Category Archives: climate change

California Soak: ‘Like Rain It Sounded Till It Curved’

February 3, 2024

Low, thick, gray clouds and cold air this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley – once again we’re awaiting another ‘atmospheric river‘ (AR) to come crashing onto us, bringing rain and more rain. Expected…

Greenland Ice Melting Faster Than Figured — Climate Change Is Here!

January 17, 2024

(Image/illustration found here.) Sunshine and seemingly not-so-chilled wind this Wednesday afternoon here in California’s Central Valley — a respite from the cold rain and fog we’ve been experiencing the last month of so. Despite the…

NASA Director On 2023 As Hottest Year Ever: Way-Worse Than, ‘Oh My Gosh, Another Warm Year’

January 13, 2024

A wet-gray and cold late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley. Although kind of nasty outside, it’s nothing compared to a giant chunk of the US right now, from super-freezing snow storms in the midwest…

Quickly-Approaching Climate-Change Catastrophe: ‘A Failure Of Leadership’ (And The Rich!)

November 20, 2023

As we start Thanksgiving week this Monday morning in the US, the world is on the edge of shit-storming climate change seemingly barreling out of control without much reactions — UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns:…

September Hottest Month Ever — ‘Absolutely Gobsmackingly Bananas’

October 6, 2023

Bright sunshine coupled with temperatures in the high 90s this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley as we’re apparently experiencing a seemingly out-of-the-blue shot of summer for the next couple of days — after…

Time Melting Away For Global-Warming Action — UN Climate Mini-Summit Last Week Saw ‘Biggest Emitters Were Noticeably Absent From The Stage’

September 24, 2023

Another bright end to another weekend this early-evening Sunday here in California’s Central Valley — we’ve been fortunate beyond belief the past few weeks as storms struck right, left and all across the globe. Still,…

New Environmental Study — ‘Earth Is Now Well Outside Of The Safe Operating Space For Humanity’

September 13, 2023

Comfortable warmth in bright sunshine this late-afternoon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — a nice niche point on livable weather on a livable planet. However, maybe not for long. A new, scary study/assessment published…

Time Break For Climate Change — Hot Is Just Going To Get Hotter

September 8, 2023

Bright sunshine with comfortable temperatures a few minutes past the noon hour Friday here in California’s Central Valley — again, a nice ending to a rather nice work week as we stagger into the autumn…

Earth Just Experienced ‘The Hottest Summer On Record’ — Duh!

September 6, 2023

Lazy-warm late-afternoon Wednesday here in California’s Central Valley — despite boiling-like scorching temperatures just about worldwide (especially tight now in the Eastern US), we’re experiencing a cooler-than-normal summer-into-fall transition, and it’s nice. Although our situation…