Barbara English
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Here is a copy of our most recent state of the climate report. We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled. . . . . . doi.org/10.1093/bios...
The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled
doi.org
July 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Here is a copy of our most recent state of the climate report. We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled. . . . . . doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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It seems ICE had a quota for Venezuelan gang members & filled it by picking up people with tattoos. Rose, hummingbird, soccer, mother, Autism awareness. For that people are taken from their families & sent to spend the rest of their lives in horrifying conditions.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
www.motherjones.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It seems ICE had a quota for Venezuelan gang members & filled it by picking up people with tattoos. Rose, hummingbird, soccer, mother, Autism awareness. For that people are taken from their families & sent to spend the rest of their lives in horrifying conditions.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The latest 12-month running mean global temperature anomaly... No further explanation needed. 📈
+ More climate indicator visualizations: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
+ More climate indicator visualizations: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
March 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The latest 12-month running mean global temperature anomaly... No further explanation needed. 📈
+ More climate indicator visualizations: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
+ More climate indicator visualizations: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
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So far this year (Jan. 1 - Mar. 12), the average global temperature is 1.67°C over the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial average.
For the year, 2024 was 1.60°C over the pre-industrial average.
Image courtesy of @coderedearth.bsky.social
For the year, 2024 was 1.60°C over the pre-industrial average.
Image courtesy of @coderedearth.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
So far this year (Jan. 1 - Mar. 12), the average global temperature is 1.67°C over the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial average.
For the year, 2024 was 1.60°C over the pre-industrial average.
Image courtesy of @coderedearth.bsky.social
For the year, 2024 was 1.60°C over the pre-industrial average.
Image courtesy of @coderedearth.bsky.social
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Breaking News!
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The 365-day running average for global sea-ice extent is once again in "Gobsmacking bananas" territory, registering an average of 20,247,500 km² on March 12, 2025.
How low will it go? The climate 8-ball says: "Sorry, my funding was cut."
Code UFB!!!
The 365-day running average for global sea-ice extent is once again in "Gobsmacking bananas" territory, registering an average of 20,247,500 km² on March 12, 2025.
How low will it go? The climate 8-ball says: "Sorry, my funding was cut."
March 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The 365-day running average for global sea-ice extent is once again in "Gobsmacking bananas" territory, registering an average of 20,247,500 km² on March 12, 2025.
How low will it go? The climate 8-ball says: "Sorry, my funding was cut."
Code UFB!!!
The 365-day running average for global sea-ice extent is once again in "Gobsmacking bananas" territory, registering an average of 20,247,500 km² on March 12, 2025.
How low will it go? The climate 8-ball says: "Sorry, my funding was cut."
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🚨 Catastrophic flooding in Bahia Blanca in Argentina. This is an intensive care ward for babies!!
WAKE THE FUCK UP! #ClimateCrisis
WAKE THE FUCK UP! #ClimateCrisis
March 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🚨 Catastrophic flooding in Bahia Blanca in Argentina. This is an intensive care ward for babies!!
WAKE THE FUCK UP! #ClimateCrisis
WAKE THE FUCK UP! #ClimateCrisis
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Breaking News!
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The daily CO2 number from Mauna Loa exceeded 430 ppm yesterday. This is the first reading above 430 ever recorded.
CO2 levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, 3 to 5 million years ago.
Code UFB!!!
The daily CO2 number from Mauna Loa exceeded 430 ppm yesterday. This is the first reading above 430 ever recorded.
CO2 levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, 3 to 5 million years ago.
March 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Code UFB!!!
The daily CO2 number from Mauna Loa exceeded 430 ppm yesterday. This is the first reading above 430 ever recorded.
CO2 levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, 3 to 5 million years ago.
Code UFB!!!
The daily CO2 number from Mauna Loa exceeded 430 ppm yesterday. This is the first reading above 430 ever recorded.
CO2 levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, 3 to 5 million years ago.
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The extent of sea ice around the world continues to remain the smallest in our satellite observation history for this time of year...
More graphs at zacklabe.com/global-sea-i.... Data from @nsidc.bsky.social.
More graphs at zacklabe.com/global-sea-i.... Data from @nsidc.bsky.social.
March 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The extent of sea ice around the world continues to remain the smallest in our satellite observation history for this time of year...
More graphs at zacklabe.com/global-sea-i.... Data from @nsidc.bsky.social.
More graphs at zacklabe.com/global-sea-i.... Data from @nsidc.bsky.social.
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If the trend continues, we're about a week away from global sea-ice extent re-entering "Gobsmacking Bananas" territory.
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned!
March 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
If the trend continues, we're about a week away from global sea-ice extent re-entering "Gobsmacking Bananas" territory.
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned!
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Sunday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 740,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,340,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,720,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,260,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊
• about 740,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,340,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,720,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,260,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊
March 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Sunday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 740,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,340,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,720,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,260,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊
• about 740,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,340,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,720,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,260,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊
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🚨 February 2025 #Arctic sea ice extent was the lowest on record...
This was 1,550,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. February ice extent is decreasing at about 2.73% per decade. Data: @nsidc.bsky.social (nsidc.org/data/seaice_...).
This was 1,550,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. February ice extent is decreasing at about 2.73% per decade. Data: @nsidc.bsky.social (nsidc.org/data/seaice_...).
March 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🚨 February 2025 #Arctic sea ice extent was the lowest on record...
This was 1,550,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. February ice extent is decreasing at about 2.73% per decade. Data: @nsidc.bsky.social (nsidc.org/data/seaice_...).
