Hallam: Only a newspaper in the grip of extreme psychosis could ever allow a contributor to describe the slow tortuous death by starvation of billions of people due to the actions of a small elite as "concerning" and "sad".



The threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to tipping point of permafrost | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/20/tipping-points-heatwaves-wildfires-permafrost-climate-crisis

"I don’t think humanity will be wiped out, but so many people will suffer enormously and unnecessarily because of these cascading effects coming together. That’s concerning and really, really sad.”

John Scheve - No one wants to say this but the...
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17zDTPumGv/

the Mediterranean and even the Bay of Biscay will soon be mostly dead marine biomes as well as enhanced catalysts for severe thunderstorms, torrential flooding rains, tornadoes, stronger mid latitude cyclones, heavier winter snowfall and even Medicanes in late summer.

Marine Heat Waves (MHWs) are becoming perpetual though annually oscillating in intensity and are generally amplifying year to year. The more sheltered and shallow the body of water the more rapid the heating in calm sunny conditions. When the uppermost ocean is highly stratified as it is increasingly, MHWs can intensify stunningly fast even in the open deep Pacific. The North Pacific marine heatwave which is worst in the NW Pacific now, has recently warmed at a staggering 1 to 2 degrees C per week under calm sunny conditions with sinking air under an atmospheric high pressure dome. These conditions are increasing over the oceans in tandem with MHWs in an amplifying mutual feedback.

Generally speaking, climate and marine feedbacks and mutual amplifications are kicking in with ferocious speed now as global atmospheric warming accelerates - both far faster than modeling predicted. Climate models ignore many feedbacks and amplifications and use linear extrapolations for others which has rendered them useless. Plus climate sensitivity is likely 2 to 3 times greater than modeled due to the accelerating Earth Energy Imbalance caused by our increasing greenhouse gas emissions and the surprising relative reduction of outgoing long wave energy from the upper atmosphere associated with cloud reduction and cloud dimming over warmer ocean surfaces and higher levels of water vapor (the most powerful greenhouse gas).

If we don’t find a way to stop the accelerating heat absorption of the world ocean we will not stop the trajectory towards extinction we are now in.

Image: Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies (SSTAs) showing an SSTA for the date of + 5.2 degrees C (+ 9.4 degrees F) in the open Mediterranean Sea as of yesterday from earth.nullschool.net

Z cyklu #doomed . Budu se opakovat, ale ten vyvoj me presvedcuje, ze si ty nasledky jako lidstvo proste zaslouzime. Nouze naucila Dalibira housti

Jedeme dal. Sice dochazi leckde pitna voda, reky vysychaji, jaderny elektrarny jsou odstavovany, teplota stredozemniho more ma 31*C, heatwave pokracuje v Evrope i USA, hori Letna, monzunovy deste kolem rovniku slabnou, permafrost plnej metanu v Gronsku a na Sibiri roztava, povrchova teplota oceanu je na rekordu, co2 prysti z novejch plynovek u datacenter, ale trhy nezastavis, poroste to donekonecna, protoze AI je reseni na vsechny soucasny problemy.

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A consortium of Private Equity firms are putting together a deal to lend Nvidia $500B

Apollo, Blackstone, Blackrock, Brookfield, Goldman and KKR are involved, in what is arguably is the largest financing deal ever on Wall Street.

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The Financial Times first reported it, citing people briefed on the talks. Reuters, WSJ, and Bloomberg have independently confirmed via sources familiar with the matter.

It's a consortium (Apollo, Blackstone, BlackRock GIP, Brookfield, Goldman, KKR) working with Nvidia to assemble a ~$500B funding package for AI infrastructure build-out (chips, power, data centers). Not a simple direct $500B loan to Nvidia. No official company statements yet; deal could be announced soon.

Hot summer economics
https://www.triodos.com/en/articles/2026/hot-summer-economics

Europe's heatwave this summer will cut EU GDP by around 1% in 2026, roughly €180 billion, matching the bloc's entire expected growth for the year, according to a new Triodos Bank report. An estimated 20,400 people died from heat-related causes across France, Germany, Spain and Italy in a single week in June, with wildfires having already burned more land by 30 July than in any full previous year on record.

France is projected to take the biggest economic hit, with GDP growth cut by 1.4 percentage points, potentially pushing an already weak forecast into a 0.6% contraction for 2026. The Netherlands faces near-stagnant growth after an 0.8-point loss. Poland, despite being highly exposed on paper, escapes largely unscathed this year simply because it has had fewer extreme-heat days than usual, while Spain and Italy, hit by the most hot days, are cushioned by decades of acclimatisation.

