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  1. The Arctic Just Experienced Its Warmest Year on Record

    The past 10 years have been the warmest recorded in a region that is heating at two to four times the global average.

    murica.website/2025/12/the-arc

  2. 400 Die Amid #Arizona #HeatWave; Melting #Glacier Brings #Floodwaters to #Alaska’s Capital

    Aug 14, 2025

    "In Arizona, public health officials warn extreme heat in Maricopa County has led to the suspected deaths of over 400 people so far this summer. August is on track to be Phoenix’s hottest on record, with temperatures reaching at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit every day this month except one.

    "In Alaska, a lake of rainwater and melted snow burst a glacial dam north of #Juneau on Wednesday, causing the #MendenhallRiver to swell to a record height, flooding homes and streets in Alaska’s capital city. Mountain glaciers worldwide are shrinking at a record pace as global temperatures continue to rise due to greenhouse gas emissions."

    democracynow.org/2025/8/14/hea

    #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeHeat #MeltingGlaciers #ClimateEmergency

  3. 🔥💦 Oh, wow! Who knew melting glaciers could reveal such a secret #treasure trove of coastline?! 1,500 miles of "new" land—perfect for our #jet #skis and beachfront condos! 🏖️🏄‍♂️ Nature Climate Change has truly outdone itself with this groundbreaking revelation that ice melts and land appears. Bravo! 👏🔍
    e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-g #meltingglaciers #coastline #climatechange #beachfrontland #HackerNews #ngated

  4. Is the Atlantic Overturning Circulation Approaching a Tipping Point? By Stefan Rahmstorf (Open Access PDF)
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    tos.org/oceanography/article/i

    Tipping risk of the Atlantic Ocean's overturning circulation, AMOC. Keynote by Prof. Rahmstorf in Vilnius in May 2024.
    "No one has taken account of all the melting ice sheets"
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    youtube.com/watch?v=ZHNNW8c_Fa
    #FossilFuels #ocean #climate #instability #AMOC #Cryosphere #MeltingGlaciers #precipitation #TippingPoints #PrecautionaryPrinciple #harm