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  1. As heat waves become more common, & more severe, there are lots of changes to deal with -including sleep.

    Night-time temperatures are bearable until >27C, then I have difficulties, even with a fan.

    Heat-related sleep loss could be the under-reported health issue of modern times for those living in hotter regions.

    Aside from installing active cooling, passive options, such as better insulation, building & city design are the best bets

    dw.com/en/climate-impact-extre

    #Sleep #ClimateChange #HeatDomes

  2. As heat waves become more common, & more severe, there are lots of changes to deal with -including sleep.

    Night-time temperatures are bearable until >27C, then I have difficulties, even with a fan.

    Heat-related sleep loss could be the under-reported health issue of modern times for those living in hotter regions.

    Aside from installing active cooling, passive options, such as better insulation, building & city design are the best bets

    dw.com/en/climate-impact-extre

    #Sleep #ClimateChange #HeatDomes

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    We need to nationalize #OilAndGas companies, stop #FossilFuels.
    We can make a buy-back program enticing enough even conservatives take the cash.

    1.We announce which companies are coming off the market, let people sell their stocks.
    2.If your household value (stock, land, homes, savings) is less than, say, $2.5M, we repay you the difference, to get you back to the average price of that stock for the 12 months preceding our announcement.
    #GlobalWarming #FlashFloods #HeatDomes #ClimateChange

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    We need to nationalize #OilAndGas companies, stop #FossilFuels.
    We can make a buy-back program enticing enough even conservatives take the cash.

    1.We announce which companies are coming off the market, let people sell their stocks.
    2.If your household value (stock, land, homes, savings) is less than, say, $2.5M, we repay you the difference, to get you back to the average price of that stock for the 12 months preceding our announcement.
    #GlobalWarming #FlashFloods #HeatDomes #ClimateChange

  5. Officials announce new AI Data Centres to calculate why heat dome happening

    thebeaverton.com/2026/07/offic
    - - -
    Les autorités annoncent des nouveaux centres de données IA pour calculer les causes des dômes de chaleur

    // Article en anglais //

    #Satire #Heatwaves #Canicules #Heatdomes #DômesDeChaleur #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #IA #IntelligenceArtificielle

  6. Officials announce new AI Data Centres to calculate why heat dome happening

    thebeaverton.com/2026/07/offic
    - - -
    Les autorités annoncent des nouveaux centres de données IA pour calculer les causes des dômes de chaleur

    // Article en anglais //

    #Satire #Heatwaves #Canicules #Heatdomes #DômesDeChaleur #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #IA #IntelligenceArtificielle

  7. 📌Editorial piece provides balanced, high-level view of #climateattribution

    Tarsands companies pushed out #netzero pledge to 2050 -- want taxpayers to pay for carbon capture (expensive band-aid).

    Canadian government's larger goal = reduce oil & gas emissions by 40% by 2030. Measures are required to improve long-term standard of health & living for everyone.

    #climatecrisis #extremeheat #heatdomes #wildfires #Drought2023 are glaring 🪵🔥🏜️🚰

    theglobeandmail.com/opinion/ed

  8. 📌Editorial piece provides balanced, high-level view of #climateattribution

    Tarsands companies pushed out #netzero pledge to 2050 -- want taxpayers to pay for carbon capture (expensive band-aid).

    Canadian government's larger goal = reduce oil & gas emissions by 40% by 2030. Measures are required to improve long-term standard of health & living for everyone.

    #climatecrisis #extremeheat #heatdomes #wildfires #Drought2023 are glaring 🪵🔥🏜️🚰

    theglobeandmail.com/opinion/ed

  9. "How can we dismiss the #Climate crisis? It's real, it's happening. We have #HeatDomes people are dying from. We have #wildfires. That has to be one of your top agendas — not just the economy and business to Canada. You have to address the #ClimateCrisis."

    ~ Chief Judy Wilson, Neskonlith Indian Band in B.C. at Assembly of First Nations (AFN) meeting addressing 🇨🇦 Conservative leader's speech (July 11, 2024)

    cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre

  10. "How can we dismiss the #Climate crisis? It's real, it's happening. We have #HeatDomes people are dying from. We have #wildfires. That has to be one of your top agendas — not just the economy and business to Canada. You have to address the #ClimateCrisis."

