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2024 European State of the Climate (ESOTC) report

Key messages:
a)
#Europe experienced its warmest year, with the second highest number of heat stress days and tropical nights, on record.

b)
The area of Europe experiencing days with temperatures below freezing is decreasing, with the year seeing the largest area on record with fewer than three months (90 days) of frost days. The number of ‘cold stress days’ was the lowest on record.

c)
For the European region and for the Mediterranean Sea, the annual sea surface temperature was the highest on record. It was also the warmest year on record for European lakes.

d)
#Glaciers in #Scandinavia and #Svalbard saw their highest recorded annual rates of mass loss. They also saw the largest mass loss of any #glacier region globally.

e)
Western Europe saw one of the ten wettest years on record and Europe experienced the most widespread #flooding since 2013.

f)
The year saw a record proportion of electricity generation by renewables, at 45%

climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/20

Report (PDF):
climate.copernicus.eu/sites/de

#ClimateScience
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateChange
#ExtremWeather
#Copernicus

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And why would Trump care about lobsters?

""Fossil fuel-driven climate change is intensifying #HeatWaves, #flooding and other #ExtremeWeather events. Waters in the #GulfOfMaine are warming faster than nearly every other swath of ocean on the planet, threatening the future of the state’s signature #lobster industry and other #fisheries "

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kolektiva.socialDoomsdaysCW (@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social)Senator #AngusKing fumes at #ClimateChange being nixed from annual threat assessment Chris D’Angelo for The Maine Monitor April 8, 2025 "#Maine has been described as a 'climate haven,' [the same for #Vermont] a place expected to remain relatively sheltered from the most extreme and dangerous impacts of global climate change. But the #PineTreeState is far from immune. "Fossil fuel-driven climate change is intensifying #HeatWaves, #flooding and other #ExtremeWeather events. Waters in the #GulfOfMaine are warming faster than nearly every other swath of ocean on the planet, threatening the future of the state’s signature #lobster industry and other #fisheries. "Sea levels here are forecast to rise approximately 4 feet by the end of the century, forcing coastal communities, shipyards and military installations to prepare and adapt. " 'This is a guaranteed threat,' said #AmyEshoo, director of #MaineClimateActionNow. 'It’s not one we can negotiate with. It’s not one that we can put #tariffs on. It’s not one we can go to the table with. We unleashed it. It’s here. We’re feeling its effects. Maine is definitely feeling them.' " Read more: https://mainebeacon.com/sen-king-fumes-at-climate-change-being-nixed-from-annual-threat-assessment/ #MaineWx #ClimateCatastrophe #SeaLevelRise #SenatorAngusKing

Senator #AngusKing fumes at #ClimateChange being nixed from annual threat assessment

Chris D’Angelo for The Maine Monitor April 8, 2025

"#Maine has been described as a 'climate haven,' [the same for #Vermont] a place expected to remain relatively sheltered from the most extreme and dangerous impacts of global climate change. But the #PineTreeState is far from immune.

"Fossil fuel-driven climate change is intensifying #HeatWaves, #flooding and other #ExtremeWeather events. Waters in the #GulfOfMaine are warming faster than nearly every other swath of ocean on the planet, threatening the future of the state’s signature #lobster industry and other #fisheries.

"Sea levels here are forecast to rise approximately 4 feet by the end of the century, forcing coastal communities, shipyards and military installations to prepare and adapt.

" 'This is a guaranteed threat,' said #AmyEshoo, director of #MaineClimateActionNow. 'It’s not one we can negotiate with. It’s not one that we can put #tariffs on. It’s not one we can go to the table with. We unleashed it. It’s here. We’re feeling its effects. Maine is definitely feeling them.' "

Read more:
mainebeacon.com/sen-king-fumes

Maine Beacon - A project of the Maine People's Alliance · Sen. King fumes at climate change being nixed from annual threat assessment - Maine BeaconMaine has been described as a “climate haven,” a place expected to remain relatively sheltered from the most extreme and dangerous impacts of global climate change. But the Pine Tree State is far from immune. Fossil fuel-driven climate change is intensifying heat waves, flooding and other extreme weather events. Waters in the Gulf of Maine

🎉 Wow, who knew "real-time" meant sending a flood of #HTML every 200ms 🚰💥? Forget #ClojureScript, who needs #JavaScript at all when you can just bombard your #browser with raw #data from the server! 🏋️‍♂️💻 It's like solving a Rubik's Cube by painting over the squares instead of twisting them. 📦🙄
andersmurphy.com/2025/04/07/cl #real-time #web #flooding #performance #HackerNews #ngated

andersmurphy.comClojure: Realtime collaborative web apps without ClojureScriptA blog mostly about Clojure programming

Africa: Africa's Refugee Camps Are Plagued By Flooding - We Looked Into Drainage Systems That Can Withstand Local Conditions: [The Conversation Africa] Almost one million people live in 24 camps for refugees and internally displaced people in Ethiopia. They have fled wars and massacres in South Sudan and Somalia, and forced conscription and government oppression in Eritrea. newsfeed.facilit8.network/TK43 #Refugees #Ethiopia #HumanRights #Displacement #Flooding