The Gulf Stream system influences North Atlantic hurricanes — What is a good link (e.g., NOAA, U.S. Navy, NASA, etc.) where the positions and lengths of the Gulf Stream north and south walls forecast for the next day can be downloaded in a KML or shp file to see them in the Google Earth Pro window?
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What is a good link (e.g., NOAA, NASA, universities, etc.) where the daily forecast of the Gulf Stream boundaries can be downloaded in shp or kml format?
MethaneSAT interactive map update — On 20 Mar 2025, total CH4 emissions rate of 120,000 kg/hour was detected in a ~200x200 km grid in Texas — 100-yr global warming potential of fossil CH4 emissions rate of 120,000 kg/hr equals 100-yr GWP of CO2 emissions rate 3,576 metric tons/hr, based on IPCC data
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Doctors at VA hospitals could refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats under new guidelines imposed following an executive order by Trump — The rules, obtained by the Guardian, apply to psychologists, dentists and other occupations — They have gone into effect at some VA medical centers
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Trump EPA announces plan to repeal landmark pollution rule — Power plants will be able to release more greenhouse gases and pollute the air with smog, lead and mercury — “Everyone will be affected by his actions, but the most vulnerable among us, our kids and grandkids, will suffer the most.”
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Trump fires entire content team of major NOAA website, Climate.gov, a gateway to the NOAA Climate Program Office — The website is visited hundreds of thousands of times each month, making it one of the internet’s most popular sources of climate science information and climate science education
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“We’re on the brink of making high seas history” — 18 more countries, including Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Guinea-Bissau, Jamaica, Solomon Islands and the Bahamas, ratified the High Seas Treaty at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France, on Monday, just 11 shy of 60 needed for the treaty to be enforced
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Monthly report — According to the ERA5 dataset, May 2025 was the 2nd-warmest May on record globally and 1.40°C warmer than the estimated May average for 1850-1900 — Globally, the annual average for the latest 12-month period (June 2024 to May 2025) was 1.57°C above the estimated 1850-1900 average
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Analysis — Climate change and wildfires — On 7 Jun 2025, 218 wildland fires were burning in Canada, including 95 out of control, according to CIFFC — NOAA interactive map shows that smoke plumes reach from Canada to Alaska, Russia, US mainland, Greenland, Iceland, UK, France, Spain and Portugal
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22 Young Americans Sue Trump Administration to Block Executive Orders Pushing Fossil Fuels Over Renewables
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More than 4 billion people saw at least 30 additional days of extreme heat from May 1, 2024 until May 1, 2025, and in 195 countries and territories, climate change has at least doubled the number of extreme heat days compared to a world without climate change, according to new study
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Climate Central map and data show the change in summer average temperature (Jun-Jul-Aug) in 3,127 US counties, 1970-2024 — 11 counties had the highest summer average temperature change of at least +5.0 ºF — 9 of them are in 86,000-square-mile Permian Basin, the highest-producing oil field in the US
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Climate change is making hurricanes more destructive
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Analysis of NOAA GML CO2 ppm data — Annual and decadal averages of the globally averaged growth rate of atmospheric CO2 ppm — 1959, 0.96 ppm — 1960-69, 0.82 ppm — 1970-79, 1.30 ppm — 1980-89, 1.58 ppm — 1990-99, 1.48 ppm — 2000-09, 1.90 ppm — 2010-19, 2.38 ppm — 2015-24, 2.63 ppm — 2024, 3.77 ppm
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2024 Edition — World Meteorological Organization Regional Association IV report — Hurricane Operational Plan for North America, Central America and the Caribbean, with definitions of terminology, glossary of storm-related terms, map, list of names to be used for named tropical storms, retired names
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Study — States Can Take Meaningful Climate Action, Even Without Federal Support — The researchers discovered that the total costs were closer than they had anticipated between efforts led by states and the federal government, with just a 0.7 percent discrepancy
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2024 AL Hurricane Helene path of 1,905 miles began as disturbance, 144 mi S of Cayman Islands on 9/23, Cat 4 landfall near Perry, FL on 9/27, ended as post-tropical low that dissipated in Kentucky on 9/28, with tragic toll of 250 deaths in US, including 2 deaths in 2 counties separated by 923 miles
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In 2025, Trump blocked the EPA from publishing the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks report and its submission to the United Nations in accordance with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, but the Environmental Defense Fund has obtained and published it here
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UN new report — Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction 2024/2025 — In 2023, the construction and operation of residential and non-residential buildings accounted for 32% of energy demand and 34% of CO₂ emissions, making it the sector with the highest contribution to global CO₂ emissions
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In 2025, Trump blocked the EPA from releasing the annual report of United States emissions, but this is the complete EPA report, including the fact that in 2023, end-use sector emissions of CO2 from fossil fuel combustion in the residential and commercial sectors amounted to 34.1% of those emissions
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US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously known as hurricane season nears
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Intergenerational injustice — More than half of children born in 2020 – around 62 million – will experience unprecedented lifetime exposure to heatwaves, even if warming is limited to 1.5C, and this number nearly doubles to 111 million under a scenario where warming hits 3.5C, according to new study
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Updated global warming assessment — 1.24ºC change in global surface temperature from 1850-1900 to 2015-2024 — In 2024, observed global annual-mean surface temperature change 1.52ºC relative to 1850-1900, including 1.36ºC anthropogenic contribution, according to IGCC 2024 annual update (preprint)
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New report — April 2025 was 2nd-warmest April globally, with an average ERA5 surface air temp of 14.96°C, 1.51°C above estimated April average for 1850-1900 — April was the 21st month in last 22 months for which the global-average surface air temp was more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level
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Scientists from the US and European countries find that climate change amplified the heavy rainfall leading to tornadoes, floods and landslides in the Mississippi river valley during 5 days in April, causing at least 24 fatalities and economic damages from the storm estimated at $80–$90 billion
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