mercator vs Real Country Size" animations to encourage you to buy a globe. Nothing fancy - just a basic globe. It does wonders in helping you (and your kids) to understand the world. Source: buff.ly/EGdKGR3
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ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY DAY
91F Texas,89F Louisiana
December records smashed in Central States
MO
79 Washington
77 St Louis
77 Parryville
IL
78 Belleville 1F from State December record
75 Alton
Tomorrow back to wintry conditions for most,but Texas will return to 90F quicky
91F Texas,89F Louisiana
December records smashed in Central States
MO
79 Washington
77 St Louis
77 Parryville
IL
78 Belleville 1F from State December record
75 Alton
Tomorrow back to wintry conditions for most,but Texas will return to 90F quicky
December 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY DAY
91F Texas,89F Louisiana
December records smashed in Central States
MO
79 Washington
77 St Louis
77 Parryville
IL
78 Belleville 1F from State December record
75 Alton
Tomorrow back to wintry conditions for most,but Texas will return to 90F quicky
91F Texas,89F Louisiana
December records smashed in Central States
MO
79 Washington
77 St Louis
77 Parryville
IL
78 Belleville 1F from State December record
75 Alton
Tomorrow back to wintry conditions for most,but Texas will return to 90F quicky
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Global forest cover before and after industrialization 😲😪
December 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Global forest cover before and after industrialization 😲😪
James Hansen is projecting the 12 month running average goes down to a minimum value of 1.4C, and then 2027 will include 12 month average of 1.7C
That will mean the 5 year average will be above 1.5C by the end of 2027. "Deader than a doornail" comes to mind.
jimehansen.substack.com/p/global-tem...
That will mean the 5 year average will be above 1.5C by the end of 2027. "Deader than a doornail" comes to mind.
jimehansen.substack.com/p/global-tem...
Global Temperature in 2025, 2026, 2027
James Hansen, Pushker Kharecha, Dylan Morgan and Jasen Vest
jimehansen.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
James Hansen is projecting the 12 month running average goes down to a minimum value of 1.4C, and then 2027 will include 12 month average of 1.7C
That will mean the 5 year average will be above 1.5C by the end of 2027. "Deader than a doornail" comes to mind.
jimehansen.substack.com/p/global-tem...
That will mean the 5 year average will be above 1.5C by the end of 2027. "Deader than a doornail" comes to mind.
jimehansen.substack.com/p/global-tem...
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This is such a great visualization of the carbon cycle and of how humanity has completely altered it within a geological instant, by @rarohde.bsky.social:
December 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is such a great visualization of the carbon cycle and of how humanity has completely altered it within a geological instant, by @rarohde.bsky.social:
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December 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Warning! This colorful chart is censored by IPCC - mailchi.mp/caa/warning-...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Warning! This colorful chart is censored by IPCC - mailchi.mp/caa/warning-...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
wow
Lightning flashes within the powerful eye wall of Hurricane Melissa.
Incredible imagery this morning of Melissa, a Category 5 storm, south of Jamaica.
Incredible imagery this morning of Melissa, a Category 5 storm, south of Jamaica.
October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
wow
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To say this is a problem is a gigantic understatement. We live in the golden age of AI slop. Hopefully we will soon gain the right control the algorithms that control our online life in order to filter out AI slop to a large degree.
October 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
To say this is a problem is a gigantic understatement. We live in the golden age of AI slop. Hopefully we will soon gain the right control the algorithms that control our online life in order to filter out AI slop to a large degree.
"Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. We sincerely regret this inconvenience."
Website: worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
Sad times.
What an amazing website this has been. Daily satellite views of the Arctic and Antarctic.
Website: worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
Sad times.
What an amazing website this has been. Daily satellite views of the Arctic and Antarctic.
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. We sincerely regret this inconvenience."
Website: worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
Sad times.
What an amazing website this has been. Daily satellite views of the Arctic and Antarctic.
Website: worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
Sad times.
What an amazing website this has been. Daily satellite views of the Arctic and Antarctic.
Did I mention we overshoot the carrying capacity of the earth.
MAJOR UPDATE: Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification also in the danger zone.
Read the new Planetary Healthcheck 2025 report here: www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
Read the new Planetary Healthcheck 2025 report here: www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
September 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Did I mention we overshoot the carrying capacity of the earth.
I'll have to move Kevin slightly further to the left on my doomer-optimist scale for prominent voices.
September 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I'll have to move Kevin slightly further to the left on my doomer-optimist scale for prominent voices.
TIL "Each cubic centimetre of snow on the glacier contains hundreds to thousands of living cells, he says, and typically four times as many viruses – a microbial habitat as complex as topsoil."
Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt
Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt
Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global warming threatens fragile glacial ecosystems
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
TIL "Each cubic centimetre of snow on the glacier contains hundreds to thousands of living cells, he says, and typically four times as many viruses – a microbial habitat as complex as topsoil."
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Here is @noaa.gov's model of the tsunami propagation from the people at PMEL, initiated with the earthquake location and then calibrated by the DART buoy observations. There is a wealth of great information at their website (link in thread). (1/6) ⚒️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOtJ...
Kamchatka Tsunami, July 29, 2025 tsunami propagation
YouTube video by NOAAPMEL
www.youtube.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Here is @noaa.gov's model of the tsunami propagation from the people at PMEL, initiated with the earthquake location and then calibrated by the DART buoy observations. There is a wealth of great information at their website (link in thread). (1/6) ⚒️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOtJ...
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Today it's the world most record breaking day in history:
Dozens of thousands of records are falling in >150 countries from Oceania,allover Asia (50C in China, 52C Middle East),allover Africa,North and South Europe,North and South America.
WAit for MANY updates (MANY posts coming).
Dozens of thousands of records are falling in >150 countries from Oceania,allover Asia (50C in China, 52C Middle East),allover Africa,North and South Europe,North and South America.
WAit for MANY updates (MANY posts coming).
July 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today it's the world most record breaking day in history:
Dozens of thousands of records are falling in >150 countries from Oceania,allover Asia (50C in China, 52C Middle East),allover Africa,North and South Europe,North and South America.
WAit for MANY updates (MANY posts coming).
Dozens of thousands of records are falling in >150 countries from Oceania,allover Asia (50C in China, 52C Middle East),allover Africa,North and South Europe,North and South America.
WAit for MANY updates (MANY posts coming).
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Draft Preface for Sophie’s Planet. Criticisms welcome. See 17 July - Sophie’s Planet - mailchi.mp/caa/sophies-...
July 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Draft Preface for Sophie’s Planet. Criticisms welcome. See 17 July - Sophie’s Planet - mailchi.mp/caa/sophies-...
WTAF. Britain in 2025
Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
July 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
WTAF. Britain in 2025