Earlier today I tweeted about the exceptionally hot 2023 in #China — and here is more info. Millions of people, in April, are suffering temperatures over 95 F — the sort of heat usually not seen until June/July. https://t.co/vBumICXXka

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 16, 2023

A dramatic sea level rise along the Gulf Coast means New Orleans is growing more at risk to major storms and flooding even more quickly than expected, according to new research.https://t.co/QuLXRpVDuv

— Axios (@axios) April 15, 2023

The U.S. gets most of its energy by setting tiny fires everywhere, burning fossil fuels in engines and furnaces, creating pollution that heats the planet.

To tackle climate change, experts increasingly say, is to replace what we use with electric versions.https://t.co/uMCt8YxE5H

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 14, 2023

Climate change is fueling more severe and common storms, floods and wildfires nationwide — and experts say disaster relief systems aren't built to withstand the resulting mass displacement.https://t.co/sp0DIESHDO

— Axios (@axios) April 14, 2023

Flash droughts are becoming more common and faster to develop around the world, and human-caused climate change is a major reason, a new study found. As global warming continues, all droughts are becoming more likely because more evaporation can happen. https://t.co/jKA06loV3R

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 13, 2023

Multiple new studies highlight a rate of sea level rise that is ‘unprecedented in at least 120 years’ along the Gulf of Mexico and southeastern U.S. coast.https://t.co/GSl12ntfTY

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 10, 2023

What we know about how climate change affects tornado outbreaks https://t.co/IcF9l2rUaN

— Axios (@axios) April 3, 2023

March represents the 529th month in a row with temperatures exceeding the 20th century average.

That’s more than 44 years straight without a single comparatively cool month. https://t.co/JGc3w8YRvc

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 7, 2023

After a staggering defeat in 2010, environmentalists needed a plan they could sell. Thus began a decade-long climb propelled by mass protests, heavy campaign spending and intense lobbying.

Then came a final assist from Mother Nature herself.https://t.co/FLOoPnX5Ja

— POLITICO (@politico) April 2, 2023

Ten photographs that made the world wake up to climate change https://t.co/D47MND1hSn

— CNN (@CNN) March 29, 2023

Much has changed here since Elon took over. Based on my own before-and-after expts, climate denial responses are up 15-30x. Changes in followers are even more dramatic: Stef's analysis shows that climate accounts have seen little change while denial accounts have boomed. https://t.co/VCxpEfQxyg

— Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) March 29, 2023

Zeeshan Aleem: How Donald Trump jeopardized Biden's climate agenda. https://t.co/s8KZN1pH7E

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 28, 2023

Why climate “doomers” are replacing climate “deniers” https://t.co/WQte1Pi5Dq

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 26, 2023

One expert predicts that by the 2080s, Baltimore will have summers that are 6 degrees hotter on average and winters that are 9.1 degrees warmer on average than today.

It’s most comparable to the current climate of Cleveland, Mississippi. https://t.co/ldEnjryKoB

— The Baltimore Banner (@BaltimoreBanner) March 25, 2023

This year’s winter in New York City is on track to be the least snowy season since records began shortly after the Civil War. The Central Park weather station has so far measured just 2.3 inches of snowfall. On average, the city sees a little over two feet.https://t.co/LIB2ukdDcd

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 24, 2023

The Biden administration warned on Monday that a warming planet poses severe economic challenges for the U.S., which will require the federal government to reassess its spending priorities and how it influences behavior. https://t.co/PhdVhlSYDx

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 20, 2023

The world is likely to reach 1.5°C of global warming by the early 2030s, a new U.N. report says, and it will take immediate, drastic action to prevent temperatures from rising beyond that. https://t.co/PmJkmaT4Lu

— NYT Climate (@nytclimate) March 20, 2023

such a great piece by @robinsonmeyer, we are out of the climate science era and into the climate economics, climate sociology, climate political science, climate demography, climate materials science etc era https://t.co/crfRaXpJSB

