Extreme Temperature Diary-August 18th, 2019/Long Global July Record And Consequences Of Warmth Lists For Emphasis

Sunday August 18th… Dear Diary. The main purpose of this ongoing blog will be to track United States extreme or record temperatures related to climate change. Any reports I see of ETs will be listed below the main topic of the day. I’ll refer to extreme or record temperatures as ETs (not extraterrestrials).😉

Long Global July Record and Consequences Of Warmth Lists For Emphasis

So, you think that my posts are long? Try reading some details of the July 2019 summary that Dr. Jeff Masters typed:

https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/July-2019-Earths-Hottest-Month-Recorded-History?cm_ven=cat6-widget

Since July 2019 was the hottest recorded month in human history, any summery should have a long list of records or “ET’s” right? Youbetcha. Indeed, this was the case for the Weather Underground piece. Just for emphasis I’m going to just repost the long list of international records contained within Dr. Master’s post:

Major weather stations that set (not tied) all-time heat or cold records in July 2019

Among global stations with a period of record of at least 40 years, a remarkable 282 set new all-time heat records in July; there were no stations that set all-time cold records:

Krems (Austria) max. 38.8°C, 1 July
Wlodowa (Poland) max. 37.2°C, 1 July
Lomnicky Stit (Slovakia) max. 19.5°C, 1 July
Kasprowy Wierch (Poland) max. 23.4°C, 1 July
Kielce Sukow (Poland) max. 36.6°C, 1 July
Anchorage (Alaska, USA) max. 32.2°C, 4 July
Kenai (Alaska, USA) max. 31.7°C, 4 July
King Salmon (Alaska, USA) max. 31.7°C,4 July
Almeria (Spain) max. 41.6°C,  6 July
Aniak (Alaska, USA) max. 31.7°C, 8 July
Egvekinot (Russia) max. 30.6°C, 10 July
Gari (Russia) max. 36.6°C, 13 July
Sarakhs (Iran) max. 48.6°C, 13 July 
Alert (Canada) max. 21.0°C,14 July
Sedom (Israel) max. 49.9°C,  17 July
Erbent (Turkmenistan) max. 48.2°C, 19 July
Temir (Kazakhstan) max. 44.1°C, 19 July
Kungrad (Uzbekistan) max. 47.1°C, 20 July
Chardzev (Turkmenistan) max. 45.8°C, 21 July
Khorram Abad (Iran) max. 45.4°C, 21 July
Bordeaux Airport (France) max. 41.2°C,23 July
Bordeaux City (France) max. 42.6°C, 23 July
Angers (France) max. 41.1°C,  23 July
Rennes (France) max. 40.1°C, 23 July
Cognac (France) max. 40.3°C, 23 July
Limoges Airport (France) max. 37.9°C, 23 July
Cholet (France) max. 39.1°C, 23 July
Jersey Airport (Jersey, UK dependency) max. 36.0°C, 23 July
Nevers (France) max. 39.4°C, 24 July
Dijon (France) max. 39.5°C, 24 July
Vichy (France) max. 41.3°C, 24 July
Metz (France) max. 39.7°C, 24 July
Nancy (France) max. 40.1°C, 24 July
Eelde (Netherlands) max. 36.9°C, 24 July
De Kooy (Netherlands) max. 34.8°C, 24 July
Kleine Brogel (Belgium) max. 40.6°C, 24 July
Saarbrucken (Germany) max. 40.0°C, 24 July
Norderney (Germany) max. 35.4°C, 24 July
Sion (Switzerland) max. 38.0°C, 24 July
Neuchatel (Switzerland) max. 37.9°C, 24 July
Moleson (Switzerland) max. 26.4°C, 24 July
Scuol (Switzerland) max. 33.8°C, 24 July
Paris St Maur (France) max. 43.6°C, 25 July
La Brosse (France) max. 42.9°C, 25 July
Paris Montsouris (France) max. 42.6°C, 25 July
Chablis (France) max. 42.6°C, 25 July
Nemours (France) max. 42.5°C, 25 July
Sens (France) max. 42.4°C, 25 July
Bouy-sur-Orvin (France) max. 42.4°C, 25 July
