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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING📢 Crack team of climate scientists show "it is no longer defensible for companies proposing new or extended fossil fuel projects to claim the climate harms will be negligible. Our research shows the harms are, in fact, tangible and quantifiable – and no project is too small to matter"

For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project

The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.

theconversation.com

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 10h

Really cool podcast, about a futuristic carbon-free energy source. But would the waste heat from this process contribute to significant global warming if this energy source was tapped at large scale?

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

Today on Volts: geothermal startup Quaise is using microwaves to pulverize rock, drill down miles, & access levels of heat that cause water to go supercritical, so it holds exponentially more energy. The promise is geothermal power with 10X the productivity -- enough to lure FF giants into the biz.

Super-deep geothermal drilling ... with microwaves

I talk with Quaise CEO Carlos Araque about a technology that could persuade the oil and gas industry to drill for heat instead of fuel.

www.volts.wtf

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 10h

A massive storm that brought a record storm surge to Alaska was poorly forecast, and “this is one of the clearest possible examples to date where missing upper air soundings due to NWS constraints may have led to a degraded forecast.”

Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 11h

Sunday a massive storm surge event from the remnants of Typhoon Halong caused catastrophic damage in remote western Alaska. Thanks to @alaskawx.bsky.social for his help with this deep dive, including the forecast challenges in an area dealing with reduced NWS upper air soundings
tinyurl.com/4ycxaez9

Historic coastal flooding strikes western Alaska

Remnants of Typhoon Halong produce hurricane force winds and push massive storm surge inland in Kuskokwim River Delta, destroying and carrying away homes, leaving devastated communities.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 12h

Sanity says: “if there is a risk that the AMOC is weakening and heading towards a tipping point, we need to act on that (just like with other major risks). This is not an issue where we can afford to wait until we are certain, or pretend it’s just an academic discussion without major consequences.”

Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 1d

High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)

The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...

www.realclimate.org

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 13h

For the 2nd time in the past 4 days, we have another Atlantic "fish" storm only of concern to marine interests forming in an unusual location for this time of year. My latest: yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/trop...

Tropical Storm Lorenzo forms in the central tropical Atlantic » Yale Climate Connections

Lorenzo's formation brings the Atlantic hurricane season to near-average in 3 out of 4 categories.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 4d

When will the climate change coastal property bubble pop? A significant acceleration in coastal flooding from a lunar orbit shift (mid-2030s) will significantly stress the market. My 2024 post: "When will climate change turn life in the U.S. upside down?"
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/when...

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 5d

Latest seasonal forecast from NOAA is not looking promising for the Colorado River watershed: a hot and dry start to winter is predicted.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 5d

Drought is climate change's biggest threat: If this winter is as dry as last winter, and no major reductions in use occur, Lake Powell by 2027 would have no storage left and “would have to be operated as a ‘run of river' facility” in which only the inflow from the river could be released downstream.

‘No One Comes Out of This Unscathed’: Experts Warn That Colorado River Use Needs Cutting Immediately - Inside Climate News

A new report finds that Lakes Mead and Powell, the nation’s largest reservoirs, could store just 9 percent of their combined capacity by the end of next summer.

insideclimatenews.org

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 6d

Defending the highway to the NC Outer Banks is problematic: “It’s the overwash of sand that built these islands in the first place and allows them to persist," Moore said. "By blocking that process to defend roadways and buildings, we’re starving these islands of the lifeline they need to exist.”

Why efforts to protect Highway 12 could be making flooding worse

A UNC-led study says decades of road protection efforts may be accelerating erosion and putting the Outer Banks at greater risk.

www.wral.com

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 6d

The northern Leeward Islands will need to watch out for newly-formed Tropical Storm Jerry. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/trop...

Tropical Storm Jerry forms; a close pass by the Leeward Islands expected » Yale Climate Connections

Jerry is predicted to be a Cat 1 hurricane when it makes its closest approach to the northern Leeward Islands on Thursday night and Friday.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 6d

I’m participating in a 40-minute webinar today at noon EDT on King Tides and sea level rise. Lots of great experts speaking.

Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 7d

Join us tomorrow! @climatecentral.org @drjeffmasters.bsky.social @johnmoralestv.bsky.social

yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 7d

"We focus a lot on global average temperatures, but this masks the real local impacts that climate change is having. The land – where all of us live – is warming about 40% faster than the global average, and high latitude regions are warming even faster." www.theclimatebrink.com/p/most-of-th...

Most of the world has recently set all-time heat records

Regional exceptions like the 1930s in the continental US notwithstanding

www.theclimatebrink.com

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 7d

The next Atlantic threat figures to pass just northeast of the Leeward Islands on Thursday and Friday. @bhensonweather.bsky.social and I have the latest: yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cent...

