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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 10h

Extreme #Arctic warmth areas 80N+ are on course to be +15C above normal this October.

Large areas of open ocean exceptionally far north which should be frozen on Atlantic side, closer to normal on Pacific side.

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 1d

44.2C today in Culiacan Int. Airport is also its

HOTTEST DAY IN HISTORY for any month

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 10h

This week we’ve been monitoring regent parrot breeding- look at this little cutie 😭🩵😇

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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 10h

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 7h

Gorner Glacier front has changed so much!

Now dead ice is present on both sides of the valley but active front is 100s meters away!

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 7h

Preliminary data suggests that today's
42.5C at Telfer ,Australia might be the world's highest temperature,since maximums in Iran,Senegal,Mauritania and Mexico have dropped.

This would mark the first day of the season with the Southern Hemisphere recording the hottest spot.

Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 1d

Exceptional heat in AUSTRALIA

In New South Wales max. temperatures yesterday >35C and today tropical nights in some areas.
In fact, the minimum of 20.4C at Mount Seaview is the highest ever recorded in October.

Next days heat wave in Western Australia with up to 44C/45C

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Grant Hamilton 🐨 @ecologygrant.bsky.social · 1d

The shrew’s extinction increases the tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 to 39 species. This is far more than for any other country. These losses represent about 10% of all Australia’s land mammal species before colonisation 🧪

theconversation.com/and-then-the...

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.

theconversation.com

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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 5h

Two bunnies lie side by side on a wooden floor. One is white, the other brown.

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bronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · 22h

maple and i just unloaded the kiln and i have to ask myself why did i pick pottery out of all the art forms. why did i pick the one that destroys you in new and unexpected ways 60-70% of the time

#pottersaurus #heysaurus #pottery #ceramics #studiodoodle

a scruffy brown labradoodle sitting on a concrete floor looking up at the camera

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 23h

Seeing this view everyday is quite boring... 🙃

Now that everyone has seen it or knows about it, I think it's time for Zermatt to consider erasing the summit to building a complex of hôtels! 🤪

This place truly lacks decent accommodation! 🤑

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Jane Herbert @aussky.bsky.social · 20h

11th October 2025

Lovely day with friends out on Magnetic Island off Townsville

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 20h

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN JAPAN: 35C!
This is the most extreme event in Japanese history.
October records pulverized (see list below).

Also incredible hot nights with Mins up to 28C (above July average):
28.0 Izena
26.2 Yakushima

Much hotter next week!

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 15h

Here is a closer look at the record low #Arctic sea ice around Svalbard currently. This coincides with the record warmth as well (check out my earlier post). Earlier last week temperatures in parts of Svalbard were more similar to July than October.

Graphic produced by cryo.met.no/en/sea-ice-i...

Line graph time series of Svalbard sea ice area for 2025 compared to 2012 2020, and the 1981-2010 average with percentiles shown. There is a large seasonal cycle.

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 1d

Different turbidity at the Gorner Glacier front today! 🌊

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 1d

Breithorn (4165 m) tonight with its summit ice cap! 🤩

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David Jones @ozhillbilly.bsky.social · 1d

Bartholomew goes under the alias of Gilbert 🤣

David Jones @ozhillbilly.bsky.social · 1d

Our three little ones are ten months old. Jett is now a show star winning award after award, Yuki is our farm dog who prefers to play with chickens, and Bartholomew lives in suburbia #AmericanCockerSpaniels .

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Jane Herbert @aussky.bsky.social · 1d

10th October 2025

Short run from Charters Towers to Townsville. Met my first cane toad of the trip

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Ali @allthingsorca.bsky.social · 1d

Where the sea meets the sky

#seabirds #ukwildlife
#photography

Puffins gather on a rock with the blue sky merging with the horizon. Isle of May 2020

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David Jones @ozhillbilly.bsky.social · 1d

Stunning. “Winter” snows momentarily make the alps look almost normal.

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 1d

Monte Rosa tonight! 😍

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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 1d

Morning all.

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 2d

Nest Glacier on the north face of Bietschhorn (3934 m) tonight! 🧊🤩

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 1d

Finally reached the snow line here in Nepal from the historic early October snowfall. At the very least, it is a generational event. Photo taken right at 15,000'.

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 1d

Very early warmth in NEW ZEALAND
Today temperature reached 29.6C at Hastings with 3 more summer days to come.

Very exceptional for early October

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