Paris Le Bourget (France) max. 42.1°C,  25 July
Chatillon sur Seine (France) max. 42.1°C,25 July
Romorantin (France) max. 42.0°C,  25 July
Bretigny (France) max. 42.0°C, 25 July
Paris Orly (France) max. 41.9°C, 25 July
Melun (France) max. 41.9°C, 25 July
Cambrai (France) max. 41.8°C, 25 July
Troyes (France) max. 41.8°C, 25 July
Bourges (France) max. 41.7°C, 25 July
Chateaudun (France) max. 41.7°C, 25 July
Frignicourt (France) max. 41.7°C, 25 July
Creil (France) max. 41.6°C, 25 July
Beauvais (France) max. 41.6°C, 25 July
Pontoise (France) max. 41.6°C, 25 July
Auxerre (France) max. 41.6°C, 25 July
Lille (France) max. 41.5°C, 25 July
Chartes (France) max. 41.4°C,25 July
Chateauroux (France) max. 41.4°C, 25 July
Paris Charles de Gaulle AP (France) max. 41.4°C,  25 July
St Dizier (France) max. 41.4°C, 25 July
Dunkerque (France) max. 41.3°C,25 July
Abbeville (France) max. 41.3°C,  25 July
Rouen (France) max. 41.3°C, 25 July
Orleans (France) max. 41.3°C, 25 July
Juniville (France) max. 41.3°C, 25 July
Le Mans (France) max. 41.1°C, 25 July
Reims (France) max. 41.1°C, 25 July
Cheverny (France) max. 41.1°C, 25 July
Goderville (France) max. 41.1°C, 25 July
Evreux (France) max. 40.9°C, 25 July
Avord (France) max. 40.9°C, 25 July
Tours (France) max. 40.8°C, 25 July
Douai (France) max. 40.8°C,25 July
Toussus le Noble (France) max. 40.8°C,  25 July
St Quentin (France) max. 40.7°C, 25 July
Trappes (France) max. 40.6°C, 25 July
Lisieux (France) max. 40.4°C, 25 July
Villacoublay (France) max. 40.3°C, 25 July
Sable sur Sarthe (France) max. 40.3°C, 25 July
Dieppe (France) max. 40.1°C, 25 July
L’Oudon (France) max. 40.1°C,25 July
Roville (France) max. 40.0°C, 25 July
Sees (France) max. 39.9°C, 25 July
Alencon (France) max. 39.8°C, 25 July
Caen (France) max. 39.7°C, 25 July
Deauville (France) max. 39.4°C, 25 July
Erneville (France) max. 39.4°C, 25 July
Le Touquet (France) max. 39.3°C 25 July
Strasbourg Airport (France) max. 38.9°C,25 July
Langres (France) max. 38.8°C, 25 July
Chateau Chinon (France) max. 38.8°C, 25 July
Cap de la Heve (France) max. 38.1°C, 25 July
Pontarlier (France) max. 38.0°C,25 July
Boulogne (France) max. 36.4°C, 25 July
Luxembourg Ville (Luxembourg) max. 39.0°C, 25 July
Grevenmacher (Luxembourg) max. 40.0°C, 25 July
Clemency (Luxembourg) max. 38.6°C, 25 July
Steinsel (Luxembourg) max. 40.8°C, 25 July: New national record high for Luxembourg
Gilze Rijen (Netherlands) max. 40.7°C, 25 July: New national record high for the Netherlands
Eindhoven (Netherlands) max. 40.4°C, 25 July
Woensdrecht (Netherlands) max. 40.2°C,  25 July
Maastricht (Netherlands) max. 39.6°C, 25 July
Twenthe (Netherlands) max. 40.2°C, 25 July
Lelystad (Netherlands) max. 37.5°C, 25 July
De Bilt (Netherlands) max. 37.5°C, 25 July
Deleen (Netherlands) max. 39.7°C, 25 July
Vlissingen (Netherlands) max. 37.3°C, 25 July
Rotterdam (Netherlands) max. 37.2°C, 25 July
Le Goeree (Netherlands) max. 36.3°C, 25 July
Hoek van Holland (Netherlands) max. 38.9°C, 25 July
Begijnendijk (Belgium) max. 41.8°C, 25 July:  New national record high for Belgium
Liege (Belgium) max. 41.0°C, 25 July
Beitem (Belgium) max. 40.7°C, 25 July
Schaffen (Belgium) max. 40.4°C, 25 July
Charleroi (Belgium) max. 40.4°C, 25 July
Antwerpen (Belgium) max. 40.4°C, 25 July
Chievres (Belgium) max. 40.4°C, 25 July
Semmerzake (Belgium) max. 40.4°C, 25 July
