Eric Taborek
@etroxall.bsky.social
I am not a robot. Gardener, baker, nature lover, adventurer of sorts, camper, lived in Ohio born in 1958, Oklahoma till 1962, San Marino, Arcadia, Berkeley, Ann Arbor, Sunnyvale, San Antonio, Austin, Taipei, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Los Altos Hills, Santa Cruz.
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And here is the corresponding global upper ocean heat content (0 to 700 m depth) for 2025 and set a new record too... 🔥
Data (shown as anomalies on the graph) and methods from: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
Data (shown as anomalies on the graph) and methods from: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 AM
And here is the corresponding global upper ocean heat content (0 to 700 m depth) for 2025 and set a new record too... 🔥
Data (shown as anomalies on the graph) and methods from: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
Data (shown as anomalies on the graph) and methods from: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
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Breaking News!
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In case you missed the news, as of January 17th, Arctic sea-ice extent once again dipped to a new record daily low, over 50,000 km² below the previous record daily low set just last year.
The Climate 8-Ball says, "Il est déjà trop tard."
Code Yikes!
In case you missed the news, as of January 17th, Arctic sea-ice extent once again dipped to a new record daily low, over 50,000 km² below the previous record daily low set just last year.
The Climate 8-Ball says, "Il est déjà trop tard."
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
In case you missed the news, as of January 17th, Arctic sea-ice extent once again dipped to a new record daily low, over 50,000 km² below the previous record daily low set just last year.
The Climate 8-Ball says, "Il est déjà trop tard."
Code Yikes!
In case you missed the news, as of January 17th, Arctic sea-ice extent once again dipped to a new record daily low, over 50,000 km² below the previous record daily low set just last year.
The Climate 8-Ball says, "Il est déjà trop tard."
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Last month observed well above average sea surface temperatures in areas surrounding the Arctic Ocean. This was especially notable in the Labrador Sea near Greenland and Baltic Sea.
Data from NOAA OISSTv2.1 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/opt... 🌊
Data from NOAA OISSTv2.1 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/opt... 🌊
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Last month observed well above average sea surface temperatures in areas surrounding the Arctic Ocean. This was especially notable in the Labrador Sea near Greenland and Baltic Sea.
Data from NOAA OISSTv2.1 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/opt... 🌊
Data from NOAA OISSTv2.1 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/opt... 🌊
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Breaking News!
CERES just released the "Earth Energy" data for November, 2025, and there was a new record low for the 36-month running average for Earth albedo, now down to 28.682%.
"Well, darkness has a hunger that's insatiable..." - Indigo Girls
Data: ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp...
CERES just released the "Earth Energy" data for November, 2025, and there was a new record low for the 36-month running average for Earth albedo, now down to 28.682%.
"Well, darkness has a hunger that's insatiable..." - Indigo Girls
Data: ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp...
January 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Breaking News!
CERES just released the "Earth Energy" data for November, 2025, and there was a new record low for the 36-month running average for Earth albedo, now down to 28.682%.
"Well, darkness has a hunger that's insatiable..." - Indigo Girls
Data: ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp...
CERES just released the "Earth Energy" data for November, 2025, and there was a new record low for the 36-month running average for Earth albedo, now down to 28.682%.
"Well, darkness has a hunger that's insatiable..." - Indigo Girls
Data: ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp...
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An additional dataset in showing that global ocean heat content (0-2000 m depth) is surging off the charts after another new record in 2025... 🌊
Graphic/data (anomalies) from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
Graphic/data (anomalies) from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
January 15, 2026 at 1:29 PM
An additional dataset in showing that global ocean heat content (0-2000 m depth) is surging off the charts after another new record in 2025... 🌊
Graphic/data (anomalies) from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
Graphic/data (anomalies) from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
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Earth's Energy Imbalance was over 10 Hiroshima bombs per second for the 4-year running average (showing less variability) too..
This rate of global heat uptake is impossible for us tiny humans to fathom.
This rate of global heat uptake is impossible for us tiny humans to fathom.
January 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Earth's Energy Imbalance was over 10 Hiroshima bombs per second for the 4-year running average (showing less variability) too..
This rate of global heat uptake is impossible for us tiny humans to fathom.
