It's Climate Change I tell'ya!! IT'S CLIMATE CHANGE!!

[petros]

Good thing global warming is a HOAX!

Get ready for several years of killer heat, top weather forecasters warn
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Seth Borenstein
Published May 28, 2025 • 3 minute read

WASHINGTON — Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes, two of the world’s top weather agencies forecast.


There’s an 80% chance the world will break another annual temperature record in the next five years, and it’s even more probable that the world will again exceed the international temperature threshold set 10 years ago, according to a five-year forecast released Wednesday by the World Meteorological Organization and the U.K. Meteorological Office.

“Higher global mean temperatures may sound abstract, but it translates in real life to a higher chance of extreme weather: stronger hurricanes, stronger precipitation, droughts,” said Cornell University climate scientist Natalie Mahowald, who wasn’t part of the calculations but said they made sense. “So higher global mean temperatures translates to more lives lost.”


With every tenth of a degree the world warms from human-caused climate change “we will experience higher frequency and more extreme events (particularly heat waves but also droughts, floods, fires and human-reinforced hurricanes/typhoons),” emailed Johan Rockstrom, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. He was not part of the research.

And for the first time there’s a chance — albeit slight _ that before the end of the decade, the world’s annual temperature will shoot past the Paris climate accord goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) and hit a more alarming 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) of heating since the mid-1800s, the two agencies said.


There’s an 86% chance that one of the next five years will pass 1.5 degrees and a 70% chance that the five years as a whole will average more than that global milestone, they figured.

The projections come from more than 200 forecasts using computer simulations run by 10 global centres of scientists.

Ten years ago, the same teams figured there was a similar remote chance — about 1% — that one of the upcoming years would exceed that critical 1.5 degree threshold and then it happened last year. This year, a 2-degree Celsius above pre-industrial year enters the equation in a similar manner, something UK Met Office longer term predictions chief Adam Scaife and science scientist Leon Hermanson called “shocking.”

“It’s not something anyone wants to see, but that’s what the science is telling us,” Hermanson said. Two degrees of warming is the secondary threshold, the one considered less likely to break, set by the 2015 Paris agreement.


Technically, even though 2024 was 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial times, the Paris climate agreement’s threshold is for a 20-year time period, so it has not been exceeded. Factoring in the past 10 years and forecasting the next 10 years, the world is now probably about 1.4 degrees Celsius (2.5 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter since the mid 1800s, World Meteorological Organization climate services director Chris Hewitt estimated.

“With the next five years forecast to be more than 1.5C warmer than preindustrial levels on average, this will put more people than ever at risk of severe heat waves, bringing more deaths and severe health impacts unless people can be better protected from the effects of heat. Also we can expect more severe wildfires as the hotter atmosphere dries out the landscape,” said Richard Betts, head of climate impacts research at the UK Met Office and a professor at the University of Exeter.


Ice in the Arctic — which will continue to warm 3.5 times faster than the rest of the world — will melt and seas will rise faster, Hewitt said.

What tends to happen is that global temperatures rise like riding on an escalator, with temporary and natural El Nino weather cycles acting like jumps up or down on that escalator, scientists said. But lately, after each jump from an El Nino, which adds warming to the globe, the planet doesn’t go back down much, if at all.

“Record temperatures immediately become the new normal,” said Stanford University climate scientist Rob Jackson.

Get ready for several years of killer heat, top weather forecasters warn

Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes.

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Good thing global warming is a HOAX!

Bullshit. Wanna see weather go nuts in real time? Wait 2-3 days (June 1st) when trillion of tonnes of plasma from the sun (CME) slams into earth's atmosphere at 3000km per second. It's a biggun coming.

Long-duration M8.1 solar flare produces strong Earth-directed CME, impact expected on June 1

A strong, long-duration solar flare registered as M8.1 erupted from Active Region 4100 at 00:05 UTC on May 31, 2025. The flare began at 23:31 UTC on May 30 and ended at 01:32 UTC on May 31.

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Have a nice day.

 

[spaminator]

Have a nice day.

 

[petros]

I wonder how many AA Duracell batteries you’d need #solar #farming #ramblinghenry #foryou #fyp

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What he said. That's just one tractor (New Holland T9)

He said he seeded 6000 hectares (23 sections). He's definitely running 3 trains to pull that off on 2 12hr shifts.

I recently toured an operation double that size (51 sections) and they run 6 top tier Case tracked tractors pulling 80ft seeders trains. They own 3 fuel trucks to feed them and support vehicles. 2 B train and a transfer truck for about 30 pieces of equipment plus trucks of various sizes.