Bruxelles (Belgium) max. 40.2°C, 25 July
Koksijde (Belgium) max. 40.2°C, 25 July
Gent (Belgium) max. 40.1°C, 25 July
Uccle (Belgium) max. 39.7°C, 25 July
Spa (Belgium) max. 36.7°C, 25 July
Elsennborn (Belgium) max. 36.2°C, 25 July
Beauvechain (Belgium) max. 40.1°C, 25 July
Saint Hubert (Belgium) max. 35.2°C, 25 July
Florennes (Belgium) max. 39.0°C, 25 July
Ostende (Belgium) max. 39.3°C, 25 July
Lingen (Germany) max. 42.6°C, 25 July: New national record high for Germany* (dubious; see below)
Tonisvorst (Germany) max. 41.2°C, 25 July: New national record high for Germany (recorded under standard conditions)
Duisburg (Germany) max. 41.2°C, 25 July:  New national record high for Germany (recorded under standard conditions)
Koln (Germany) max. 41.1°C, 25 July
Bonn (Germany) max. 40.9°C, 25 July
Kleve (Germany) max. 40.9°C, 25 July
Dusseldorf (Germany) max. 40.7°C, 25 July
Weilerswist-Lommersum (Germany) max. 40.6°C, 25 July
Trier (Germany) max. 40.6°C, 25 July
Bad Neuenhar (Germany) max. 40.4°C, 25 July
Kahl (Germany) max. 40.4°C, 25 July
Koblenz (Germany) max. 40.3°C, 25 July
Frankfurt (Germany) max. 40.2°C, 25 July
Wuppertal (Germany) max. 40.2°C, 25 July
Neunkirchen (Germany) max. 40.2°C, 25 July
Nauheim (Germany) max. 40.1°C, 25 July
Munster (Germany) max. 40.0°C, 25 July
Essen (Germany) max. 40.0°C, 25 July
Schaafmheim (Germany) max. 40.0°C, 25 July
Perl Nennig (Germany) max. 39.9°C, 25 July
Heinsberg (Germany) max. 39.9°C, 25 July
Offenbach (Germany) max. 39.9°C, 25 July
Durkheim (Germany) max. 39.7°C, 25 July
Olsdorf (Germany) max. 39.7°C, 25 July
Kreuznach (Germany) max. 39.7°C, 25 July
Geldern (Germany) max. 39.6°C, 25 July
Dorpen (Germany) max. 39.6°C, 25 July
Geisenheim (Germany) max. 39.4°C, 25 July
Rheinstetten (Germany) max. 39.2°C, 25 July
Alfhausen (Germany) max. 39.2°C, 25 July
Mainz (Germany) max. 39.1°C, 25 July
Kaiserslautern (Germany) max. 39.1°C, 25 July
Ostheim (Germany) max. 39.1°C, 25 July
Rahden (Germany) max. 39.1°C, 25 July
Worms (Germany) max. 39.0°C, 25 July
Ohlsback (Germany) max. 39.0°C, 25 July
Diepholz (Germany) max. 39.0°C, 25 July
Weiskirchen (Germany) max. 38.9°C, 25 July
Montabaur (Germany) max. 38.6°C, 25 July
Aachen (Germany) max. 38.6°C, 25 July
Arnsberg (Germany) max. 38.5°C, 25 July
Alzey (Germany) max. 38.4°C, 25 July
Hilgenroth (Germany) max. 38.3°C, 25 July
Berus (Germany) max. 38.2°C, 25 July
Giessen (Germany) max. 38.2°C, 25 July
Bamberg (Germany) max. 38.2°C, 25 July
Waldems (Germany) max. 38.1°C, 25 July
Baden (Germany) max. 38.0°C, 25 July
Schotten (Germany) max. 38.0°C, 25 July
Gottingen (Germany) max. 38.0°C, 25 July
Ludenshcheid (Germany) max. 37.9°C, 25 July
Lippsbringe (Germany) max. 37.9°C, 25 July
Lennestadt (Germany) max. 37.9°C, 25 July
Manderscheid (Germany) max. 37.8°C, 25 July
Lautertal (Germany) max. 37.8°C, 25 July
Burgwald (Germany) max. 37.8°C, 25 July
Salzuflen (Germany) max. 37.8°C, 25 July
Blankenrath (Germany) max. 37.7°C, 25 July
Hersfeld (Germany) max. 37.7°C, 25 July
Nienburg (Germany) max. 37.6°C, 25 July
Friesoythe (Germany) max. 37.5°C, 25 July
Tholey (Germany) max. 37.5°C, 25 July
Asfeld (Germany) max. 37.3°C, 25 July
Helmstedt (Germany) max. 37.3°C, 25 July
Nurburg (Germany) max. 37.2°C, 25 July
Worpswede (Germany) max. 37.2°C, 25 July
Bevern (Germany) max. 37.2°C, 25 July
Sandberg (Germany) max. 37.1°C, 25 July
