Recent data indicates a significant increase in global sea surface temperatures (SST) and upper ocean heat content, with February 2024 setting new records for warmth. The Japan Meteorological Agency's latest update highlights soaring ocean heat content up to 700 meters deep. This continuation of warmth across ocean basins, particularly noted in the tropical east Atlantic, is part of a trend observed over the past 100 years. Additionally, the North Atlantic experienced unprecedented temperatures in February, surpassing records not only for that month but also for March and almost all Aprils in the NOAA's ERSST database. This prolonged period of record-breaking warmth, which has persisted for over a year, is accompanied by concerns over short-term weather changes, including the largest temperature anomaly ever recorded on Earth at 38 degrees. These climatic shifts are contributing to a rapid extinction event, with 20-75% of mammal species facing 21st-century extinction due to increasing deforestation, ecosystem collapse, and a rise in pesticide sales exacerbating the situation. The current state of the climate crisis is described as abrupt change unseen in 66,000,000 years, with mass ecosystem die-offs and missing winters becoming the norm. Scientists are alarmed by these developments, emphasizing the urgent need for action to address the underlying causes of this 'Extinction Economy.'
On March 5, 2023, the average sea surface temperature in the North Atlantic broke the previous record high for the date... and it hasn't stopped since. Here we are on March 5, 2024. It has been record-breaking warm for an entire year, often by seemingly-impossible margins. 🥵📈 https://t.co/lzkWC4J2RG
Since the 1950s, the intensifying activities of world industrial capitalism have driven exceptionally rapid rates of change in the Earth system. What's happening is more like a meteorite strike than gradual change. Replace this Extinction Economy now while it's still too late. 🧵 https://t.co/qoK2I5P6Vk
Ocean temperatures are soaring off the charts, shocking scientists. Here’s what it means for people, wildlife and the wider climate https://t.co/QybH0zbL79 via @JWittels https://t.co/wKXgd8zFoi
Ocean temperatures are soaring off the charts, shocking scientists. Here’s what it means for people, wildlife and the wider climate https://t.co/BmU6GSNTj7 https://t.co/kc3X4dIS0o
There are no more new words I can use to describe the current state of the climate crisis. The world is seeing abrupt change unlike anything it has seen in 66,000,000 years. Mass ecosystem die-offs, missing winters, sky-high sea surface temperatures are all becoming the norm. https://t.co/V1twGivKyl
Don't people deserve to know that Earth's species are being engulfed by a rapid extinction event as increasing deforestation triggers ecosystem collapse, pesticide sales rise, and global warming previously hidden by aerosol cooling is unmasked due to rapid aerosol reductions? 🧵
“It’s not just sea ice…short-term weather changes have also drawn concern: ‘Temperature anomalies of 38 degrees…the largest temperature anomaly ever recorded on Earth.’” 🌡️🇦🇶 https://t.co/I3y17UUqK7
The 171st February is now in the books in NOAA's ERSST database... in the North Atlantic, it was significantly warmer than any other February, warmer than any other March, and even warmer than all-but-three recent Aprils. https://t.co/7km2UFf4DC
100 years of February sea surface temperature anomalies - a continuation of warmth across many of the ocean basins. Some of the largest anomalies were in the tropical east Atlantic. + Data from ERSSTv5 at https://t.co/dspuYJpCXD https://t.co/0sAxA4k915
Remember: 1) 20% of mammals extinct within years 2) 50- 75% extinct within decades Change this Extinction Economy now while it's still too late to protect species and everyone. 🧵
Big mammals face 21st century extinction. Surviving increased deforestation as capitalism takes us to 1.9- 2.1°C of global warming and rising will be impossible for 20- 75% of mammal species. Rethink food, energy, and everything. 🧵
Upper ocean heat content is also soaring off the chart with the latest data update from the Japan Meteorological Agency... 0-700 meter graphic at https://t.co/53ZaRhYqC0 https://t.co/6HP5hggsGK
Another month, another global record shattered. This time it is the global average sea surface temperature (SST) for the month of February 2024. 🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/5EFgj6zAGz