    ~ Chief Judy Wilson, Neskonlith Indian Band in B.C. at Assembly of First Nations (AFN) meeting addressing 🇨🇦 Conservative leader's speech (July 11, 2024)

    cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre

  11. @petergleick

    It would be good to make a regular practice of highlighting the growing range for crops.

    It's too easy for people to look at this and think it's about when A/C or a trip to the beach is needed (though we do now have stories saying the beach water isn't so cold as it once was).

    I'm betting most people don't realize that even though humans can tolerate a wide range of temperatures, some things we critically depend upon cannot.

    #climate #Heat #HeatRecords #warming #HeatDome #HeatDomes #crops #FoodSecurity

  12. @petergleick

    It would be good to make a regular practice of highlighting the growing range for crops.

    It's too easy for people to look at this and think it's about when A/C or a trip to the beach is needed (though we do now have stories saying the beach water isn't so cold as it once was).

    I'm betting most people don't realize that even though humans can tolerate a wide range of temperatures, some things we critically depend upon cannot.

    #climate #Heat #HeatRecords #warming #HeatDome #HeatDomes #crops #FoodSecurity

  13. Hi Mastodon, do you have ideas about what people in #Lethbridge, #Alberta, should do this summer, when we expect some degree of #water scarcity, to manage extreme #heat emergencies, that is, #heatwaves and #heatdomes?

    #drought #WaterScarcity #disaster #emergencypreparedness #disastermanagement

    ... it seems to me that so many of the methods for surviving extreme heat depend on there being plenty of water to use...

  14. Hi Mastodon, do you have ideas about what people in #Lethbridge, #Alberta, should do this summer, when we expect some degree of #water scarcity, to manage extreme #heat emergencies, that is, #heatwaves and #heatdomes?

    #drought #WaterScarcity #disaster #emergencypreparedness #disastermanagement

    ... it seems to me that so many of the methods for surviving extreme heat depend on there being plenty of water to use...

  15. Floods, fires, heat: The world's worst #weather disasters in 2023

    Published on Dec. 27, 2023, 11:01 AM

    An unsettling pace of history-bending weather disasters unfolded around the world in 2023, including #Libya’s horrific #flooding and #Hawaii’s tragic blazes

    2023 kicked off by churning out the longest-lived tropical cyclone ever recorded, setting a grim tone for the drumbeat of atmospheric upheaval that would soon follow.

    The year went on to produce Africa’s deadliest-ever flooding, a tragic wildfire that engulfed an entire Hawaiian community, and unprecedented heat in one of the world’s hottest deserts.

    Here’s a look at five of the most impactful weather disasters we saw around the world in 2023.

    1. Devastating #floods killed thousands in Libya

    Many of the worst natural disasters are a combination of extreme weather clashing with poor infrastructure. The deadly flash floods that swept northern Libya on September 10, 2023, went down as the deadliest ever recorded in Africa, leaving more than 4,000 dead and thousands more reported missing.

    #StormDaniel grew into the equivalent of a tropical storm in the southern Mediterranean during the first week of September.

    The system made landfall in Libya, drenching drenched the arid region with an overwhelming glut of torrential rains.

    Much of the runoff flowed into #WadiDerna, a dry riverbed that only fills up after heavy rains. The onslaught of runoff gushing down the wadi pressed against several aging dams in the port town of #Derna. The dams quickly crumbled under the pressure, unleashing a lethal wall of water into the city.

    2. #CycloneFreddy spun for an impossibly long time

    Cyclone Freddy was a powerful tropical system in the #IndianOcean that blew away the previous record for longest-lived tropical cyclone ever observed. The storm survived over the Indian Ocean for a whopping five weeks and two days—from February 6 until March 14—trouncing by almost a week the previous record set by Hurricane John in 1994.

    The tenacious cyclone helped vault 2023 into the records as the only year we’ve ever observed at least one scale-topping Category 5 storm in every tropical ocean basin.

    3. Southwestern U.S. endured historic heat, a rare tropical storm

    The summer heat that roasted the U.S. southwest week after week proved to be an outlier even for one of the hottest places on Earth.

    Persistent #HeatDomes dominated the region through July, allowing daytime highs to soar as hot as 50°C with nights barely falling below the upper 30s.

