Category Archives: climate change

California ‘Weather Whiplash’ And Climate Change — Rain

January 14, 2023

Rain and wind this Saturday morning here in California’s Central Valley — a familiar story for weeks now — and an even-bigger storm is expected later today. Forecasts call for a kind of letting-up respite…

Weather Future As Now — ‘We Are Already Experiencing The Devastating Consequences Of Our Warming World’

January 10, 2023

(Artwork: ‘The Deluge,’ by Bill Russell, and found here). Quickly-darkening skies from the west this Tuesday morning here in California’s Central Valley as we await another deluge in a seemingly endless series of rainstorms to…

Rain (Yes, Again) — ‘Human-Caused Climate Change Is An Extreme Disruption Of The Earth System’

January 9, 2023

Rain and more rain made wet-worse by swirling wind — a set pattern this mid-morning Monday here in California’s Central Valley. The seemingly never-ending storms continue unabated and are part of our natural future days.…

Climate Anxiety: ‘Most Worrying Thing About This Is That – Such Is The Speed Of Global Heating – It Simply Isn’t A Surprise Any Longer’

January 2, 2023

(Illustration found here.) Drizzling rain and cold this early-evening Monday here in California’s Central Valley as wet weather continues on into the new year — we set rainfall records on Friday and Saturday for my…

Global Warming Continues Even In The Midst Of A Horrid Winter Storm — Next Year The Heat Will Be Worse

December 24, 2022

Thick, cold fog this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — yet better off than a sizeable chuck of the US right now. A frozen bomb has put millions of Americans in the dark,…

Climate Change Timeline: Less Than A Decade To Clean Up This Emissions Shit — ‘How Do We Explain That To Our Kids?’

November 11, 2022

Darkly overcast this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — chilly, too, which is just a reminder of winter coming quickly toward us. And with DST gone, the day becomes night real quickly, almost…

Nancy Pelosi: A Rose In Egypt

November 10, 2022

Another sunshine-splashed morning here in California’s Central Valley — weather on a Thursday in a week of excitement and suspense — a nice environment right now, but soon due to accelerating climate change becoming not…

Climate Change Reality — ‘The Things Americans Value Most Are At Risk’

November 7, 2022

Splashy sunshine on a late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley — a nice turnaround from drizzling rain this morning. Tomorrow now is just an evening away. We’re forecast for more rain on election day,…

Climate-Change Warning: Earth In ‘Code Red’ As ‘Climate Change Is At The Door And Pounding Hard’

October 26, 2022

Chilly with increasing sunshine here in California’s Central Valley this near-noon Wednesday. It should play out as another nifty autumn day as we approach the darkening gloom of winter in just a few short weeks.…