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The Flood, Drought, and Fire, This Time!
Counting Wildfires Across the Globe!
US Wild Fire Preparedness Level 5 (El Niño has Yet to Peak)
Video: This El Niño Is Starting to Look Like the One Scientists FearedThe Atlantic is heading for one of its quietest hurricane seasons in over a decade. At the same time, in the same ocean system, the Pacific is producing storms early and often. Both are being driven by the same shift in ocean temperature, a shift now tracking toward record strength, on pace with the two most extreme events ever recorded. This is the story of how one signal can suppress one coastline while arming another, why that “reliable” pattern has already broken once before, and why the very intensity calming the Atlantic this year could set up the exact opposite risk in 2027.
Video: Iran’s Shock Strike Strategy Against US Assets Opens Multiple Fronts
Video: A SUPER El Niño Triggered History’s DEADLIEST Disaster. This One Could Be Worse Wildfires are unplanned fires that occur in wildlands such as forest, rangelands or grasslands. These extreme events are common in the Western U.S., usually occurring in summer and fall. Wildfire season is defined by the dates of the first large fire and the last large fire control. Since the 1970s, the wildfire season in western states has extended from 5 months to over 7 months in length. Since the 1980s, the annual number of large fires and area burned has significantly increased, with a sizable proportion of the increase in fire activity occurring in the forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains, followed by forests in the Pacific northwest and southwest. In addition, the average burn time of individual fires has grown from 6 days between 1973 and 1982, to 52 days between 2003 and 2012. Increases in large fire activity and area burned have been driven by rising temperatures, reduced winter snowpack, earlier snowmelt, reduced summer precipitation and increased evaporation. Under climate change we can expect the wildfire activity to increase as temperatures continue to warm, lengthening the fire season further, and as drought continues to afflict wildland ecosystems. Wildfire
Video: Scientists study Greenland’s melting ice
Video: The Chris Hedges Report:Don Corleone TrumpTrump’s White House runs a mob-style extortion racket that will bankrupt the country the way Trump bankrupted his casinos.
The timing could hardly be more revealing. The United States has waged an illegal war of aggression against Iran on the grounds that Iran must not be permitted to retain an independent uranium-enrichment capacity, even though Iran is a party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty(NPT) and has repeatedly stated that its programme is intended for peaceful purposes. Yet Washington is now prepared to open precisely this technological door for Saudi Arabia, whose crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has publicly said that the kingdom would seek a nuclear weapon if Iran obtained one. The issue, therefore, is not simply whether Saudi Arabia intends to build a bomb. The deeper issue is the replacement of universal rules by a system of political permissions. Under this system, enrichment is intolerable when conducted by an adversary but negotiable when desired by an ally. Nuclear technology, like so much else in the imperial order, is governed not by law but by hierarchy. —Washington’s Nuclear Double Standard in West Asia
The U.S. Is Now At Its Worst Level of Wildfire Preparedness. What Does That Mean? Federal officials have moved the national wildfire preparedness level to its highest level: a five out of five. That means that, as we approach peak fire season in the U.S., federal agencies might not have enough resources to address every new fire.
Video: Oregon & Washington Wildfires Reach HISTORIC Crisis | 2 Million+ Acres Now Burned( Wildifre Perparednes Now at Level 5) 2026 is officially the worst wildfire year for Oregon and Washington since 2000. Over 2 million acres have burned across both states with 87 large fires actively burning nationwide. The US has reached National Preparedness Level 5, the highest possible, meaning firefighting resources are stretched to their absolute limit. In this video, we break down every major fire burning right now including the 303,000 acre Big Grass Fire on the Oregon Idaho border, the 131,000 acre Kaiser Canyon Fire in Washington, the Bench Fire near Warm Springs, and the devastating Old Trails Fire that tore through Spokane neighborhoods after a historic Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning was issued for the first time ever in Washington state. A massive dry cold front brought 50 mph wind gusts, single digit humidity, and extreme fire weather conditions across the Pacific Northwest with zero rainfall east of the Cascades. We explain how record low snowpack, the warmest winter on record, and historic drought set the stage for this fire season, and what you need to do right now to stay safe. 74 firefighters from Australia and New Zealand, military C-130 MAFFS air tankers, and 250 active duty Army soldiers have all been deployed to help fight these fires. If you are in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, or Montana, this is the most important video you will watch today.
