Indian authorities reported on Thursday that rescue teams were actively searching for 102 people who are missing following yesterdays catastrophic flash flood. The flood was triggered by a high-altitude glacial lake burst killing at least 10.

We are in a climate emergency.

Temperatures in France soared as high as 35.8°C. It was the hottest temperature ever recorded in October in France. To reiterate - it was 35.8°C in France in OCTOBER! There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #endfossilfuels

Here a reminder of the longer term perspective on atmospheric CO2 and temperature since the birth of Christ.

It’s unstoppable for sure. The life-or-death question: can we pull it off fast enough to prevent a climate nightmare and massive ecosystem destruction, or are we too slow?

Climate strike week 268. #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike

Renewables could overtake coal as the largest source of electricity generation for the first time ever as soon as 2024 ⚡️ This is even earlier than expected, but reaching this milestone will require favourable weather conditions ➡️ iea.li/46cYEbh

The IPCC has warned about increasing damage from glacial lake outburst floods due to climate change. It’s happening. Glacial lake floods: a growing, unpredictable climate risk news.yahoo.com/glacial-lake-f…

Another very hot day in Europe,after the 37.7 yesterday in Cordoba,today 37.8 new record in SEVILLE Insane record heat in GALICIA 36.4 Ribadavia 33.3 A Coruna 32.6 Lugo 32.2 Sant. Compostela 30.7 AP Records in FRANCE 32.3 Castelnaudary 31.6 Carcassone 29.4 Millau 26.5 Cambon

The extent of the drought in Amazonas. The top photo is now. The other, from July.

6 🧵 EUROPE HISTORIC HEAT WAVE Read it to the bottom Slovenia,Croatia,Spain,France,Switzerland and Italy SLOVENIA 31.3 Cronomelj NEW NATIONAL OCTOBER RECORD 28.9 Murska Sobota 27.3 Maribor CROATIA 30.4 Ogulin 29.8 Split Resnik 29.2 Zagreb Maksimir 28.9 Pleso 28.1 Varazdin

So far, one third of all days of 2023 have been above the 1.5 °C global warming level (relative to the late 19th Century). bbc.com/news/science-e…

2023 will very likely end up exceeding the 1.5°C warming threshold established in Paris. Details, figures interpretation and more results in the excellent thread by Dr. Robert Rohde Berkeley Earth x.com/BerkeleyEarth/…

“I wouldn’t be making this argument if I didn’t have strong evidence to back it up; the data we’re getting from three sources tells a worrying story about a world warming more quickly than before,” writes Zeke Hausfather. Read: nyti.ms/46EsB3I

More record warmth in #Germany with exceptionally warm nights: Yesterday several records of highest Min. temperatures for October were broken. (see list courtesy of Michael Theusner). Tonight even more incredible. TROPICAL NIGHTS in the East but temperatures are dropping now.

When they said flatten the curve, they didn’t mean vertically

Climate change is making Brazil hotter and more prone to drought. At some point – no one is really sure when – warming may push the rainforest beyond its limits and most of the Amazon will die, to be replaced with grasslands. That a tipping point. nytimes.com/2022/03/07/cli…

September 2023 smashed all temperature records. Literally off the charts. Graphic ARCHIVED - NASA Climate #StateofClimate

So many of these global climate disasters… this type of thing is happening everyday somewhere… will go unnoticed by the general public, unaware of the extent of climate breakdown.

“Life on planet Earth is under siege. We are now in an uncharted territory. For several decades, scientists have consistently warned of a future marked by extreme climatic conditions because of escalating global temperatures … Unfortunately, time is up.” doi.org/10.1093/biosci…