Labour productivity is the single largest driver of the losses, more than agriculture, energy or transport combined, with research showing measurable output drops once temperatures pass roughly 25–30°C, especially in outdoor and non-air-conditioned work.

The report's authors point to 17 July, when the European Commission proposed easing the trajectory of the EU's carbon-pricing emissions cap through the 2030s on competitiveness grounds, the same week wildfire and death tolls were hitting record levels. That, they argue, illustrates the loop they say Europe is now caught in: heat damages growth, policy loosens to protect growth, emissions rise, and the next heatwave costs more.

paliativní farmaření

“It’s a little bit like a mourning of sorts,' winemaker says after losing most of his farm to wildfires
Jane Clinton

Antoine Latipau, 43, an organic winemaker and olive grower on the Domaine de l’Encantade farm in Trévillach, the French Catalan south, predicts the whole area may become inhospitable to vines in the next 50 years.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jul/28/europe-wildfires-fires-heatwave-bordeaux-france-spain-latest-news-updates

TADEAS: doted pro spoustu lidi nepredstavitelny A to je dalsi evropska heatwave teprve za dverma...

Anglie bez vody, scifi se stava realitou
Britain is one heatwave away from towns at risk of running out of tap water
https://inews.co.uk/news/britain-one-more-heatwave-away-water-shortages-4660211

NOAA has categorized the ongoing marine heatwave in the Mediterranean as a Category 4, extreme marine heatwave.

Sea surface temperatures are exceeding 5°C (9°F) above normal in several parts of the Mediterranean Sea, with water temperatures now reaching 31°C (88°F). This exceptional ocean heat is adding extra fuel to today’s severe thunderstorm outbreak across Italy and Croatia while boosting oppressive humidity.

This is now the fifth consecutive summer with severe or worse marine heatwave conditions in the Mediterranean Sea.

Colin McCarthy on X: "NOAA has categorized the ongoing marine heatwave in the Mediterranean as a Category 4, extreme marine heatwave. Sea surface temperatures are exceeding 5°C (9°F) above normal in ...
https://x.com/i/status/2079638817565536509

léto

Germany records nearly 100 drowning deaths, many of them young men, in June heatwave | Europe | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/12/germany-drowning-deaths-heatwave-paris-france-spain

to nechapem, ako moze niekto za "eco-friendly" dom oznacit betonom vyliatu opachu :)))

In Bordeaux's brand new eco-district of Brazza, homes turn into ovens during the heatwave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6IU8dWUxsQ

aww, cute statement

Europe heatwave shows need to reject climate denial ‘lies’, says EU green chief | Climate crisis | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/29/europe-heatwave-shows-need-to-reject-climate-denial-lies-says-eu-green-chief

v létě je horko, v zimě zima

Germany, Czechia, Poland and Hungary swelter through hottest days on record | Extreme heat | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/28/temperature-records-tumble-across-europe-as-heatwave-moves-east

tak jak je zvykem
France heatwave: Rising river temperatures trigger shutdown of nuclear reactors | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/2026/06/25/france-takes-nuclear-reactors-offline-amid-record-heatwave

ATROPOS: no ja pevne verim, ze lidska spolecnost potrebuje signifikantni problem (katastrofu), aby provedla adekvatni akci a byla schopna se mobilizovat globalne. Heatwave je fajn zacatek, ale horko zname ve spouste statu na zemi...

Z meho pohledu bude pro globalni reakci potreba neco vetsiho... jen se obavam, ze to pak bude trvat dekady, abyme se tech nasledku zbavili

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/record-heat-causes-mass-poultry-deaths-france-2026-06-24/

“Heatwave kills hundreds of thousands of poultry in France
Carcass services overwhelmed, on-farm burial considered
Milk output falls as cattle suffer heat stress

SAINT-ANDRE-GOULE-D'OIE, France, June 24 (Reuters) - Extreme heat in France has killed hundreds ‌of thousands of poultry, overwhelming carcass collection services and prompting authorities to consider on-farm burial in the two biggest poultry-producing regions, agricultural organisations said.
The losses come as Western Europe is gripped by a record heatwave that has killed dozens ​of people, closed schools, knocked out power supplies and forced farmers to harvest grain ​at night.”