Antarctic temperature rises above 20C (68F) for first time on record.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/13/antarctic-temperature-rises-above-20c-first-time-record

Antarctic temperature rises above 20C for first time on record

Scientists describe 20.75C logged at Seymour Island as โ€˜incredible and abnormalโ€™

The Antarctic Ice Sheet stores water equivalent to 58m in global sea-level rise.

The CO2 emissions from available fossil fuel on Earth is enough to ultimately melt the entire Antarctic ice sheet.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4643791/

Combustion of available fossil fuel resources sufficient to eliminate the Antarctic Ice Sheet

The Antarctic Ice Sheet stores water equivalent to 58 m in global sea-level rise. We show in simulations using the Parallel Ice Sheet Model that burning the currently attainable fossil fuel resources is sufficient to eliminate the ice sheet. With cumulative ...

Our consumption of fossil fuels implies an increasing loss of land.

Water levels will impact the future of our cities.

Experiments with @[email protected]

The streets missing are under water.

#plottertwitter

Paris

@[email protected] @[email protected] Manhattan

Blue streets will be below sea-level in 700 Gt of CO2 emissions from now.

Andrei Kashcha on Twitter

โ€œIntroducing elevation script for the city roads: https://t.co/G0AFUSRIs0 - now you can color roads based on their elevation above the sea level Inspired by experiments with @JoanieLemercier https://t.co/YnNA3vml5bโ€

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London

Streets below sea level in 700 Gt of CO2 emissions from now.

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Streets of London above sea level.

700 Gt of CO2 into the future.

The city of Oslo, Norway, in a distant future.

Streets under sea level (left)
Streets above sea level (right)

Climate change increases heavy rain and flooding.

200.000 people are under evacuation orders in Japan.
Here's an aerial picture of #Hitoyoshi yesterday.

https://goo.gl/maps/isyV2pcYxypRFq8r7

Hitoyoshi

Prรคfektur Kumamoto, Japan

Southern Japan recorded its heaviest rainstorm on record: 381mm of rain fell in just 6 hours.

We are in a climate emergency.

#Hitoyoshi #Kumamoto

Yangshuo, China

The area received the highest amount of rainfall ever recorded over 200 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5_BmrAzfRw

"The Worst Flood in Living Memory" - Yangshuo, China | June 2020

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"Unusually intense rainfall [...] affecting about 15 million residents."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/world/asia/china-floods-rain.html

#LetChinaStrikeForClimate #ChinaFloods

Severe Floods in China Leave Over 106 Dead or Missing

Unusually intense rainfall has swept away buildings and ruined homes in southern China, affecting about 15 million residents. More downpours are forecast for Saturday.

The New York Times

15.000.000 people

#ChinaFloods