This area in front of Gare du Nord in Paris used to be full of cars and totally chaotic, but they recently limited the street to pedestrians and cyclists and it has made a huge difference. This is what cities that care about people do.

Vindication of Hansen et al.: "The rate of global warming appears to have accelerated, rising from ∼0.05°C/decade between 1880 and 1970 to ∼0.19°C/decade between 1970 and 2010, and finally to ∼0.36°C/decade between 2010 and 2024"

Only 6 times since 1872 has the Twin Cities reached 90˚ in October. Two of those times were both days this past weekend, including their record latest in fall 90˚ high. Par for the course in what has been America's record warmest year-to-date in 132 years.

I don't think people appreciate how much the coming year is going to suck

Today was the latest-ever 90-degree day in Minneapolis.

Seems like there's an upward trend in this dataset. Has anyone looked into that?

For those not in the Twin Cities, it is 90° here today

Hurricane Isaias packed quite a punch as it struck Friday evening, worsened by a probable sting jet that developed on its back side, which sent winds topping nearly 120 mph rushing to the surface in the Pensacola area. My Saturday morning wrap-up ⬇️

oh they dead dead

“Significant coastal flooding and erosion possible.” Most recent coastal flood warning in this part of Southern California was February 2014.

Tropical Storm Rachel, which is now expected to make landfall near MX/CA border, is not currently a very impressive-looking tropical cyclone, with sparse deep convection & clear dry mid-level air intrusion. However, ambient ocean conditions are extraordinarily warm... [Thread]