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Climate researchers warn: Warmer climate could lead to 'Cold waves across Northern Europe'!

P.Gosselin
NoTricksZone
Sat, 02 Nov 2024 19:48 UTC
In a recent open letter, researchers warned that a warmer Arctic could lead to cold waves across Northern Europe - due to "complex feedback mechanisms".

According to Forschung & Wissen here, an international group of renowned scientists recently published an open letter (PDF) stating that the melting of ice in the Arctic could disrupt ocean currents in the Atlantic, and thus have "devastating and irreversible impacts especially for Nordic countries, but also for other parts of the world."

Open Letter
© en.vedur.is/ Open Letter by Climate Scientists to the Nordic Council of Ministers
According to their publication in the journal Nature Communications, October 2024, doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-53401-3, melting of sea ice during the last interglacial significantly impacted the density and salinity of seawater, and thus led to significant changes in ocean currents and heat distribution in the oceans.
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Oops, science was 'settled' — until it wasn't: Plants absorb 31% more CO₂ than we thought

Charles Rotter
WattsUpwithThat
Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:36 UTC
Settled Science
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A new study reveals that plants have been absorbing 31% more CO₂ than previously believed. Yes, 31% — a glaring error that casts serious doubt on climate models, emissions scenarios, and policy prescriptions like Net Zero. For years, we were told that the "science was settled," and that urgent action was needed to avoid catastrophic warming. But this discovery suggests that our models have been dramatically underestimating nature's ability to manage CO₂. This revelation not only upends the rationale behind aggressive policies but also raises broader questions about the supposed certainty of climate science.

The Myth of "Settled Science"

The phrase "settled science" has been the bedrock of climate advocacy for decades. We've been told that if we don't make rapid, costly changes, we'd face imminent disaster. Skeptics were treated as heretics, while the so-called consensus was portrayed as unquestionable. Yet, it turns out we were 31% wrong about something as fundamental as plant CO₂ absorption. This isn't a minor correction; it's a massive revision that undermines the credibility of models driving policy.

The Unraveling of Climate Models

Climate models are the tools used to predict warming and guide policy. They've been treated as scientific scripture, driving policies from emissions reductions to renewable energy mandates. But with a key assumption proven wrong, the models' projections are called into question:
  1. Overblown Emissions Impact: Climate models predicted rapid CO₂ buildup, assuming limited natural absorption. This inflated the urgency of drastic emissions cuts. Correcting for higher CO₂ absorption rates means that CO₂ accumulates in the atmosphere slower than models predicted, weakening the case for urgent, economy-wrenching measures.
  2. Questionable Feedback Loops: Many models rely on dramatic feedback loops — such as reduced plant CO₂ absorption at higher temperatures — to justify emergency interventions. But this new data shows plants can handle more CO₂ than anticipated, making these feedback loops look less inevitable and more speculative.
  3. Policy Implications: If the models guiding climate policy have been this far off, then the entire framework behind policies like Net Zero becomes shaky. Policies driven by these models were never proven to be beneficial, but were only assumed to be so. The discovery that plants are absorbing significantly more CO₂ undermines the supposed need for extreme measures.
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Whitehorse in Yukon, Canada digs out after another heavy dump of October snow


CBC News
Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:16 UTC
A statue in downtown Whitehorse after a heavy snowfall, Oct. 30, 2024.
A statue in downtown Whitehorse after a heavy snowfall, Oct. 30, 2024.
Jan Polivka was already relishing the early start to the cross-country ski season a couple of days ago.

"I have never seen that much snow at the end of October," the operations manager of the Whitehorse Nordic Centre said on Monday.

"We had a couple seasons when we had some actually decent snow conditions — but nothing like this."

Then on Wednesday, Polivka and the rest of the Whitehorse woke to find another thick blanket of white stuff had covered the city overnight. Out came the shovels, again, and any lingering back or muscle aches from the last driveway-clearing would have to wait a bit longer for rest and recovery.

October snow is definitely not unheard of in the Yukon, and Halloween costumes, whatever they may be, often involve snow boots. Still, the amount that's fallen so far this month has been unusual.

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Climate change kills the unborn: The UN wants us to save babies with solar panels and wind plants

Jo Nova
joannenova.com.au
Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:36 UTC
Guardian BS
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This week's UN witchcraft is that a half a degree of global warming will kill babies and pregnant women, give us your money.