Central Atlantic disturbance 95L likely to develop » Yale Climate Connections

The system is likely to be near the Leeward Islands on Thursday or Friday.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 10d

A seemingly modest 7% increase in winds and 12% increase in rain due to global warming increased the damages from Typhoon #Ragasa by over 1/3, a new study has found. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/clim...

Climate change behind 36% of damage inflicted by Typhoon Ragasa in China » Yale Climate Connections

In the Atlantic, we're watching a tropical wave that emerged from the coast of Africa on October 3 that might develop in about a week as it approaches the Lesser Antilles Islands.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 11d

Climate change is going to hit the economy: “Even though this [crisis] is more regional [than the Great Financial Crisis],” says Burt, “it’s still something that’s pretty terrible.” He wishes we could prepare. Otherwise, he says, we’ll see “disorderly results” similar to what happened in 2008-2011.”

Susan Crawford @scrawford.bsky.social · 11d

Climate risk hammering LA’s housing market: insurance is harder to get and more expensive, homes stuck on the market, price cuts happening. Insurers and the state’s FAIR Plan reel. Market repricing is underway. Investors and the Fed still looking the other way. open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...

What’s a house in LA really worth?

Southern California houses are sitting on the market. Part of the reason is physical climate change.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 11d

Hurricane damage is often a function of their areal size, since big storms drive a larger storm surge and spread impacts over a larger area. However, this study found "global warming is not expected to strongly change storm size", and SSTs relative to global tropical average determine storm size.

Tropical cyclones expand faster at warmer relative sea surface temperature | PNAS

Tropical cyclones are expected to intensify more rapidly with warming, but relatively little work has examined whether they could expand more rapid...

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 12d

Hurricane #Imelda has Bermuda in its cross hairs, but fortunately, the island is one of the most hurricane-hardened places on the planet. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/berm...

Bermuda braces for a pounding from strengthening Hurricane Imelda » Yale Climate Connections

The hurricane is expected to pass over or very near Bermuda early Thursday morning as a Cat 2 storm.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 14d

Yep. The idea that city/state government is going to “maintain the large, complex infrastructure needed to effectively respond to rare catastrophic events is nonsensical. Having a robust FEMA enables the ongoing maintenance of the needed disaster response infrastructure at a federal level.”

Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 14d

I am incredibly concerned (and angry) after reading this morning's WSJ investigation into FEMA and its accelerating deterioration, and in my daily BalancedWx post I explain why I think you should be concerned as well. Also, my weekly tropical deep dive. More: https://tinyurl.com/yuv86vyt

WSJ: "FEMA Is Paralyzed"

Thoughts and perspectives on their investigation into the crucial EM agency. And the weekly Monday tropical deep dive.

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 14d

Meta is constructing its largest data center yet: a $10 billion facility in Louisiana, as big as 70 football fields, requiring more than twice as much electricity as the City of New Orleans.

Louisiana has had to greenlight $3 billion in new energy infrastructure to service Meta's facility.

New Meta Data Center Needs Twice as Much Energy as New Orleans

Meta is constructing its largest data center yet: a $10 billion facility in Louisiana requiring more than twice as much electricity as New Orleans.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 14d

After drenching the Bahamas, Bermuda is the next land area that needs to be concerned with Imelda. The latest from @bhensonweather.bsky.social and I:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/trop...

Tropical Storm Imelda drenches the Bahamas » Yale Climate Connections

Imelda is expected to turn sharply east-northeastward on Tuesday and threaten Bermuda as a Cat 2 hurricane on Wednesday.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 15d

Looks like TD 9 will miss making a U.S. landfall. The latest from @bhensonweather.bsky.social and I: yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/trop...

Tropical Depression 9 plowing through the Bahamas » Yale Climate Connections

Yale Climate Connections is a nonpartisan, multimedia service providing daily broadcast radio programming and original web-based reporting, commentary, and analysis on the issue of climate change.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 16d

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Bob Henson @bhensonweather.bsky.social · 16d

Tropical Depression 9, now in The Bahamas, may dump 10-20" of rain somewhere close to the Southeast U.S. coast as a tropical storm or hurricane early next week. Onshore or offshore? That's one of many big questions in the air right now. Full update:

yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/humb...

Humberto hits Category 4, while The Bahamas and Southeast U.S. prep for the next storm » Yale Climate Connections

A tropical depression strengthening on Saturday could affect parts of the Southeast coast for several days.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 16d

My quote on NWS job application loyalty questions: “You’re going to discourage qualified employees from applying because of these questions that have nothing to do with how well you can make a forecast, or if you are able to put out a proper weather warning. It’s not relevant to the job.”

National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches

The National Weather Service is struggling to maintain its weather forecasting operations due to significant staffing cuts under the Trump administration.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 16d

Just visited Antelope Canyon, AZ. The colors and rock shapes were exquisite! Foreign tourism is going well in AZ; I was the only American in my group of 16. Lots of Germans and Japanese here, and at the Grand Canyon.

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