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 (DIR) Post #AWRyAN03xWad6WuMYi by breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social
       2023-06-07T10:59:36Z
       
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       We've grown used to warnings about dangerous "wet bulb" temperatures in places like India and Southeast Asia, but this is the first time I can recall seeing it in the Caribbean..._________________________Parts of Puerto Rico reached a life-threatening heat index of 125 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, driven by a combination of an intense heat dome, El Niño, and climate change.Puerto Rico is so hot this week that it’s baffling some weather experts, who warn that other parts of the world will likely experience similar extreme heat this year as climate change and an exceptionally strong El Niño drive global temperatures to historic highs.Florida-based meteorologist Jeff Berardelli warned of “life-threatening heat” in Puerto Rico, with conditions on the island becoming “so hot that some meteorologists are astonished.”The heat index — which combines temperature with humidity — soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit across much of the territory on Monday, with parts of Puerto Rico reaching a heat index as high as 125 degrees. High humidity combined with high temperatures can be especially dangerous since less sweat can evaporate off your body to cool it off. Berardelli linked Puerto Rico’s extreme heat spell this week to several overlapping factors, including the formation of a fierce heat dome just east of the island, a strong El Niño weather pattern amplifying heat waves, and other extreme weather and climate change generally making the oceans warmer. Tropical oceans, he said, have warmed roughly 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the Industrial Revolution.The high temperatures might also be getting impacted by what Berardelli called a “wavy jet stream,” when the fast flowing air current that moves around the upper hemisphere of the planet gets interrupted and wobbles like a spinning top rotating off kilter. It’s the same mechanism that has also caused the polar vortex to shoot down into southern states in the U.S. in recent winters, and scientists believe climate change is playing a role in that interruption.Ultimately, Berardelli said, Puerto Rico’s heat wave shouldn’t be viewed as an isolated incident, and he warned that other parts of the world should anticipate similar hot spells in the coming months. “As we go deeper into 2023 and El Niño intensifies, we should expect a stunning year of global extremes which boggle the meteorological mind,” he said. “The base climate has heated due to greenhouse warming and a strong El Niño will push us to limits we have yet to observe.”_________________________FULL STORY -- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06062023/todays-climate-puerto-rico-heat/#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Heat #PuertoRico
       
 (DIR) Post #AWSQfBLu7204fnbYqO by EarthOne@social.snorklr.com
       2023-06-07T13:30:15Z
       
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       @breadandcircuses It's not like we haven't been warned for 50 years. Still we carelessly moved from econo-cars to giant SUVs and trucks. How is this going to effect hurricane season?
       
 (DIR) Post #AWSQfCJoWHvFfbdPE0 by Threadbane@newsie.social
       2023-06-07T19:11:07Z
       
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       @EarthOne @breadandcircuses The first I heard about planetary heating was the Bell Telephone Science Hour. We watched all of them in school, but The Unchained Goddess really got my attention. I still remember this scene clearly, more than 60 years later. There was somehow a sense of foreboding in Dr. Baxter's delivery.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1ph_7C1Jq4
       
 (DIR) Post #AWSpnVR9orjs8T7zhA by BarrenPlanet@calckey.social
       2023-06-07T12:02:59.973Z
       
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       @breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social High humidity makes heatwaves so much worse. It's one of the reasons 40°C temperatures were no joke here in the UK. Foreigners from hotter countries laughed at us for not coping well with the heat, but we're a tiny island nation surrounded by sea. The heat here was different from the dry heat to which they were accustomed. I had friends of Black African heritage who weren't coping any better than the rest of us.Also, our homes were built to be heat traps, so there was no escape from the heat unless you were wealthy enough to have fancy air conditioning.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWSpnWFUni0MeagC9o by snack@ieji.de
       2023-06-07T22:41:18Z
       
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       @BarrenPlanet @breadandcircuses Considering the bulk of atmospheric pollutants are emitted by Northern Hemisphere nations I can't have any sympathy for your issues right now (Europe and North America). We are too busy trying to save our homes in the South Pacific from the rising sea levels that you caused.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWSpy391LnpJZbfkDw by largess@mastodon.au
       2023-06-07T23:21:52Z
       
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       @BarrenPlanet>unless you were wealthy enough to have fancy air conditioning.The ones causing the problems are the ones suffering the leastThe new climate denial? Using wealth to insulate yourself from discomfort and changehttps://theconversation.com/the-new-climate-denial-using-wealth-to-insulate-yourself-from-discomfort-and-change-199101@breadandcircuses