* Fourth toddler dies in France as Europe’s brutal heatwave forecast to shift east
“Extreme heat will occur more frequently, for longer duration and with greater intensity as global warming continues...The extreme temperatures had been made possible by the climate crisis driven by fossil fuel burning." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/26/europe-heatwave-shift-east-child-deaths-france-cities-heat-stress

* Johan Rockström on Planetary Boundaries (podcast)
“In the mid-1950s, we humans shift from being this small world on a big planet to now being a big world on a small planet. We've simply filled up the whole space. When you've reached that saturation point, the old economic paradigm doesn't work anymore. We've come to the end of the road of this idea that you can exploit for free and then waste without any consequences." >>
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/how-to-solve-the-climate-crisis-johan-rockstr%C3%B6m-on/id1823942833?i=1000774198725
#FossilFuels #ClimateExtremes #HotPlanet #heatwaves #boundaries #limits #habitability

Fourth toddler dies in France as Europe’s brutal heatwave forecast to shift east

Scientists say hot spell is worst ever, with nearly half of region’s 850 largest cities facing unprecedented heat stress

The Guardian

Climate litigation - Trapped by floods and fearing death in the heat: the Australians taking legal action over the climate crisis

"The complaint is exploratory. It argues the government is violating the claimants’ human rights by continuing to support coal and gas developments that fuel climate extremes."

"... A “glaring inconsistency” in climate policy: that the country is taking steps to cut domestic emissions as it expands support for fossil fuel exports. The stories of these claimants show climate change is not an abstract future threat... Australia has a “huge amount of liability and exposure” given the scale of its fossil fuel exports." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/22/trapped-by-floods-and-fearing-death-in-the-heat-the-australians-taking-legal-action-over-the-climate-crisis
#ClimateExtremes #climate #FossilFuels #liability #litigation #ExtremeHeat #ClimateLitigation #floods #heatwaves #HumanRights

Trapped by floods and fearing death in the heat: the Australians taking legal action over the climate crisis

Ten people affected in different ways by extreme weather are taking a case against the federal government to the UN

The Guardian

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Impact of #ClimateExtremes on Seasonal Dynamics of Grassland #GrossPrimaryProductivity in #CentralAsia Considering Lagged and Cumulative Effects

#ClimateExtremeIndices | #TemporalEffects | #Grasslands

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag137

Unravelling Global Patterns Of Drought-Flood Alternations
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.135718 <-- shared paper
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H/T @Gebremedhin Haile
“This study contributes to ongoing efforts to better understand hydrological processes and environmental change, with important implications for water resources management, climate adaptation, and sustainable decision-making…”
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#JimHansen on global temperature for 2026 likely hottest year in the temperature record
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateExtremes the only way to fix this is #GetOffFossilFuel #RenewableEnergyTransition
https://mailchi.mp/caa/2026-on-track-for-warmest-year?e=f306d8ece2
2026 On Track for Warmest Year

Whiplash summers becoming more intense

"We don't feel the global average temperature increases so much as we feel it in our infrastructure, feel it in the economy, feel it in our environment," Dr Ashcroft said. >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-17/summer-weather-whiplash-points-to-driving-force-climate-change/106459530
#FossilFuels #FossilFuelsSubsidies #climate #environment #ClimateExtremes

From fire to flood, how climate change contributed to summer of whiplash weather

Scientists warn sharp swings from extreme heat to flooding rain experienced over summer are a sign climate change is overtaking other weather drivers.

How and where does life originate in the universe? Three new National Centres of #Competence in #Research led by ETH Zurich and partner universities study life’s origins, precise measurement, and how Switzerland handles growing #ClimateExtremes.

Three new Research Centres of ...
Three new Research Centres of Competence for ETH Zurich

How and where does life originate in the universe? How can physical phenomena be measured with the highest precision? How is Switzerland handling increasing climate and weather extremes? Three new National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCRs), awarded to ETH Zurich and its partner universities, seek to answer these questions.

ETH Zurich

P.S. Important and much appreciated input from Ed Wiebe M.Sc. at UVic Earth & Ocean Science

https://mstdn.ca/@edwiebe/115265785432541292

#PortAlberni #BCWx #Weather #BCStorm #AtmosphericRiver #ClimateChange #ClimateExtremes #Flooding

Ed Wiebe (@[email protected])

@[email protected] Much of what you write is reasonable but be careful about using recollections to think about what was. Anecdotal evidence is absolutely unreliable. Our summers are dry because of large scale circulation effects. The jet stream moves north in the summer (and weakens) and we tend to live under a large high pressure pattern. That drives sinking air (decreasing relative humidity). That's not going to go away in a warming climate. However, the strength of the jet stream relies on the temperature gradient from south to north (weaker in summer, thus weaker summer jet stream). That gradient is changing. High latitudes are warming more than mid-latitudes. Winter storms move along under the jet stream (simply speaking) and they bring the moisture inland. Atmospheric rivers are different again. There's more moisture for them to bring as we warm. I don't know how climate change will affect their frequency and range.

Mastodon Canada

8/end The question is.. what will those totals look like?

Could we see a 150mm-200mm in-a-day rainfall event? 1000mm over a few days? More?

Or perhaps even if it happened just right in January or February, could we see a massive snowfall event reminiscent of last century?

We won't know until it happens, but we can see the signs that our time is coming.

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7/n We have seen a number of times in the past 10 years, most dramatically in 2021, where small and large Atmospheric River events have seemed to "go around" Port Alberni... often impacting the Lake Cowichan area most.

Our strongest events have always been when winds lined up best with the opening of the Alberni Inlet, roughly South to Southeast. So we will have our moment.

#PortAlberni #BCWx #Weather #BCStorm #AtmosphericRiver #ClimateChange #ClimateExtremes #Flooding