Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune

Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds

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Hurricane Melissa’s 252-mph Gust Sets New Wind Record Hurricane Melissa raged as a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean last month—and now scientists have confirmed that its strongest gusts neared record speeds

Hurricane Melissa raged as a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean last month—and now scientists have confirmed that its strongest gusts neared record speeds

Liverpool Council's inaction contributed to couple's deaths A senior coroner said a delay to install warning signs was a factor in the deaths of Elaine and Philip Marco in 2023

After Elaine & Philip Marco died in flooding on a Liverpool road in 2023, a @liverpoolecho.co.uk investigation found Liverpool Council recorded multiple incidents worrying flooding incidents before this tragedy - now a coroner has ruled the council’s inaction contributed to their untimely deaths

Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds Monash researchers say findings underscore urgency of addressing climate-related health risks as continent experiences more days of extreme heat

"Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds"

"Monash researchers say findings underscore urgency of addressing climate-related health risks as continent experiences more days of extreme heat"

#ClimateChange

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Varroa mite detected in South Australia for first time Experts say the parasite could almost entirely wipe out the state's wild bees and add significant costs and labour pressures to farmers.

Varroa has been detected in South Australia for the first time. The discovery was made in the state's Riverland during routine surveillance

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Should governments pay businesses for climate disasters? Researchers unpack huge lawsuits in South Africa Two South African insurance companies are suing the government after large companies suffered catastrophic damage in 2022 floods.

Should governments pay businesses for climate disasters? Researchers unpack huge lawsuits in South Africa - The Conversation
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My crack insurance team is out with new visualizations of the recent California FAIR plan data release. The picture is not pretty. This data release covers the period from September of 2024 to June of 2025. Think of it as the first look into the post-LA Wildfire insurance environment.

Just gorgeous!

15 sources of wildfire smoke forecasts for North America » Yale Climate Connections Forecasting wildfire smoke is hard. We review the best tools to help you predict when unhealthful levels of smoke are coming.

We now live in the Pyrocene, a proposed new geologic epoch of fire activity brought about by human-caused climate change. Living in the Pyrocene means a new reality: knowing what the latest wildfire smoke forecasts are, in order to plan your outdoor activities. I review the best tools to do so:

“The bank was across from the funeral home…”

Public Action: Halt Wells Fargo - U.S. Mail Not For Sale

Wells Fargo made it clear that they are planning for postal privatization. Let's make it clear to them that we say NO! Join us in New York City. #USMailNotForSale #USPS

Arrangement of lilies in shades of white, cream, and pink

After a couple of mediocre years, great lilly performance in my zone 6b garden

Yes, I too have a chaos garden in Zone 6b! I started my outhouse hollyhocks (Seed Savers Exchange) inside and they’re doing great, but no sign of buds.

Is your hollyhock blooming already? Plus, your garden is lovely—inspiring me to try four o’clocks next year

The world’s first, and so far, only honeybee disaster response team, a nonprofit called Bee Platoon, is designed to protect honeybees and help beekeepers during natural disasters

www.ucdavis.edu/news/protect...

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Senator Markey Introduces Heat Stress Protection Act with Senator Padilla and Community Champions YouTube video by Senator Markey

No worker should have to risk injury or death from extreme heat. My Heat Stress Protection Act will guarantee workers water, shade, breaks, and basic safety. The thermometer’s rising—and workers can’t wait.
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‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees Experts scrambling to understand losses in hives across the country are finally identifying the culprits. And the damage to farmed bees is a sign of trouble for wild bees too

A perfect storm in the making for our food supply chain - undocumented farm workers afraid to show up to work because of ICE, amidst a record decline of honeybees.

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Climate Change Is Turning 500-Year Floods Into 24-Year Ones Rising sea levels and an increase in large storms will continue to threaten the Atlantic coast

#ProudBlue #Resist

I wrote in a post earlier today that 500-year floods are becoming more common. This is an article from 2015, there are others. Do your own research. For sure these folks have had lots of time to do their research. But they don’t and won’t.

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...

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And the book…

It’s a dahlia

‘Unprecedented' Erick is first record-setting hurricane of 2025: Morales No major hurricane on record had struck before August on the Pacific coast of Mexico until Erick did so on this mid-June Thursday as a category 3, after peaking as a 145 mile-per-hour (mph) category 4...

"The growing collection of recent astonishing hurricanes is a clear sign that climate change is increasing the speed limit of tropical windstorms. It feeds my growing concern over stronger & more damaging.. systems ..hitting increasingly vulnerable populations" www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...

Oh! Just picked up two of these yesterday! Gorgeous.

"This is not normal. While the Atlantic basin is dead quiet so far this hurricane season, the Eastern Pacific is cranking out storm after storm, including now category 3 Hurricane Erick. It's highly unusual for a storm to get this strong so close to Mexico so early in the season."
via Climate Alert

The Master of the White-Knuckle Narrative Remembering William Langewiesche, who died this week at age 70

"One of Langewiesche's gifts was the ability to translate technical minutiae into a gripping yarn." Cullen Murphy remembers the writer William Langewiesche:

Such a fantastic researcher, analyst, and writer. I returned to his ValueJet 592 article because of how he opened and wove research and analysis throughout. So sorry to hear this news.

That looks amazing!

Honeybees are dying in record numbers. This scientist is racing to save them American honeybee colonies have declined by more than 60% this year. A CU Boulder entomologist is racing to find a solution.

Samuel Ramsey on US honey bee losses: “In order for us to do what we can to make sure that this level of die-off never happens again, we need better funding for research. This is the worst possible time for us to be reducing funding.”

www.colorado.edu/today/2025/0...