In Pasadena, CA, April 2023 witnessed a monthly maximum of 92°F on the 21st, which is slightly below average.
Over the past 115 years, the average hottest day of April has warmed 5.5°F, the fastest of any month of the year.
The all-time April record from 1989 still stands, in which highs reached 105°F early in the month.
The existence of that heat wave suggests the all-time record of 98°F in March from 1916 is very, very vulnerable to being crushed.
Trash pickup day 1,368. This was a 150 minute pickup. #EarthCleanUp
Big sea glass haul today at Shark Fin Cove in Santa Cruz County, California. Gorgeous weather.
In the cove next door at Davenport Beach, I found my first ever purple piece of sea glass 20 seconds into my glass hunt.
I promptly left the beach, and I never wish to return again. You see, I don't hunt at beaches famous for their sea glass. It ruins the fun for me. It feels less... thrilling. It feels like cheating.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report on the State of the Global Climate in 2022 was released today:
"...shows the planetary scale changes on land, in the ocean and in the atmosphere caused by record levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases"
The WMO State of the Global Climate report 2022 focuses on key climate indicators – greenhouse gases, temperatures, sea level rise, ocean heat and acidification, sea ice and glaciers. It also highlights the impacts of climate change and extreme weather.
Trash pickup day 1,367. This was a 45 minute pickup. #EarthCleanUp
I am starting to get close to the end of the semester here in San Jose, and so I'm going to begin targeting areas that only I know how to get.
Today's bucket yielded lots of 15-40 year old trash.
Hello,
If you haven't been on Twitter in a while, it is indeed going how you'd expect. Climate activists and scientists are either not getting the reach they used to or are getting rushed by hundreds of trolls and deniers.
I will continue to post on that app, but as of tonight, I will begin doing my best to build my Mastodon following as well.
Additionally, my daily trash pickups will begin appearing here, too. However, I can't upload my 2:20 videos.
Take care,
Edgar McGregor
The lack of respect towards the nature world that fossil fuel companies hold is abhorrent.
They have no place in our civilization.
There will never come a day where a hero emerges from the clouds to save us from the climate crisis.
A miracle technology is not coming.
It is up to every single one of us to do what is necessary to preserve this planet and our civilization for generations to come.
Zack Labe