The UN COP29 meeting starting Nov 11th, fights for relevance in the shadow of the US Election, like a suckerfish under an aircraft carrier.

The latest confected attempt to get attention is to guilt trip the West — telling us that women and babies will die if we don't install enough solar panels. This is despite humans being mammals which evolved to cope with the heat and the cold. We live a more closeted, protected existence than any time in the last million years. Not many people give birth in caves these days. Indeed we're a species that inhabits towns with monthly temperatures that vary by 90 degrees Celsius and we are supposed to panic about another half a degree?

The truth is that being cold, poor and hungry increases stillbirths just as much as any heatwave, and the thing that saves babies on a hot day is an air-conditioner. The answer to all four killers thus, is cheap electricity and fossil fuels.

One day history students will study how the UN uses biblical paraphrasing to demand their tithe and control:
Miscarriages due to climate crisis a 'blind spot' in action plans - report
The report follows an ultimatum from the UN secretary general, António Guterres, on the climate emergency: "We're playing with fire, but there can be no more playing for time. We're out of time." He said global heating was supercharging monster hurricanes, bringing biblical floods and turning forests into tinderboxes, and said governments had to rapidly wean the world off its fossil fuel addiction.
Naturally, only babies that die from heat stress are politically marketable, the UN doesn't care about the ones that die from the cold:
Increasing climate extremes are causing more lost babies, premature births and cognitive damage to newborns, the report said. For example, a study in India found a doubled risk of miscarriage in pregnant women suffering heat stress, while another in California found a significant association between long-term heat exposure and stillbirth and premature birth.
Awkwardly, cold temperatures also cause stillbirths and miscarriages (Ruan et al) so if man-made climate change is warming the world, it must be saving babies too. Shh!
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Snowflake

Heavy rainfall and snow disrupt traffic in several Moroccan regions

Mansouri abdelkader
fesnews.media
Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:40 UTC
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Rain and snowfall have once again caused widespread disruptions in road traffic across parts of Morocco, with key routes, particularly in Boulemane and Midelt provinces, completely closed and leaving some areas almost isolated as of Wednesday morning.

According to a bulletin from the Ministry of Equipment and Transport, several roads have been closed to vehicles. These include routes connecting Missour to Guercif, Serghina to Skoura in Boulemane, as well as the Tinghir route leading to the Todgha Gorges, and the routes of Bouretrat and Amersid in Midelt, where alternative routes are currently unavailable.

The bulletin also noted that rainfall had led to closures on four national roads, two regional roads, and six provincial roads. Authorities managed to reopen four provincial roads, three national roads, and one regional road in Boulemane last night, partially restoring movement in the region.

In Midelt, heavy snowfall blanketed large areas and blocked two critical regional roads connecting the town of Rich with the rural Imilchil area, as well as the road linking the rural center of Tounfite with Imilchil, affecting numerous villages along these routes.

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Snowflake

Mt Hutt skifield in New Zealand sees nearly a meter of late snow - 5 meter snowdrifts


RNZ
Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:33 UTC
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Mt Hutt skifield isn't ruling out reopening for a spell after a heavy dumping of snow over the weekend.

Heavy snow fell in the South Island during the long weekend as wild weather lashed much of the country.

Mt Hutt in Methven got nearly a metre of fresh snow.

Mt Hutt ski area manager James McKenzie told Morning Report it was one of the biggest October snowfalls he'd seen in nearly 20 years on the mountain.


Comment: Related: South Island roads remain closed after spring snow, heavy rain in New Zealand

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Snowflake

'Winter is here': Early snow blankets Mauna Kea summit in Hawaii

Nathan Christophel
Big Island News
Sun, 27 Oct 2024 11:19 UTC
Image from the Maunakea Visitor Information Station Facebook page
Image from the Maunakea Visitor Information Station Facebook page
Mother Nature is definitely being tricky with the weather today at the summit of Mauna Kea, but with precautions in place such as the access road being closed, many Big Islanders are finding the scenery to be more of a treat just in time for Halloween.

"Winter is here," proclaimed the Maunakea Visitor Information Station in an 8:36 a.m. post on its Facebook page Sunday sharing several webcam images from telescopes and observatories on the volcanic mountain's summit showing it lightly blanketed with snow.

