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The Lancet distorts the data to make heat deaths look worse...

Jo Nova
joannenova.com
Mon, 24 Jul 2023 06:00 UTC
What do you do when not enough people die to suit your religion? Distort the axis and hope no one notices.

Welcome to government-science, where one of top journals in the world uses graphic design tricks for political convenience. In this graph from the paper, 10 excess deaths from the heat looks "bigger" than 50 excess deaths from cold. Isn't the whole point of a graph so we can compare the bars "at a glance"?

Björn Lomborg corrected this with chart on right. Doesn't that tell a different story?

Thanks to Patrick Moore @EcoSenseNow:

The journal Lancet published the chart on left with unequal Y-Axis to downplay fact that cold causes 10X more deaths than heat in Europe. ...This is disgraceful for a supposedly scientific journal.
Heat / Cold Graph
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Björn Lomborg's version shows us exactly how important heat deaths are. It's no small thing. The news outlets are filled with heatwave porn trying to scare people about normal weather, while politicians try to justify spending billions to "cool" the world. These graphs hide the crime — increasing the cost of energy will kill far more than mythical cooling could ever save.
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Day and night Phoenix has sweltered from heat that will break a record for American cities


New York Post
Tue, 18 Jul 2023 04:02 UTC
phoenix heat wave
© APA digital billboard displays the temperature in downtown Phoenix on Monday, July 17, 2023.
Phoenix's relentless streak of dangerously hot days was finally poised to smash a record for major US cities on Tuesday, the 19th straight day the desert city was to see temperatures soar to 110 degrees Fahrenheit or more.

Nighttime has offered little relief from the brutal temperatures. Phoenix's low of 95 F on Monday was its highest overnight low ever, toppling the previous record of 93 F set in 2009. It was the eighth straight day of temperatures not falling below 90 F, another record.

It's "pretty miserable when you don't have any recovery overnight," said National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Salerno.

Comment: See also:

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Sun

Temperature extremes: China shatters all-time high temperature record with a sizzling 52.2C

Stuti Mishra
Independent (UK)
Mon, 17 Jul 2023 17:43 UTC
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China recorded its highest-ever temperature on Sunday amid blistering heatwaves that have been shattering records all summer in the country and across the globe.

The remote Sanbao township in the Turpan depression of Xinjiang saw temperatures climb up to 52.2C.

Sunday's temperature broke the previous record of 50.3C, measured in 2015 near Ayding in the depression, a vast basin of sand dunes and dried-up lakes more than 150 metres below sea level.

China has been hit by a series of climate disasters this year with ongoing heatwaves shattering record after record, extreme rainfall prompting floods and landslides and tropical storm Talim making landfall on Monday.

The record 50C temperature comes after China's Mohe, in Heilongjiang province, recorded temperatures of minus 53C in January amid an extreme cold spell.
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Better Earth

Best of the Web: Another 'unprecedented marine heatwave', this time around the coast of Florida

Eric Zerkel
CNN
Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:07 UTC
marine heatwave florida
© CNNSea surface temperatures around parts of Florida and the Bahamas are warmer than 90 degrees Fahrenheit, shown here in shades of purple.
A sudden marine heat wave off the coast of Florida has surprised scientists and sent water temperatures soaring to unprecedented highs, threatening one of the most severe coral bleaching events the state has ever seen.

Sea surface temperatures around Florida have reached the highest levels on record since satellites began collecting ocean data. And the warming is happening much earlier than normal - yet another example of ocean heat being amplified by the human-caused climate crisis and the extreme weather it brings.


Comment: Just over a month ago there was an 'unheard of' marine heatwave off UK and Irish coasts , could the two be related?At least in the case of the event near Ireland, the most reasonable explanation seems to be that this heat may have been emanating from the depths of the ocean: 19,000 previously unknown undersea volcanoes revealed by satellite data


"We didn't expect this heating to happen so early in the year and to be so extreme," Derek Manzello, a coordinator at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coral Reef Watch, told CNN. "This appears to be unprecedented in our records."
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Summer snow falls near Pennask summit in British Columbia

Cindy White
Castanet News
Wed, 12 Jul 2023 18:04 UTC
Snow fell near Pennask Summit of the Okanagan Connector Wednesday afternoon.
© Chris MoenchSnow fell near Pennask Summit of the Okanagan Connector Wednesday afternoon.
It's something drivers should be prepared for in May or even June, but in July?