Harzburg (Germany) max. 37.1°C, 25 July
Deuselbach (Germany) max. 37.1°C, 25 July
Konstanz (Germany) max. 36.9°C, 25 July
Kall-Sistig (Germany) max. 36.8°C, 25 July
Eslohe (Germany) max. 36.7°C, 25 July
Pirmasens (Germany) max. 36.6°C, 25 July
Simmern (Germany) max. 36.5°C, 25 July
Marienberg (Germany) max. 34.8°C, 25 July
Fichtelberg (Germany) max. 34.5°C, 25 July
Wernigerode (Germany) max. 33.9°C, 25 July
Braunlage (Germany) max. 33.9°C, 25 July
Kleiner Feldberg (Germany) max. 33.4°C, 25 July
Wasserkuppe (Germany) max. 33.0°C, 25 July
Kahler Asten (Germany) max. 31.9°C, 25 July
Schmucke (Germany) max. 31.6°C, 25 July
Brocken (Germany) max. 29.7°C, 25 July
Cambridge (United Kingdom) max. 38.7°C, 25 July: New national record high for United Kingdom
Oxford (United Kingdom) max. 36.5°C, 25 July
Manchester (United Kingdom) max. 35.7°C, 25 July
Benson (United Kingdom) max. 37.0°C, 25 July
Nottingham (United Kingdom) max. 36.1°C, 25 July
Wittering (United Kingdom) max. 36.7°C, 25 July
Rothamsted (United Kingdom) max. 36.6°C, 25 July
Marham (United Kingdom) max. 36.5°C, 25 July
Cranwell (United Kingdom) max. 36.3°C, 25 July
Holbeach (United Kingdom) max. 36.1°C, 25 July
Langdon Bay (United Kingdom) max. 35.9°C, 25 July
Manston (United Kingdom) max. 35.5°C, 25 July
Scampton (United Kingdom) max. 35.1°C, 25 July
Waddington (United Kingdom) max. 35.1°C, 25 July
Herstmonceaux (United Kingdom) max. 35.0°C, 25 July
Linton On Ouse (United Kingdom) max. 34.8°C,25 July
Leeming (United Kingdom) max. 34.5°C,  25 July
Mildenhall (United Kingdom) max. 37.1°C, 25 July
Stansted (United Kingdom) max. 37.2°C, 25 July
Cranfield (United Kingdom) max. 35.6°C, 25 July
Luton (United Kingdom) max. 37.0°C, 25 July
Carlisle (United Kingdom) max. 32.4°C, 25 July
Edinburgh (United Kingdom) max. 31.6°C, 25 July
Volkel (Netherlands) max. 40.1°C, 26 July
Amsterdam (Netherlands) max. 36.4°C, 26 July\
Sauda (Norway) max. 34.6°C, 26 July
Bergen (Norway) max. 33.4°C, 26 July
Namsskogan (Norway) max. 34.4°C, 26 July
Haugesund (Norway) max. 31.2°C, 26 July
Slatteroy (Norway) max. 30.9°C, 26 July
Sogndal (Norway) max. 30.0 °C, 26 July
Vidsel (Sweden) max. 33.6°C, 26 July
Overkalix-Svartbyn (Sweden) max. 34.3°C, 26 July
Pello (Finland) max. 32.0°C, 26 July
Laksfors (Norway) max. 35.6°C, 27 July
Namsos (Norway) max. 33.9°C, 27 July
Mo I Rana (Norway) max. 33.0°C, 27 July
Bronnoysund (Norway) max. 32.1°C, 27 July
Sandnessjoen (Norway) max. 31.8°C, 27 July
Bodo (Norway) max. 30.7°C, 27 July
Takle (Norway) max. 30.5°C, 27 July
Alvsbyn (Sweden) max. 34.2°C, 27 July
Haparanda (Sweden) max. 33.6°C, 27 July
Kvikkjokk (Sweden) max. 33.1°C, 27 July
Gunnarn (Sweden) max. 33.0°C, 27 July
Nattavaara (Sweden) max. 32.3°C, 27 July
Norsjo (Sweden) max. 32.2°C, 27 July
Vilhemina (Sweden) max. 31.2°C, 27 July
Ullensvang (Norway) max. 33.5°C, 28 July
Orland (Norway) max. 32.4°C, 28 July
Sognefjell (Norway) max. 21.1°C, 28 July
Helsinki Kaisaniemi (Finland) max. 33.2°C, 28 July
Helsinki Malmi (Finland) max. 33.2°C, 28 July
Helsinki Kumpula (Finland) max. 33.1°C, 28 July
Salo (Finland) max. 33.2°C, 28 July
Yltoinen (Finland) max. 33.2°C, 28 July
Porvoo (Finland) max. 33.7°C, 28 July
Kokemaki (Finland) max. 33.0°C, 28 July
Jomala (Finland) max. 31.6°C, 28 July
Lohja (Finland) max. 31.7°C, 28 July
Hokuto (Japan) max.  33.6°C, 31 July