 

[Ron in Regina]

What if they use electric tractors and they towed behind them great big diesel generators to constantly recharge the batteries, in the silliness of…whatever…?

 

[Dixie Cup]

I visited a farm in N. Alberta many years ago. They have over a township in land - it's a HUGE operation run by a family who had lots of kids, most of whom were boys. I think there's 8 boys in a family of 10 kids, but I may be misremembering. All I know is there were a lot of boys in that family.

The equipment they had was amazing - millions of dollars' worth. Huge tractors, combines etc. Apparently, it's quite the sight to see come harvest time.

They also had milking cows, and you could literally eat off the floors it was so clean. Maybe this isn't "news" to some on this forum, but for me it was an amazing experience. Each cow had a "tag" which was connected to the milking system which noted how much milk each cow produced, how the cow was eating, when inoculations were done, etc. etc. All the information one would require ensuring that each cow was healthy & producing good quality milk.

All in all, it was a fantastic experience & the family was very welcoming, showing us around with pride in all they had accomplished.

 

[petros]

What if they use electric tractors and they towed behind them great big diesel generators to constantly recharge the batteries, in the silliness of…whatever…?

Half-breeds would be a good start.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Half-breeds would be a good start.

I was being facetious. If you have to tow a great big diesel generator in combination with everything else that you’re towing., just to try to keep the batteries up on an electric tractor…just cut out the batteries.

Half-breed like a locomotive being diesel electric?

Diesel locomotive - Wikipedia

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How Diesel Locomotives Work

Diesel locomotives are some of the coolest modes of transport out there. Giant machines like these are just full of technological treats. Explore a hybrid-diesel locomotive - from engine to engineer controls.

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[petros]

I was being facetious. If you have to tow a great big diesel generator in combination with everything else that you’re towing., just to try to keep the batteries up on an electric tractor…just cut out the batteries.

Half-breed like a locomotive being diesel electric?
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Diesel locomotive - Wikipedia

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How Diesel Locomotives Work

Diesel locomotives are some of the coolest modes of transport out there. Giant machines like these are just full of technological treats. Explore a hybrid-diesel locomotive - from engine to engineer controls.

science.howstuffworks.com

It's not just drive wheels. There is hydraulic everything.

 

[Ron in Regina]

It's not just drive wheels. There is hydraulic everything.

Have to (or are suppose to) start somewhere, & diesel/electric tech is a known thing as opposed to, “just mandate it in and the technology will catch up, etc…” with magic batteries and so on…

 

[petros]

Have to (or are suppose to) start somewhere, & diesel/electric tech is a known thing as opposed to, “just mandate it in and the technology will catch up, etc…” with magic batteries and so on…

Diesel electric is juicy. An APU from an airliner is more efficient than ICE diesel and would handle all the Kwh

I'm sure you've seen what looks a tire fire out in a field but it's just a 18L diesel. We don't need that but we need that.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Diesel electric is juicy. An APU from an airliner is more efficient than ICE diesel and would handle all the Kwh

I'm sure you've seen what looks a tire fire out in a field but it's just a 18L diesel. We don't need that but we need that.

Coincidentally one of the generators we used when crushing diesel was an 18 L diesel, mated up to a genny in place of the transmission, with a control panel mounted behind the genny. That fit into the back third of a 53 foot trailer. Occasionally we’d have to do a cold start (+15°C) & empathy on the black smoke until it warmed up.

Normally, we would have a smaller generator in another out trailer that we would fire up and run for an hour, we wouldn’t fire up the big generator until it’s coolant. Temperature was over 100°

 

[petros]

Coincidentally one of the generators we used when crushing diesel was an 18 L diesel, mated up to a genny in place of the transmission, with a control panel mounted behind the genny. That fit into the back third of a 53 foot trailer. Occasionally we’d have to do a cold start (+15°C) & empathy on the black smoke until it warmed up.

Normally, we would have a smaller generator in another out trailer that we would fire up and run for an hour, we wouldn’t fire up the big generator until it’s coolant. Temperature was over 100°

Cat D5E is a D6 half-breed that punches far above its class.

 

[spaminator]

Warmer than normal summer predicted across Canada, uncertain precipitation levels
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Jack Farrell
Published Jun 10, 2025 • Last updated 19 hours ago • 2 minute read

Canada is expected to see a warmer than usual summer with uncertain precipitation levels in most provinces, based on Environment and Climate Change Canada’s summer forecast.