    #PhoenixArizona, recorded a high of 43.3°C (110°F) on 31 consecutive days between June 30 and July 30, almost doubling the previous streak of such intense and repetitive heat. Even worse, the average nighttime low in Phoenix came in at a steamy 32.6°C, and five days saw a low of 35°C or warmer.

    Extremes often beget extremes, and it took an extreme storm to break the unprecedented pattern of sweltering heat.

    #HurricaneHilary forged an unusual track as it ran up #Mexico’s #BajaPeninsula in the middle of August. Water temperatures are so cold off the northwest Mexican coast that tropical systems usually dissipate in a hurry long before they can reach California.

    Hilary moved at a decent clip and managed to avoid the coldest water, allowing it to reach California as a tropical storm. This marked the first tropical storm warning ever issued for Los Angeles. The storm went on to drop a year’s worth of rain on the state’s deserts.

    4. A horrific fire became Hawaii’s worst natural disaster

    Deadly wildfires are a recurring theme with our changing climate, and the year’s deadliest wildfire ripped through a community on Hawaii’s Maui.

    A long-term drought combined with strong winds allowed numerous fires to rage on the Hawaiian Islands this summer. One of those explosive fires tore through Maui’s Lahaina, catching residents almost entirely off-guard to horrific effect.

    Many folks jumped into the ocean to escape the fast-moving flames, which consumed most of the town’s homes and businesses in minutes.

    The fire’s official death toll stands at 100, a tragic toll that makes the event Hawaii’s deadliest natural disaster on record. Four residents still remained unaccounted for months after the fire.

    5. #SouthAmerica faced unprecedented heat

    While the world ran a historic fever for much of 2023, South America likely took the brunt of the year’s most extreme heat.
    Temperatures soared into the upper 30s in parts of South America in July and August, which is the heart of the southern hemisphere’s winter season. These temperatures were often more than 20°C hotter than normal—and reportedly broke all-time temperature records in the process.

    The unprecedented summer-in-winter heat continued across the continent straight into spring. Thermometers in eastern #Brazil measured temperatures in the lower 40s in the middle of November. One person even died from the #ExtremeHeat in #RioDeJaneiro while waiting for a leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour to begin, prompting the musician to postpone the date.

    theweathernetwork.com/en/news/

    #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #Weather2023 #WeatherExtremes

  16. Floods, fires, heat: The world's worst #weather disasters in 2023

    Published on Dec. 27, 2023, 11:01 AM

    An unsettling pace of history-bending weather disasters unfolded around the world in 2023, including #Libya’s horrific #flooding and #Hawaii’s tragic blazes

    2023 kicked off by churning out the longest-lived tropical cyclone ever recorded, setting a grim tone for the drumbeat of atmospheric upheaval that would soon follow.

    The year went on to produce Africa’s deadliest-ever flooding, a tragic wildfire that engulfed an entire Hawaiian community, and unprecedented heat in one of the world’s hottest deserts.

    Here’s a look at five of the most impactful weather disasters we saw around the world in 2023.

    1. Devastating #floods killed thousands in Libya

    Many of the worst natural disasters are a combination of extreme weather clashing with poor infrastructure. The deadly flash floods that swept northern Libya on September 10, 2023, went down as the deadliest ever recorded in Africa, leaving more than 4,000 dead and thousands more reported missing.

    #StormDaniel grew into the equivalent of a tropical storm in the southern Mediterranean during the first week of September.

    The system made landfall in Libya, drenching drenched the arid region with an overwhelming glut of torrential rains.

    Much of the runoff flowed into #WadiDerna, a dry riverbed that only fills up after heavy rains. The onslaught of runoff gushing down the wadi pressed against several aging dams in the port town of #Derna. The dams quickly crumbled under the pressure, unleashing a lethal wall of water into the city.

    2. #CycloneFreddy spun for an impossibly long time

    Cyclone Freddy was a powerful tropical system in the #IndianOcean that blew away the previous record for longest-lived tropical cyclone ever observed. The storm survived over the Indian Ocean for a whopping five weeks and two days—from February 6 until March 14—trouncing by almost a week the previous record set by Hurricane John in 1994.

    The tenacious cyclone helped vault 2023 into the records as the only year we’ve ever observed at least one scale-topping Category 5 storm in every tropical ocean basin.

