Rick Highsmith
@rickh07.bsky.social
Have an aggressive cancer. Currently on 1 infusion.
Retired geologist, MS Geochemistry Georgia
Tech 1979, Ex lifelong tennis player. Interests are climate, tennis, birding photography native plants
Hoping to stay ahead of Trump’ destruction.
Retired geologist, MS Geochemistry Georgia
Tech 1979, Ex lifelong tennis player. Interests are climate, tennis, birding photography native plants
Hoping to stay ahead of Trump’ destruction.
@rarohde.bsky.social
I just wanted to say thank you for the great work put in to create 2024 temperature report. I get more from the Berkely Earth report than anywhere else.
Thanks
Rick Highsmith
I just wanted to say thank you for the great work put in to create 2024 temperature report. I get more from the Berkely Earth report than anywhere else.
Thanks
Rick Highsmith
January 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
@rarohde.bsky.social
I just wanted to say thank you for the great work put in to create 2024 temperature report. I get more from the Berkely Earth report than anywhere else.
Thanks
Rick Highsmith
I just wanted to say thank you for the great work put in to create 2024 temperature report. I get more from the Berkely Earth report than anywhere else.
Thanks
Rick Highsmith
Quite the year,
The global annual average for 2024 in our dataset is 1.62°C above the pre-industrial period.
The last ten years have included all ten of the warmest years observed in the instrumental record.
CO2 and methane at their highest levels recorded.
The global annual average for 2024 in our dataset is 1.62°C above the pre-industrial period.
The last ten years have included all ten of the warmest years observed in the instrumental record.
CO2 and methane at their highest levels recorded.
January 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Quite the year,
The global annual average for 2024 in our dataset is 1.62°C above the pre-industrial period.
The last ten years have included all ten of the warmest years observed in the instrumental record.
CO2 and methane at their highest levels recorded.
The global annual average for 2024 in our dataset is 1.62°C above the pre-industrial period.
The last ten years have included all ten of the warmest years observed in the instrumental record.
CO2 and methane at their highest levels recorded.
Thanks to both of you! I was interested in aridity after reading about it in a couple of places. A big report from the UN came out Dec 2024.
Rick H.
www.unccd.int/resources/re...
www.climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/southwe...
Rick H.
www.unccd.int/resources/re...
www.climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/southwe...
Megadrought and aridification in the southwest United States | USDA Climate HubsLock
What is megadrought? We hear the term used frequently in news outlets with respect to the ongoing drought in the southwest. Undeniably, to date, the southwest U.S. has known nothing but drought for th...
www.climatehubs.usda.gov
January 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Global Freshwater Abruptly Declines
An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites show that Earth’s total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15360...
An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites show that Earth’s total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15360...
Global Freshwater Abruptly Declines
The amount of freshwater stored on land and underground has plummeted in the past decade, which might indicate that Earth’s continents have entered a persistently drier phase.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov
January 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Global Freshwater Abruptly Declines
An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites show that Earth’s total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15360...
An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites show that Earth’s total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15360...
Cool generative AI model at Stanford that generates reports.
From Alvaro Cintas onX.
x.com/dr_cintas/st...
From Alvaro Cintas onX.
x.com/dr_cintas/st...
x.com
x.com
January 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Cool generative AI model at Stanford that generates reports.
From Alvaro Cintas onX.
x.com/dr_cintas/st...
From Alvaro Cintas onX.
x.com/dr_cintas/st...
The EIA (Energy Information Administration) estimates that LNG export capacity will double by 2028. The US is the world’s largest LNG exporter.
Meanwhile the Energy Department just released it’s report on the impacts of that.
Meanwhile the Energy Department just released it’s report on the impacts of that.
December 19, 2024 at 2:48 PM
The EIA (Energy Information Administration) estimates that LNG export capacity will double by 2028. The US is the world’s largest LNG exporter.
Meanwhile the Energy Department just released it’s report on the impacts of that.
Meanwhile the Energy Department just released it’s report on the impacts of that.
Very cool post. So the first climate scientist may have been in 1088.
In "Dream Pool Essays" in 1088, Chinese polymath Shen Kuo mused about fossilized bamboo he had seen exposed in a village after a flood. The scientific mind at work, revealing the notion a region's climate is not static. He is the first to have articulated the concept of #climatechange: 🧵🧪 1/
December 15, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Very cool post. So the first climate scientist may have been in 1088.
@drwendyrocks.bsky.social
Saw some of the quotes from you in last month’s Nat Geo on AI in seismology. Cool!
Rick H
Saw some of the quotes from you in last month’s Nat Geo on AI in seismology. Cool!
Rick H
December 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM
@drwendyrocks.bsky.social
Saw some of the quotes from you in last month’s Nat Geo on AI in seismology. Cool!
Rick H
Saw some of the quotes from you in last month’s Nat Geo on AI in seismology. Cool!
Rick H
Another hot month in a long succession.
November 2024 was the second-warmest November globally, after November 2023
November 2024 was 1.62°C above the pre-industrial level
November 2024 was the second-warmest November globally, after November 2023
November 2024 was 1.62°C above the pre-industrial level
December 9, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Another hot month in a long succession.