— Matthew Zeitlin (@MattZeitlin) March 8, 2023

New data has revealed stark disparities in how different U.S. households contribute to climate change. Looking at maps of America’s cities, a pattern emerges. https://t.co/COkkiEVRXA

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 13, 2022

Exposure to extremely hot or cold temperatures raises a heart disease patient’s risk of dying, according to a new study. https://t.co/VhtlnwIBYS

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) December 12, 2022

Climate change is reshaping the U.S. economy. New Mexico is leaning on ecotourism and sustainable industries to see it through — but extreme weather keeps getting in the way. https://t.co/kei63sY9rg

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 10, 2022

Hey folks, we took the paywall off this story to open it up to the, like, 40 million people it concerns. Take a look!

“It’s going to be ugly. The bottom line is there just isn’t going to be enough water available.” https://t.co/fgq9b2gnSs

— Conrad Swanson (@Conrad_Swanson) November 4, 2022

The Biden administration will give money to five Native American tribes to help them relocate away from rivers and coastlines, potentially creating a model for other communities around the country as the effects of climate change get worse. https://t.co/g8NUqi0eF5

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 5, 2022

"The New York Times marketed Stephens’ piece as if it were a fresh and important new approach to tackling climate change. In reality, it is a collection of discredited talking points from the fossil fuel industry" https://t.co/0gdv88COOc

— Jason Fagone (@jfagone) November 3, 2022

Scientists thought carbon emissions had peaked. They’ve never been higher.

These three charts show why carbon emissions are expected to hit another record high in 2022. https://t.co/W5A4UUqYEz pic.twitter.com/2LrO2zriYc

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 5, 2022

Breaking News: Three Native tribes in the U.S. will get $75 million to move away from coastal areas or rivers, part of the nation’s largest ever effort to relocate communities that are facing an urgent threat from climate change.https://t.co/ouVC1UkhwL

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 30, 2022

It’s so hot that laborers have to start work in the middle of the night. Body temperatures rise to dangerous levels. A merry-go-round can sear the skin.

The New York Times visited two cities already transformed by climate change. https://t.co/OQrBFM631z pic.twitter.com/EJXyKXVkhH

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 19, 2022

Be sure to catch the end of this clever @NASA "climate spiral" video showing monthly global temperature changes between 1880 and 2021https://t.co/pj6Hucz2Xg pic.twitter.com/xa2cPdPIoV

— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) November 19, 2022

By 2050, nearly half the world may live in areas that have dangerous levels of heat for at least a month, including Miami, Lagos and Shanghai, according to projections from one group of researchers.

We measured the daily toll it is already taking. https://t.co/PX3n8v3WOP

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 18, 2022

The U.S. has warmed 68 percent faster than the planet as climate change threatens what ‘Americans value most,’ report finds https://t.co/B3HfwIl8sO

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 7, 2022

Which political party, the Democrats or the Republicans, do you trust to do a better job handling climate change?

Democrats 51%
Republicans 32%

(ABC News/Washington Post Poll, RV, 10/30 – 11/2/22)

— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) November 6, 2022

The extreme warmth in October really is quite shocking when you zoom out.

🔴 = warmer than average
🔵 = cooler than average pic.twitter.com/invcoqc4TH

— Scott Duncan (@ScottDuncanWX) November 6, 2022

Hey folks, we took the paywall off this story to open it up to the, like, 40 million people it concerns. Take a look!