This rate of global heat uptake is impossible for us tiny humans to fathom.
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In a newly published paper, we find that in 2025 human emissions of greenhouse gases added around 23 billion trillion joules of heat to the world's oceans – 39 times as much as the annual energy produced by all human activity on Earth. link.springer.com/ar...
January 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
In a newly published paper, we find that in 2025 human emissions of greenhouse gases added around 23 billion trillion joules of heat to the world's oceans – 39 times as much as the annual energy produced by all human activity on Earth. link.springer.com/ar...
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Trump is withdrawing the US from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — the international treaty established to combat the climate crisis.
Trump and his regime are anti-science and anti-human rights as they take a machete to international laws & norms
foe.org/news/stateme...
Trump and his regime are anti-science and anti-human rights as they take a machete to international laws & norms
foe.org/news/stateme...
Statement on Trump’s Withdrawal from International Climate Agreements
As they take a machete to international laws, Trump’s withdrawal from dozens of conventions, treaties & organizations should surprise no one
foe.org
January 8, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Trump is withdrawing the US from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — the international treaty established to combat the climate crisis.
Trump and his regime are anti-science and anti-human rights as they take a machete to international laws & norms
foe.org/news/stateme...
Trump and his regime are anti-science and anti-human rights as they take a machete to international laws & norms
foe.org/news/stateme...
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"In the las 50 yrs we have cut down 1/2 the world's forests & >75 million tons of topsoil have washed off these lands. Nothing in human history prepares us for the sheer speed at which the consequences of these actions are now rushing toward us." ~David Kelly (The Forest Unseen) #ForestFriday
August 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"In the las 50 yrs we have cut down 1/2 the world's forests & >75 million tons of topsoil have washed off these lands. Nothing in human history prepares us for the sheer speed at which the consequences of these actions are now rushing toward us." ~David Kelly (The Forest Unseen) #ForestFriday
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Wedding Experts Say Engagement Ring Should Cost At Least Three Diamond Miners’ Lives https://theonion.com/wedding-experts-say-engagement-ring-should-cost-at-leas-1834915832/
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Wedding Experts Say Engagement Ring Should Cost At Least Three Diamond Miners’ Lives https://theonion.com/wedding-experts-say-engagement-ring-should-cost-at-leas-1834915832/
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Closing NCAR because it produces "climate alarmism" is like closing the fire department because it produces "fire alarmism"
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-low-poin...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-low-poin...
A low point
Things will get better....I think
billmckibben.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Closing NCAR because it produces "climate alarmism" is like closing the fire department because it produces "fire alarmism"
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-low-poin...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-low-poin...
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Here's an update on Arcitc sea-ice extent, which is still at a record low for the date, about 180,000 square kilometers below the previous record daily low set just last year.
This isn't going to end well.
This isn't going to end well.
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Here's an update on Arcitc sea-ice extent, which is still at a record low for the date, about 180,000 square kilometers below the previous record daily low set just last year.
This isn't going to end well.
This isn't going to end well.
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SOUTH AFRICA is an unstoppable factory of heat waves:
One after another
Another historic day with the November hottest day in history in Cape Town with 40.8C
and in Port Nolloth with 39.7C
Next night will be exceptionally warm with many more records.
One after another
Another historic day with the November hottest day in history in Cape Town with 40.8C
and in Port Nolloth with 39.7C
Next night will be exceptionally warm with many more records.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
SOUTH AFRICA is an unstoppable factory of heat waves:
One after another
Another historic day with the November hottest day in history in Cape Town with 40.8C
and in Port Nolloth with 39.7C
Next night will be exceptionally warm with many more records.
One after another
Another historic day with the November hottest day in history in Cape Town with 40.8C
and in Port Nolloth with 39.7C
Next night will be exceptionally warm with many more records.
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Last month was the hottest October on record for North America in this dataset... yet another extreme event
Data from @noaa.gov: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data from @noaa.gov: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Last month was the hottest October on record for North America in this dataset... yet another extreme event
Data from @noaa.gov: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data from @noaa.gov: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
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This year's #Arctic sea ice freeze-up is clearly the latest on record for the Baffin Bay region (located between Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago). The extent of ice cover is a record low for the date there.
