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Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: "the thinning of low clouds ... amplifies global warming through a feedback loop: Rising sea-surface temperatures lead to fewer clouds, meaning less reflected sunlight and a warmer planet." phys.org/news/2026-07...
Low-level cloud loss amplifies global warming, simulations suggestLow-level clouds over Earth's oceans play a prominent role in keeping our planet cool by reflecting sunlight away from the surface. But their response to climate change has been hard to model. Now, re...phys.orgYour 'moment of doom' for July 28, 2026 ~ 2C or not 2C? "There's a 35% chance that the average temperature will hit 2C above pre-industrial levels for one month next year, projections show." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
El Niño May Push Global Warming to 2C or Higher in the Short TermThere’s a 35% chance that the average temperature will hit 2C above pre-industrial levels for one month next year, projections show.www.bloomberg.comYour 'doom quote' for today: "we are fast approaching the stage when climate change will be playing the tune for us while we stand by and watch helplessly, with our reductions in CO2 emissions having no effect in the face of, say, runaway emissions of methane." e360.yale.edu/features/as_...
The Global Impacts of Rapidly Disappearing Arctic Sea IceThe top of the world is turning from white to blue in summer as the ice that has long covered the north polar seas melts away. This monumental change is triggering a cascade of effects that will ampli...e360.yale.eduYour 'moment of doom' for July 27, 2026 ~ The gathering gloom. "Climate-fueled disasters are no longer a distant threat ... They are already affecting daily life now —from the air people breathe to the safety of homes, roads, and power systems." www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/c...
Canadian smoke, Texas floods, and record heat push the US into a 'new abnormal'Climate-fueled disasters are no longer a distant threat confined to reports about 2050 or 2100.www.thecooldown.comYour 'doom quote' for today: "We are in a fool’s climate, accidentally kept cool by smoke, and before this century is over billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic where the climate remains tolerable." www.jameslovelock.org/the-earth-is...
The Earth is about to catch a morbid fever that may last as long as 100,000 years – James Lovelockwww.jameslovelock.orgYour 'moment of doom' for July 26, 2026 ~ Both sides now. "Surprisingly, however, the models that best reproduce the observed pattern of low-cloud changes are also those that project the strongest future warming." agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
A Reconciled Satellite Record Reveals a Negative Low Cloud Feedback Over the Past 47 YearsWe reconcile 13 satellite products to construct a consistent, multi-decadal record of low-cloud-cover anomalies A cloud-controlling factor framework reproduces observed variability and enables re...agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com