 (Courtesy of Maximiliano Herrera)

Figure 1. The sixteen nations (white labels) and territories (purple labels) that set all-time record highs by August 13, 2019. The record from Wake Island, set on August 15, is not included. Image credit: weather.com.

There were no monthly all-time record low minimums reported among major stations.

Let me emphasize (using the same word again in the title of this post) here that this long list would probably not have occurred unless the globe ticked up from an average of +1.1°C to about +1.2°C above preindustrial conditions over last year in July due to carbon pollution. According to NOAA:
“The July temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was +1.71°F (+1.2°C) above the 20th century average of 60.4°F and was the highest for July in the 1880–2019 record. July 2019 bested the previous record—set in 2016—by 0.05°F. “

Want to see another long list, this time of the effects that just +1.2C above preindustrial conditions can bring? Here is one from The Financial Times:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/living-hottest-month-earth-recorded-140959511.html

Just take a look at some of the examples of what happened last month.

Belgium

• Trains were disrupted.
• Ozone pollution peaked.
• A zoo fed tigers iced chickens and bears iced watermelon to keep them safe.
• The country’s all-time high was recorded in Kleine-Brogel at 39.9°C (104°F), higher than the previous record of 38.8°C set in June 1947.

China

• More than 500,000 suffered from widespread droughts.
• Cases of heatstroke spiked in Shanghai.
• Electricity consumption shot to new highs in many cities in Guangdong province.
• Record-setting highs were registered in a dozen cities, including Beijing and Chongqing.

France

• Paris was on red alert (link in French).
• Residents were asked to look out (link in French) for vulnerable elderly.
• A nuclear power plant suffered an outage.
• At least five people died because of the heatwave.

Germany

• The Rhine’s water levels dropped, causing disruption for river traffic.
• The Danube’s water levels fell, stranding ships.
• The country hit an all-time high of 40.5°C in Geilenkirchen.

Greenland

• The country’s ice sheets are melting at a rate projected by pessimistic climate models to happen in 2070.

India

• Chennai, a city of 9 million, ran out of water.
• The country’s monsoon rains were weaker than normal.
• Delhi extended school vacations.

Japan

• At least 11 people died because of the heatwave.

The Netherlands

• The country reached an all-time high of 39.2°C near Breda, exceeding the previous high of 38.6°C set in August 1944.

Norway

• Norway recorded an all-time high at 35.6°C, equaling a record set in 1970.