    3. Southwestern U.S. endured historic heat, a rare tropical storm

    The summer heat that roasted the U.S. southwest week after week proved to be an outlier even for one of the hottest places on Earth.

    Persistent #HeatDomes dominated the region through July, allowing daytime highs to soar as hot as 50°C with nights barely falling below the upper 30s.

    #PhoenixArizona, recorded a high of 43.3°C (110°F) on 31 consecutive days between June 30 and July 30, almost doubling the previous streak of such intense and repetitive heat. Even worse, the average nighttime low in Phoenix came in at a steamy 32.6°C, and five days saw a low of 35°C or warmer.

    Extremes often beget extremes, and it took an extreme storm to break the unprecedented pattern of sweltering heat.

    #HurricaneHilary forged an unusual track as it ran up #Mexico’s #BajaPeninsula in the middle of August. Water temperatures are so cold off the northwest Mexican coast that tropical systems usually dissipate in a hurry long before they can reach California.

    Hilary moved at a decent clip and managed to avoid the coldest water, allowing it to reach California as a tropical storm. This marked the first tropical storm warning ever issued for Los Angeles. The storm went on to drop a year’s worth of rain on the state’s deserts.

    4. A horrific fire became Hawaii’s worst natural disaster

    Deadly wildfires are a recurring theme with our changing climate, and the year’s deadliest wildfire ripped through a community on Hawaii’s Maui.

    A long-term drought combined with strong winds allowed numerous fires to rage on the Hawaiian Islands this summer. One of those explosive fires tore through Maui’s Lahaina, catching residents almost entirely off-guard to horrific effect.

    Many folks jumped into the ocean to escape the fast-moving flames, which consumed most of the town’s homes and businesses in minutes.

    The fire’s official death toll stands at 100, a tragic toll that makes the event Hawaii’s deadliest natural disaster on record. Four residents still remained unaccounted for months after the fire.

    5. #SouthAmerica faced unprecedented heat

    While the world ran a historic fever for much of 2023, South America likely took the brunt of the year’s most extreme heat.
    Temperatures soared into the upper 30s in parts of South America in July and August, which is the heart of the southern hemisphere’s winter season. These temperatures were often more than 20°C hotter than normal—and reportedly broke all-time temperature records in the process.

    The unprecedented summer-in-winter heat continued across the continent straight into spring. Thermometers in eastern #Brazil measured temperatures in the lower 40s in the middle of November. One person even died from the #ExtremeHeat in #RioDeJaneiro while waiting for a leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour to begin, prompting the musician to postpone the date.

    theweathernetwork.com/en/news/

    #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #Weather2023 #WeatherExtremes

  17. As I struggle to accept autumn is coming, a summary of the #summer here at the Thicket:

    way less wind, way less rain, stronger/longer heat domes, and higher humidity than previous years. I also feel like the #swallows left early.

    I am tired of the #heatdomes. Maybe I am ready for 🍃🍁🍂🕷🎃 #KsWx #ClimateChange

  18. Editorial piece provides balanced, high-level view of #climateattribution

    Tarsands companies pushing out #netzero pledge to 2050 -- want taxpayers to pay for carbon capture (expensive band-aid).

    Canadian government's larger goal = reduce oil & gas emissions by 40% by 2030. Measures are required to improve long-term standard of health & living for everyone.

    #climatecrisis #extremeheat #heatdomes #wildfires #Drought2023 are glaring 🪵🔥🏜️🚰

    theglobeandmail.com/opinion/ed

  19. Editorial piece provides balanced, high-level view of #climateattribution

    Tarsands companies pushing out #netzero pledge to 2050 -- want taxpayers to pay for carbon capture (expensive band-aid).

    Canadian government's larger goal = reduce oil & gas emissions by 40% by 2030. Measures are required to improve long-term standard of health & living for everyone.

    #climatecrisis #extremeheat #heatdomes #wildfires #Drought2023 are glaring 🪵🔥🏜️🚰

    theglobeandmail.com/opinion/ed

  20. Several countries led by Saudi Arabia have blocked a move by #G20 nations to reduce the use of #fossilfuels.

    It comes down to $$$$$.

    Meanwhile, #extremeheat #heatdomes #heatwaves #wildfires, 🌎 🔥 🌍 🔥 🌏 🔥

    ft.com/content/fd30b0d2-2990-4