Summary of Projected Climate Change Impacts on CaliforniaClimate change is already impacting California. Rising temperatures are causing more frequent and severe extreme weather events, including heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and storms, as well as more variable precipitation and sea level rise. Climate change is considered the greatest global public health threat of the 21st century and affects virtually all aspects of human health and well-being, including access to clean air, food, water, shelter, physical safety, and mental wellbeing. Changing environmental conditions threaten a multitude of ecosystems and species across the state, in addition to energy, transportation, and water management infrastructure, agricultural production, and cultural resources. All Californians are affected, but the most climate vulnerable communities and populations experience worse impacts from the crisis than others.
Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming Global warming appears to have shifted into a faster gear. After removing the effects of El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, researchers found that the planet has warmed at roughly 0.35°C per decade over the past ten years, compared with just under 0.2°C per decade from 1970 to 2015. The acceleration, which becomes visible around 2013 to 2015, appeared across five major global temperature datasets with more than 98% statistical certainty.
UN weather agency warns strong El Nino to intensify from August Summary
- Scientist says “very strong” El Nino likely to strengthen further
- Weather phenomenon to affect northern hemisphere weather as farmers go into harvest season
- UN official says El Nino to exacerbate extreme weather in sign of accelerated climate crisis
Evacuations near Athens as Greece becomes focus of Europe’s wildfire crisis High winds spread flames through Attica while blazes stabilise in France and Spain but risk of flare-ups remains high
‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk
FILM REVIEW: BACKROOMS—HORROR FOR THE AGE OF CAPITALIST DECLINE Backrooms, released in May, immediately became a surprise hit among young people. 86% of opening-weekend viewers were under the age of 35, and 44% were under the age of 21. … Those of us who grew up in the early 2000s may have caught the last glimpse of that world before the 2008 crisis and its aftermath put an end to the era of confidence in the future. What remains are hazy, early childhood memories and occasional physical artifacts from that world of stability, which Backrooms presents as both an object of horror and fascination. Perhaps this is another reason why young audiences have found it so compelling.
George Monbiot: Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again … No more resistance in the US. The era of human rights is over, and dissent is once more forbidden. This is what certain billionaires and their concierges want, and this is the model they’re also seeking to project across the world. If we fail to resist, if our new prime minister is as weak and suggestible as the last one, this is what we will get. In fact, we are halfway there already.
FISA Section 702 Isn’t the Only Way the Government Spies on Our CommunicationsCongress is grappling with the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the controversial program that allows the U.S. government to surveil foreigners and the individuals that correspond with them, including Americans. Its proponents say it’s vital to national security, but civil liberties advocates say it’s unconstitutional.
In Support Of Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-HerardMost academics in the U.S., as well as activists resisting the genocide in Gaza, are familiar with the case of Professor Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, a renowned Global Studies scholar at the University of California, Irvine. On May 15, 2024, Nakba Day, she put her body on the line to protect students from riot police who had stormed their Palestine solidarity encampment. The UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman called the police on campus to dismantle the encampment. Three cops pushed Tiffany onto the concrete, causing her serious physical injury and emotional harm. She was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and held for about 24 hours in a county detention facility. Seeing that there really was no case here, the Orange County District Attorney ultimately dropped all criminal charges against Professor Willoughby-Herard and sealed her arrest.
Family Members Demand Investigation of Michigan Prison After Deaths of 5 WomenFamily Members Demand Investigation of Michigan Prison After Deaths of 5 Women As severe medical issues and deaths increase, advocates and families are pressing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to take action.
Prosecutor Investigating US Boat Strikes and Torture Assassinated in Ecuador Alexandra Bravo was killed while investigating boat strike survivors’ claims that they were tortured by US gunmen.