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Duppers

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39. Yes, seriously.

Sun Sep 6, 2020, 02:11 AM

Sep 2020

We've accelerated our environmental destruction.

From 2016....

Global average carbon dioxide concentrations rose by 0.8% during 2016, the largest annual increase ever observed. According to figures released overnight by the World Meteorological Organisation, atmospheric CO₂ concentrations reached 403.3 parts per million. This is the highest level for at least 3 million years, having climbed by 3.3 ppm relative to the 2015 average.

The unprecedented rise is due to carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) and the strong 2015-16 El Niño event, which reduced the capacity of forests, grasslands and oceans to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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Excessive heat in California [View all] EndlessWire Sep 2020 OP

Where in CA are you? 113 degrees is awful damned hot. Shrike47 Sep 2020 #1

Its hot all over CA FreeState Sep 2020 #2

100 in LA too LostinRed Sep 2020 #3

Is too FreeState Sep 2020 #4

Temecula. EndlessWire Sep 2020 #7

gonna be 112 in Orange county tomorrow Demovictory9 Sep 2020 #42

109 here now ("the valley") IcyPeas Sep 2020 #5

It's about 107 right now in North Hollywood beaglelover Sep 2020 #6

where are you? mike_c Sep 2020 #8

SoCal Wine Country EndlessWire Sep 2020 #10

sonora ca weather check in. current temp according to nws is 99 AllaN01Bear Sep 2020 #9

I keep thinking EndlessWire Sep 2020 #11

would love to see him in full turnout gear and scubba gear with full pack AllaN01Bear Sep 2020 #24

108 in Whittier. Iggo Sep 2020 #12

South Bay LA County -- 82 degrees TruckFump Sep 2020 #13

Suburbs around Santa Rosa (northern Bay Area) are at around 99 degrees F. alwaysinasnit Sep 2020 #14

It's hot AF in West LA tenderfoot Sep 2020 #15

112 degs in Santee CA right now. One mile from the San Diego city line. maveric Sep 2020 #16

Now Oak Glen may be fighting for its life miyazaki Sep 2020 #17

Had to look this location up. EndlessWire Sep 2020 #33

labor day/early september heatwaves like this are not unusual nt msongs Sep 2020 #18

No, but it is unusually EndlessWire Sep 2020 #34

September/mid-October have been the hottest times Retrograde Sep 2020 #40

been a brutal summer in chi, too. ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #19

I'm about 5 miles from the beach and even closer to San Diego bay sdfernando Sep 2020 #20

It's currently 3:28 PM ItsjustMe Sep 2020 #21

3:30 in the Great Mojave Desert and 111 degrees. procon Sep 2020 #22

A friend of mine lives... skypilot Sep 2020 #23

In Montana... 2naSalit Sep 2020 #25

In extreme heat... 2naSalit Sep 2020 #26

Thank you for the tip! n/t EndlessWire Sep 2020 #35

You're quite welcome. 2naSalit Sep 2020 #36

I never knew that. I've been sucking down ice water. Hekate Sep 2020 #43

I learned about it from a book... 2naSalit Sep 2020 #45

update toulumne county office of emergency services announced that pg and e AllaN01Bear Sep 2020 #27

107 degrees 3 miles from the ocean in San Diego. haele Sep 2020 #28

I lived in Ocotillo Wells... 2naSalit Sep 2020 #46

It's now 106 ItsjustMe Sep 2020 #29

102 in Fremont - Bay Area demosincebirth Sep 2020 #30

We are currently at a balmy 106 Adsos Letter Sep 2020 #31

91 right now in San Diego near the coast Locutusofborg Sep 2020 #32

Damn, the manager of our Podunk market in the Sacramento Valley banned me last summer Brother Buzz Sep 2020 #37

This is life at 500ppm GHGs. roamer65 Sep 2020 #38

Yes, seriously. Duppers Sep 2020 #39

At 1000ppm we will start to see cognitive problems in humans. roamer65 Sep 2020 #47

Southern Oregon too been 100's all week marlakay Sep 2020 #41

Close to 100 today just a few miles inland Ventura. Now midnight it's 81 inside... Hekate Sep 2020 #44

It is 2:30 on Sunday afternoon and 104. The air smells resinous ... Hekate Sep 2020 #48