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Europe records second warmest May

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The European Union’s Copernicus climate service said May was Europe’s second-warmest on record, causing heat-driven crises in France, the UK, Ireland and Portugal and warning extremes were becoming the norm.

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oceanterra.org
May 2026 was the second warmest May globally according to @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social

📈 The recent European heatwave followed a rapid transition from below average temperatures and this likely increased impacts on people, crops and ecosystems
June 10, 2026 at 8:05 AM

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by Stefan Rahmstorf

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Reposted by Peter Thorne

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drlaurasuarez.bsky.social
The most extreme heatwaves physically possible already today could dwarf all events in recent memory.

And even more worrying, they occur successively after one or more extreme heatwaves in the same summer.

🔥 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

@erichfischer.bsky.social @commsearth.nature.com
June 10, 2026 at 2:55 PM

by Gernot Wagner

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gwagner.com
Wait a decade of two, for when we will yearn for today's wild temperature swings as quaint oscillations of the recent past
Wild temperature swings are becoming the 'new normal', EU agency says Wild temperature swings
June 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM

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by Tim Stephens

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proftimstephens.bsky.social
"Temperatures in the Antarctic climbed above 15C this month, shattering the previous winter heat record for the usually frozen region and raising concerns about the speed of climate breakdown."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown
Temperatures above 15C ‘very strange’ say scientists, as snow melts and rain falls on glaciers in usually frozen region
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM

Reposted by Jamie Hannaford, Du Toit

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ecmwf.int
In our seasonal forecast from 1 June 2026, we are introducing the Relative Niño indices.

Recommended by @wmo-global.bsky.social, this is an additional measure of El Niño strength alongside more traditional Niño 3.4 SST anomalies. It's expected to be readily adopted.

➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
June 10, 2026 at 11:33 AM

Reposted by Christopher Wright, Nandita Sharma, Brendan O’Rourke

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weatherprof.bsky.social
Wait. For. It. NASA animation shows Global temps warm slowly at first, then rapidly. Warming is accelerating! Here’s the truth. It’s real. It’s us. And we have to come to terms with it, and deal with reality, rather than deceiving ourselves, and hoping it goes away. It won’t… without intervention.
June 9, 2026 at 12:40 PM

by Andrew Watkins

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windjunky.bsky.social
Latest Global Indictors report just published. Latest decade (1996-2025) global mean temperature increase since pre industrial of +1.26°C. Largest energy imbalance on record.
Bugger.

essd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
June 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM

by Ed Hawkins

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edhawkins.org
Closest I've seen might be this one from C3S:
climate.copernicus.eu/sites/defaul...
climate.copernicus.eu
June 9, 2026 at 10:28 PM

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fao.org
🌡️ Extreme heat is already affecting crops, livestock, forests, fisheries & the people who produce our food.

@fao.org - @wmo-global.bsky.social report on #ExtremeHeat & Agriculture shows the impacts & #ClimateAction needed to respond to this growing threat.

🔗 https://doi.org/10.4060/cd9394en
June 10, 2026 at 5:42 PM

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democracynow.org
"We are in extreme danger," says climate scientist Peter Kalmus @climatehuman.bsky.social. He warns that this summer "could be the hottest summer we've ever experienced in our lives, but it could also be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives."
June 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM

by Andrew Watkins

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windjunky.bsky.social
Only the DWD (German) model thinks El Niño ain’t that big a deal. Other 7 models are full on.

climate.copernicus.eu/charts/packa...
June 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM

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Reposted by Michael Gerrard

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zacklabe.com
Sea surface temperatures are already surging to record high levels for this time of year in key El Niño monitoring areas.

➡️ Sign up for our next monthly state of the climate webinar to learn more: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... We'll also be talking about the hurricane season outlook.
Line graph time series of daily Nino 3.4 sea surface temperatures from 1982 to 2026. This year is currently a record high for this time of year. Data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1, and the graphic is created by Climate Central.
June 9, 2026 at 11:50 AM

Reposted by Prakash Kashwan

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volts.wtf
"People in the US are poised to endure another summer of unusually ferocious heat and there will be little respite in the years ahead, with a new study finding that the coming 15 years could see a doubling in hospitalizations due to heat-related illnesses."
‘Woefully unprepared’: extreme heat will double US hospitalizations by 2040, study finds
Sharp rise in hospital visits will in turn drive up annual healthcare costs for heat-related conditions to over $1bn
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2026 at 9:10 PM

Reposted by Michael E. Mann

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by Du Toit

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