LibertyBell

the costs of wind and solar are now lower than fossil fuels, there should also be a market movement more in favor of renewable energy. I say ban industry lobbying and dark money politics so these industries are not allowed to participate in our political system on any level. Not just the fossil fuel industry, but big pharma, big ag, all of them. They should not be allowed to participate in any way in our political system nor should they be allowed to be on regulatory agencies like EPA, USDA, FDA, etc. Get a constitutional amendment through if necessary (both sides of the aisle want dark money out of politics) to get around the Supreme Court's dumb decision on Citizens United and apply term limits to the supreme court if necessary.

well seeing is believing for me John, I have seen a much different climate in the past few decades than what we had in the 70s and 80s, so much so that the new climate has affected my health adversely. It's pretty obvious to most of us that we live in a much different environment today.

Don, how do you think they feel when they see all these forest fires rapidly accelerating, mass migrations of people and the rising costs and frequency of billion dollar disasters? I have heard that the current administration's people already had info that the mass migration from Central America was caused by a climate change induced multiyear drought....and yet they sat on the info.

It's interesting how the changes in the Pacific are causing all these changes all over the globe. They have a multiyear drought going on in Australia, very similar to what's been happening in the SW.

I'm sensing that most scientists feel that the error was on the conservative side too. I've noticed the predictions of sea level rise have gotten higher and we're already seeing sunny side flooding on a regular basis in Florida and South Carolina and even on the south shore of Long Island. Aren't there parts of the Florida Keys that have been underwater for 3 months now?

yeah all these clouds went to waste, and this yucky high humidity.

the blue skies are beautiful, but that landscape is too barren. Give me 2-3 inches of precip every month and not all these horribly cloudy, dismal, dank days, and I'm happy.

it seems that warmer weather is much easier to forecast than colder weather in general (particularly when it comes to cold+snowy weather.)

I was shocked because some are already comparing this to December 2015. At least that one occurred earlier and we made somewhat of a comeback in late January and February. I saw the pollen report and weeds were reported to be "high"- wondered what kind of weeds come out in January lol. The shortest non growing season I've ever had was 2001-02, when I had roses blooming in late December and the first crocuses came out in late February. The next winter made up for that of course, actually the next four did.

you see the short sighted behavior of the administration on other issues too, like the vaping crisis, where the measures were half-hearted and they stated that they didn't want to negatively impact the industry.

the same weather pattern looks like it will continue... also the number of people missing is now at 28. the 8,000 koalas reported to be dead is one third of the koala population, that's worse than decimation!

They have a very conservative government. Do you think whats going on there is also influencing our weather (note the record warm 90 degree SST just north of Australia.)

1989-90! and we were wearing shorts and t-shirts from January thru March!

It's unusual in that usually December is the mildest month of the winter. Especially in an el nino. Could it actually be January this time? Sounds a bit like 1989-90 minus the extreme cold in December.

too dry for me lol. I was in the Poconos for the holidays and even there I was sneezing nonstop. So it isn't a regional thing; I was shocked that I was having allergies in the middle of winter at 2,000 ft asl.

Yes the climate was very different back then, most of Australia wasn't burning.

we've lately seen stagnant patterns develop across both oceans, the ridiculously resilient pacific ridge has become the ridiculously resilient atlantic ridge!

I'm not complaining about the lack of snow as much as all the damn rain we've been having, it's kicking up my allergies already. I want snow or dry sunny weather, nothing else. I wouldn't mind no rain for like 3 months lol.

but then Orion would be missing a shoulder :-(

the rain really sets off my allergies, I'd rather have dry and sunny weather or snow..... rain is the last thing I want. We've already had way too much rain this month and this year. I saw the weed pollen numbers were already high- for that to happen in early January must be pretty rare.

Yes but Staten Island and Brooklyn had similar totals to Manhattan and most of Long Island.

I think it's accelerating and will continue to accelerate as we will see the Antarctic ice start to melt at a faster pace too- there are hints that might already be underway. Australia might be uninhabitable within a few decades.

when did the change downwards begin? the 1980s? our crewed space program been stagnant since the 1970s too.

it's only a matter of time until we see a rapid loss of ice in the Antarctic, like we've been seeing in the Arctic

18 people dead, half a billion animals dead, worst forest fires and poorest air quality in their recorded history, 15 million acres burnt- no where to go but the beaches.....