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Christopher Cartwright

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The outcome of the climate crisis is now settled. The data is only for monitoring purposes. But is 🌎 war on the way? Geopolitics, climate.

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · Nov 17

On this account, you will be able to find the major #Climate data regarding temperatures and forecasts, for air but also oceans
Co2 levels
#cryosphere data

Solving the #ClimateCrisis is now impossible. Because citizens don't want to.
And the wall of money will support that decision

#Metacrisis

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 4h

Some #methane news 😱😱

This time in #Antarctica to make it more fun

#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere

www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Methane leaks multiplying beneath Antarctic ocean spark fears of climate doom loop

Researchers have discovered dozens of new methane seeps littering the ocean floor in the Ross Sea coastal region of Antarctica, raising concerns of an unknown positive climate feedback loop that could...

www.livescience.com

Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 4h

Highest temperatures 15.10.2025 part 2

Noteworthy

36 Argentina Colombia (y) India Kenya Kuwait Indonesia Myanmar UAE

Europe : Spain 31.5c  USA: 33.3
Canada : 22.9c
Coldest: #Greenland -32.3 ; SP: -60.7c

233 days in a row (SP colder)

#ClimateCrisis

Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 4h

Highest temperatures 15.10.2025 part 1

41 Australia
40 Brazil (y) South Africa Mali Senegal
39 Bolivia (y) KSA Namibia Mozambique

Noteworthy
38 Egypt Iran Botswana Libya Chad Zimbabwe Botswana
37 Mexico (y) Niger Oman Iraq Pakistan Bangladesh Thailand

#ClimateCrisis

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 6h

Data finally came out for the #CO2 weekly

Week beginning on October 08, 2025: 424.39

(422.05 1 year ago )

🆙 2.34 y-o-y

Below the 10y average again

#ClimateCrisis #Metacrisis

Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 6h

World SSTs 14.10.2025

NOAA daily map as usual

Status quo continues, with the NW Pacific cooling

Atlantic 💤💤💤💤💤

#ClimateCrisis

Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 7h

Finally , someone woke up to #Co2 speeding 🆙

WOW

The global average concentration of the gas surged by 3.5 parts per million to 424ppm in 2024, the largest increase since modern measurements started in 1957

#ClimateCrisis #Metacrisis

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

www.theguardian.com

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 9h

Your daily dose of #CO2

14.10.2020 411.38 🆙 2.69 or 0.66%
14.10.2019 408.69 🆙2.47 or 0.61%
14.10.2018 406.22 🆙2.65 or 0.66%
14.10.2017 403.57 🆙1.55 or 0.39%
14.10.2016 402.02 🆙3.12 or 0.78%
14.10.2015 398.90 🆙2.97 or 0.75%

#ClimateCrisis

Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 9h

Your daily dose of #CO2

14.10.2025 424.44. 🆙1.35 or 0.32%
14.10.2024 423.09
14.10.2023 Unavailable
14.10.2022 415.76 🆙 1.97 or 0.48%
14.10.2021 413.79 🆙 2.41 or 0.59%

#ClimateCrisis

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 11h

Polar data 14.10.2025

JAXA #ANTARCTICA SEA ICE EXTENT: loss 57k
17.101232 km2 ⬇️ from 17.158209 yesterday
19k more the average loss on this day of 38k

3.9% of ice loss from maximum to minimum done
Approx 130 days to minimum
3rd lowest

#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 11h

Polar data 14.10.2025

JAXA #ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: gain 42k
5,737,030 km2 🆙 from 5,695275 yesterday
57k less than the average gain on this day of 99k

14.5% of Area gains from minimum to maximum done
Approx 145 days to the average date of maximum
9th lowest

#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 11h

World SSTs 15.10.2025

7-day change map
NW #Pacific is our SUPERSTAR...cooling quickly

#LaNina is in limbo for the moment

Atlantic deeply asleep as usual

#ClimateCrisis

Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 13h

7-day forecast 22.10.2025

Temperatures in The Northern Hemisphere will make another try
East Canada and East USA will shine
So will N #Africa , West Europe , Pakistan area , NW China , SE Australia

Deep 🥶🥶🥶
Brazil
#Greenland
East Russia and East China

#ClimateCrisis

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 14h

Salmap 15.10.2025

Almost no SAL visible..Amazing

#ClimateCrisis

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 15h

All the data about September 2025

La Niña advisory is now in effect

Major weather stations in September: 4 all-time heat records, no all-time cold records
9 all-time national/territorial heat records beaten or tied as of the end of Sep.