Jennifer Smith, a warning preparedness meteorologist, said Tuesday that Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario and northern Manitoba are especially likely — 100% in some areas — to see a hotter than normal summer, though the odds are high for the rest of the country, too.


“There are a couple of cooler spots, most prominently along the Beaufort Sea in northwestern Canada, but overall the forecast leans toward a warmer summer across the country,” Smith said.

Statistically, she said the above-average warmth may be skewed by extreme short-term heat waves. But in other cases, “it could be recurring short warm spells or just a subtle, consistent warmth that pushes seasonal averages up enough to nudge the stats.”


At the same time, Smith said the agency’s modelling couldn’t come up with a reliable rain forecast for those same provinces over the summer, but much of Alberta, British Columbia and parts of Saskatchewan could see below normal levels of precipitation.

“Summer precipitation is tricky to forecast because it’s driven by scattered thunderstorms and local downpours, which are difficult to predict months in advance,” she said.

“Just one big rainfall event can shift a seasonal total to above normal, even if most days are dry.”

Bill Merryfield, a research scientist with Environment Canada, told reporters that the lack of spring rain, plus potentially drier conditions moving forward, means that Western Canada is expected to be ripe for severe wildfires starting next month.


Conditions are only expected to worsen by August, Merryfield said, with most provinces west of Ontario expected to reach “well above average” levels for fire severity situations.

He said the forecast doesn’t point to the number of wildfires that are expected. Rather, the forecast is meant to illustrate how likely a wildfire is to become severe after it ignites.

“Going into the summer Canada was already experiencing a severe early wildfire season,” Merryfield said, adding that as of the end of last month, Canada saw triple the 10-year average in terms of area burned for this time of year.


Those early season wildfires have prompted the evacuation of thousands in both Saskatchewan and Manitoba, where crews are battling dozens of fires in both provinces.


Evacuations, although on a smaller scale, have also been ordered in British Columbia, Alberta and northern Ontario.

As of Monday, there were over 80 active wildfires in B.C. alone, with more than half listed as out of control.

Merryfield said human-induced climate change is a key influence on the warmer-than-normal temperature forecast, which then influences the wildfire severity expectation.

“Canada’s average summer temperatures have warmed by about 1.8 degrees since 1948, which is about double the warming of the global average temperature during that period,” he said.

“This long-term warming trend is a major contributor to the high forecast probabilities of above normal temperatures across Canada.”

Health Canada says some of the best ways to stay safe from the heat are to reduce sun exposure as much as possible, stay hydrated and take cool showers or baths.

Warmer than normal summer predicted across Canada, uncertain precipitation levels

Canada is expected to see a warmer than usual summer with uncertain precipitation levels in most provinces.

torontosun.com

 

[petros]

Warmer than normal summer predicted across Canada, uncertain precipitation levels
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Jack Farrell
Published Jun 10, 2025 • Last updated 19 hours ago • 2 minute read

Canada is expected to see a warmer than usual summer with uncertain precipitation levels in most provinces, based on Environment and Climate Change Canada’s summer forecast.


Jennifer Smith, a warning preparedness meteorologist, said Tuesday that Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario and northern Manitoba are especially likely — 100% in some areas — to see a hotter than normal summer, though the odds are high for the rest of the country, too.


“There are a couple of cooler spots, most prominently along the Beaufort Sea in northwestern Canada, but overall the forecast leans toward a warmer summer across the country,” Smith said.

Statistically, she said the above-average warmth may be skewed by extreme short-term heat waves. But in other cases, “it could be recurring short warm spells or just a subtle, consistent warmth that pushes seasonal averages up enough to nudge the stats.”


At the same time, Smith said the agency’s modelling couldn’t come up with a reliable rain forecast for those same provinces over the summer, but much of Alberta, British Columbia and parts of Saskatchewan could see below normal levels of precipitation.

“Summer precipitation is tricky to forecast because it’s driven by scattered thunderstorms and local downpours, which are difficult to predict months in advance,” she said.

“Just one big rainfall event can shift a seasonal total to above normal, even if most days are dry.”

Bill Merryfield, a research scientist with Environment Canada, told reporters that the lack of spring rain, plus potentially drier conditions moving forward, means that Western Canada is expected to be ripe for severe wildfires starting next month.


Conditions are only expected to worsen by August, Merryfield said, with most provinces west of Ontario expected to reach “well above average” levels for fire severity situations.

