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Temperatures In Antarctica Tumble Back Below Multidecadal Average, As Satellite Data Reveals 40 Years Of Cooling and Ice Expansion
March 25, 2022 Cap Allon


Eastern Antarctica saw unusually high temperatures for a few days last week, with Concordia station hitting a record -11.8C (10.8F) on March 18.
The record temperatures were the result of an atmospheric river that trapped heat over the continent — an entirely natural phenomenon, and one thought to have been aided by the historically low solar activity we’re currently experiencing as well as the ongoing magnetic excursion (aka pole shift), although the interactions of the mechanisms are poorly understood.
The mainstream media has predictably gone into ‘crisis overdrive’ re. its reporting of Antarctica’s two days of heat, and they are guilty of peddling the most hopelessly hyperbolic BS to an increasingly dumbed-down public.
Case in point is The Guardian’s latest agenda-driving claptrap (from March 25): Following the 48 hours of anomalous warmth, an ice shelf about the size of Rome has collapsed in East Antarctica, which is apparently a “sign of what might be coming”.

Satellite imagery shows the Conger ice shelf has broken off iceberg C-38 [Photograph: USNIC].

However, the Conger ice shelf had an approximate surface area of 1,200 sq km, meaning it took up just 0.0086% of Antarctica’s 14 million sq km ice sheet. Even NASA earth and planetary scientist Dr Catherine Colello Walker says this is no big deal, admitting that the Conger ice shelf was relatively small: “It won’t have huge effects,” she said.
Our planet’s ice should be permitted to move, shift and melt without it being painted as an unmitigated disaster, and every minuscule finger nail that happens to snap off of an ice sheet shouldn’t be regarded as the EOTW or a “sign of things to come”.
Official data reveals that East Antarctica, which covers two thirds of the South Pole, has cooled 2.8C over the past 4 decades, with West Antarctica cooling 1.6C. It stands that only a tiny slither of Antarctica (the Antarctic Peninsula) has seen any warming –statistically insignificant warming, at that– but there are no prizes for guessing which region the MSM focuses on.
Also, the South Pole suffered its coldest coreless winter (April-Sept) in recorded history last year. It was the region’s coldest 6-month spell ever recorded, which is a far more telling feat than 48 hours of atmospheric river-driven warmth.

In these Days of "Catastrophic Global Warming," the South Pole just suffered its Coldest 'Winter' in Recorded History - Electroverse

The Antarctic ice sheet has also been holding incredibly well in recent decades, with official data revealing that the sheet has been EXPANDING in that time. Sea ice at the South Pole rebounded in 2020 and 2021 to the levels of some 3-decades ago. Moreover, the trend of the past 40+ years (the satellite era) remains one of significant growth (of approx. 1% per decade):

This is why you rarely hear about Antarctica in the MSM, because there is no catastrophic story to be garbled. Instead, those crooks focus on its Northern Cousin, the Arctic, which, unfortunately for them, could itself be witnessing the beginnings of a recovery: Arctic sea ice grew to its largest extent since 2008 this winter; while nearby Greenland has seen a big reversal in its trend of loss (starting in 2012), as clearly demonstrated below:



The above are all data points that the MSM refuse to report on, but why are they deemed any less informative than a tiny fingernail snapping off of East Antarctica? They aren’t less informative, of course, quite the opposite — they just don’t fit the Terrifying Terra-Firma Broiling narrative and so are conveniently swept under the rug.
And today comes yet more inconvenient news for the AGW Party.
The Antarctic continent is now experiencing temperatures below the 1979-2000 base, as visualized by the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer tool (which runs hot btw). However, and as with the myriad of facts outlined above, this reailty will also go unreported because governments (aka multinational conglomerates) and their MSM lapdogs are not in the game of truth and human priority, those notions are dangerous to their order of things. Instead, wretched angles and deliberate obfuscations are their modus operandi. They are the enemy. But the sheep STILL don’t see it.



“Significant” Spring Freeze For Eastern U.S.

A quick word on the United State’s spring freeze…
Temperatures 20F below normal –and beyond– are forecast to bring frost and snow to Eastern states between Saturday and Monday, with additional rounds of snow hitting more central and western locales by Wednesday.
March’s final week promises a return to wintry conditions — the lion and lamb seem to have traded places.
Temperatures this weekend into early next week are to expected plummet approx. 20 degrees below normal over much of the eastern third of the nation. Snow is expected in the higher mountains of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, as well as downwind of the Great Lakes. While along the Interstate 95 corridor, low temperatures will plunge below freezing.

GFS 2m Temp Anomalies (C) March 27 [tropicaltidbits.com].

And then by mid-week, significant flurries could be hitting the higher elevations of western states, particularly Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas and Minnesota (see latest GFS run below).
Rug up, Americans, winter isn’t done with you yet:

GFS Total Snowfall (inches) March 25 – April 10 [tropicaltidbits.com].

The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
 

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China's Pursuit Of Food Security Comes As Crop Conditions Set To Be "Worst In History"
BY TYLER DURDEN
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THURSDAY, MAR 24, 2022 - 11:20 PM

In September 2020, Michael Every of Rabobank floated the question: What possible disruption is coming that requires China to start massive stockpiling of all possible commodities?

It was no secret by 2021, China panic hoarded half of the world's maize and other grains resulting in increased food inflation.

China's buying spree of all commodities left many market observers puzzled by Beijing's stockpiling motives. Now we understand the second-largest economy in the world was forecasting a global catastrophe of widespread famine due to disrupted food supply chains.

Global food supplies were already tight on a post-COVID basis due to snarled supply chains and adverse weather conditions in key growing areas worldwide. The Ukraine invasion by Russia was a shock. It fractured global food supply chains and sent food prices to record highs with the very risk shortages will materialize in emerging market economies dependent on the eastern European country.



Ukraine is one of the world's largest agricultural exporters of corn and wheat. Before the invasion, Ukraine was the second-largest supplier of grains for the European Union and one of the largest suppliers for emerging markets in Asia and Africa.

Breaking down the numbers, Ukraine produced 49.6% of global sunflower oil, 10% of global wheat, 12.6% of global barley, and 15.3% of global maize. This year harvest will be
severely reduced because of war.

Last week, the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) warned that disruptions in Ukraine "risk imminent famine and starvation in more places around the world."

So it's apparent President Xi Jinping made the right decision in prioritizing food stockpiling ahead of the global food supply chains fracturing. However, Xi has an emerging food production problem.

Bloomberg cites Tang Renjian, China's agriculture minister, who warned that last year's record-breaking floods had sparked "big difficulties" with food production.

"China faces big difficulties in food production because of the unusual floods last autumn.
"Many faming experts and technicians told us that
crop conditions this year could be the worst in history," he said.

Next, food protectionism may flourish in agricultural-centric countries that want to first satisfy domestic supplies before exporting. This is already beginning and may increase food prices and induce shortages.

China's Pursuit Of Food Security Comes As Crop Conditions Set To Be "Worst In History" | ZeroHedge
 

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Snow pileup damages Alaska pipeline company's massive Valdez oil tanks -- Earth Changes -- Sott.net

Snow pileup damages Alaska pipeline company's massive Valdez oil tanks

Nathaniel Herz, Elizabeth Harball
Anchorage Daily News
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 11:22 UTC

Crews work on tank top snow removal on Tanks
© Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
Crews work on tank top snow removal on Tanks 12 and 14 in the East Tank Farm in Valdez on March 16, 2022.

The company that operates the trans-Alaska pipeline has called in backup crews to contend with massive amounts of snow piled on top of its oil storage tanks in Valdez, which has damaged infrastructure and vented petroleum vapors to the environment in what state regulators say are violations of the Clean Air Act.

The incident has forced the Valdez Marine Terminal's operator, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., to take multiple tanks out of service, though it says there have been no impacts to oil shipments so far.

To try to prevent further damage, Alyeska is now sending up dozens of respirator-equipped contractors for the painstaking work of removing the snow.

Those crews are working nearly around the clock, according to Michelle Egan, an Alyeska spokeswoman. The contractors, who are roped to the top of the tanks, cannot use plows or power tools, so they're cutting off blocks of snow with saws and sliding them off the edge.

It takes up to two weeks for a crew of 10 or 11 people to remove all the snow from each tank, though it's not necessarily the company's goal to completely clear all the tanks, Egan said.

"That is taking tremendous focus," she said. "We do things very methodically, very safely — it takes as long as it takes."

Meanwhile, a watchdog group is asking questions about Alyeska's preparedness and whether the problems at the terminal stem from cost-cutting under new ownership. Others have concerns about worker safety.

Alyeska said its workforce is protected, adding that its snow removal workforce has been stable over the past few years.

Alyeska is co-owned by affiliates of oil companies ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Hilcorp, Alaska's major North Slope producers, and it's responsible for moving roughly 500,000 barrels of crude a day down the pipeline.

In Valdez, there are 14 storage tanks that hold the oil until it's loaded onto tankers for shipment.

Removing the snow from the tanks is a gargantuan task: Each is an acre in size and holds up to a half-million barrels of crude — about 2.5% of America's daily oil demand.

In an email sent to employees about the situation and shared with the Daily News, Alyeska said multiple departments are "fully engaged" in the snow removal effort, which intensified later in the winter.

Employees "are asked to limit distractions to these teams as they focus on this important work," the email said.

'It caught people a little bit off guard'

Alyeska says that tanker loading has not been disrupted.

But the snow pileup has taken at least four of the company's storage tanks out of service at different points in the response, by shearing off valves installed along the upper edges of their roofs.

Those valves are a part of a system used to manage vapors that come off the oil, which helps prevent too much or too little pressure from building up in the tanks. The snow that accumulated on the tanks this winter created enough downward and outward force to knock off 10 valves, Alyeska said.

The company is largely blaming the situation on heavy snowfall, though Egan also said Alyeska is investigating and will be reviewing its response.

"There was just unbelievable snowfall, and it impacted us for quite a long time," Egan said.

Valdez, this winter, has recorded its highest amount of snowfall, and its highest snow depth, in a decade. But over the lifetime of the trans-Alaska pipeline and the marine terminal, the area has recorded more snow both over the course of the full winter and over peak 10-day time frames, according to federal weather data.

Valdez recorded 4 feet of snow during its peak 10-day window between Feb. 15 and March 15 of this year, with a 21-inch increase in snow depth.
Since 1985, the town has recorded 10-day snowfall of at least 68 inches three separate times, with a maximum depth increase of 27 inches.

The quality of Valdez's late winter snowfall this year — wet, then freezing — worsened its impacts, including on buildings across the water from the terminal in town, said Donna Schantz, who leads the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council, a group that monitors Alyeska's operations.