Portugal

• Wildfires were ablaze in central Portugal and the Algrave.

Russia

• The country declared an emergency (paywall) after it couldn’t bring huge swathes of wildfires in Siberia under control.

Spain

• Villages near Madrid were evacuated because of wildfires.

The UK

• Planes were canceled.
• Trains were delayed.
• People fought over access to an outdoor pool.
• The country’s all-time high was broken, reaching 38.7°C in Cambridge.

The US

• 128 million people were given excessive heat warnings.
• 70,000 homes and businesses in New York suffered a power outage.
• All-time high temperature records were set in six places.
• The heatwaves caused at least six deaths.
• Wildfires raged in Alaska.

All this happened with a global average temperature rise of about 1°C compared to the pre-industrial period. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that, at current trajectory, the world will warm between 3°C and 4°C by 2100.

Warning signs from long lists are out, and sirens to do something are now blaring. If +1.2°C is this bad just imagine a world in which averages are well above +2.0°C above preindustrial conditions. Let’s all heed these, putting pressure on politicians to pass laws to reign in carbon pollution.

2019 has been a year of climate extremes…with plenty left to go. A quick highlight reel…so far. pic.twitter.com/LbHtDNL5DF

— Randall Gates (@rgatess) August 18, 2019

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Here is more climate and weather news from Sunday:

(As usual, this will be a fluid post in which more information gets added during the day as it crosses my radar, crediting all who have put it on-line. Items will be archived on this site for posterity. In most instances click on the pictures of each tweet to see each article.)

Pretty incredible deviation from the normal. https://t.co/0aEtEnRxCS

— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) August 18, 2019

The climate crisis is real, and so are climate anxiety and grief.
I think it's the uncertainty. We know disasters will come, but we don't know when or where. We know species will die, but we don't know when or which ones. Living on a dying planet is hard.https://t.co/iTKVTSKQUT

— Alexandria Villaseñor (@AlexandriaV2005) August 18, 2019

Nice explainer: Voyage of discovery in #Greenland

"Greenland contains enough ice to make world sea levels rise by 6m if it were all to melt. In a single day this month, it lost a record 12.5 billion tonnes by one estimate."#ClimateEmergency #PIF2019 https://t.co/Zonc97lW4c

— Prof Peter Strachan (@ProfStrachan) August 18, 2019

#SundayAfternoon Reading – There's new bills, and new emphasis on ways to #pricecarbon. It's the most equitable way for households and #business to work real solutions to bringing down #emissions. Here's a piece worth reviewing as we comes out of the summer of #climateemergency. https://t.co/yaiYD7Yc41

— Silicon Valley North (@CCLSVN) August 18, 2019

Many children today will live to see the year 2100, and we will get to see the results of our changes, or the consequences of our inaction.

Should the climate crisis go unaddressed, wars caused by mass migration & starvation could wipe our species out.

Our politicians must act.

— Edgar McGregor 🌴 (@edgarrmcgregor) August 18, 2019

To be clear, take the fossil fuel industry-funded disinformation campaign out of the equation & the climate problem would have been solved decades ago. So don't tell me the problem is hopelessly complicated. Our politics may be hopefully compromised-but that's different matter.

— Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) August 18, 2019

Heat stress is killing Alaskan salmon in large numbershttps://t.co/BSDs9qlXXd @r_prior

Scientists counted 850 dead unspawned salmon … although they estimated the total was likely 4-10 times larger

Die-offs of several varieties observed, including sockeye, chum & pink salmon

— #ClimateJustice (@ClimateLitigate) August 18, 2019

“George Luber, an epidemiologist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is the latest of a string of federal scientists working on climate change who say that they have been silenced, sidelined or demoted.” https://t.co/yIQ44VY5Wt

— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) August 18, 2019

The future is here, and there is no room for coal. Natural gas will be the next to go. And Now, the Really Big Coal Plants Begin to Close https://t.co/Eb8gyk46uA via @sciam

— Robert Howarth (@howarth_cornell) August 17, 2019

"We have entered an era of rapidly accelerating species extinction & are facing the irreversible loss of plant & animal species, habitats & vital crops, while coming face to face with horrific impacts of global #ClimateChange"#ClimateEmergency #ActNow https://t.co/3sknSBEANN