This was 1,550,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. February ice extent is decreasing at about 2.73% per decade. Data: @nsidc.bsky.social (nsidc.org/data/seaice_...).
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1/4 We could crash permanently through the 1.5C guardrail within the next five years, and shatter the 2C limit as soon as 2034. This will almost certainly result in the tipping points for collapse of the Greenland and west Antarctic ice sheets being crossed, ...
February 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
1/4 We could crash permanently through the 1.5C guardrail within the next five years, and shatter the 2C limit as soon as 2034. This will almost certainly result in the tipping points for collapse of the Greenland and west Antarctic ice sheets being crossed, ...
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1/2 Do you get it yet? You kill Nature and Nature kills itself, and then it kills us. Nature has no morals, no plan, no shame. Do we want to love each other and so love Nature - or do we want Nature to kill us? That is the question.
February 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
1/2 Do you get it yet? You kill Nature and Nature kills itself, and then it kills us. Nature has no morals, no plan, no shame. Do we want to love each other and so love Nature - or do we want Nature to kill us? That is the question.
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Arctic update for Mar. 1, 2025: Arctic sea-ice extent set a record daily low every day in February and is poised to set an all-time record low maximum this month.
March 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Arctic update for Mar. 1, 2025: Arctic sea-ice extent set a record daily low every day in February and is poised to set an all-time record low maximum this month.
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Breaking News!
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Average Arctic sea-ice extent for the month of February, 2025, just set a new record low for the month with an average extent of 13,086,000 km².
This month's record beat the previous record low set in February, 2018, by over 293,000 km².
Code UFB!!!
Average Arctic sea-ice extent for the month of February, 2025, just set a new record low for the month with an average extent of 13,086,000 km².
This month's record beat the previous record low set in February, 2018, by over 293,000 km².
March 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
Average Arctic sea-ice extent for the month of February, 2025, just set a new record low for the month with an average extent of 13,086,000 km².
This month's record beat the previous record low set in February, 2018, by over 293,000 km².
Code UFB!!!
Average Arctic sea-ice extent for the month of February, 2025, just set a new record low for the month with an average extent of 13,086,000 km².
This month's record beat the previous record low set in February, 2018, by over 293,000 km².
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In this complex world, science is safety. Dismantle science - eliminate vaccines and environmental protections, ignore the overheating of the Earth - and we stand to lose everything
February 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
In this complex world, science is safety. Dismantle science - eliminate vaccines and environmental protections, ignore the overheating of the Earth - and we stand to lose everything
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Out of ideas. . .
February 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Out of ideas. . .
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In the next few days, I will be sharing some of our work that I am most proud of from my time at NOAA/GFDL. But I would also like a little normalcy today on my feed, so here's my go-to sea ice data viz update.
#Arctic sea ice extent still remains the *lowest* on record for the date (JAXA). Not good
#Arctic sea ice extent still remains the *lowest* on record for the date (JAXA). Not good
March 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In the next few days, I will be sharing some of our work that I am most proud of from my time at NOAA/GFDL. But I would also like a little normalcy today on my feed, so here's my go-to sea ice data viz update.
#Arctic sea ice extent still remains the *lowest* on record for the date (JAXA). Not good
#Arctic sea ice extent still remains the *lowest* on record for the date (JAXA). Not good
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"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
Opinion | Three Former E.P.A. Leaders: You’ll Miss It When It’s Gone
When the next environmental catastrophe arrives, who will be there to deal with the emergency and its aftermath?
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
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This is still happening. It's your Wednesday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is still the *lowest* on record for the date (JAXA)
about 670,000 km² below the 2010s mean
about 2,250,000 km² below the 1980s mean
A winter for the record books in the Arctic. More info zacklabe.com/graduate-res... ⚒️
about 670,000 km² below the 2010s mean
about 2,250,000 km² below the 1980s mean
A winter for the record books in the Arctic. More info zacklabe.com/graduate-res... ⚒️
February 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is still happening. It's your Wednesday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is still the *lowest* on record for the date (JAXA)
about 670,000 km² below the 2010s mean
about 2,250,000 km² below the 1980s mean
A winter for the record books in the Arctic. More info zacklabe.com/graduate-res... ⚒️
about 670,000 km² below the 2010s mean
about 2,250,000 km² below the 1980s mean
A winter for the record books in the Arctic. More info zacklabe.com/graduate-res... ⚒️
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The reasons I was given:
-> I did not demonstrate that my work was in the public interest, and my ability, knowledge and/or skills did not match NOAA's needs.
More soon. It will be okay.
-> I did not demonstrate that my work was in the public interest, and my ability, knowledge and/or skills did not match NOAA's needs.
More soon. It will be okay.
February 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The reasons I was given:
-> I did not demonstrate that my work was in the public interest, and my ability, knowledge and/or skills did not match NOAA's needs.
More soon. It will be okay.
-> I did not demonstrate that my work was in the public interest, and my ability, knowledge and/or skills did not match NOAA's needs.
More soon. It will be okay.
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Last Tuesday, I was set to give a talk on 'climate change in the Northeast' at a retirement home but had to cancel due to hourly job threats.
After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.
After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.
February 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Last Tuesday, I was set to give a talk on 'climate change in the Northeast' at a retirement home but had to cancel due to hourly job threats.
After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.
After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.
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When you grow up. . .
February 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
When you grow up. . .
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And, for the record, global sea-ice extent, already at an all-time low for the date, is going the wrong way.
February 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
And, for the record, global sea-ice extent, already at an all-time low for the date, is going the wrong way.