Humanity has *never* experienced a February like this one before. And if such weather extremes are shocking to you, imagine the disruption to plants, to insects, to birds and to other animals who have no way to understand what's happening, and who can't possibly adapt fast enough.
Capitalist industry is murdering our only biosphere.
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"Historic winter heat wave smashes records across U.S."
The modern winter climate history of the Central U.S. was rewritten this week, as more than 130 monthly high temperature records were set from Texas to Michigan. Veteran Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore noted that 132 cities and towns set monthly records, calling the feat "insane."
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LINK -- https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/heat-wave-temperatures-records-us-2024-winter
The worst thing about all this (not mentioned in the article) is that it’s part of a vicious cycle, a self-reinforcing feedback loop.
These unprecedented heat waves bake the soil and dry out vegetation, releasing carbon into the atmosphere. They also make wildfires and forest fires far more likely, which again release even more carbon into the atmosphere. That increased concentration of greenhouse gases raises global temperatures, which causes more and more of these searing heat waves… and the cycle repeats and repeats and repeats.