He said the forecast doesn’t point to the number of wildfires that are expected. Rather, the forecast is meant to illustrate how likely a wildfire is to become severe after it ignites.

“Going into the summer Canada was already experiencing a severe early wildfire season,” Merryfield said, adding that as of the end of last month, Canada saw triple the 10-year average in terms of area burned for this time of year.


Those early season wildfires have prompted the evacuation of thousands in both Saskatchewan and Manitoba, where crews are battling dozens of fires in both provinces.


Evacuations, although on a smaller scale, have also been ordered in British Columbia, Alberta and northern Ontario.

As of Monday, there were over 80 active wildfires in B.C. alone, with more than half listed as out of control.

Merryfield said human-induced climate change is a key influence on the warmer-than-normal temperature forecast, which then influences the wildfire severity expectation.

“Canada’s average summer temperatures have warmed by about 1.8 degrees since 1948, which is about double the warming of the global average temperature during that period,” he said.

“This long-term warming trend is a major contributor to the high forecast probabilities of above normal temperatures across Canada.”

Health Canada says some of the best ways to stay safe from the heat are to reduce sun exposure as much as possible, stay hydrated and take cool showers or baths.

Warmer than normal summer predicted across Canada, uncertain precipitation levels

Canada is expected to see a warmer than usual summer with uncertain precipitation levels in most provinces.

torontosun.com

Not likely, Solar Cycle 25 is ending abruptly.

 

[spaminator]

Emperor penguins show dramatic decline in one region of Antarctica, satellite photos show
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Christina Larson
Published Jun 10, 2025 • 1 minute read

FILE - This undated photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey in January 2024 shows adult emperor penguins with a chick near Halley Research Station in Antarctica. (British Antarctic Survey via AP)
FILE - This undated photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey in January 2024 shows adult emperor penguins with a chick near Halley Research Station in Antarctica. (British Antarctic Survey via AP) AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The population of emperor penguins in one part of Antarctica appears to be declining faster than previously thought, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery released Tuesday.


The estimated population of 16 penguin colonies — visible in satellite photos taken between 2009 and 2024 — had declined 22% during that period mainly because of climate change that’s shrinking the amount of available sea ice. It’s unclear whether this drop is seen across the continent, scientists said.


“Sea ice is very important for the penguins because they breed on sea ice and forage on sea ice,” said Peter Fretwell with British Antarctic Survey, who helped analyze the data.

Scientists previously estimated that the total emperor penguin population declined about 10% across all of Antarctica over the past decade and a half. The latest survey included a region covering the Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea and Bellingshausen Sea.


“It’s absolutely alarming that the numbers are so much worse than predicted,” said Daniel Zitterbart, a penguin researcher at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who was not involved in the study.

There are uncertainties in the latest estimate. The analysis relies on a calculation of how densely the penguins are clustered in each area where they’re detected in a single satellite photo taken each year.

The colonies studied represent about 30% of the total emperor penguin population, which lives only in Antarctica. The loss of stable sea ice may be affecting the penguins in ways beyond shrinking their breeding grounds.

“More predators like leopard seals and orcas may be able to come in closer to the colonies if sea ice breaks up earlier in the year,” said Fretwell.

Warming ocean temperatures and changing rainfall patterns may also impact the survival of penguin chicks, he added.

Emperor penguins show dramatic decline in one region of Antarctica, satellite photos show

The estimated population of 16 penguin colonies -- visible in satellite photos taken between 2009 and 2024 -- had declined 22%.

torontosun.com

 

[petros]

Emperor penguins show dramatic decline in one region of Antarctica, satellite photos show
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Christina Larson
Published Jun 10, 2025 • 1 minute read

FILE - This undated photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey in January 2024 shows adult emperor penguins with a chick near Halley Research Station in Antarctica. (British Antarctic Survey via AP)
FILE - This undated photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey in January 2024 shows adult emperor penguins with a chick near Halley Research Station in Antarctica. (British Antarctic Survey via AP) AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The population of emperor penguins in one part of Antarctica appears to be declining faster than previously thought, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery released Tuesday.


The estimated population of 16 penguin colonies — visible in satellite photos taken between 2009 and 2024 — had declined 22% during that period mainly because of climate change that’s shrinking the amount of available sea ice. It’s unclear whether this drop is seen across the continent, scientists said.


“Sea ice is very important for the penguins because they breed on sea ice and forage on sea ice,” said Peter Fretwell with British Antarctic Survey, who helped analyze the data.