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This year's #Arctic sea ice freeze-up is clearly the latest on record for the Baffin Bay region (located between Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago). The extent of ice cover is a record low for the date there.
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
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The collapse of civilisation is on the horizon, but it’s never on the front pages.
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The collapse of civilisation is on the horizon, but it’s never on the front pages.
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In just 25 years, over 3,700 toxic facilities will be at risk of coastal flooding as seas continue to rise due to climate change. And those most affected will be the most vulnerable among us. Learn more in Climate Central’s new Toxic Tides report.
www.climatecentral.org/report/toxic...
www.climatecentral.org/report/toxic...
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
In just 25 years, over 3,700 toxic facilities will be at risk of coastal flooding as seas continue to rise due to climate change. And those most affected will be the most vulnerable among us. Learn more in Climate Central’s new Toxic Tides report.
www.climatecentral.org/report/toxic...
www.climatecentral.org/report/toxic...
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There’s a heart-shaped feature in the Sun’s corona - seen in a recent SDO’s A193 filtered image, which captures the hot solar atmosphere.
❤️☀️
The Sun’s sending its love to Earth … cause nothing says love like an X-class flares and series of proton showers! 😅
❤️☀️
The Sun’s sending its love to Earth … cause nothing says love like an X-class flares and series of proton showers! 😅
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There’s a heart-shaped feature in the Sun’s corona - seen in a recent SDO’s A193 filtered image, which captures the hot solar atmosphere.
❤️☀️
The Sun’s sending its love to Earth … cause nothing says love like an X-class flares and series of proton showers! 😅
❤️☀️
The Sun’s sending its love to Earth … cause nothing says love like an X-class flares and series of proton showers! 😅
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Impossible to ignore what’s happening to #Arctic temperatures in the month of November...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Impossible to ignore what’s happening to #Arctic temperatures in the month of November...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
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Trends in November temperatures over land areas (where we live) for the last 50 years... 🔥
Data from NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0. (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
Data from NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0. (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Trends in November temperatures over land areas (where we live) for the last 50 years... 🔥
Data from NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0. (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
Data from NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0. (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
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All 6 Branches Of Armed Forces Present At Arrest Of Undocumented Nanny
All 6 Branches Of Armed Forces Present At Arrest Of Undocumented Nanny
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI—In what they described as a collaborative effort to share resources and information in defense of U.S. territory, Pentagon officials confirmed Monday that all six branches of the ...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
All 6 Branches Of Armed Forces Present At Arrest Of Undocumented Nanny
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Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.
Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests
Researchers attempt to calculate the number of deaths attributable to the war on terrorism, across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.
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Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The 3-year mean rate of atmospheric CO2 growth just hit a new record high reaching a growth rate of 7.88 ppm per 3 years for October, 2025. This breaks the previous record high of 7.83 ppm per 3 years, from February, 2019.
Net-Zero by 2050? The Climate 8-ball is bored.
Code UFB!!!
The 3-year mean rate of atmospheric CO2 growth just hit a new record high reaching a growth rate of 7.88 ppm per 3 years for October, 2025. This breaks the previous record high of 7.83 ppm per 3 years, from February, 2019.
Net-Zero by 2050? The Climate 8-ball is bored.
November 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The 3-year mean rate of atmospheric CO2 growth just hit a new record high reaching a growth rate of 7.88 ppm per 3 years for October, 2025. This breaks the previous record high of 7.83 ppm per 3 years, from February, 2019.
Net-Zero by 2050? The Climate 8-ball is bored.
Code UFB!!!
The 3-year mean rate of atmospheric CO2 growth just hit a new record high reaching a growth rate of 7.88 ppm per 3 years for October, 2025. This breaks the previous record high of 7.83 ppm per 3 years, from February, 2019.
Net-Zero by 2050? The Climate 8-ball is bored.
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After a modest decline over the first half of the year (and after record 2024 warmth), global temperatures are ticking back up. The past two days have been the warmest on record for this time of year in ERA5 and the highest temperature anomalies since January.
October 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
After a modest decline over the first half of the year (and after record 2024 warmth), global temperatures are ticking back up. The past two days have been the warmest on record for this time of year in ERA5 and the highest temperature anomalies since January.