Thursday, March 20, 2025

More Than 150 'unprecedented' Climate Disasters Struck World

Floods, heatwaves and supercharged hurricanes occurred in hottest climate human society has ever experienced

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This is the new version of climate denial, ala the Trump Administration: Oh, we admit that climate change IS real, but it's just an unavoidable consequence of modern society and tough luck, everyone, just suck it up because we're not going to do anything about it. www.reuters.com/business/ene ...

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-- Peter Gleick (@petergleick.bsky.social) March 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM

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... The devastating impacts of the climate crisis reached new heights in 2024, with scores of unprecedented heatwaves, floods and storms across the globe, according to the UN's World Meteorological Organization.

The WMO's report on 2024, the hottest year on record, sets out a trail of destruction from extreme weather that took lives, demolished buildings and ravaged vital crops. More than 800,000 people were displaced and made homeless, the highest yearly number since records began in 2008.

The report lists 151 unprecedented extreme weather events in 2024, meaning they were worse than any ever recorded in the region. Heatwaves in Japan left hundreds of thousands of people struck down by heatstroke. Soaring temperatures during heatwaves peaked at 49.9C at Carnarvon in Western Australia, 49.7C in the city of Tabas in Iran, and 48.5C in a nationwide heatwave in Mali. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-20 12:49 AM

Nothing compared to the toxic fumes created by the left burning clean energy EVs.

#2 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-03-20 02:09 PM

Fishpaw is the specific type of moron who thinks volcanoes spew more CO2 than cars.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-20 02:11 PM

Nothing compared to the toxic fumes created by the left burning clean energy EVs.

#2 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-03-20 02:09 PM | Reply

Is this "left" in the room with you right now?

Can you describe it coherently?

Do we need to call someone to check up on you?

Do you have insurance for the weewoo wagon?

#4 | Posted by billy_boy at 2025-03-20 07:19 PM

Nothing compared to the toxic fumes created by the left burning clean energy EVs.

There are no toxic fumes emitted by EVs unless they're burning. Unless you buy a Tesla, you're probably cool on that score.

Meanwhile, back to reality.

Over 16 billion tons of Co2 were pumped into the atmosphere in 2024. The majority from fossil fuels.

You can play "DumbF False Equivalency" all you want. We have a serious consequences from Anthropogenic Climate Change which won't be erased by willful ignorance.

#5 | Posted by zarnon at 2025-03-21 02:04 AM

Unprecedented? So such as these have never happened ever before? BS!

#6 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-03-21 03:07 PM

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