“It’s going to be ugly. The bottom line is there just isn’t going to be enough water available.” https://t.co/fgq9b2gnSs

— Conrad Swanson (@Conrad_Swanson) November 4, 2022

Yet another way climate drives inflation, and yet another issue Republicans ignore as they gorge on fossil fuel political $$$. https://t.co/d9F9ycOWFe

— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) October 31, 2022

Five years ago, @dwallacewells wrote a magazine article about worst-case climate scenarios. But today, as he explores in @NYTMag's Climate Issue, the most likely outcome is neither relief nor apocalypse: It is warming between 2 and 3 degrees Celsius. https://t.co/xTDPSklQLj

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 28, 2022

Coastal property owners are told its time to move or floodproof their homes — climate change costs are real and now immediate. https://t.co/SIznNSUWaC

— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) October 27, 2022

The international community needs to be six times more ambitious than it has been in the past year if it wants to avoid catastrophic climate change https://t.co/1S7m4tKPoV

— Bloomberg Green (@climate) October 19, 2022

Climate change is unlocking a new crossroads and potential center of conflict: the Arctic. https://t.co/LgT2s0rTT0

— CNN (@CNN) October 16, 2022

Climate change is making the fall allergy season longer and more intense. Here's how to cope. https://t.co/Z0ijJBAfHo

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 8, 2022

Today's super-depressing @axios data viz:

Austin pop. has grown 167% since 1991 and our very hot days are up 553%.

McAllen's pop. has grown 118% and very hot days are up 724%https://t.co/cDcXzT1mRm pic.twitter.com/D1bZrVtXDh

— Evan Smith (@evanasmith) October 5, 2022

Horrible news: @Amtrak @PacSurfliners between LA & San Diego has been suspended indefinitely due to coastal erosion.

The route was the 2nd busiest intercity rail corridor in the US, w/ 26 daily trains & ~3M riders per year.

Climate change is here, and we are totally unprepared pic.twitter.com/wxJULUqczq

— Jacob Mandel 🚲🚋🌴 (@TallDarknJewish) September 30, 2022

Torrents drench Denver as Death Valley recovers from 1,000-year delugehttps://t.co/KpYXg2jf32

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 8, 2022

In chest deep water – Denver firefighters rescued multiple children, including a baby, stuck in flood waters.

Man who gave me this video (Felix Espinoza) says this was at 38th and Blake. He says family told him they were coming back from dinner, and the pizza was saved too. pic.twitter.com/qSs5pqEl9N

— Kelly Reinke (@KellyReinkeTV) August 8, 2022

At least 19 people rescued in Denver, Colorado, after flash floods turned roadways into rivers. https://t.co/MvPPGPGN8E

— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 8, 2022

Flash floods after the McKinney fire in California pushed burned soil, rocks and timber into the Klamath River, killing thousands of fish, local tribal leaders said.

“It smells vile,” a member of the Karuk Tribe said. “If it was in that river, it died.” https://t.co/764fUze9yL

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 8, 2022

NEW from me — Death Valley flooding traps at least 1,000 in California national park https://t.co/KEw4Eamz00

— Herb Scribner (@HerbScribner) August 6, 2022

Intense downpours in Missouri, Kentucky and Illinois over a span of eight days this summer broke records and destroyed communities, prompting warnings from climate experts, who said the intensity and frequency of heavy rain was likely to increase. https://t.co/PJt5qz1PSm pic.twitter.com/X8YHrzs4sO

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 5, 2022

How two 1-in-1,000 year rain events hit the U.S. in two days https://t.co/HjRdBdMpyv

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 30, 2022

Climate change has rendered obsolete the concept of once a century or even once a millennium events. The baseline is changing so fast that those concepts no longer apply https://t.co/t6W6CBYoZU

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 29, 2022

Flash floods, like in Las Vegas, are deadlier than hurricanes, tornadoes or lightning https://t.co/VCpPlmbfV2

— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) July 30, 2022

Flash floods around the Las Vegas Strip produced leaks that swamped carpets on gaming floors. https://t.co/iW2O4nvr0J

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 29, 2022

It’s rained for 2 days in a row in Vegas which, in the desert, qualifies as a biblical flood.

One inch of rain is equivalent to 11% of the entire annual water consumption for the Las Vegas valley. https://t.co/0IpUPM0BD7

— Architect 🇺🇦 (@DataCommandant) July 29, 2022

How do you keep yourself and your family safe when flash flooding strikes at night? Here's a checklist.

