Yesterday, Antarctic sea ice extent hit a new record statistical low of -6.65σ below the 1991-2020 mean. About a 1-in-70B chance w/o climate change. This is not a graph of extent or anomaly. It is a graph of standard deviations -- a measure of how abnormal the year's data is.

China decarbonising transportation systems faster than any other nation: electric cars: 34% sales EVs in July, 2/3 world's #EVs electric buses: 84% bus fleet EVs (600k/712k buses) electric car chargers: 1 charger/8 EVs 42,000km high speed rail Repeat after me: we don't need oil

Wait. For. It. NASA animation of global temperature anomalies since preindustrial times.

NATURE NOTE: Some consider this the most beautiful bird in the world, the Gouldian Finch. Native to Australia, the number of Gouldian finches has decreased quite dramatically during the 20th century. We must protect biodiversity in all forms.

On the last day of winter in South America, temperatures could peak as high as 45°C (113°F) in Brazil. Brazil could record its highest temperature in history during this winter heatwave. "Heat will be so extreme that it will be dangerous and pose a risk to health and life,"

By giving up industrial production, the West has given up industrial innovation.

Its hard to overstate just how exceptionally high global temperatures are at the moment. They have blown past anything we've previously experienced by a huge margin. Over at The Climate Brink, we try and visualize this summer of extremes in seven charts. theclimatebrink.com/p/visualizing-…

“If you liked ‘#climate crisis’, you’re going to love ‘climate complete fuc&*ng collapse’ ” - Jo Brand with Prof Mark Maslin in excellent new video from Climate Science Breakthrough

Scientists discover receptor that blocks COVID-19 infection phys.org/news/2023-02-s…

The heat across the Southern Hemisphere is incredible. The continents of #Australia, #Africa, and South America (#Brazil ) all have places where the temperature is touching 50C. This is no normal summer. This is a climate never seen before by humans.

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! For the first time in recorded history, the 365-day running mean reached the Paris limit of 1.50°C in ERA5 data. The graph below shows the 365-day running mean, noting a few benchmarks we've hit along the way. Data: climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_daily/…

The most important video Sabine Hossenfelder has made -- this is must watch: youtu.be/4S9sDyooxf4

Breaking News! Code UFB! The latest global surface temperature data point on Feb. 8 from ERA5 once again put the planet 2.0°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC baseline, at 2.01°C. The only other times this has happened were Nov. 17, 2023 (2.05°C) and Nov. 18, 2023 (2.06°C).

And here's another view of the near-record anomaly.

Um. Hello? Media? Politicians? Celebrities? Oprah? The latest global temperature that was just posted by Copernicus (data from Feb. 9) was 2.03°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline.

Code UFB!!! The rapid heating of the North Atlantic we are currently experiencing is unprecedented in modern times. Stay tuned ...

NEW CHART: How British electricity supplies are shifting decisively away from fossil fuels Super pleased with this very beautiful graphic, by my colleague Tom Pearson and reminiscent of Joy Division's iconic “Unknown Pleasures” album cover carbonbrief.org/chart-how-brit…

Biden is wrong: we still don't have enough solar, writes David Fickling. We need Chinese clean technology to meet the energy transition challenge trib.al/HJySvtz

A rare admission by a scientist that net zero wouldn't be enough should be front page news. He says we'd also need to remove 150ppm CO2-equivalent from the air, which equates to 1,180 billion tonnes of CO2. 1 billion tonnes equates to 3,000 Empire State Buildings. He says the

A heat index of 180°F (82.2°C) and a dew point of 97°F (36.1°C) were recorded in southern Iran today. If these readings are confirmed this would be the highest heat index and dew point ever recorded on Earth.