One of the photos also showed what was either fog and/or snow continuing to fall or blow in the wind.

The post added that the summit access road was closed because of ice and hazardous driving conditions. The road was still closed as of 12:30 p.m.

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Snowflake

South Island roads remain closed after spring snow, heavy rain in New Zealand


Otago Daily Times
Sun, 27 Oct 2024 19:16 UTC
Heavy snow in Lake Ōhau yesterday. Photo: Aaron Jones
© Aaron JonesHeavy snow in Lake Ōhau yesterday.
Some roads in the South Island remain closed this morning because of rain, snow and slips.

Flooding in the upper South Island has closed State Highway 6 between Inangahua and Lower Buller Gorge, and State Highway 7 between Kaiata and Stillwater.

Slips have closed State Highway 6 between Kohatu to Murchison.

Snow has closed State Highway 73 from Springfield to Arthur's Pass, and State Highway 6 between Haast and Makarora.

A section of State Highway 6 between Te Anau and Milford was also closed.

On Saturday, Westland mayor Helen Lash said there was a lot of surface flooding, but no rivers had reached their banks.

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Snowflake

Heavy snowfall blankets eastern city of Magadan in Russia


RT
Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:48 UTC
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Although winter hasn't officially arrived, the eastern city of Magadan has been hit hard by heavy snowfall from a cyclone, causing major disruptions in traffic and trapping cars, emergency vehicles, and even snowplows.

The cyclone is expected to move on to Kamchatka and Chukotka next.

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Heavy early snowfall hits parts of Turkey - up to 20 inches deep (UPDATE)


en.haberler.com
Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:07 UTC
Temperatures have plummeted, and many cities have been covered in white
Temperatures have plummeted, and many cities have been covered in white
In many parts of Turkey, temperatures have dropped below zero. While Rize, Kastamonu, Erzurum, Kars, Bolu, and Düzce have been covered in white, the expected snowfall has also begun in Uludağ.

After the warnings from the meteorology, temperatures dropped across Turkey. Many cities experienced the first snow of the season.

With the drop in air temperatures in the Eastern Black Sea region, snow fell on the high-altitude plateaus and villages in the area. The Yukarı Kavron, Huser, and Palovit plateaus at an altitude of 2,300 meters in the Çamlıhemşin district of Rize, along with the villages in the region, were covered in white. The snow thickness, reaching between 5 and 20 centimeters in places, covered the green areas with a white blanket.


Comment: Update October 23

The Hürriyet Daily News reports:
Winter arrives early as snow blankets parts of country

Various regions of Türkiye have welcomed the relatively early arrival of winter as high-altitude regions of several provinces around the country witnessed the season's first snowfall.

Some regions of the northern province of Kastamonu experienced snow depths exceeding 50 centimeters after the recent snowfall. Teams worked diligently with graders to clear the roads in those areas.


Snowfall similarly paralyzed life in the highlands located in the Black Sea provinces of Trabzon and Giresun.

A shepherd was stranded on the snow-covered Beypınarı Plateau in the Düzköy district of Trabzon, prompting teams from the municipality to come to aid.

Similarly, the country's disaster and emergency teams rescued citizens stuck in their cars because of severe snowfall in the Alucra district of Giresun.

Heavy snowfall blanketed high regions of another Black Sea city of Rize, transforming Ayder Plateau, one of the most important tourism centers in the country's northeast, into a snowy wonderland.

Snowfall also affected the country's eastern regions, with the Digor district in the northeastern province of Kars experiencing its first snowfall on the morning of Oct. 21, blanketing high-altitude settlements in white.

In the upper reaches of Kartalkaya Ski Resort, one of the northern province of Bolu's major winter tourism destinations, the snow depth reached 15 centimeters. In the vicinity of the facilities, it came closer to 10 centimeters.

Snowfall covered high regions of Mount Erciyes, located in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri, with Erciyes Ski Resort, one of Türkiye's leading ski centers, also experiencing light flurries.

Mount Yıldız Ski Resort in the central Anatolian province of Sivas, located 58 kilometers from the city center and featuring ski and sled runs of varying lengths, also experienced its first snowfall of the season on Oct. 18 this year.


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