Scientists previously estimated that the total emperor penguin population declined about 10% across all of Antarctica over the past decade and a half. The latest survey included a region covering the Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea and Bellingshausen Sea.


“It’s absolutely alarming that the numbers are so much worse than predicted,” said Daniel Zitterbart, a penguin researcher at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who was not involved in the study.

There are uncertainties in the latest estimate. The analysis relies on a calculation of how densely the penguins are clustered in each area where they’re detected in a single satellite photo taken each year.

The colonies studied represent about 30% of the total emperor penguin population, which lives only in Antarctica. The loss of stable sea ice may be affecting the penguins in ways beyond shrinking their breeding grounds.

“More predators like leopard seals and orcas may be able to come in closer to the colonies if sea ice breaks up earlier in the year,” said Fretwell.

Warming ocean temperatures and changing rainfall patterns may also impact the survival of penguin chicks, he added.

Emperor penguins show dramatic decline in one region of Antarctica, satellite photos show

The estimated population of 16 penguin colonies -- visible in satellite photos taken between 2009 and 2024 -- had declined 22%.

torontosun.com

How are the whales and orca doing? Getting fat from eating emperor penguins?

While orca (killer whale) populations are declining in some areas, they are still considered apex predators in Antarctic waters, and their predation on penguins is a natural part of the ecosystem. Increased orca populations, in some cases, could potentially impact penguin populations, especially those smaller penguin species like Gentoo and Chinstrap penguins. However, other factors like climate change, sea ice decline, and prey availability also play a significant role in penguin population dynamics.

 

[Taxslave2]

I was being facetious. If you have to tow a great big diesel generator in combination with everything else that you’re towing., just to try to keep the batteries up on an electric tractor…just cut out the batteries.

Half-breed like a locomotive being diesel electric?
View attachment 29389

Diesel locomotive - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

How Diesel Locomotives Work

Diesel locomotives are some of the coolest modes of transport out there. Giant machines like these are just full of technological treats. Explore a hybrid-diesel locomotive - from engine to engineer controls.

science.howstuffworks.com

Large haul trucks are diesel electric as well. Diesel engine runs a generator which sends power to the wheels. No driveshafts. I have never been around locomotives, so I don't know if they use a regenerative brake system like trucks do. This just turns the wheel motors into generators to absorb power from wheels turning going down hill. Big bunch of coils that are basically toaster elements to turn the power into heat and dissipate it. The wheel brakes will burn up if used over 5 mph. Been around since at least the 60s.

 

[Taxslave2]

As of Monday, there were over 80 active wildfires in B.C. alone, with more than half listed as out of control.

Arson season is upon us. Lots of fires, but no lightning. The one by Sprout lake manages to spontanously start in 4 spots along a logging road.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Arson season is upon us. Lots of fires, but no lightning. The one by Sprout lake manages to spontanously start in 4 spots along a logging road.

Here too. It’s a “seasonal employment” thing. Fire has to be close enough to commute to, and to be a threat to a community (but not a real threat ‘cuz that’s cruel), and hope the weather & winds cooperate.

When the winds don’t cooperate, etc…then the women & children bug out to the hotels & waterslides on the provincial dime.

Year after year. It’s a running joke in the northern communities that you’re not suppose to talk about. Wanna know where the forest fires will be next year? Within commuting distance of LaRonge, Sandy Bay, Pelican Narrows, Denare Beach, FlinFlon/Creighton, Cranberry Portage, and a spattering of others…like pretty much every other year, with the occasional Hudson’s Bay or Cumberland House for variety, etc…

 

[petros]

Here too. It’s a “seasonal employment” thing. Fire has to be close enough to commute to, and to be a threat to a community (but not a real threat ‘cuz that’s cruel), and hope the weather & winds cooperate.

When the winds don’t cooperate, etc…then the women & children bug out to the hotels & waterslides on the provincial dime.

Year after year. It’s a running joke in the northern communities that you’re not suppose to talk about. Wanna know where the forest fires will be next year? Within commuting distance of LaRonge, Sandy Bay, Pelican Narrows, Denare Beach, FlinFlon/Creighton, Cranberry Portage, and a spattering of others…like pretty much every other year, with the occasional Hudson’s Bay or Cumberland House for variety, etc…

And mysteriously away from forestry leases that supply "locally owned" sawmills.

PS Don't forget to pack your ice fishing gear. The ice fishing in Winnipeg is incredible in June.