— Prof Peter Strachan (@ProfStrachan) August 18, 2019

#SundayMorning Reading – For #health we must #ActonClimate: "For some, it’s more than concern for the very large carbon footprint, it’s an existential fear." Op-Ed: Is the #climatecrisis affecting our mental health? https://t.co/0kTmdwLOVW

— Silicon Valley North (@CCLSVN) August 18, 2019

Across large swaths of the planet, it's beginning to get too hot for outdoor sports. Not the worst effect of the climate crisis, but it starts to rob life of one of its real pleasures. https://t.co/8DaGfTm42e

— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) August 18, 2019

So for comparison, Kodiak having an average temp of 73F is the climate equivalent to having an average daily temperature on Aug 16 of
Oklahoma City: 108F
New York City: 101F
Ashville: 92F@windbarb @DekeArndt @WeatherProf @Climatologist49

— Rick Thoman (@AlaskaWx) August 18, 2019

https://twitter.com/Planetary_Sec/status/1163191845683417091?s=20

Here is my good news for the day – will Delmarva (DE/MD/VA) @wboc be the first all-solar-powered TV station in the US? https://t.co/MVGkeIbT5L

— Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) August 18, 2019

COOKING UP MORE DENIAL

Why did the Trump administration try to bury a #climate study on … rice? https://t.co/bPH0yqYnhl via @grist @freshnewengland @CLIMATEMAMA @CivilEats @bigal953 @greennomad61 @everyhumanknows @ayathmadw @UNYouthEnvoy @estherclimate @PrincessBravato pic.twitter.com/h3jVXtRqZ5

— Allan Margolin (@AllanMargolin) August 18, 2019

Tesla pitches a #SOLAR rental program to boost its #RENEWABLE energy business https://t.co/1KSZutOaPa #GPWX

— Tim Melino (@TimMelino) August 18, 2019

The midwest will eventually collapse – THE END OF 1 Climate CHAPTER in America History – But wait. this is just the Beginning 😊😊🥳Records are falling — not the good ones — and the Corn Belt is facing an unsettling new normal in 2019.https://t.co/al7qMXGmgp

— Caribbean disaster (@BagalueSunab) August 18, 2019

https://t.co/6W8eggmnyu @politico @AP @Newsweek @nytimes @Reuters @MSNBC @NickRiccardi @USATODAY @TwitterNews @MariaTeresa1 @Salon @WSJ @CNN

— monty montgomery (@3montMonty) August 18, 2019

How vulnerable are we? Mapping climate change in India

Regional highlights including:
-declining wheat yield in Punjab
-millions displaced in coastal areas
-severe droughts in Rajasthan#ClimateCrisis #India #drought #agriculture #foodsecurity #heathttps://t.co/bapSxc0C4H

— Jim Baird (@JimBair62221006) August 18, 2019

"The president and his Interior Department undermine the landmark #EndangeredSpeciesAct in the service of #energy dominance.” — @nytopinion https://t.co/wB19WBu50C

— John Morales (@JohnMoralesNBC6) August 18, 2019

"What we do over the next 10 years will determine the future of humanity for the next 10,000 years. There is no major centre in the world that would be focused on this one big issue,"

The 1st thing we should do is stop subsidising fossil fuels!#Climate https://t.co/xCxIVabAiY

— Paul Dawson (@PaulEDawson) August 18, 2019

2019 is the 2nd warmest January through July period on record since at least 1880. The Arctic has observed the largest temperature anomalies.

+ Data from @NASAGISS (GISTEMP): https://t.co/iLwUxs5LZY
+ Graphic by https://t.co/ZTndADSk5W pic.twitter.com/gvwcKWfJFK

— Zack Labe (@ZLabe) August 19, 2019

"Hong Kong's freedoms are vitally important—and so is its climate" by Charlie Smith (@charliesmithvcr) for The @GeorgiaStraight: https://t.co/bz0KImQ3fa

— Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) August 18, 2019

A particularly informative map of the forecast heat wave conditions as a function of location. Kudos to NWS for this! @NWSDirector @NWSTucson @CLCastro1974 @markalbrightwx @DrShepherd2013 pic.twitter.com/lK1DChFZcV

— Roger A. Pielke Sr (@RogerAPielkeSr) August 18, 2019

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