Tropical Storm Six, currently moving over Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, is expected to form into Tropical Storm Fred, if not Hurricane Fred, and cross over the Florida peninsula this weekend. Whether or not it continues to travel up to Atlanta still remains to be seen.
The Gulf Stream, one of the main circulation systems in the Atlantic Ocean and the driver of much of the globe's weather - from a warm Europe to the Himalayan monsoons - is expected to collapse within the next couple of decades and is already at its weakest state since measurements have begun. Collapse of the Gulf Stream would cause wild temperature swings and other dramatic shifts in global weather systems.
In just a couple of days last week, enough glacial ice melted in Greenland to cover the entire state of Florida in several inches of water.
Forest fires are once again devastating California, Oregon, and the Pacific Northwest, as well as parts of Europe. A drought of historic proportions is affecting western North America, while thunderstorms are causing severe flooding in Scotland.
June 2021 was America's hottest June in 127 years of records. It didn't just nudge ahead of June 2016 as the hottest, it obliterated that record by 0.8 degrees, an impressive interval in the realm of national temperature data. Although many locations set all-time heat records, July 2021 was only the world's third hottest July.
Yesterday's sixth assessment report of the International Panel on Climate Change states that irreversible global warming is not only inevitable but is already happening now. There is nothing we can do at this point to stop it, but we can still reduce carbon emissions to avoid the worst of the possible outcomes.
But, hey, have you seen the new Suicide Squad movie yet?
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