‘We’re in a New Era’: How Climate Change Is Supercharging Disasters

The New York Times ^ | Jan. 10, 2025 Updated Jan. 12, 2025, 10:08 a.m. ET | David Gelles and Austyn Gaffney

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As Los Angeles burned for days on end, horrifying the nation, scientists made an announcement on Friday that could help explain the deadly conflagration: 2024 was the hottest year in recorded history.

With temperatures rising around the globe and the oceans unusually warm, scientists are warning that the world has entered a dangerous new era of chaotic floods, storms and fires made worse by human-caused climate change.

The firestorms ravaging the country’s second-largest city are just the latest spasm of extreme weather that is growing more furious as well as more unpredictable. Wildfires are highly unusual in Southern California in January, which is supposed to be the rainy season. The same is true for cyclones in Appalachia, where Hurricanes Helene and Milton shocked the country when they tore through mountain communities in October.

Wildfires are burning hotter and moving faster. Storms are getting bigger and carrying more moisture. And soaring temperatures worldwide are leading to heat waves and drought, which can be devastating on their own and leave communities vulnerable to dangers like mudslides when heavy rains return.

Around the globe, extreme weather and searing heat killed thousands of people last year and displaced millions, with pilgrims dying as temperatures soared in Saudi Arabia. In Europe, extreme heat contributed to at least 47,000 deaths in 2023. In the United States, heat-related deaths have doubled in recent decades.

“We’re in a new era now,” said former Vice President Al Gore, who has warned of the threats of global warming for decades. “These climate related extreme events are increasing, both in frequency and intensity, quite rapidly.”

The fires currently raging in greater Los Angeles are already among the most destructive in U.S. history. By Friday,...

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Never give up the con.

[stanne]

This
Is just comedy.

[Wuli]

It was an arsonist, not “climate change”.

[Uncle Miltie]

100% lies.

NYT.

[GrumpyOldGuy]

These. People should write for the Bee.

[No name given]

That’s correct.

[rlmorel]

Over the last few days, I have been hearing this more often, and it is coming to the top. I believe the Left and their collaborating media have settled on a response to this disaster, and it is summarized as this:

"It was unavoidable. Nobody could have stopped it. It is a once in a lifetime experience. Even if the reservoirs had been full and the hydrants had pressure, nobody could have stopped it. It is nobody's fault except the fault of climate deniers who have enabled and support this change in our world's climate. Otherwise, this is all politicized attacks for partisan purposes."

Climate Change. Yeah. That's the ticket.

[Pollard]

Just started following an account on X that is posting old newspaper clips about fires and Santa Ana winds, some going back to the previous century.

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supercharged Bravo Sierra.

[BenLurkin]

Flashback 2000: ‘Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past’ – ‘Children just aren’t going to know what snow is’ – UK Independent

https://www.climatedepot.com/2018/01/04/flashback-2000-snowfalls-are-now-just-a-thing-of-the-past-children-just-arent-going-to-know-what-snow-is-uk-independent/

[DeplorablePaul]

Eco zealots can hardly contain their giggling when a natural disaster strikes. Not to mention that they started the fires. Despicable.

[odawg]

“Never give up the con.”

The woketards have taken Steve Bannon’s advice: Don’t back down, double down.

[Cobra64]

Arson

[dadgum]

Lies and hysteria for the neo-pagan dirt-worshippers.

[Cobra64]

Most likely more than one… terrorists.

[rktman]

😅😅😅😅 oh, otay buckwheat!

[WKUHilltopper]

New York Times. All the retards you need.

[Skul]

I do not trust liars. The NY Times LIES. Therefore, I call BS.

[dragnet2]

Democrat Barbie says fires burning hotter and storms are getting bigger. Fire hotter, storms bigger...Pay up people..

[Fledermaus]

They never stop