But while the amount of snow was unusual, particularly for the past few years, it's also not unprecedented, Schantz said — particularly in Valdez, which has the highest average snowfall for any Alaska town near sea level.

"I think it caught people a little bit off guard. But it really shouldn't have, knowing that we live in Valdez, which is the snow capital of Alaska," Schantz said.

Managing benzene exposure

To address the problems at the terminal, workers are putting temporary caps in place of the damaged valves.

In the meantime, at least seven tanks have released petroleum vapors into the atmosphere, in violation of Alyeska's Clean Air Act permit, said Moses Coss, an official with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.

Potential penalties or enforcement actions that DEC could bring against Alyeska haven't been decided, Coss said. Department officials have not yet traveled to Valdez to see the tanks but are planning to within a few days, he said.

"We have been in contact with our regulators since the beginning," Egan said in an email. "We followed our permit and reported emissions appropriately."

The tanks were originally designed when more and warmer oil was flowing down the pipeline, which used to thaw more of the snow on top of the roofs. But that's changed as the volume of crude produced on the North Slope has diminished.

Before the late winter spike in snowfall, Alyeska had a crew of about 40 core workers for snow removal.

Now, more than 80 contractors are involved, working both day and night shifts, with "additional resources coming on board," according to Egan.

The work comes with risks, which Alyeska said it's managing.

The contractors shoveling snow are equipped with respirators because the broken valves are allowing the release of hydrocarbons like benzene — a carcinogenic chemical that is dangerous at high levels of exposure.

"OSHA sets the limit for benzene exposure; our limits are more conservative," Egan said in an email. "We do not permit workers to work in areas with detectable levels of hydrocarbon without respirators."

Workers also wear traction devices and are roped to the tanks to protect from falls. Four "first aid injuries" have happened after workers slipped while removing snow, Alyeska said in its email to employees.

Multiple workers, who did not want to be named in this story for fear of retaliation, said they were concerned about the safety of the contractors clearing snow off the tanks — because of the risks of both injury and benzene inhalation.

Joey Merrick, whose Laborers' Local 341 union represents the snow removal workers, praised the safety measures taken by Alyeska. He said gas meters and other equipment are used to ensure that benzene exposure doesn't reach dangerous levels.

Alyeska, Merrick said in a phone interview, goes "to every extent to make sure that people are not in harm's way."

A decade ago, during another especially snowy winter in Valdez, two workers fell off the roof of one of the tanks, though without serious injuries, said Schantz.

Since then, Alyeska has made safety-driven changes to its snow removal procedure. Workers start by cutting blocks of snow from the top of the tank, then slide them down chutes, rather than starting from the edge and working upward.

Lessons learned, or 'were they forgotten?'

Schantz said her watchdog group, the citizens advisory council, will be looking into Alyeska's preparedness once the snow removal is finished.

Given that similar problems cropped up at the terminal a decade ago, Schantz said she wants to know "what happened to all those lessons learned."

"Were they forgotten? Or was this a different scenario?" she said.

Schantz's group was founded after the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill, which had its the 33rd anniversary Thursday. The group is funded by Alyeska, though the council's contract with the company guarantees "absolute independence."

One essential question, Schantz said, is whether any cost-cutting or efficiency measures from Alyeska affected the company's readiness.

That's especially relevant after the Hilcorp affiliate acquired its 49% stake in Alyeska in 2020, she said, because of the company's reputation for efficiency and reducing expenses.

"There's a higher level of concern with Hilcorp, and really it's because they've been open that that's their business model," Schantz said. "They have a different way of managing things to cut costs."

In a report filed with federal responders last week, provided to the Daily News by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, an unnamed caller reported a release of an "unknown amount of benzene and hydrocarbon from a tank farm" at the Valdez Marine Terminal.

"The cause of the release is due to negligence to maintenance of the tanks at the tank farm," the caller said, according to the report.

An EPA spokeswoman said that federal regulators have not confirmed the report's details. The state is now the lead investigator on the incident, she said.

Egan, from Alyeska, said there hasn't been a "big change" in the way the company staffs its snow removal crews. The number of available core crews and backup contractors has been stable since 2019, she said, which is before the Hilcorp transaction closed.

While this year came with an "unusual" amount of snow and unprecedented impacts to infrastructure, Egan said, the company is also reviewing its response.

"As we always do, we will identify and apply any lessons from this experience and build them into our processes," she said. "An investigation is underway so that we can do just that."
 

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Philippine volcano spews ash and steam, evacuation underway
A small volcano in a scenic lake near the Philippine capital has belched a white plume of steam and ash 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) into the sky in a brief but powerful explosion on Saturday
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press
26 March 2022, 01:57

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MANILA, Philippines -- A small volcano in a scenic lake near the Philippine capital blew a white plume of steam and ash 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) into the sky in a brief but powerful explosion Saturday, prompting authorities to raise the alert level and evacuate hundreds of residents from high-risk villages.

Magma came into contact with water in the main crater of Taal volcano in Batangas province, setting off the steam-driven blast that was followed by smaller emissions and accompanied by volcanic earthquakes, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

The institute raised the alarm at the 1,020-foot (311-meter) Taal, one of the world’s smallest volcanoes, to the third level in a five-step warning system, meaning “there is magmatic intrusion at the main crater that may further drive succeeding eruptions.” Alert level 5 means a life-threatening eruption that could destroy communities is underway.

Residents of five lakeside villages within a 7-kilometer (4-mile) danger zone from the crater in the Batangas towns of Agoncillo and Laurel were warned of possible hazards, including fast-moving gas and molten materials and “volcanic tsunami” in Taal lake, and began evacuating to safety.

More than 1,200 villagers had moved into emergency shelters by noon, the government’s disaster-response said.

“It was a powerful burst but now the volcano has calmed down,” Laurel Mayor Joan Amo told The Associated Press by telephone, adding that up to 8,000 residents in high-risk villages in her town would need to be moved to safety if the volcanic unrest continues.

A video showed a white column of steam and ash billowing from the low-slung volcano into the blue sky. A villager witnessing the explosion amid the scorching summer heat can be heard in the background saying, “The volcano is exploding again, one blast after another, due to the intense heat."

Renato Solidum of the government’s volcanology institute said it remains to be seen if Taal would suddenly grow more restive or eventually settle down.

“If we see that there is no escalation or the trend is downward” after two weeks of close monitoring, the institute may decide to lower the alert level, Solidum told The AP.

As a precaution, authorities temporarily banned all activities, including fishing, in the lake surrounding the volcano and asked nearby communities to brace for possible ashfalls. Aircraft were warned to stay away from the volcano due to the danger of possible “ash and ballistic fragments from sudden explosions" and other super-hot volcanic emissions.

Taal erupted in January 2020, displacing hundreds of thousands of people and sending clouds of ash to Manila, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) to the north, where the main airport was temporarily shut down. Since then, the volcano has sporadically shown signs of restiveness.

The Philippines lies along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a region prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. A long-dormant volcano, Mount Pinatubo, blew its top north of Manila in 1991 in one of the biggest volcanic eruptions of the 20th century, killing hundreds of people.

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Associated Press journalists Kiko Rosario and Aaron Favila contributed to this report.

Philippine volcano spews ash and steam, evacuation underway - ABC News (go.com)
 

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Arctic Blast Threatens Cold Records Across East U.S., Including 145-Year Low In Philly; Remarkable Cold For The Month Of March Sweeps Greenland; Antarctica Plunges -1.2C Below 1979-2000 Average; + Europe Freezes
March 28, 2022 Cap Allon

Arctic Blast Threatens Cold Records Across East U.S., Including 145-Year Low In Philly
Winter is making a comeback across the Eastern half of the CONUS this week. Chilly temperatures settled in Sunday for many, but as the new week progresses, tens of millions of America’s should expect recording breaking lows.
Sunday night through Monday morning will see a brutal Arctic air mass spill down out of Canada. This mass of cold will deliver a Winter’s Revenge across the Midwest, the South and the Northeast, and will see hard freezes impact many growing regions.
The National Park Service says the “magic number” for the Cherry Blossoms is 27F, and that even if temperatures dip below that for just a few hours it could cause enough damage to bring peak bloom to a premature end.
By sunrise Monday, widespread 20s are expected across the Northeast, with many regions dipping into the teens: “We’re talking about the polar vortex moving right across the Northeast,” said senior AccuWeather meteorologist John Feerick.
Large parts of Maryland and West Virginia, for example, are under winter warnings as wind gusts of 40mph threaten blowing snow in many of the state’s counties, including Grant and Pendleton.
Early-morning lows of 10-15F are on the cards Monday and Tuesday across Berkshire, Massachusetts, with the county’s daytime highs struggling into the mid- to upper-20s — temperatures that will challenge record lows for the time of year.
The forecasted high for Boston on Monday is 32F — this would be a record low-max for the date, breaking the previous record of 33F which was set back in 1893.
Philadelphia has a shot at busting an even more impressive record. Lows are forecast to range from 20F to 25F Monday morning, with the city’s daytime highs struggling into the 30s. Philly could actually set two new records Monday: The first for the daily average temp 30–currently held by the year 1966; and the second for lowest daily high, 35F–a benchmark that has stood for 145 years, since 1877: “I wouldn’t rule it out,” said Amanda Lee, a meteorologist with the NWS in Mount Holly.
The dreaded –and poorly understood— ‘polar vortex’ wasn’t that big of an issue for North Americans during the winter months with the harshest of the Arctic air largely kept locked at the higher latitudes (although many cold outbreaks still managed to occur?). But the phenomenon does seem to be playing a role now as the calendar approaches April — this is something polar scientist Judah Cohen, with Atmospheric and Environmental Research, in Massachusetts, is suggesting could be due this season’s impressive Arctic sea ice extent.

Arctic Sea Ice Extent Currently Second-Highest In 15 Years, And Growing... - Electroverse

As mentioned above, another dose of winter is forecast to sweep the central United States this week, not just the Northeast. After a mild Monday, a potent storm is forecast to deliver a weather whiplash to the region by Tuesday. Chilly air will sweep in as the jet stream dives southward, and the higher elevations of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah should expect substantial snowfall to go along with the cold.
“Snow levels may drop as low as 5,000 feet across parts of Wyoming on Tuesday night,” said AccuWeather Meteorologist Alex DaSilva. This storm will be streaking into the central Plains, too, spreading both rain and snow across Nebraska, North and South Dakota and Minnesota by the end of the day.
Snow is expected to start accumulating north of the border too, across parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba early Tuesday, with southern Ontario facing icy temperatures as the jet stream plunges south of the Great Lakes.
The snow is forecast to continue spreading eastward as the storm strengthens over the Midwest and Great Lakes through Thursday, reports theweathernetwork.com. The heaviest snow will hit northern Minnesota and Ontario, and here, 18 inches could accumulate. There’s also an AccuWeather Local StormMax calling for 25 inches.

