A streak of record global heat nears one year mark wapo.st/3UrhDKb

With four months of data now in from ERA5, we see a roughly 66% chance that 2024 will surpass 2023 as the warmest year on record – and a >99% chance it will be one of the top-two warmest years. The current best-estimate is that 2024 will come it at just above 1.5C:

Another record warm month - April 2024 🟥 warmer than average 🟦 colder than average Overall, the average April global air temperature was +1.32°C above 1951-1980 climate baseline (+1.60°C above the 1880-1920 baseline). Data code: data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/source…

Temperature Update for April 2024 Warmest April to be directly measured. Our 12-month moving-average now stands at 1.65 °C (2.97 °F) above the 1850-1900 average. El Niño weakens further, ending soon. 2024 likely be the warmest or 2nd warmest year. berkeleyearth.org/april-2024-tem… 1/

‘Pretty gross’: The toxic mix of fast-rising seas and septic systems washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro… (latest in our Drowning South series on sea level rise, by Brady Dennis)

'Anatomy of a flood' -- the next installment in our "Drowning South" series, using time-lapse video to capture high tide flooding in extraordinary detail. Across two high tide events, flooding occurs in 4 different ways! washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro… Brady Dennis