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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 19h

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 10, 2025 ~ Joining the party.

"We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade... This is what farming with climate change looks like, as extreme weather wrecks harvests..."

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows

Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.

www.independent.co.uk

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 19h

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"we are close to a tipping point in the Arctic sea-ice system, from the state where there has been year-round sea ice for tens of thousands of years to one where there isn't."

newsociety.com/book/a-brief...

A Brief History of the Earth’s Climate

A Brief History of the Earth's Climate is an accessible, illustrated, myth-busting guide to the natural evolution of the Earth's climate over 4.6 billion years, how and why human-caused global warming...

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Wow, that is amazingly accurate.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

I has been a very long time since I posted this list of 40 consequences of climate change. But, it's important to take note of item number 40.

I truly wish things were going to get better, but sadly, it's all just going to get more f&%ked from here.

climatecasino.net/2021/10/top-...

Top 40 Impacts of Climate Change

In this post, I list 78 current and future impacts of climate change, along with references for some of the more unexpected items. That list was compiled scouring the web along with suggestions and c...

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

I don't see how that changes the narrative. Looks flatline still, even with those points removed. Maybe I just haven't had enough to drink.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Exactly.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Whether it's minimum extent, thickness or volume, there is no evidence that Arctic sea-ice is in rapid decline at the moment. All three variables have been stable for about the last 15 years.

Then again, Arctic sea-ice f&%kery could always get going again next year. Or the year after that.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today ~ remembering the halcyon days of the 2013-2015 pacific ocean blob.

"It is, based on experts’ descriptions of it, the blob to end all blobs."

www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/w...

What the Pacific ‘blob’ + La Niña means for winter in the US | CNN

A marine heat wave spanning much of the North Pacific Ocean is already influencing weather in North America and is poised to make its mark on winter. But forecasters have another global weather patter...

www.cnn.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 9, 2025 ~ Arctic FUBAR

"If orange rivers are the first sign, what comes next could redefine the planet’s climate system, and faster than anyone imagined. What began as an aesthetic anomaly has become a planetary alarm..."

www.ecoticias.com/en/arctic-tu...

Arctic is turning orange — It could trigger a devastating chain effect sooner than expected

In the Arctic, melting ice turns rivers orange — scientists warn this rare phenomenon could trigger a devastating chain reaction for Earth’s climate.

www.ecoticias.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Starts in 1881 -- sorry for any confusion.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

1881, sorry for any confusion.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"Modernity is post-apocalyptic. It's been that way from the start. It is born out of devastation: the destruction of the fabric of the living world and the destruction of the weave of culture."

www.chelseagreen.com/product/at-w...

At Work in the Ruins by Dougald Hine

At Work in the Ruins offers guidance by standing firmly forward and facing the depth of the trouble we are in.

www.chelseagreen.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2d

I was at UCSB 1998-2009. It was amazing then to see Nobel prize winners walking across campus (previous winners in 1998/2000/2004/2014), and it's amazing now to have it happen again.

www.noozhawk.com/ucsb-profess...

UCSB Professors Michel Devoret, John Martinis Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics | Local News | Noozhawk

Two UC Santa Barbara professors were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics for their experiments on an electrical circuit that showed quantum physics in

www.noozhawk.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2d

I posted it to my FB and X pages. And here it is on YouTube:

youtu.be/93QcPfQafrY

Animation of the Global Surface Temperature Anomaly: 1851-2025

YouTube video by Climate Casino

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2d

My latest animation of the global surface temperature anomaly, 1851 - 2025 (current through September).

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2d

Fascism is one of the consequences of climate.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2d

15.5C -- that was the pre-industrial 1850-1900 global maximum (actually, it was 15.48C).

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2d

The global temperature is 15.3 C now and falling.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2d

The final data for 2025 is in, and the planet saw 152 days with the global 2m surface temperature at or above the pre-industrial maximum of 15.5°C. This is just short of 154 days in 2023 and the record 160 days in 2024.

Next year? The Climate 8-ball is temporarily furloughed.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 8, 2025 ~ The other overshoot.

"This is a bigger concern that I have – that we are pushing the habitability in our societies on this planet above that limit and towards maybe existential limits."

www.carbonbrief.org/experts-the-...

Experts: The key ‘unknowns’ of overshooting the 1.5C global-warming limit - Carbon Brief

On the sidelines of a conference, Carbon Brief asked a range of experts what they consider to be the key “unknowns” around overshoot.

www.carbonbrief.org

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2d

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"To repeat, humanity should be realizing that unlike any other problem that we face, the outcome of climate destabilization, whatever it is, would be irreversible."

www.amazon.com/Denial-Self-...

Denial: Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind by Ajit Varki (4-Jun-2013) Hardcover

Denial: Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind by Ajit Varki (4-Jun-2013) Hardcover [unknown author] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Denial: Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind by Ajit Varki (4-Jun-2013) Hardcover

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

This graphic shows average Arctic sea-ice thickness (average monthly volume divided by average monthly extent, 12-month running average). October, 2017, saw the minimum, at 1.228 meters. Current is 1.267 meters and falling fast.

What's next? The Climate 8-ball is frozen solid.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

Sad and tired ...

businessinsider.com/how-luxury-d...

How luxury doomsday bunkers turned into a billionaire status symbol

Atlas Survival Shelters is the world's largest bunker manufacturer, and it's extra busy with orders from billionaires.

businessinsider.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"The current extinction has its own novel cause: not an asteroid or a massive volcanic eruption, but one weedy species... We're seeing right now that a mass extinction can be caused by human beings."

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The Sixth Extinction

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD ...

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 7, 2025 ~ our yesterdays have lighted fools.

"The failure of carbon offsets to cut planet-heating pollution is 'not due to a few bad apples', ... but down to deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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