November 2024 was the second-warmest November globally, after November 2023
November 2024 was 1.62°C above the pre-industrial level
November 2024 was the second-warmest November globally, after November 2023
November 2024 was 1.62°C above the pre-industrial level
December 8, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Nice live map from the USGS from the 7.0 Mendocino earthquake yesterday.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
December 6, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Nice live map from the USGS from the 7.0 Mendocino earthquake yesterday.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
The Paris climate accords does not cover emissions generated from fossil fuels that are exported.
U.S. fossil fuel exports led to over 2 Gt CO2 equivalent emissions in other countries in 2022.
climateactiontracker.org/blog/highlig...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
U.S. fossil fuel exports led to over 2 Gt CO2 equivalent emissions in other countries in 2022.
climateactiontracker.org/blog/highlig...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
December 3, 2024 at 7:24 PM
The Paris climate accords does not cover emissions generated from fossil fuels that are exported.
U.S. fossil fuel exports led to over 2 Gt CO2 equivalent emissions in other countries in 2022.
climateactiontracker.org/blog/highlig...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
U.S. fossil fuel exports led to over 2 Gt CO2 equivalent emissions in other countries in 2022.
climateactiontracker.org/blog/highlig...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
Nice review from the Rhodium Group on emissions.
Global GHG emissions rose in 2023 by 1.2% over the previous year, reaching 51.8 gigatons of CO2-equivalent on net. This covers the six leading greenhouse gases emitted from every sector of the economy.
rhg.com/research/glo...
Global GHG emissions rose in 2023 by 1.2% over the previous year, reaching 51.8 gigatons of CO2-equivalent on net. This covers the six leading greenhouse gases emitted from every sector of the economy.
rhg.com/research/glo...
November 28, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Nice review from the Rhodium Group on emissions.
Global GHG emissions rose in 2023 by 1.2% over the previous year, reaching 51.8 gigatons of CO2-equivalent on net. This covers the six leading greenhouse gases emitted from every sector of the economy.
rhg.com/research/glo...
Global GHG emissions rose in 2023 by 1.2% over the previous year, reaching 51.8 gigatons of CO2-equivalent on net. This covers the six leading greenhouse gases emitted from every sector of the economy.
rhg.com/research/glo...
Hard to believe but in the last 25 years, we have made no progress on global decarbonization.
Global fossil fuel consumption surged by 55 percent between 1997 and 2023.
Consumption of crude oil broke records in 2023.
www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/defaul...
www.energyinst.org/statistical-...
Global fossil fuel consumption surged by 55 percent between 1997 and 2023.
Consumption of crude oil broke records in 2023.
www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/defaul...
www.energyinst.org/statistical-...
November 25, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Hard to believe but in the last 25 years, we have made no progress on global decarbonization.
Global fossil fuel consumption surged by 55 percent between 1997 and 2023.
Consumption of crude oil broke records in 2023.
www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/defaul...
www.energyinst.org/statistical-...
Global fossil fuel consumption surged by 55 percent between 1997 and 2023.
Consumption of crude oil broke records in 2023.
www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/defaul...
www.energyinst.org/statistical-...
Reposted by Rick Highsmith
2024 will almost certainly set another new record for the highest global annual average temperature since instrumental measurements began.
That trend is brutal.
From @berkeleyearth.bsky.social: berkeleyearth.org/october-2024...
That trend is brutal.
From @berkeleyearth.bsky.social: berkeleyearth.org/october-2024...
November 22, 2024 at 11:09 AM
2024 will almost certainly set another new record for the highest global annual average temperature since instrumental measurements began.
That trend is brutal.
From @berkeleyearth.bsky.social: berkeleyearth.org/october-2024...
That trend is brutal.
From @berkeleyearth.bsky.social: berkeleyearth.org/october-2024...
Nice webpage from NOAA tracking AGGI, a measure of the climate-warming influence of long lived gases in the atmosphere. In 2023, the CO2-equivalent stood at 534 ppm. That warming influence has increased 51% since 1990.
Rick H
gml.noaa.gov/aggi/aggi.html
Rick H
gml.noaa.gov/aggi/aggi.html
November 18, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Nice webpage from NOAA tracking AGGI, a measure of the climate-warming influence of long lived gases in the atmosphere. In 2023, the CO2-equivalent stood at 534 ppm. That warming influence has increased 51% since 1990.
Rick H
gml.noaa.gov/aggi/aggi.html
Rick H
gml.noaa.gov/aggi/aggi.html
@jjrennie.bsky.social
Jared, Is NOAA NCEI considering adding Bluesky to their social media platform?
Thanks
Rick H
Jared, Is NOAA NCEI considering adding Bluesky to their social media platform?
Thanks
Rick H
November 17, 2024 at 5:19 PM
@jjrennie.bsky.social
Jared, Is NOAA NCEI considering adding Bluesky to their social media platform?
Thanks
Rick H
Jared, Is NOAA NCEI considering adding Bluesky to their social media platform?
Thanks
Rick H
Nice graph from Copernicus Climate Change Service showing when we can expect to surpass 1.5°C pre-industrial.
apps.climate.copernicus.eu/global-tempe...
apps.climate.copernicus.eu/global-tempe...
November 15, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Nice graph from Copernicus Climate Change Service showing when we can expect to surpass 1.5°C pre-industrial.
apps.climate.copernicus.eu/global-tempe...
apps.climate.copernicus.eu/global-tempe...
Excellent review of the 2024 global carbon budget.
November 14, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Excellent review of the 2024 global carbon budget.