✅ Know your risk

✅ Be aware

✅ Don't shut off your cell phone alerts

✅ Own a weather radio

✅ Have a planhttps://t.co/FjWEDML9Lb

— CNN (@CNN) July 30, 2022

Heavy rain throughout Southcentral Alaska during the past week is expected to continue, setting the stage to make this July one of the wettest on record in Anchorage. https://t.co/DX1nsNGruo

— Anchorage Daily News (@adndotcom) July 20, 2022

It’s the third 1-in-1,000-year rain event in the Lower 48 states in about a week.https://t.co/s8r62fjvrn

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 2, 2022

Utqiagvik, Alaska, formerly known as Barrow, saw its most rain in a single day, while Fairbanks was raked by high winds. https://t.co/sQrPFb0DEA

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 29, 2022

While flash flooding in St. Louis, Missouri, had tapered out in the last two days, a new round of storms Thursday afternoon left emergency responders scrambling to rescue residents. https://t.co/nSWZ1ZhQTg

— CNN (@CNN) July 29, 2022

Record-breaking rainfall that caused flash flooding in the St. Louis area Tuesday morning, leaving cars trapped on streets, causing road closures and at least one death, is not just a freak occurrence: it’s a manifestation of human-caused climate change. https://t.co/7BgJSWH8wN

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) July 26, 2022

At least three people died and others are missing or stranded after heavy rains inundated southeastern Kentucky. The governor called it “one of the worst, most devastating flooding events” in state history. The water had yet to crest in some areas. https://t.co/FofxvFA16A pic.twitter.com/kVxaznhce2

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 28, 2022

The floodwaters are devastating in Eastern Kentucky, and it is going to get worse over the next few days.

Praying for our loved ones in the path of the flood. We will do all we can to help.pic.twitter.com/v0uKtW3YTX

— Charles Booker (@Booker4KY) July 28, 2022

JUST IN: At least 15 people are dead and “that number is going to grow to probably more than double” as devastating rainfall continues in eastern Kentucky, Gov. Beshear says. https://t.co/fYv81el3mQ

— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 29, 2022

Heat waves across multiple continents have dashed records, threatened public health and buckled infrastructure, in what scientists say are signs of the climate crisis’ impact on day-to-day weather. https://t.co/JRQUx9G6vK

— CNN (@CNN) July 19, 2022

Vaporized by Manchin & 50 Senate Rs: “We estimate the Senate budget deal likely would have cut emissions by roughly 800 million to 1 billion metric tons in 2030,” said Princeton University professor Jesse Jenkins, an energy policy expert and modeler. https://t.co/d9gURTQRha

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 18, 2022

“Just 1% of voters named climate change as the most important issue facing the country, far behind worries about inflation and the economy. Even among voters under 30, the group thought to be most energized by the issue, that figure was 3%.” https://t.co/eyfWL1tWQS

— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) July 17, 2022

Yet the Republican Party, awash in fossil fuel money, studiously ignores this and all the other evidence of emissions-driven climate change.  https://t.co/NcjD2k9wXk

— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) July 10, 2022

White House could declare climate emergency as soon as Wednesday: sources https://t.co/BZHP9QeMQS pic.twitter.com/1w9aC2XjGK

— The Hill (@thehill) July 19, 2022

This is not “the new normal”. The climate crisis will continue to escalate and get worse as long as we stick our heads in the sand and prioritise profit and greed over people and planet. We are still sleepwalking towards the edge. https://t.co/BNp35yU8lS

— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) July 19, 2022

Been reading more and more takes that climate bill failed because of shifting public opinion: e.g. the NYT "reported" this week (without empirical evidence!) that the public has soured on climate as the economy weakened. Nonsense. A short 🧵 1/https://t.co/LP1HiH9Zy8

— Matto Mildenberger (@mmildenberger) July 19, 2022