Snow fell near Pennask Summit on Highway 97C, the Okanagan Connector, on Wednesday afternoon.

Chris Moench was on his way to go fishing in Kamloops and shared a photo. It shows slush on the road surface and snow covering the grass along the highway at about 4:15 p.m.

A severe thunderstorm warning was issued by Environment Canada for the area earlier in the day.

Moench said some people had pulled over and were playing in the snow. He said by the time he got to the Highway 5A turnoff at Aspen Grove, the snow had turned to rain.

DriveBC webcams images showed the snow the fell near Pennask Summit had mostly melted by 5 p.m.
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4 feet of summer snow on road to Chandratal lake hindering evacuation of 293 stranded tourists in Himachal Pradesh, India

Dipender Manta
The Tribune (India)
Wed, 12 Jul 2023 11:52 UTC
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Heavy snow on the way to Chandratal Lake from Losar in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul and Spiti district has proved a major deterrent for the district administration to evacuate the 293 stranded tourists out of the area safely for the past four days.

The tourists were stranded at Chandratal since Saturday due to blockade of road in the region.

On Tuesday, a rescue team comprising the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel, local youths and officials led by Kaza ADC Rahul Jain moved towards Chandratal from Losar, but heavy snow on the Losar-Chandratal road disrupted their access to the site.

The BRO started the snow clearing operation on the road on Tuesday and were able to restore only 12km of road from Losar towards Chandratal.

According to officials, 25-km-long road is still covered under thick blanket of snow upto Chandratal, where up to 4 feet of snow has been reported.

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Better Earth

Massive marine bird deaths in North America revealed by citizen science surveys

Ellen Phiddian
Cosmos Magazine
Wed, 12 Jul 2023 09:55 UTC
puffins bird die off
© Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Ecosystem Conservation OfficeTufted puffins in October 2016.
Marine heatwaves off the coast of North America cause huge seabird die-offs, according to a study published in Marine Ecology Progress Series.

The study draws on data from four citizen science projects to examine coastal birds from central California, US, to Alaska, US, between 1993 and 2021.

"This is truly a global data set that asked a global-sized question: Does a warming world significantly impact marine birds, among the top predators in the nearshore marine environment?" says paper co-author Julia Parrish, a professor of aquatic and fishery sciences at the University of Washington, US.

"We find a dramatic delayed effect," she adds.

Comment: The data is showing that Earth isn't warming, it's cooling; but there are indeed marine heatwave events occurring, alongside a variety of other unusual and rare phenomena, that reveal our planet - and the solar system at large - is undergoing a significant, and potentially catastrophic, shift:

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Snowflake

Snowfall in Johannesburg, South Africa for the first time in 11 years

Jordan King
Metro (UK)
Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:19 UTC
For some children under the age of 11, this will be the first time they have ever seen snow
© ReutersFor some children under the age of 11, this will be the first time they have ever seen snow
Snow has fallen on Johannesburg for the first time in more than a decade.

The South African city woke up to snowflakes, rain and wind, with temperatures cold enough to keep the snow lying on the ground through the morning.

Photos show children wrapped up in coats and beanies, making snow angels on their school fields.

For some youngsters, today will be the first time they have ever seen snow.

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Watch: 'Unexpected' summer snowfall covers village in Himachal Pradesh, India


Hindustan Times
Sun, 09 Jul 2023 12:04 UTC
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The entire village was covered with a thick layer of snow after it experienced the surprise snowfall on Sunday morning.

Losar village in Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh received an 'unexpected' spell of snowfall on Sunday as various parts of north India remain affected due to heavy rainfall.

The entire village was covered with a thick layer of snow after it experienced the surprise snowfall on Sunday morning.

"Losar village received an unexpected sudden snowfall on Sunday morning as various parts of north India are affected due to heavy rainfall," officials said.

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Unexpected summer snowfall in Skardu, Pakistan breaks 18-year record

Qasim Butt
Aaj News
Sun, 09 Jul 2023 11:44 UTC
Snow in July is a sentence you don't hear everyday
© Qasim Butt.Snow in July is a sentence you don't hear everyday
Skardu's famed tourist spot, Deosai, has received unexpected snowfall in the past few days, giving the warm month of July a feel of winter.

Local authorities say that this is the first time it has snowed in Skardu in July in the last 18 years.

Temperatures have dropped in the Skardu valley and everything in sight is covered in white.

While the snowfall was unexpected, it has turned into a surprising delight for tourists hoping for a summer get away.

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