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Published: October 12, 2026 12:34

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 12, 2026 ~ Last February. "accurate projections of when global warming will exceed the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C threshold are essential for effective climate policy. Existing estimates place this exceedance in the early…

Published: October 12, 2026 12:28

Your 'doom quote' for today: "The current strategy ... is to 'flood the zone with shit.'" https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/when-it-all-burns-fighting-fire-in-a-transformed-world_jordan-thomas/53699315/item/87751072/

Published: October 11, 2026 22:45

My latest on Substack. "The first truth about climate metaphors is that no metaphor exists that fully encapsulates how fucked everything is. Yes, the doomsday glacier is a ticking time bomb and the oceans are boiling, but what about coral tipping, what…

Published: October 11, 2026 12:52

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 11, 2026 ~ Predicaments have outcomes. "To be included on the list, threats not only had to potentially cause a high number of lost healthy years, but also to have potential solutions." …

Published: October 11, 2026 12:35

Your 'doom quote' for today: "There are very severe limits on the extent to which we can predict the future, and that goes also as well for people, who rightly, lean into the likelihood that we're now on a societal collapse trajectory." …

Published: October 11, 2026 12:21

The rate of methane growth continues its decline towards pre-pandemic levels, with the impact of Covid-19 on methane lifespan showing up very clearly. Google it! Brightspot -- the ESAS/Permafrost methane bomb is not going off ... yet. Stay tuned!

Published: October 10, 2026 15:25

Tides in Santa Barbara are running 1-2 feet above predicted levels. Why? Thermal expansion due to record ocean temperatures, the Kelvin waves from the current El Nino and tropical storm Rachel. Interesting times are getting even more interesting. …

Published: October 10, 2026 15:17

The more you know. Yesterday marked the 130th consecutive day of record global sea-surface temperatures, with yesterday's temperature 0.21°C warmer than the previous record for October 9th, set way back in 2023. The Climate Casino is taking the OVER on…

Published: October 10, 2026 12:31

Global surface temperatures can be quite volatile, but it's worth noting that October 6, 7 and 8 each set a new record for the highest global temperature on that day since records began in 1940. If you like records, there will a lot more record hottest…

Published: October 10, 2026 12:13

Your 'moment of hope porn' for Oct. 10, 2026 ~ if? "Learning about the complexity of climate emergency can feel overwhelming. While we have climate solutions, implementing those solutions if often muddled with bureaucracy, politics, and diverse public…

Published: October 9, 2026 12:55

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 9, 2026 ~ If? Could? "If AI agents escape super-secure environments to release dangerous toxins, or destroy critical water, electricity, transportation, or health infrastructure, AI companies... could be on the hook" …

Published: October 9, 2026 12:35

Breaking News! Code Yikes! As of Oct. 8, Antarctic sea-ice extent is more than 4.5 standard deviations below the 1991-2020 daily mean, ranking second lowest for the day behind Oct. 8, 2023. Data: https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/vishop/#/extent

Published: October 9, 2026 12:18

Your 'doom quote' for today: "We grieve for when we could enjoy a beautiful landscape and not wonder about the suffering and loss of its wildlife." https://jembendell.com/2026/10/04/what-we-grieve-incanting-50-shades-of-grief/

Published: October 8, 2026 17:52

According to the Climate 8-Ball, there is a 16% chance of doom by 2030, a 51% chance of doom by 2050 and an 87% chance of doom by 2100. The most likely source of doom is AI. The Climate 8-Ball informed me that it is not answering any questions about this…

Published: October 8, 2026 15:16

As of October 7, the preliminary Niño 3.4 sea-surface temperature once again rose above 30.0°C. Below is a graph showing a timeline for the Niño 3.4 SST for every day from January 1, 1982 through yesterday. The Climate 8-Ball is busy calculating…

Published: October 8, 2026 11:47

Your 'doom quote' for today: "A wait-and-see approach would likely commit the world to even faster climate change that would take centuries to reverse--extending the unplanned and unregulated experiment with the atmosphere that is already underway."…

Published: October 8, 2026 11:37

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 8, 2026 ~ Moloch! "A natural rainforest shouldn’t burn. It’s too wet. So even the fact that we create and see these fires that spread into the Amazon is already some kind of tipping point." …

Published: October 8, 2026 11:16

The latest CFSv2 plume for El Niño as of October 7th shows that this El Niño has about a 90% chance to persist into May, 2027 And I don't understand how any model run could show less than 3.4°C for November, unless some magic unicorn comes along.

Published: October 7, 2026 12:03

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 7, 2026 ~ Techno-optimists "are 23% less likely to sign petitions or take part in protests than peers who doubt that technology is the answer. They are also 18% less likely to make high-impact lifestyle changes ..." …

Published: October 6, 2026 15:11

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! For the first time in recorded history, the Niño 3.4 sea-surface temperature (SST) is above 30.0°C, reaching a preliminary SST of 30.06°C on October 5th. The Niño 3.4 SST anomaly is now 3.41°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. …

Published: October 6, 2026 14:51

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: Getting closer. "It's strange to live through these hot days, watching our leaders fail us and the media barely mention what's happening. Lately, newspapers offer mere hints that something is amiss on our planet." …

Published: October 6, 2026 11:45

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 6, 2026 ~ Edible hat alert! "I'm on the record saying I'll eat my hat if this doesn't materialize, which again, stay tuned on that one." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41XT3C4ajhM

Published: October 6, 2026 11:21

As the reflectivity (albedo) of Earth continues to set new record lows, more of the incoming solar radiation is absorbed by the Earth system, increasing the amount of energy available to heat the oceans, atmosphere, and land, and to melt ice.

Published: October 6, 2026 11:04

Your 'doom quote' for today: "... maybe the vast majority of humans are truly doomed. While it's a fringe position, we've even heard some of the left urging us to welcome that end, to give the planet a chance to recover." …

Published: October 5, 2026 13:00

Breaking News! The latest ECMWF forecast for October continues to show the Niño 3.4 sea-surface temperature peaking around 4.0°C above the 1991-2020 average in December, with a strong El Niño lasting into Spring. The current Nino 3.4 anomaly is 3.3°C. …

Published: October 5, 2026 12:52

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 5, 2026 ~ That's why. "The hosts of the next major United Nations climate conference, Turkey and Australia, are facing criticism for being partners in a coal supply chain while remaining near silent on the need for a global…

Published: October 5, 2026 12:36

Your 'doom quote' for today: "Human communities and human activities in general are ecophagic: they devour the ecosystem. Human communities and activities generate and excrete toxic wastes and oncometabolites as do malignant neoplasms." …

Published: October 4, 2026 23:05

Fortunately, 'pneumonic plague' was on my bingo card for 2026. "Patients with pneumonic plague develop fever, headache, weakness and and a rapidly developing pneumonia with shortness of breath, chest pain, cough, and sometimes bloody or watery mucous..." …

Published: October 4, 2026 12:47

our 'moment of doom' for Oct. 4, 2026 ~ Fountain alert! "But experts say the severity and duration of this year’s fall heatwave is extreme, and likely to become more common in the future as the climate crisis nudges global temperatures higher." …