#ClimateCrisis

yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/sept...

September 2025: Earth's 3rd-warmest September on record » Yale Climate Connections

Only September 2023 and September 2024 were warmer.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 16h

World temperature anomalies 15.10.2025

NW Canada + Alaska
#Greenland
SE USA
West N #Africa + Spain
South Africa
Pakistan + East of Caspian Sea area
China
South Australia

Deep 🥶🥶🥶
NE Kazakhstan
Mongolia
East Russia

#ClimateCrisis

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 1d

Highest temperatures 14.10.2025 part 2

Noteworthy

36 Sri Lanka China Myanmar Thailand Angola Burkina Faso China Madagascar Bolivia (y)

Europe : Spain 31.8c 
USA: 33.9c
Canada : 22.2c
Coldest: #Greenland -37.9c ; SP: -60.2c

232 days in a row (SP colder)

#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere

Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 1d

Highest temperatures 14.10.2025 part 1

43 Australia
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41 Algeria
40 Brazil (y) Zambia South Africa Senegal
39 KSA Botswana Iran Taiwan Niger

Noteworthy
38 Botswana Oman
37 Bolivia (y) Pakistan Mexico (y) Egypt Chad India Kuwait Indonesia

#ClimateCrisis

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 1d

World SSTs 13.10.2025

💤💤💤💤💤

NOAA daily map as usual
The NW Pacific is the only area on the move recently, cooling quickly

Atlantic ?? 💤💤💤💤💤

#ClimateCrisis

Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 1d

Your daily dose of #CO2

13.10.2020 411.42 🆙2.78 or 0.68%
13.10.2019 408.64 🆙2.42 or 0.60%
13.10.2018 406.22 🆙2.47 or 0.61%
13.10.2017 403.75 🆙2.22 or 0.55%
13.10.2016 401.53 🆙4.20 or 1.06%
13.10.2015 397.33 🆙1.07 or 0.27%

#ClimateCrisis

Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 1d

Your daily dose of #CO2

13.10.2025 Unavailable
13.10.2024 422.51 🆙3.85or 0.92%
13.10.2023 418.66 🆙3,14 or 0.76%
13.102.2022 415.52 🆙1.62 or 0.39%
13.102.2021 413.9 🆙2.48 or 0.60%

#ClimateCrisis

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 1d

World SSTs 14.10.2025

7-day change map as usual

Stability is the only game in town

NW Pacific is really cooling lately

#ClimateCrisis

Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 1d

Polar data 13.10.2025

JAXA #ANTARCTICA SEA ICE EXTENT: loss 66k
17.158209 km2 🆙 from 17.224676 yesterday 17.158209
27k more the average loss on this day of 39k$

3.2% of ice loss from maximum to minimum done
Approx 131 days to minimum
3rd lowest

#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 1d

Polar data 13.10.2025

JAXA #ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: gain 42k
5,695275 km2 🆙 from 5.653485 yesterday
43k less than the average gain on this day of 85k

13.5% of Area gains from minimum to maximum done
Approx 146 days to the average date of the maximum
10th lowest

#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 1d

Your daily #Thwaites update 14.10.2025

Some tiny moves are again visible
Water seems to be infiltrating the melange

#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere
#Antarctica

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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 1d

7-day forecast 21.10.2025

as usual in 2025, temperatures are struggling to make new highs

Canada will shine again, along with West USA , N #Africa , Pakistan and West China

Deep 🥶🥶🥶
#Greenland
Mongolia and East Russia
Brazil

#ClimateCrisis

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