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Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts) Fri Mar 18, 2016, 11:34 AM Mar 2016

Beyond Record Hot – “Shocking and Strange” [View all]

Beyond Record Hot – “Shocking and Strange”

Major media continue to pick up`on our current global temp spike.
Scientists struggling to describe strange new landscape.

Seth Borenstein, Associated Press:

Earth got so hot last month that federal scientists struggled to find words, describing temperatures as “astronomical,” ”staggering” and “strange.” They warned that the climate may have moved into a new and hotter neighborhood.

This was not just another of the drumbeat of 10 straight broken monthly global heat records, triggered by a super El Nino and man-made global warming. February 2016 obliterated old marks by such a margin that it was the most above-normal month since meteorologists started keeping track in 1880, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Much more at the link.

We may have turned the corner and stepped into a nightmare from which there is no going back.

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Beyond Record Hot – “Shocking and Strange” [View all] Binkie The Clown Mar 2016 OP

This is why I find our current political process and situation so funny. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #1

It's really "Titanic Underground" here -- bitter fights over deck-chair arrangements.... nt villager Mar 2016 #2

but not to worry, there is a nice quintet set up to play music while we sink. Javaman Mar 2016 #7

I prefer a circle. Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #8

Come to Canada! robbob Mar 2016 #6

That's a good way to describe it. yardwork Mar 2016 #13

"...literally burning to death, slowly." Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #33

Tipping point has been passed n/t n2doc Mar 2016 #3

1% is fiddling while Earth burns felix_numinous Mar 2016 #4

We are all going to be bitterly disappointed... Moostache Mar 2016 #21

Sadly, Delphinus Mar 2016 #36

THIS: dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #25

uh oh FreshStart1 Mar 2016 #5

Bernie has tied it all together. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #9

What does Wall Street say? jalan48 Mar 2016 #10

Found a tick on me in Wisconsin early this week AllyCat Mar 2016 #11

I know the plural of anecdote is not evidence, wouldsman Mar 2016 #19

We've never seen chigger populations this bad Duppers Mar 2016 #23

Very frightening indeed. blondie58 Mar 2016 #12

This is starting to fill the definition of runaway global warming. n/t. airplaneman Mar 2016 #14

Here we go. Into... zentrum Mar 2016 #15

Here is a graphic airplaneman Mar 2016 #16

Terrifying. nt Lorien Mar 2016 #30

Yeah, we stepped in it alright... n/t Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #17

Why this isn't seen as the only real issue of our time . . . Richard D Mar 2016 #18

one word - Conservatives NoMoreRepugs Mar 2016 #20

Puzzles me, too deutsey Mar 2016 #22

Same here. Duppers Mar 2016 #24

Greed and denial Lorien Mar 2016 #29

To acknowledge its severity would require the admission that the only way to address it GliderGuider Mar 2016 #38

And the Repubes remain in total denial AxionExcel Mar 2016 #26

Count on it Fairgo Mar 2016 #27

We have only one chance to slow this down Lorien Mar 2016 #28

And when one region after another becomes uninhabitable the deniers will all say: Binkie The Clown Mar 2016 #31

City water utility prices are rising very fast. Like 10% each year now in Texas. Even affluent DhhD Mar 2016 #32

Lawns in general need to come to a stop. NickB79 Mar 2016 #35

^^^This^^^ I wish my HOA would realize this... truebrit71 Mar 2016 #39

We needed to do something massive about this in 2008 Hydra Mar 2016 #34

"Shocking"? In what possible sense could this be considered "shocking"? hatrack Mar 2016 #37