The Crisis Report — 51

Recent Readings

See that. That’s a measurement of the amount of HEAT ENERGY that's in the Ocean. 2024 has been holding steady at the same level as 2023. Indicating that this is a NEW BASELINE for future warming.

In 2023 around +15 Zettajoules of HEAT ENERGY got added to the Global Ocean. That works out to about 471 million Hiroshima bombs worth. In 2024, the oceans are actually warmer overall than they were in 2023.

2021 (GREY Line) was officially +1.1°C over the “pre-industrial” baseline. 2023 and 2024 have each averaged about +0.5°C over 2021. Indicating that the Global Mean Temperature has JUMPED to +1.6°C over the baseline.

AND, so is the Global Mean Temperature. The thing most people think of when you talk about Global Warming or Climate Change. Since it shot up in May of 2023 the GMT has averaged around +1.6°C over baseline for OVER a year now.

In response to these FACTS, we got two different narratives reported this past week.

The Alarming UN statement that everyone will ignore.

Climate change: UN report says planet to warm by 3.1 C without greater action

AND, this piece in New Scientist. Which I am sure will be “picked up” and reported by MSNBC, WAPO, the NYT, HuffPO, and other “mainstream” media outlets.