A list of notes on the chaos in the NOAA from the Live Chat by Weather West (Dr. Daniel Swain):
Staff in the Sacramento NWS office is critically understaffed. Monterey office has lost people and are understaffed. Weather balloons to gather vital info twice a day are not being launched due to understaffing, which will degrade weather forecasting. In Canduca (sp?) Kentucky the building of the weather office cannot pay for backed up toilets and all maintenance has been fired. Plus, it forced staff to use an outside porta potty in an active hurricane warning. Hazardous wastes trained staff have been fired and now offices have been shut down due to no one being able to safely dispose of the waste. Some staff have been fired 3x with the firings and rehiring. US global change research program on observed and expected impact of climate change report--the company doing the report were fired, even though it was congressionally mandated.
At 4 PM (on 4/14/25) Weather West (Dr. Daniel Swain) is discussing the impacts of the destruction of the National Oceanographic Atmospheric Association and the National Weather Service.
#CAwx #CaliforniaWeather #NOAA #NWW #WeatherForecasts #ExtremeWeather #NorCalWx #Weather
Climate crisis has tripled length of deadly ocean heatwaves, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/14/climate-crisis-has-tripled-length-of-deadly-ocean-heatwaves-study-finds #Extremeweather #Climatecrisis #Environment #Marinelife #Worldnews #Wildlife #Oceans
Companies will still face pressure to manage for climate change, even as government rolls back US climate policy
As the federal government moves to eliminate U.S. #climate rules, companies still face pressure to be better stewards of the planet from their customers, investors, employees, local communities, lenders, insurers, global trading partners and many states.
Each of those groups knows it will face increasing costs from rising temperatures and #ExtremeWeather if corporations don't rein in their #GreenhouseGas #emissions.
Many companies will find that returning to past polluting ways isn't in their best interest. Over 60% of chief financial officers surveyed by global management firm #Kearney in December 2024 signaled that they intended to invest at least 2% of their revenue in #sustainability in 2025.
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-companies-pressure-climate-policy.html
https://www.europesays.com/1990587/ ‘Potential strategies could be directly applied’ #AirPollution #BadNews #BadWeatherNews #ChangeTheWayYouGetInvolvedOnClimateIssues #Climate #ClimateChange #ElectricVehicles #ExploreCriticalClimateIssues #ExtremeWeather #GlobalWarming #home #hurricanes #outdoors #wildfires #YahooWeather
Today was day 43 of the Dutch drought, and it was unusually warm for this time of the year too. A total of 1.5 mm in 43 days is extremely rare, if not a first.
Tomorrow, we'll get a few mm of rain, and @knmi.nl foresees over 30 mm for the rest of the month, so this extreme period will soon be over.
#drought #extremeweather #ClimateChange #ClimatechangeisWaterchange
BBC: "Workers have been told to hurry home, classes have been suspended and outdoor events have been cancelled as northern China braces for extreme winds this weekend.
Millions have been urged to stay indoors, with some state media outlets warning that people weighing less than 50kg (110lbs - about eight stone) may be "easily blown away"." h/t @BakerRL75
#FYI #shorts #ReginaValdez #PaulBeckwith #PeterCarter #ClimateEmergencyForum
Just sayin'
the present rate is leading to about 8°C warming (fyi: that paper was in 2022. It didn't get less.)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1ov_FH881E8
The full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x6Xx4zZJyE
As tornados and flooding hit the U.S., Trump is ending a program that helps cities prepare for disasters.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91311747/as-tornados-and-flooding-hit-the-u-s-trump-is-ending-a-program-that-helps-cities-prepare-for-disasters #FEMA #Trump #Disasters #Preparedness #Government #ExtremeWeather