Stay tuned for updates.

Remarkable Cold For The Month Of March Sweeps Greenland

With high pressure (1,030-1,035 hPa) and clear skies, the north coast of Greenland recorded remarkable cold temperatures for late March over the weekend, and at very low elevations, too (even sea level).
Some of the icy cold readings, which will aid this season’s above average ice growth, are as follows: -38.8C was logged at Henrik Kroeyer Holme (80.4°N); -38C swept Kap Morris Jesup (83.4°N); while -37.1C was suffered in Danmarkshavn (76.5°N).

Greenland Gained A Record-Breaking 10 Gigatons Of Snow And Ice Yesterday, As Northern Hemisphere Total Snow Mass Increases Just Days Away From Spring - Electroverse

As discussed in the article linked above, the Greenland ice sheet has been EXPANDING for a decade now, and has clearly reversed its trend of loss which ran from around the mid-80s to 2012 — all visualized in the below graphic:

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Antarctica Plunges 1.2C Below 1979-2000 Average

The MSM continues to peddle Antarctica’s 48-hours of atmospheric river-driven heat as if, 1) it was conclusive of anything, and 2) that it’s still ongoing. In reality, however, the temperature pendulum has now swung back the other way across the base of the globe, to some 1.2C BELOW the mulitdecadal norm:


Moreover, official data reveals that East Antarctica –which covers two thirds of the South Pole– has cooled 2.8C over the past 4 decades, with West Antarctica cooling 1.6C. It stands that only a tiny sliver of Antarctica (the Antarctic Peninsula) has seen any warming –statistically insignificant warming, at that– but there are no prizes for guessing which region the MSM focuses on.
Also, the South Pole suffered its coldest coreless winter (April-Sept) in recorded history last year. It was the region’s coldest 6-month spell ever recorded, which is a far more telling feat than 48 hours of atmospheric river-driven warmth.
And re. ice, the Antarctic sheet has also been holding incredibly well in recent decades, with official data revealing that the sheet has been EXPANDING in that time. Sea ice at the South Pole rebounded in 2020 and 2021 to the levels of some 3-decades ago. Furthermore, the trend of the past 40+ years (the satellite era) remains one of significant growth (of approx. 1% per decade):



For more of a deep-dive into all that, see:

Temperatures In Antarctica Tumble Back Below Multidecadal Average, As Satellite Data Reveals 40 Years Of Cooling and Ice Expansion - Electroverse

Europe Freezes

The final word goes to Europe…
After a string of sunny and mild days, the majority of the continent will see a return to wintry conditions this week with low-level snows and widespread frosts bringing the risk of considerable crop damage.

The wintry conditions are forecast to persist for at least two weeks, and all.
And what the latest GFS run is picking up re. snowfall is really quite astonishing:

GFS Total Snowfall (cm) March 28 – April 13 [tropicaltidbits.com]. Note the flurries in Northern Africa, too.

With the forecast cold looking equally unseasonable:

GFS 2m Temp Anomalies (C) March 31 – April 8 [tropicaltidbits.com].

As always, stay tuned for updates.

The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
 

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Arctic Blast Threatens Cold Records Across East U.S., Including 145-Year Low In Philly; Remarkable Cold For The Month Of March Sweeps Greenland; Antarctica Plunges -1.2C Below 1979-2000 Average; + Europe Freezes
March 28, 2022 Cap Allon

Arctic Blast Threatens Cold Records Across East U.S., Including 145-Year Low In Philly
Winter is making a comeback across the Eastern half of the CONUS this week. Chilly temperatures settled in Sunday for many, but as the new week progresses, tens of millions of America’s should expect recording breaking lows.
Sunday night through Monday morning will see a brutal Arctic air mass spill down out of Canada. This mass of cold will deliver a Winter’s Revenge across the Midwest, the South and the Northeast, and will see hard freezes impact many growing regions.
The National Park Service says the “magic number” for the Cherry Blossoms is 27F, and that even if temperatures dip below that for just a few hours it could cause enough damage to bring peak bloom to a premature end.
By sunrise Monday, widespread 20s are expected across the Northeast, with many regions dipping into the teens: “We’re talking about the polar vortex moving right across the Northeast,” said senior AccuWeather meteorologist John Feerick.
Large parts of Maryland and West Virginia, for example, are under winter warnings as wind gusts of 40mph threaten blowing snow in many of the state’s counties, including Grant and Pendleton.
Early-morning lows of 10-15F are on the cards Monday and Tuesday across Berkshire, Massachusetts, with the county’s daytime highs struggling into the mid- to upper-20s — temperatures that will challenge record lows for the time of year.
The forecasted high for Boston on Monday is 32F — this would be a record low-max for the date, breaking the previous record of 33F which was set back in 1893.
Philadelphia has a shot at busting an even more impressive record. Lows are forecast to range from 20F to 25F Monday morning, with the city’s daytime highs struggling into the 30s. Philly could actually set two new records Monday: The first for the daily average temp 30–currently held by the year 1966; and the second for lowest daily high, 35F–a benchmark that has stood for 145 years, since 1877: “I wouldn’t rule it out,” said Amanda Lee, a meteorologist with the NWS in Mount Holly.
The dreaded –and poorly understood— ‘polar vortex’ wasn’t that big of an issue for North Americans during the winter months with the harshest of the Arctic air largely kept locked at the higher latitudes (although many cold outbreaks still managed to occur?). But the phenomenon does seem to be playing a role now as the calendar approaches April — this is something polar scientist Judah Cohen, with Atmospheric and Environmental Research, in Massachusetts, is suggesting could be due this season’s impressive Arctic sea ice extent.

Arctic Sea Ice Extent Currently Second-Highest In 15 Years, And Growing... - Electroverse

As mentioned above, another dose of winter is forecast to sweep the central United States this week, not just the Northeast. After a mild Monday, a potent storm is forecast to deliver a weather whiplash to the region by Tuesday. Chilly air will sweep in as the jet stream dives southward, and the higher elevations of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah should expect substantial snowfall to go along with the cold.
“Snow levels may drop as low as 5,000 feet across parts of Wyoming on Tuesday night,” said AccuWeather Meteorologist Alex DaSilva. This storm will be streaking into the central Plains, too, spreading both rain and snow across Nebraska, North and South Dakota and Minnesota by the end of the day.
Snow is expected to start accumulating north of the border too, across parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba early Tuesday, with southern Ontario facing icy temperatures as the jet stream plunges south of the Great Lakes.
The snow is forecast to continue spreading eastward as the storm strengthens over the Midwest and Great Lakes through Thursday, reports theweathernetwork.com. The heaviest snow will hit northern Minnesota and Ontario, and here, 18 inches could accumulate. There’s also an AccuWeather Local StormMax calling for 25 inches.

Stay tuned for updates.

Remarkable Cold For The Month Of March Sweeps Greenland
With high pressure (1,030-1,035 hPa) and clear skies, the north coast of Greenland recorded remarkable cold temperatures for late March over the weekend, and at very low elevations, too (even sea level).
Some of the icy cold readings, which will aid this season’s above average ice growth, are as follows: -38.8C was logged at Henrik Kroeyer Holme (80.4°N); -38C swept Kap Morris Jesup (83.4°N); while -37.1C was suffered in Danmarkshavn (76.5°N).

Greenland Gained A Record-Breaking 10 Gigatons Of Snow And Ice Yesterday, As Northern Hemisphere Total Snow Mass Increases Just Days Away From Spring - Electroverse

As discussed in the article linked above, the Greenland ice sheet has been EXPANDING for a decade now, and has clearly reversed its trend of loss which ran from around the mid-80s to 2012 — all visualized in the below graphic:

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Antarctica Plunges 1.2C Below 1979-2000 Average
The MSM continues to peddle Antarctica’s 48-hours of atmospheric river-driven heat as if, 1) it was conclusive of anything, and 2) that it’s still ongoing. In reality, however, the temperature pendulum has now swung back the other way across the base of the globe, to some 1.2C BELOW the mulitdecadal norm:


Moreover, official data reveals that East Antarctica –which covers two thirds of the South Pole– has cooled 2.8C over the past 4 decades, with West Antarctica cooling 1.6C. It stands that only a tiny sliver of Antarctica (the Antarctic Peninsula) has seen any warming –statistically insignificant warming, at that– but there are no prizes for guessing which region the MSM focuses on.
Also, the South Pole suffered its coldest coreless winter (April-Sept) in recorded history last year. It was the region’s coldest 6-month spell ever recorded, which is a far more telling feat than 48 hours of atmospheric river-driven warmth.
And re. ice, the Antarctic sheet has also been holding incredibly well in recent decades, with official data revealing that the sheet has been EXPANDING in that time. Sea ice at the South Pole rebounded in 2020 and 2021 to the levels of some 3-decades ago. Furthermore, the trend of the past 40+ years (the satellite era) remains one of significant growth (of approx. 1% per decade):



For more of a deep-dive into all that, see:

Temperatures In Antarctica Tumble Back Below Multidecadal Average, As Satellite Data Reveals 40 Years Of Cooling and Ice Expansion - Electroverse

Europe Freezes
The final word goes to Europe…
After a string of sunny and mild days, the majority of the continent will see a return to wintry conditions this week with low-level snows and widespread frosts bringing the risk of considerable crop damage.

The wintry conditions are forecast to persist for at least two weeks, and all.
And what the latest GFS run is picking up re. snowfall is really quite astonishing:

GFS Total Snowfall (cm) March 28 – April 13 [tropicaltidbits.com]. Note the flurries in Northern Africa, too.

With the forecast cold looking equally unseasonable:

GFS 2m Temp Anomalies (C) March 31 – April 8 [tropicaltidbits.com].

As always, stay tuned for updates.

The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.



I don't know about the rest of he country but we are seeing some cold temperatures and it been below freezing here for the last two nights and going down to 20F or into upper teens tonight (18F). Right now it's 1:44Pm and the temp on my back porch is 30F so it may get rather cold here tonight.
 

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New York Suffers Record March Cold; Toronto Breaks Century-Old Low Temp Benchmark; + UK Forecast Coldest Start to April in 100 Years
March 29, 2022 Cap Allon

New York Suffers Record March Cold
A sharp southward shift in the jet stream is making itself known in New York City as well as across much of the rest of the Eastern United States. The unseasonable chill is breaking record-low temperatures for the month of March, and is feeling like a replay of winter for many.
Arctic air descending down from Canada is sending a wave of freezing winds over the East, with temperatures dipping into the single digits (Fahrenheit) for in the Northeast–with the conditions expected to persist until Thursday.
Bone-chilling lows in New York City began Sunday night with temps tumbling below 30F, according to the National Weather Service. Monday went on to prove a record cold day for many: Binghamton, Plattsburgh and New York all busted record low-maxes–with NYC’s dating back to 1893; while Hartford, CT and Allentown, PA were among the other Northeast locales to bust records–from 1966 and 1996, respectively.
The snow in NY has also proved impressive of late…

Absolutely ripping snow right now in Rochester, NY. Visibility must be less than a 1/4 mile! Some of the heaviest stuff we’ve seen all winter and it’s almost April 1st!❄️@NWSBUFFALO pic.twitter.com/G2CirucGCx
— Northeast Weather Associates (@WestchesterWX) March 27, 2022

…as it has across the Northeast.
The below video shows a banged-up Dodge Charger sitting in the lanes of Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County, PA.
That section of I-81, at mile marker 116, was under a snow squall warning at the time of Monday’s crash, which Pennsylvania State Police confirmed involved up to 60 vehicles, multiple injuries and at least three deaths.


Nearby New Jersey has also been setting its own snow and low temperature records this week.
NWS data shows that both Trenton and Atlantic City set new records for their lowest-high temps ever logged on March 28, while nearby Newark tied its record: Trenton Mercer Airport’s highest reading of the day was 32F, which is 3F lower than the previous record set way back in 1919; Atlantic City International Airport climbed no higher than 38F on Monday, breaking the record previously held by 1996, 1959 and 1956; while Newark Liberty International Airport’s 35F tied its old record set in 1937.
In fact, the Eastern U.S. has felled hundreds of low temperature benchmarks over the past 24 hours —comfortably out-stripping the West’s heat— and there’s much more in the way of cold as the week progresses.
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Toronto Breaks Century-Old Low Temp Benchmark

There’s been unprecedented chills north of the border, too, in Canada.
Southern Ontarians awoke to brutal sub-zero temps on Monday, lows that felt like -20C (-4F) downtown Monday morning. Temps has struggled to just -6C (21F) by late afternoon, which felt like more like -16C (3.2F).
These are dead-of-winter readings, not spring conditions — and they actually beat-out a weather record that had stood for almost a century. At -10.1C (13.8F) —without the wind chill factored in– Monday was T.O.’s coldest March 28 since 1923’s -15C (5F), with the only other years with colder late-March lows being 1873 and 1854:



UK Forecast Coldest Start to April in 100 Years

Following the UK’s coldest April since 1922 last year, it looks as if April 2022 will deliver something very similar.
“British summer time may have just started, but in terms of the weather, British winter time is about to make a return,” said Jim Dale, meteorologist for British Weather Services.
According to Dale’s forecast, the mercury will take a sharp tumble over the next few days, hitting a record-challenging -11C (12.2F) at the weekend and -10C (14F) during the start of next week. Such readings would threaten all-time daily records set more than 100 years ago (with the April 1 record being the -11.7C (10.9F) set in West Linton in 1917).
Wintry conditions, including heavy snow, will hold on into next week, with harsh frosts and sub-zero temperatures becoming “a real issue,” according John Hammond, meteorologist for weathertrending. “There could be some snow warnings,” he added.
The outlook is the same across mainland Europe, too, where record April cold and snow look set cause major disruptions:

GFS Total Snowfall (cm) March 29 – April 14 [tropicaltidbits.com].

We’re driving through the Pyrenees Thursday evening — wish us luck…

The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
 

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Folks, if you haven't already done so and are planning to, it's time to work your gardens and seriously consider poultry on any level that is permitted in your area. GSM weather changes are bad enough, more examples of the icing on the cake for food issues going forward:

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Martinhouse, are you seeing any effects on the poultry situation up there?:

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TxGal, this article just posted from Ice Age Farmer is the first I've heard directly about anything right here in Arkansas.

For over a month now, my nephew and I have been saving fertile eggs and lightly penciling the dates on them. We plan to hold the freshest of them back for later incubating in case we lose our birds. So far, there are four of us right in my "neighborhood" who have chickens. A different nephew has finally woken up and is prepping like mad. He wants to have a few chickens, too so I don't know how that will end up with him being so late to the game.

My chicken pen/house is already enclosed but well-ventilated at the same time. All I need to do is set up a way to sanitize or change shoes before entering to feed, water, and gather eggs. There is no way any type of bird can get in there or even sit on top where poop could fall through. There is absolutely no feed or any other type of food in the yard to attract wild birds. And three cats are a good deterrent, too.

April is the month when it's warm enough for me to get outside to clean up all my beds and containers and get the planting done. I have about two more days to finish up in the greenhouse. I'm crowding in there as much as I can of things that would suffer during the extreme temperature fluctuations that seem to be the new normal here.

Edit: 10:45 AM
I just read the above article about Arkansas bird flue again and I see that my state had activated measures, not because it is here, but because it is in surrounding states. I hope this proactive approach will make a difference!
 
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We currently have 21 newly hatched chicks in a Rubbermaid container in the shop... two very delighted preschoolers who have to be carefully monitired so they don't love them to death, we're able to watch chicks actually hatch. We even saved one which was stuck in the shell. I think it just had been jammed between other eggs and couldn't push his way free. I warned the girls that it might not survive, but it certainly wouldn't if it didn't get free of the shell, so I carefully pulled it off, and then tucked it back in the incubator. It fluffed up nicely and I sneaked it in with the (very slightly) older chicks last night, so it integrated nicely.

Hopefully the 200 CornishX that are supported to be coming the beginning of May won't need quite as much personal attention!

Summerthyme
 

TxGal

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Ice Age Farmer has a new podcast out. While not directly GSM-related, food issues going forward are going to get worse, and weather changes aren't helping at all:

Biden pays farms to STOP - EU out of Feed - Meat taxes & Chicken permits - Up to you to GROW FOOD! - YouTube

Biden pays farms to STOP - EU out of Feed - Meat taxes & Chicken permits - Up to you to GROW FOOD!
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View: https://youtu.be/QZ9aLIacUmc
Run time is 25:05

Synopsis provided:

Even as Biden and Trudeau announce food shortages, farmers are being paid to STOP farming. Chickens are now "illegal animals" in more municipalities, requiring a permit, "due to bird flu." The EU is culling livestock as they run out of animal feed, and the Netherlands is seriously considering a meat tax. -- And yet, there is a resurgence of regenerative agriculture and community victory gardens, as people realize it is UP TO US to feed our families going forward! Christian breaks down the latest developments in the Food Wars in this Ice Age Farmer broadcast.
 

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Historic Cold Spell Hits Southeast Asia; Monthly Low Temperature Records Tumble Across Europe; + MSM Blames ‘Climate Change’ For Reduced Snow Crab Numbers In The Bering Sea… Then 2022 Came Along
April 4, 2022 Cap Allon


We have -finally- arrived back at our bolthole in Central Portugal after a prolonged stay in the UK due to family reasons.
Apologies for the missing articles on Weds, Thurs and Fri of last week, and also for those left wondering where the heck I had gotten to. We left a day earlier than planned to miss the worst of the storms and snow (8-hour ferry crossings aren’t much fun at the best of times) meaning I wasn’t able to post an update on Electroverse (those who are patrons or who follow me on Twitter should have received a message, though).
But I’m back to it now, and I’m also back to working our 8-acres in sunny Portugal, too, preparing the ground for planting in order to combat spiraling inflation, looming food shortages and, of course, the ever-intensifying Grand Solar Minimum…

Historic Cold Spell Hits Southeast Asia

A truly historic spell of cold is sweeping southeast Asia this early April, particularly Thailand.
After a string of exceptionally chilly days, low temperature records for April are starting to fall, most notably in the Eastern part of the Gulf of Thailand.
In a number of cases, the first non-tropical (sub-18C) April nights on record have been experienced. This includes an unprecedented 17.7C at Koh Sichang, a district of Chonburi province — the locale’s first-ever sub-20C reading in April.
It’s also been historically cool (and rainy) in northeast Thailand with daily highs holding below 20C for many there, too. The polar air has been entering via Central Vietnam, and has been driving temperatures to record levels. The 17.7C daily max logged in Buriram province is the lowest April max ever recorded at such a low elevation anywhere in Thailand.

Last day in amongst the palms. So cold and windy, you can tell by the flags. I’ve never felt cold at a beach in Thailand, I’m jumping around to keep warm. Climate patterns rapidly changing. Happy Sunday twitter friends pic.twitter.com/iCbdI33pyb
— Jane Barnes (@jane13barnes) April 3, 2022

The cold has been invading the majority of southeast Asia of late, not just Thailand.
On April 3, the mercury in the Laotian town of Phongsal plunged to 6.5C (43.7F) — a reading which is generally accepted to be the lowest ever temperature logged in Laos in April in Laos, beating out the previous benchmark, the 7.1C (44.8F) at Nong Het set back in 1929.

Monthly Low Temperature Records Tumble Across Europe

Central and Western Europe, after enjoying something of mild winter (with its cold concentrated to the east, most noticeable in Turkey), is now suffering record freezes for April and could be on for another year without a spring as there’s little letup in sight:
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) April 4 [tropicaltidbits.com].

Holland

It may be officially spring across the Northern Hemisphere, but in the municipality of Winterswijk, Holland the record cold that swept in Saturday night allowed locals to skate on naturally-formed ice come Sunday morning.
“We thought long and hard, but we decided we had to give it a go,” said local ice master Hendrik ten Prooije on whether or not to prepare the ice rink for skating. “This is unique,” he continued: “for the first time, we are skating on natural ice in April.

Nu ook sneeuw erbij!, schaatsen op natuurijs in Winterswijk pic.twitter.com/NUUHHKewZ4
— WimRuesink (@WimRuesink) April 3, 2022

In nearby Deelen, the mercury dipped to -6.3C (20.7F) overnight Saturday — the lowest temp ever recorded on April 3.
Holland is becoming more accustomed to hard April frosts in recent years, with the April of 2021 delivering readings below the freezing mark on a record 18 nights at Eelde, near Groningen, for example.

Germany

Minimums in Germany on Sunday also saw a host of monthly records usurped.
The longest standing ones were the -10C (14F) at Eslohe; the -9C (15.8F) at Burgwald-Bottendorf; the -7.8C (18F) at Genthin; and the -7.5C (18.5F) at Kyritz.

Spain

Spain set a new national monthly record low over the weekend.
Pamplona, the capital of Navarre province, northern Spain, observed -3.6C (25.5F).

France

Incredibly cold temperatures have been hitting France of late, and all.
Recently, -20.3C (-4.5F) was suffered in Aiguille du Midi (the station’s third sub -20C ever recorded); -15.5C (4.1F) hit Ristolas; -9.6C (14.7F) was noted in Arbent; -5.1C (22.8F) in Bergerac; -3.6C (25.5F) in Albi; and 0.3C (32.5F) Toulon — all of these are new monthly records (far more telling than daily benchmarks), and they are also only 6 selected out of the 25 broken on Sunday alone (with a further 6 tied).
One of the fallen records extended as far back as 1958 (see the table below); but more interestingly, many were set only a year ago, with the majority of the others set either during the previous solar minimum (of 2008) or the minimum before that (of 1996/7):

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Impressively, an “ice day” (daily maxes at or below 0C) was declared across much of France on April 2, so even at low elevations.
The weather station at Courpiere, east of Clermont-Ferrand (455m/1,493ft) logged a daily high of just -0.9C (30.4F), which is only the fourth time in recorded history that France has experienced such a low reading at such a low elevation in the month of April.

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April 1 brought with it the lowest monthly temperature ever recorded in Andorra.
A bone-chilling -17.1C (1.2F) was logged at Les Font d’ Arinsal–and while this station is relatively new, the reading was backed-up by a long-standing station located at Port d’ Envalira which recorded its own similar historic benchmark of -16.3C (2.6F).

UK

Record April chills have been sweeping the UK, too, with heavy snow also causing disruptions for some parts.
Specifically to the cold, the most noteworthy feat was probably England’s capital, London registering its coldest April low in at least 70 years (with some reports claiming of all time)–beating out the previous record of -3.1C (26.4F).
But across the UK, frosts and freezes have been prevailing since the last day of March when lows of -10C (14F) swept the Scottish Highlands, -7C (19.4F) hit Wales and -5C (23F) was logged in Cumbria. Much colder Arctic air has descended since the, driving temperatures down to as low as -5C (and beyond) even in southwest England.
In fact, it’s been such as cold start to April that the Central England Temperature Record (CET) has a mean reading of just 4.3C (39.7F). To put this into context, the CET extends all the way back to the year 1659, and in all of those centuries 4.7C (40.5F) is the coldest April on record (tied by the years 1701 and 1837). Of course, we’re only a few days into April, and the mean will not remain at 4.3C, but it does go to show just how unusually frigid England’s start to April 2022 has been.

MSM Blames ‘Climate Change’ For Reduced Snow Crab Numbers In The Bering Sea… Then 2022 Came Along

There is a rambling article in the Seattle Times dated April 3 that bemoans low Bering Sea ice coverage in 2018 and 2019 which it claims is due to catastrophic ocean warming and also the key factor behind reduced snow crab numbers.
The winter ice is a key ally to the snow crab, reads the article. It helps in the growth of algae at the base of the food chain, and is vital to the formation of a vast cold pool at the sea bottom that acts as a safe haven for snow crab to escape predators that prefer warmer temperatures. Climate scientists forecast the Bering’s ice cover will be in long-term retreat in a 21st century where greenhouse gas emissions –spurred by the combustion of fossil fuels on land, in the air and at sea– unevenly warm the planet–however, no mechanism for this ‘uneven warming is explained, however, and is likely another case of hypothesis molded to fit a unexpected reality. Temperatures are rising in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of the Bering Sea much faster than regions farther south, adds the articleand while the data appears to support this, it does, paradoxically, appear to be a sign of a Grand Solar Minimum, as GSM’s see the Arctic region (as well as the North Atlantic and Alaska) warm during bouts of otherwise ‘global’ cooling (see NASA graphic below, or click HERE for more).

Temp change between 1780 (a year of normal solar activity) and 1680 (a year within the depths of the Maunder Minimum) — NASA.

“These are human-caused events,” said Mike Litzow, a federal fishery biologist who directs a shellfish laboratory in Alaska, regarding the catastrophic ocean warming: “It’s us.”
However, despite the typically human-bashing tone you’d expect from a mainstream outlet, the Seattle Times article finishes with the below inconvenient paragraphs, which would appear to run directly against the doom-laden grain of the piece.
The 2022 snow crab harvest began under much colder conditionsThe ice formed early and threatened to close off the open water in some of the best crabbing areas … The winter ice also was a welcome sight, a tangible sign of hope for at least a short-term resurgence in the snow crab populations and the fishery they sustain.
So the article was simply fear-mongering claptrap then…?
In February 2022, the floating ice cover in the Bering Sea reached its greatest extent since 2013. The below map shows the extent of sea ice in the Bering Sea as of mid-Feb. Ice covered more than 846,000 square kilometres (327,000 square miles), far exceeding the 1981–2010 mean:

Bering Sea Ice Extent, Feb 16, 2022 [NSIDC].

For more, see:
Denver, Seattle, & Others Break Century-Old Low Temp Records; Snow Falls At Low Elevations In California; Michigan's Upper Peninsula Buried Under Historic February Snow; + Impressive Bering Sea Ice Extent - Electroverse

The fishing boat Pinnacle struggles its way through an ice floe Jan. 25 in the Bering Sea southwest of St. Matthew Island. [Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News].

The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
 

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Late frost ices over French vineyards, threatens fruit crops
French vintners are lighting candles to thaw their grapevines to save them from a late frost following a mild winter
By THIBAULT CAMUS Associated Press
4 April 2022, 08:03

Vine buds are covered by ice which protect them from frost, in a vineyard near Chablis, Burgundy region, Monday, April 4, 2022. Plunging April temperatures around France are threatening vineyards and other important crops. Vintners are scrambling to

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Vine buds are covered by ice which protect them from frost, in a vineyard near Chablis, Burgundy region, Monday, April 4, 2022. Plunging April temperatures around France are threatening vineyards and other important crops. Vintners are scrambling to find ways to protect the vines from the frost, which comes after an unusually mild winter and is hitting countries around Europe. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

CHABLIS, France -- French vintners are lighting candles to thaw their grapevines to save them from a late frost following a winter warm spell, a temperature swing that is threatening fruit crops in multiple countries.

Ice-coated vines stretched across hillsides around Chablis as the Burgundy region woke Monday to temperatures of minus 5 C (23 F). Fruit growers are worried that the frost will kill off large numbers of early buds, which appeared in March as temperatures rose above 20 C (68 F), and disrupt the whole growing season.

The frost is particularly frustrating after a similar phenomenon hit French vineyards last year, leading to some 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in losses. Scientists later found that the damaging 2021 frost was made more likely by climate change.

Before dawn Monday, row upon row of candles flickered beneath the frosty vines in Chablis. As the sun rose, it illuminated the ice crystals gripping the vines.

Some vintners tried to warm the vines with electrical lines, or sprayed the buds with water to protect them from frost. The water creates a thin layer of ice that ensures the blossom’s temperature remains around freezing point but does not dip much lower.

Chablis vintner Daniel Defaix, whose vineyard has been producing wine for 400 years and lived through a multitude of climate disasters, calls what’s happening now “a very, very serious frost.”

He noted temperatures are dropping a few degrees lower than last year, down to minus 7 C in places, and have reached warmer hilltop plots as well as those in the cooler valleys.

He placed paraffin candles on the soil or set up special irrigation systems to protect about five hectares of his most valuable grand cru and premier cru grapes, but had to leave the remaining 25 hectares to face the forces of nature.

At a cost of 10 euros per candle — and 600 candles per hectare — it was too costly to invest in saving the rest of the grapes.

“After that, you have to cross your fingers and pray to God,” he told The Associated Press.

In neighboring Switzerland, fruit growers scrambled Sunday to protect their crops, rolling out heaters and pellet stoves at night and around dawn, or turning on overhead irrigation systems, said Beatrice Ruettimann, a spokeswoman for Swiss Fruit, a union of fruit producers. Some unfurled plastic sheeting to shield their trees.

Temperatures fell below freezing in most fruit-growing regions in Switzerland, she said. Northwestern Switzerland bore the brunt of the cold snap, which was most critical for stone fruit — like cherries, apricots and plums — because they’re in bloom and “therefore in a delicate stage,” she said. A few early varieties of apple including Gravensteiner and Williams were also affected.

In the Betuwe fruit-growing region of the Netherlands, farmers sprayed their trees with water Saturday night and into the early hours of Sunday morning to ensure a layer of ice protected fragile blossoms from the sub-zero temperatures.

Last year's April frost led to what French government officials described as “probably the greatest agricultural catastrophe of the beginning of the 21st century.” The pattern was similar: an intense April 6-8 frost after a lengthy warm period in March.

Researchers with the group World Weather Attribution studied the effect of the 2021 frost on the vineyard-rich Champagne, Loire Valley and Burgundy regions of France, and found the March warmth made it particularly damaging.

The researchers concluded that the warming caused by man-made emissions had coaxed the plants into exposing their young leaves early, before a blast of Arctic cold reached Europe in April.

The cold weather was not bad news for all, however. In the central Dutch town of Winterswijk, skaters took to the ice Sunday at the local ice skating club. “This is unique: Skating on natural ice in April,” the club’s “ice master,” Hendrik ten Prooije, told local network Omroep Gelderland.

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Jamey Keaten in Geneva and Mike Corder in The Hague, Netherlands contributed.

Late frost ices over French vineyards, threatens fruit crops - ABC News (go.com)
 

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Antarctica Plunges To -70.6C (-95.1F), Ice Takes A Sharp Upturn; + Europe Continues To Freeze: France Logged 80 New *Monthly* Low Temp Records Yesterday As Nation Suffered Coldest-Ever April Night - Electroverse

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ANTARCTICA PLUNGES TO -70.6C (-95.1F), ICE TAKES A SHARP UPTURN; + EUROPE CONTINUES TO FREEZE: FRANCE LOGGED 80 NEW *MONTHLY* LOW TEMP RECORDS YESTERDAY AS NATION SUFFERED COLDEST-EVER APRIL NIGHT
APRIL 5, 2022 CAP ALLON

ANTARCTICA PLUNGES TO -70.6C (-95.1F), ICE TAKES A SHARP UPTURN

Despite mainstream obfuscations and outright lies, Antarctica has actually been holding exceptionally cold over the past 12-or-so months. The continent suffered its coldest ‘coreless winter’ (April-Sept) in recorded history in 2021; and 2022 has begun in a similarly frigid fashion with the bottom of the world logging its first sub -70C of the season on April 3.

The infamous Vostok Station registered a finger-snapping -70.6C (-95.1F) on Sunday — a reading far below the norm, and one that comfortably offsets the 48-hours of relative warmth the MSM was so keen to ram down our throats.

To that ‘warmth’, the entirely natural atmospheric river event of March 18 has been followed by temps holding BELOW the 1979-2000 average across Antarctica on every single day since–according to data from the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine; and in turn, the Antarctic ice sheet has seen a sizable uptick in that time, one that has dragged a season that was -admittedly- on the lower-end of the charts back in line:


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This uptick also threatens to continue to trend of ice growth witnessed over the past 4+ decades (the satellite era).

Sea ice at the South Pole rebounded in 2020 and 2021 to the levels of some 3-decades ago. This is clearly identifiable in the chart below, as is the multidecadal trend of growth which stands at approximately 1% per decade:

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Official data also reveals that East Antarctica, which covers two thirds of the South Pole, has cooled 2.8C over the past 40-odd years, with West Antarctica cooling 1.6C. It stands that only a tiny slither of Antarctica (the Antarctic Peninsula) has seen any warming –statistically insignificant warming, at that– but there are no prizes for guessing which region a corrupted, corporately owned mainstream media focuses on. Multinational conglomerates and world banks (aka governments) are not in the game of truth and human priority, those notions are dangerous to their proposed order of things. Instead, wretched angles and deliberate obfuscations are their modus operandi. They are the enemy. They are the ones shutting down free speech. Why? Because they recognize that free speech is the antidote to our problems — it is the ONLY thing the oppressed have.

“[Free speech] is the mechanism by which we generate the conceptions that allow us to organize our experience in the world. And more than that, it’s the mechanism that allows us to reformulate and criticize those conceptions when they become outdated and sterile” — Jordan Peterson.

Attempts to clamp down on free speech demonstrates either a troubling ignorance or an equally troubling malevolence.

EUROPE CONTINUES TO FREEZE

Following on from Monday’s update, Western and Central Europe is continuing its unprecedented Arctic spring, which is resulting in farmers scrambling to protect their burgeoning fruit crops from damaging frosts:


Water is sprayed in a vineyard to protect blooming buds and flowers from the frost, Monday, April 4, 2022.

AUSTRIA
Starting in Austria, heavy April frosts have been sweeping the landlocked nation this week.

Record monthly lows –far more impressive than daily lows– struck the Mühlviertel region on April 4.

Reichenau logged a low of -10.1C (13.8F), breaking its previous coldest April low from 1972; while Freistadt suffered -9.7C (14.5F), busting its old benchmark set back in 1936.

The neighboring region of Waldviertel also experienced unprecedented April cold yesterday.

View: https://twitter.com/wetterblogAT/status/1510850736049082373


GERMANY
Extreme spring chills have been persisting in Germany, too.

A string of long-standing April records have fallen by the wayside, adding to Monday’s haul, including the -8.8C (16.2F) at Memmingen; the -8.1C (17.4F) at Augsburg; the -5.9C (21.4F) at Wutöschingen-Ofteringen; and the-5.6C (21.9F) at Emmendingen-Mundingen.

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Likewise in Spain, record April lows are continuing to tumble…

…including the -5.6C (21.9F) at Segovia.

FRANCE LOGGED 80 NEW *MONTHLY* LOW TEMP RECORDS YESTERDAY AS NATION SUFFERED COLDEST-EVER APRIL NIGHT

The cherry is taken by France, however, where truly breathtaking chills for the time of year are sweeping the entire country.

On April 4 alone, a staggering 80 new monthly low temperature records were set up and down the nation (see tables below). Most notable was the -21.5C (-6.7F) witnessed at Les Pontets (1,008m/3,300ft) — a national record for such a low elevation in April.

Other standouts were the -20.4C (-4.7F) La Chaux (880m/2,887ft); the -11.1C (12F) at Etalans (540m/1,771ft); and the -9.3C (15.3F) Mourmelon-le-Grand (115m/377ft).

It is expected that France also busted its April record for <500m/1,640ft (currently -10.5C/13.1F), but this has yet to be confirmed.




Moreover, Monday has entered the books as France’s coldest April night in recorded history (since 1947).

The average minimum across the nation was just -1.5C (29.3F), which broke the previous record of -1.4C (29.5F) held by April 12, 1986 (solar minimum of cycle 22)–and on that point, look again at the table above and note just how many of France’s previous April record lows land within solar minimums, with those of ≈1986, ≈1996, ≈2008 and ≈2021 being the most represented years by far.

View: https://twitter.com/meteofrance/status/1510869348847599620

As mentioned earlier, this historic freeze is having a potentially disastrous impact on fruit crops. In preparation for the polar plunge, vintners lit rows of large candles in their groves to protect blooming buds and flowers from the frost.

“After that, you have to cross your fingers and pray to God,” said one French winemaker, whose vineyard has been operational for 400 years.

View: https://twitter.com/bevy_de/status/1511032801763766274
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View: https://twitter.com/NGlumineau/status/1510792600365719554

Heaters and pellet stoves have been used across Western Europe to protect stone fruits such as cherries, apricots and plums which are in the delicate blooming stage. Other fruit growers sprayed their crops with water, which, when frozen in the bitter cold, creates an insulating layer of ice around the plant that protects it from the harsh exterior temperatures.

This year’s fear of crop damage has drawn comparisons to last April when Arctic air descended during the early part of the month–which also followed a mild March, as this year has. Wine production was significantly cut in France following the severe frost which costs the industry billions of US dollars, as Europe suffered something of a ‘Year Without A Spring’:


And finally, it was also exceptionally cold on the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia yesterday.

April records were broken at Capo Caccia, Capo Bellavista and Capo Carbonara.

The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
 

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Spain Suffers Historic Spring Freeze; UK To Receive More April Snow; + U.S. All-Time Cold Records Outpacing Heat
April 6, 2022 Cap Allon

Spain Suffers Historic Spring Freeze
Europe’s historically cold start to April is persisting, with the models suggesting spring’s polar onslaught is far from over.
Monthly low temperature benchmarks have been falling in almost every Western/Central European nation this week, most notably in France which suffered its coldest April 1-4 in recorded history, and also its chilliest April temperature ever on April 4.
I haven’t given Spain much attention in recent posts, but climatic history is being set there, too. Hundreds of low temperature records have been tumbling across the Iberian Peninsula this week, including in Portugal — the table below outlines just a handful:

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Highlighted is the impressive -3.7C (25.3F) registered at Pamplona airport, Noáin. This is the lowest April reading at this location in data going back to 1975, comfortably beating out the previous record of -2.8C (27F) set on April 14, 1986 (solar minimum of cycle 21).
Also worth noting is the exceptional low logged at Reus Airport, of -2.5C (27.5) — a reading that smashed the previous monthly record by a whopping 3.5C, and one that is also now the locale’s coldest ever April temp in weather books stretching back to 1953.
Monthly records from 1935 and 1921 haves also fallen.

UK To Receive More April Snow

Forecasters have Brits bracing for yet more cold and wet weather to close out the week.
Anomalously-chilly lows, prolonged showers, and even heavy snow are predicted; conditions that are set to continue April’s frigid theme–a month which, so far, is on track to be one of the England’s coldest April’s in record books dating back to 1659.
“The snow continues into Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, coming down to low levels in Scotland,” said one Met Office meteorologists. “Thursday and through the weekend is likely to be cold in the north with wintry showers, and a risk of snow on the edge of rainbands in the Midlands … Widespread frosts are expected in the north, with some icy patches,” they concluded.

GFS Total Snowfall (cm) April 6 – April 22 [tropicaltidbits.com].

Note that the snow isn’t done with the mainland Europe either, particularly Central regions.
Also, northern Africa can expect some exceptionally late flurries through mid-April.

U.S. All-Time Cold Records Outpacing Heat

Even according to those UHI-ignoring and warm-mongering datasets compiled by NOAA, the United States has set three all-time temperature records in 2022 to date, and all of three of them are for COLD.
One is for a low temperature maximum (i.e. a cold daily high), while the other two are for busted minimums.
The all-time low-max was set on Jan 12 at Middleton, MA–at a weather station which has been operational since 1935; while the two all-time low-mins were set at Mystic Lake, MT in Feb, and Grassy Lake, WY in March–locale’s that have books extending back to 1925 and 1989, respectively.
Similar to Europe, Arctic air is far from done with the CONUS, and all.
Looking at the latest GFS run, additional all-time low temp records will be threatened through the remainder of April as further invasions of polar cold ride unusually-far south on the back of a weak and wavy meridional jet stream flow.
Below is a look at April 15:

GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) April 15 [tropicaltidbits.com].

I’ll have to leave it there for today.
Being back in Portugal there is a long list of jobs I need to be getting on with, including fixing the chicken coop, expanding the solar array, and preparing the vegetable beds for my starts.
These 8 acres in rural Portugal are my family’s answer to food shortages, spiraling inflation (including crazy energy prices), and the looming GSM, but they take a lot of work.
This life has also been designed to shield our three young children from the mainstream education system, which I feel is tasked with producing unquestioning husks of human beings rather than free-thinking spirits; we’re also here to protect them from the dangers of dogmatic and pervasive ideologues, too.
So far -at least- the decision we made in 2018 to opt out of a fracturing society has proved the right one — and I thank each and every one of our patrons for making our preparations and goals easier and quicker to achieve.

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West Africa has worst food crisis in decade, aid groups say
A group of international aid organizations says West Africa is facing its worst food crisis in a decade due to increasing conflict, drought, flooding and the war in Ukraine that is affecting food prices and worsening an already disastrous situation
By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press
5 April 2022, 09:33

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DAKAR, Senegal -- West Africa is facing its worst food crisis in a decade due to increasing conflicts, droughts, floods and the war in Ukraine, nearly a dozen international organizations said in a report Tuesday.

The number of West Africans needing emergency food assistance has nearly quadrupled from 7 million in 2015 to 27 million this year in nations including Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Mali and Nigeria, where thousands have also been displaced because of rising Islamic extremist violence, the report said.

That number could jump to 38 million by June if action isn’t taken soon to help people in the Sahel, the sweeping region south of the Sahara Desert, the groups warned.

“Cereal production in some parts of the Sahel has dropped by about a third compared to last year. Family food supplies are running out. Drought, floods, conflict, and the economic impacts of COVID-19 have forced millions of people off their land, pushing them to the brink” according to Assalama Dawalack Sidi, Oxfam’s regional director for West and Central Africa.

Children are suffering deeply, with estimates by the United Nations saying that some 6.3 million children 5 years and under will be acutely malnourished this year. Young girls will also face the brunt of the problem, being forced into early marriage or facing gender-based violence as food becomes scarcer, the 11 international organizations said.

Drought and poor rainfall distribution have reduced the food sources in many communities in the central Sahel region, the report said. Food prices have increased by up to 30% in West Africa, it said.

Global prices have risen as trade has been interrupted by the war in Ukraine, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. Wheat availability will also be greatly affected in six West African countries that import at least 30% of their wheat from Russia and Ukraine, it said.

The crisis in Europe is also resulting in funding cuts to aid in Africa and $4 billion is needed to provide adequate support to the continent, the report said.

“Ukraine is receiving the right level of solidarity and care, this level should be the standard for responses to all crises, everywhere else,” said Moumouni Kinda, director-general of ALIMA.

The appeal comes before a conference on the Sahel on Wednesday which Oxfam’s Sidi said will be “a unique opportunity to mobilize the necessary emergency food and nutrition assistance and to prove that the lives of people in Africa are not worth less than those in Europe.”

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Russia and Ukraine: The World’s Breadbaskets and Food Insecurity in North Africa and the Middle East

Posted by Internationalist 360° on April 4, 2022
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Until the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the world had not realized that these two nations were objectively the world’s breadbaskets. Ukraine alone accounts for 12% and 16% of world wheat and corn exports, respectively; moreover, before the exacerbation of the conflict, Kiev alone accounted for half of the world’s sunflower oil production; with Moscow, the figure exceeds 80%.

During March wheat prices have reached record highs on the stock exchanges, even reaching 474.24 dollars per ton; for this April 4 it stands at 365.95 dollars per ton. This variation is indicative of the extent to which the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is driving inflationary dynamics worldwide. Specifically at the food level, this puts North African and some Middle Eastern countries, which are highly dependent on imports and with a high consumption of cereals, in an extremely delicate situation. Let us not forget that these are economies that are weakened by a difficult and incomplete post-pandemic recovery, which severely affects the ability of these States to maintain their subsidy systems. On the other hand, the Muslim month of Ramadan, between April 2 and May 2, means a substantial increase in the consumption of grain-based products, which is already putting additional pressure on food systems in North Africa and the Middle East. Increases, shortages and rationing of foodstuffs may create pre-existing social tensions in the coming days, which could lead to protests and popular revolts in these countries.

Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, the most affected countries

Egypt is the world’s largest importer of wheat; 50% of its grain imports come from Russia and 30% from Ukraine; the country also consumes approximately three times the world average of bread per capita, according to FAO figures. In recent months, the authorities have repeatedly announced their intention to increase the price of subsidized bread and have called on the 72 million citizens who benefit from it to limit their consumption. Local authorities have declared that they have wheat reserves until June; this has prompted them to try to diversify their sources of supply, opening up to producers in the European Union, the United States, Argentina, Canada and Paraguay. But the dilemma is how to maintain bread prices if the price of imports rises. This has led Egyptian authorities to fear a repetition of the “bread riots” of 1977, with the usual political and social destabilization.

The increase in wheat prices will also have a significant impact on Libya, the country in the region with the highest level of food insecurity, affecting around 37.4% of the population, according to UN figures. Libya imports about 90% of its cereals, 43% of which come from Ukraine.

In Tunisia, the increase in wheat prices is taking place against the backdrop of a political transition and an extremely delicate economic situation. In recent months, press agencies have reported shortages of flour and semolina in several parts of the country, as well as the imposition of limits on the quantities that can be purchased. Local authorities have always denied the possibility of reducing state subsidies. But they do not rule out, as part of the reforms necessary for economic recovery, the request for a substantial loan from the International Monetary Fund, which has been negotiated in recent months. One more tentacle of capitalism in North Africa. Tunisia also wants to diversify its supplies by increasing imports from Argentina and Uruguay.

Lebanon at the end of its rope

Lebanon’s overall picture is complex, the country is without immediate financial assistance and faces a collapse of its food system that could occur in a matter of weeks or even days. Recently, Lebanese President Michel Aoun explained in an address to the nation that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is affecting Lebanon’s ability to get enough grain, and at the same time, he urged the United Nations to increase food aid to the country. Lebanon needs to import about 50,000 tons of wheat a month to meet the country’s demand for bread and the government relied on Ukraine for about two-thirds of its wheat supply, some 400,000 tons a year. Lebanon used to store four months’ worth of grain reserves, but the explosion at the port of Beirut destroyed the country’s main grain storage silos.

Faced with this situation, Lebanon’s Minister of Economy, Amin Salam, has called for the intervention of the United States and other international producers to secure an emergency reserve, as wheat stocks remain low and silos have been unavailable since the Beirut explosion. The move, which creates a heavy food dependence on Washington, would be an attempt at a direct response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but also appears to be part of a broader strategy to maintain stocks.

In the land of cedars, fears arise from a sharp rise in wheat prices due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. This would mean that the Central Bank of Lebanon, already short of cash, would no longer be able to subsidize bread. The consequences could quickly spiral into social unrest, in a country where nearly three-quarters of the population have been pushed into poverty since 2019.

Syria and food insecurity

Domestic grain production in Syria, largely located in the northeast of the country and under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces, is at an all-time low. The reasons are manifold and boil down to infrastructural damage caused by the Syrian conflict in addition to climate change, which has caused desertification and a long drought that has severely damaged the agricultural sector.

When Moscow launched the military operation in Ukraine, Russia being one of its grain suppliers, the Syrian authorities announced as a precautionary measure the rationing of food such as wheat, but also of fuel, cooking oil and sugar, in addition to the reconfiguration of public spending to cope with the increase in global commodity prices. According to the World Food Program, around 60% of the Syrian population is food insecure. Earlier this year, António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, stated that the humanitarian situation in Syria is close to the point of no return. Food insecurity is just one of the aftermaths of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which is ultimately affecting the world at large. Once again the futility of wars is proven, they only produce hunger, misery, loss of life, tragedy and desolation.

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Turkey's Second-Coldest March On Record; Temps In The 50s Headed For Florida as U.S. Sees Spring Shivers; + IPCC Demands Food Systems Go Low-Carbon, Or Else... - Electroverse

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TURKEY’S SECOND-COLDEST MARCH ON RECORD; TEMPS IN THE 50S HEADED FOR FLORIDA AS U.S. SEES SPRING SHIVERS; + IPCC DEMANDS FOOD SYSTEMS GO LOW-CARBON, OR ELSE…
APRIL 7, 2022 CAP ALLON

TURKEY SUFFERED SECOND-COLDEST MARCH ON RECORD

I’ve been reporting about Turkey since last December. The nation has been suffering one its coldest and snowiest winters on record, and those polar conditions extended through March, too…

Last month was exceptionally chilly in Turkey.

According to the official data, the average temperature across the country finished at 4.1C — this is a reading 3.7C BELOW the multidecadal norm, and also makes it Turkey’s second coldest March since record keeping began back in 1970, with the March of 1987 retaining the top spot (solar minimum of cycle 21).



Anomalies ranged from -1C near Marmaris, to almost -7C in some central-west areas.

The picture was a similarly polar one ACROSS southeastern Europe and throughout the Middle East, too; and as was the case in Turkey, March 2022 was exceptionally cold in Israel — the national temperature anomaly there closed -3.34C BELOW the average, making it the Holy Land’s third chilliest March since records began in 1950.

TEMPS IN THE 50S HEADED FOR FLORIDA AS U.S. SEES SPRING SHIVERS

After summertime-like highs, temperatures in the low 50s are set to sweep Florida by the weekend — a reality serving as another example of the swings between extremes that prevail during times of low solar activity, such as the historically low output we’ve been experiencing in recent years.

Arctic air will descend deep into the CONUS to close out the week, driving temperatures into record-breaking territory.

Orlando is expecting 50F Saturday night, according to the NWS, while Bradenton and the Tampa Bay area should be in the mid-to-upper 50s, at best — all record challenging lows.

The front is forecast to enter Thursday night into Friday, with the coldest conditions prevailing Saturday and Sunday:


GFS 2m Temp Anomalies (C) April 7 – April 10 [tropicaltidbits.com].

As visualized above, it’ll be far more than just Florida impacted by this violent dip in the jet stream.

Much of the lower-48 should brace for exceptionally low temperatures for the time of year. The Midwest will be affected this Friday, but looking further out, potentially punishing cold is currently on course to grip 80% of the U.S. by around April 15, most notably in and around Montana, the Dakotas and Minnesota; across Alabama and Mississippi; and also down in southern Texas:


GFS 2m Temp Anomalies (C) April 15 [tropicaltidbits.com].

And the spring snow will be equally noteworthy:


GFS Total Snowfall (inches) April 7 – April 23 [tropicaltidbits.com].

Minnesota has already suffered something of a return to winter this week.

The state’s spring snow was so substantial, in fact, that it 1) triggered a winter storm warming, and 2) forced the closure of Duluth and North Shore schools. Weather spotters reported a foot in Murphy City, 8 inches in Two Harbors, and 6 inches in Duluth, according to the NWS–and it’s heavy snow, added meteorologist Patrick Ayd: “Like concrete, it’s so wet and heavy.”
Even more April flakes are expected Thursday through Friday, particularly in the Arrowhead region.

And as a result, the NWS is warning of power outages and flooding in low-lying areas.

View: https://twitter.com/TannerCharlesMN/status/1510862589701472256


IPCC DEMANDS FOOD SYSTEMS GO LOW-CARBON

Countries, companies and individuals need to do much more to slash greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, farming and forestry or else the world is going to burn-up and cook all of its inhabitants, warned the UN’s IPCC this week.

The demands are depressingly familiar BS from an agency with quite possibly the poorest a track record in all of academia. However, the agency’s ‘catastrophic global warming’ narrative is a key component of The Great Reset, and the sense of urgency from TPTB growing ever more shrill -as the planet’s population nears 8 billion and they risk losing control- is not a coincidence.

Look at the string of self-inflicted disasters we ordinary folk have had to deal with over the past few years: AGW, COVID, the war in Ukraine. Each of these orchestrated catastrophes has been designed to move the herd in one direction, towards financial ruin. The three disasters are making life so hard and miserable that the masses are now on the cusp of actually demanding the reset.

TPTB are now refocusing their attention on our food system, and this week it’s the IPCC’s turn to decree farmland and fertilizers are no longer sustainable enterprises.

“Agriculture provides the second-largest share of the mitigation potential … from cropland and grassland soil carbon management, agroforestry, use of biochar, improved rice cultivation, and livestock and nutrient management,” the IPCC announced in its report on mitigation strategies to slow the pace of ‘Terrifying Terra Firma Broiling’ (aka a rise above 1.5C) which is intended to inform national policies.

The strategies they propose will apparently reduce global greenhouse emissions by 4.1 gigatonnes (Gt) between now and 2050. And the UN says demand-side measures, such as shifting to sustainable diets, and using biochemicals and bio-textiles, had a combined mitigation potential of 2.2 GtCO2-eq year. Apparently, planet Earth is safe if we humans switch to a diet of insects, wear leaves over our privates parts, and, well, basically just lay down and die…

“Most mitigation options are available and ready to deploy,” claims the report, but the UN’s wider message is that there must be “rapid, deep and immediate” cuts in GHG emissions. This language has me deeply concerned, because as we saw with the draconian restrictions rushed-in to “combat” COVID, it doesn’t take much of an imagination to foresee the extreme measures they could enforce in order to “save the world” from CO2.

The IPCC is pushing ‘the agenda’ harder than I’ve ever seen before, claiming that “based on currently-pledged mitigation measures, the planet is on course for a 3.2C rise in average global temperatures, an increase that would render much of the world’s land as uninhabitable.” And as we saw with those wildly inaccurate COVID projections, all a government requires to justify locking its citizens inside their homes is a scary forecast from a group that they, and they alone, deem to be ‘experts’.

Briefly on those COVID projections: Official ONS statistics reveal that the average age of death from COVID in the UK was ≈83 years old, which is older than the average life expectancy — young and healthy people did not suffer, and the stats ALWAYS bore that out.

The IPPC report adds that policies aimed at reducing emissions from farming and land-use change had largely failed so far, and would require much stronger governance, institutions, long-term and consistent execution of mitigation measures, as well as specific policy setting. Also, it will apparently cost $400 billion a year to achieve just 30% of said mitigation effort–a cost that will further aid the vast transfer of wealth from the already poor to the already rich witnessed during the pandemic.

But all is not lost.

It is still possible to escape the clutches of the elites.

This is achieved by going off-grid and growing your own food — a person who controls their own energy and food supply need bend to no one. It is a big leap to leave the system, I admit that, but it is entirely possible and affordable, even for those on the tightest of budgets. Our solar setup, for example, cost approx. $1250 to put together and provides us 1800W of power–which can be easily expanded if needed. Our water comes from a small lake on our land via a $40 pump (through basic $20 filters) before entering our $6,000 5th Wheel that we’re living in whilst our main residence is -slowly- constructed. We didn’t have much money when we made the leap from SW England to Central Portugal, and I have resisted lucrative ventures in order to spread the truth -at least as I see it- via Electroverse — and TPTB hate me for it: I’ve had my advertising stripped thanks to both the CCDH and Google; I’ve been restricted on social media platforms; and I’ve had a number of ‘hit pieces’ against me/my work published over recent months, including this week’s sharticle in USA Today.

But these attacks lead me to think I’m probably over the target, because you never see such serious and calculated MSM counters to other supposedly tin-hat conspiracy theories, such as the flat Earth theory, for example. This is likely because 1) those notions don’t impact their narrative, 2) those theories generally don’t make a lot of sense (unlike a sun-driven climate), and 3) TPTB need CAGW to be accepted by the masses in order to justify their tear down of civilization and of their subsequent Great Reset.
 

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Wildfires in NW Oklahoma with high winds today.
 

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Big Snowstorm Barreling Into The Alps; Central/Eastern Europe’s Exceptionally Cold March; + Vancouver To See Rare April Snow
April 8, 2022 Cap Allon

Big Snowstorm Barreling Into The Alps
It may be April but another big wintry storm is barreling into the Alps, forecast to deliver a further 60cm (2ft) to some parts.
The spring storm has brought a danger of avalanches across Europe’s mountains as the continent continues to compensate for what was a relatively mild Feb and March with “significant April snow”, reports planetski.eu.
“Once again, April is delivering the goods.”
Snow began hitting the western Alps on Thursday, April 7 (note the scene at Val Thorens embedded below) and an impressive 60+cm (2+ft) is expected to have accumulated before the storm is done , particularly in Tignes/Val d’Isere and the resorts in Les3Vallees.

May be an image of snow Facebook: Val Thorens

The snow and high winds have brought dangerous conditions with a high risk of avalanches.
The conditions have also already led to the cancellation of some end-of-season events across the Alps, including ‘The Nines’ which takes place in Crans-Montana, Switzerland: “With a large snowfall and wind speeds of up to 100km/h forecasted at Plaine Morte Glacier in the coming days, weather conditions make it impossible for the organizers to prepare the setup in time to hold the the public day scheduled for Saturday, April 9,” said the event organizers.
As forecast by alpine weather expert Fraser Wilkin, of weathertoski.co.uk: “The weather will remain unsettled over the weekend, with snow descending to lower levels and becoming more prevalent across the northern Alps as a whole.”
The latest GFS run (shown below) appears to back Wilkin up.
Winter clearly isn’t done with Europe just yet, even as we approach late April — far from it, in fact:

GFS Total Snowfall (cm) April 8 – April 24 [tropicaltidbits.com].

Central/Eastern Europe’s Exceptionally Cold March

While the month of March was somewhat snow-less across Europe’s highest elevations, the temperature, on the other hand, did prove exceptionally cold–particularly across the continent’s central and eastern nations.
March 2022 in Hungary, for example, finished cold and dry — temperature anomalies ranged from just below normal in a few central-northern areas to -2C below average across the West.
Romania also experienced a chilly and dry March — the mercury ranged from -0.5C below the multidecadal average in the northeast to -3C below the norm in southern and central regions.
And lastly in Bulgaria, a very cold month of March was suffered there — anomalies ranged from -1C to -5C below the norm (map courtesy of by NIMH):

Image Anomalously frigid Bulgaria [NIMH].

Eastern Europe is still struggling to shake-off its historically-frigid winter blues.
Turkey, for example, got an absolute hammering Dec through March. At one point, back in late-Jan, the Turkish government was forced to cut electricity supplies to its industrial sector after neighboring Iran announced a halt in gas exports due to its own record-high domestic heating demand.
Iran’s self-conservation efforts led to Turkey’s worst energy crunch in history, which hit just as southeast Europe was in the grips of fierce Arctic outbreak. In order to protect residential homes from running out of juice, Turkish president Erdoğan was forced into imposing three-days a week power outages across hundreds of the nation’s industrial zones.
February was just as baltic across Turkey (and much of Eastern Europe).
While the following month fared no better, going down as the country’s second coldest March in recorded history.

Unprecedented scenes at the Istanbul Airport.

All of south-eastern Europe and large parts of Turkey have been hit by the biggest snowstorm in living history. pic.twitter.com/LkedwCTupg
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 26, 2022

Vancouver To See Rare April Snow

Vancouver could be in for rare April snow over the next 5 to 7 days as weather systems begin to align.
The looming chill will last several days, according to ECCC meteorologist Bobby Sekhon, through the weekend and into next week. An unsettled Arctic air mass threatens wet flurries on Sunday; however, Sekhon notes it’s not particularly likely for snow to fall in Vancouver on that day — the air will be cold enough, but the precipitation will likely be lacking.
However, next week is a different story: “Tuesday night into Wednesday there could be some snow,” said Sekhon. April snow is an exceedingly rare event for Vancouver, reports vancouverisawesome.com. In fact, since the year 1937, snow has only been logged on 14 occasions during the fourth month of the year (accumulations of at least 0.1cm). The previous time the city received a trace was April 24, 2015; while the previous time anything measurable was noted was back on April 19, 2008 (solar minimum of cycle 23).

https://electroverse.net/grand-solar-minimum-101-the-future-looks-cold/

Enjoy your weekend.

I’ll release an article re. Solar Cycle 25’s progression on Monday, for all those interested. Spoiler alert though: The cycle, now a year and a half in, is looking incredibly weak and is closely tracking the previous cycle–the historically weak SC24:


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Solar Cycle 25 progression (green line) compared to cycles 24, 23, 22 & 21 [solen.info].

What we’re seeing so far chimes with the official forecast made by Solar Cycle Prediction Panel in 2019.
Back then, panel co-chair Lisa Upton, Ph.D., solar physicist with Space Systems Research Corp, announced: “We expect Solar Cycle 25 will be very similar to Cycle 24″ —check– “another weak cycle, preceded by a long, deep minimum” –oh boy–.
As I myself have contended for years now, the next cycle (SC26–so the early-2030s) is where the real fun could begin.
Buckle up.
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
 

TheSearcher

Are you sure about that?
I'm on my phone, and don't have time to post it myself, but if someone could post IAF's latest video about birdflu, I think it would be appropriate. Our hopeful lords and ladies are trying very hard to make us serfs again through food constriction and population reduction. Real soon.
 

TxGal

Day by day
I'm on my phone, and don't have time to post it myself, but if someone could post IAF's latest video about birdflu, I think it would be appropriate. Our hopeful lords and ladies are trying very hard to make us serfs again through food constriction and population reduction. Real soon.

Martinhouse mentioned it, too. Here you go:

BIRD FLU: the Next Pandemic? | ice age farmer

BIRD FLU: the Next Pandemic?
by Ice Age Farmer | Apr 8, 2022 | Podcast | 0 comments

There is an untold story involving Bird Flu, gain of function research, the Gates foundation, and Ukrainian biolabs — and it is time to tell it. As hundreds of millions of birds are killed due to Bird Flu “PCR outbreaks,” Europe is warning of chicken and egg shortages, and many states have now outright banned the sale of chicks to the public. The largest egg producer in the US has culled birds and fired its workers. In this Ice Age Farmer exclusive, Christian breaks down the sordid story of this virus, and asks: will weaponized H5N1 be the next human pandemic?

View: https://youtu.be/MRIZeSq7r6Q
Run time is 21:39
 

TheSearcher

Are you sure about that?
Martinhouse mentioned it, too. Here you go:

BIRD FLU: the Next Pandemic? | ice age farmer

BIRD FLU: the Next Pandemic?
by Ice Age Farmer | Apr 8, 2022 | Podcast | 0 comments

There is an untold story involving Bird Flu, gain of function research, the Gates foundation, and Ukrainian biolabs — and it is time to tell it. As hundreds of millions of birds are killed due to Bird Flu “PCR outbreaks,” Europe is warning of chicken and egg shortages, and many states have now outright banned the sale of chicks to the public. The largest egg producer in the US has culled birds and fired its workers. In this Ice Age Farmer exclusive, Christian breaks down the sordid story of this virus, and asks: will weaponized H5N1 be the next human pandemic?

View: https://youtu.be/MRIZeSq7r6Q
Run time is 21:39
Thank you. This video disturbed me greatly this morning.
 

Martinhouse

Deceased
Ice Age Farmer just posted another video about the bird flu. It is only 3:21 rt, but is very sobering, if not down right frightening!

Had my hands in the dirt all day and will finish planting my Red Pontiac potatoes tomorrow. Then after our predicted three days of rain, I will do more weeding and plant my five pounds of Kennebek potatoes. I have tons of grocery store red potatoes with gorgeous sprouts on them but no really good place to plant them, so I'll just have to get creative. It can't be just anywhere as an open bed may as well have a big "New Litterbox" sign on it!

I covered my tomato plants with five-gallon pails last night, but it got down to 29 and they were all dead this morning. NOt sure if I'll replace them or not. Bedding plants are getting awfully expensive.
 
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