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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2h

Back over 1.5°C again and on the way up.

Coral has tipped. AMOC, Amazon, boreal forests, Antarctica, Greenland, permafrost, etc., are tipping.

The Climate 8-ball says, "Not to be!"

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2h

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 13, 2025 ~ The end of coral.

"We are rapidly approaching multiple Earth system tipping points that could transform our world, with devastating consequences for people and nature..."

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...

The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN

The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...

www.cnn.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2h

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"Barring a miracle, the next twenty years are going to see increasingly chaotic systemic transformations in global climate patterns ..."

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We’re Doomed. Now What? | Soho Press

Bold Literary Voices | Award-Winning International Crime Fiction | Groundbreaking Young Adult Fiction

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Thank you for seeing through this quote.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 12, 2025 ~ The end of bees.

"Fifteen species of bumblebee, which play a crucial role in pollinating peas, beans, peanuts and clover ... are now classified as threatened."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

www.theguardian.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"Only a massive shock that is both severe and durable can open the window of opportunity wide enough that we will achieve the systemic changes that are needed to attain sufficient climate action."

cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-...

Saving Ourselves | Columbia University Press

We've known for decades that climate change is an existential crisis. For just as long, we've seen the complete failure of our institutions to rise to the ch... | CUP

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Your 'moment of neo-fascist kakistocracy' for today:

"CDC has no leadership across multiple centers and offices... CDC cannot respond to this threat, which has the potential to kill hundreds of millions of people."

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

The Death of Public Health

Another Friday night massacre, but this time it's not just an essential federal public health agency that will die

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2d

Great questions! I don't know.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 11, 2025 ~ Everything is fine.

"The invisible gas can be seen in streams of bubbles originating on the seafloor of Antarctica's Ross Sea ... describing the mechanism as 'seemingly widespread' throughout the region... "

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Researchers find methane leaking out of cracks in Antarctic seabed

One of the most potent greenhouse gas emissions has been discovered seeping out of cracks of the Antarctic sea floor, researchers have found.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2d

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"Even with years of valiant efforts by countless people and groups, and important reductions in some areas, overall, we are not reducing CO2 emissions."

www.amazon.com/Waking-Up-Co...

Waking Up: Consciousness, Culture, and Climate Solutions

This human life is such a precious and amazing gift. While many of us live comfortable and privileged lives, our future and our planet stand threatened by escalating social and environmental problems,...

www.amazon.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 10, 2025 ~ Joining the party.

"We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade... This is what farming with climate change looks like, as extreme weather wrecks harvests..."

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows

Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.

www.independent.co.uk

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"we are close to a tipping point in the Arctic sea-ice system, from the state where there has been year-round sea ice for tens of thousands of years to one where there isn't."

newsociety.com/book/a-brief...

A Brief History of the Earth’s Climate

A Brief History of the Earth's Climate is an accessible, illustrated, myth-busting guide to the natural evolution of the Earth's climate over 4.6 billion years, how and why human-caused global warming...

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

Wow, that is amazingly accurate.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

I has been a very long time since I posted this list of 40 consequences of climate change. But, it's important to take note of item number 40.

I truly wish things were going to get better, but sadly, it's all just going to get more f&%ked from here.

climatecasino.net/2021/10/top-...

Top 40 Impacts of Climate Change

In this post, I list 78 current and future impacts of climate change, along with references for some of the more unexpected items. That list was compiled scouring the web along with suggestions and c...

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

I don't see how that changes the narrative. Looks flatline still, even with those points removed. Maybe I just haven't had enough to drink.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

Exactly.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

Whether it's minimum extent, thickness or volume, there is no evidence that Arctic sea-ice is in rapid decline at the moment. All three variables have been stable for about the last 15 years.

Then again, Arctic sea-ice f&%kery could always get going again next year. Or the year after that.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today ~ remembering the halcyon days of the 2013-2015 pacific ocean blob.

"It is, based on experts’ descriptions of it, the blob to end all blobs."

www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/w...

What the Pacific ‘blob’ + La Niña means for winter in the US | CNN

A marine heat wave spanning much of the North Pacific Ocean is already influencing weather in North America and is poised to make its mark on winter. But forecasters have another global weather patter...

www.cnn.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 4d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 9, 2025 ~ Arctic FUBAR

"If orange rivers are the first sign, what comes next could redefine the planet’s climate system, and faster than anyone imagined. What began as an aesthetic anomaly has become a planetary alarm..."

www.ecoticias.com/en/arctic-tu...

Arctic is turning orange — It could trigger a devastating chain effect sooner than expected

In the Arctic, melting ice turns rivers orange — scientists warn this rare phenomenon could trigger a devastating chain reaction for Earth’s climate.

www.ecoticias.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 4d

Starts in 1881 -- sorry for any confusion.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 4d

1881, sorry for any confusion.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 4d

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"Modernity is post-apocalyptic. It's been that way from the start. It is born out of devastation: the destruction of the fabric of the living world and the destruction of the weave of culture."

www.chelseagreen.com/product/at-w...

At Work in the Ruins by Dougald Hine

At Work in the Ruins offers guidance by standing firmly forward and facing the depth of the trouble we are in.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 4d

I was at UCSB 1998-2009. It was amazing then to see Nobel prize winners walking across campus (previous winners in 1998/2000/2004/2014), and it's amazing now to have it happen again.

www.noozhawk.com/ucsb-profess...

UCSB Professors Michel Devoret, John Martinis Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics | Local News | Noozhawk

Two UC Santa Barbara professors were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics for their experiments on an electrical circuit that showed quantum physics in

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 4d

I posted it to my FB and X pages. And here it is on YouTube:

youtu.be/93QcPfQafrY

Animation of the Global Surface Temperature Anomaly: 1851-2025

YouTube video by Climate Casino

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 4d

My latest animation of the global surface temperature anomaly, 1851 - 2025 (current through September).

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