Humans, especially those with money, can find ways to escape excessive heat. Animals often aren't so lucky. Hundreds of thousands of fish die after the drought/heatwave in Vietnam dries out the Song May reservoir. h/t @schipper_lisa phys.org/news/2024-0…

The world has now built about 4,000,000,000 solar panels. Solar panel production has been highly, highly optimized and automated. The small-scale and modularity of solar panels is the secret sauce that has driven down its cost and ensured its future as a major energy source.

In 50 years, I wonder where classic car enthusiasts will get their gasoline? Cause, by then, there won't be any gas stations left.

It's mid-April. Time for some seasonal cooling. El Niño is ending. Time for some interannual cooling. Nope. Let's set a new record high for daily ocean-average surface temperature. 😬

The 12-month moving average of global mean temperatures has now moved slightly above 1.6 °C (2.9 °F).