Average temperature departures by month in the #Antarctic since the year 1940.

Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.

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🚨 Last month observed the highest average temperature for the month of October across the #Antarctic Circle, with clearly 2025 well above any prior year in the satellite era.

Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...

It's not every day that both poles set new monthly temperature records (see my earlier post). Last month also observed the warmest October on record for the #Arctic Circle. Not great!!

Data provided by doi.org/10.24381/cds....

The most annoying thing about Bill Gates' recent #climate comments is the assumption that we can deal with climate OR public health as though we can't afford to do both and that they're not related.

Back over 1.5°C again and on the way up.

Coral has tipped. AMOC, Amazon, boreal forests, Antarctica, Greenland, permafrost, etc., are tipping.

The Climate 8-ball says, "Not to be!"

My latest animation of the global surface temperature anomaly, 1851 - 2025 (current through September).

Meanwhile, back in reality, global ocean heat content just updated through June 2025 and set a new record high. Time to wake up!

Data (anomalies) & methods from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...

A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich