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On 9/24/26 12:24 PM, R Kym Horsell wrote:

Berkeley Earth is the last major group to report Aug 2026's
average temp. It finds the planet land+ocean averaged more than 1.7C
above avg Aug temps of the 1850s.

Oh noes!!!

We had a warm year, lol.

Quick now, buy sweaters for the looming glo-bull cooling as our next ice
age looms...



https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-learning-hub/ocean-topics/climate-weather/abrupt-climate-change/are-we-on-the-brink-of-a-new-little-ice-age/

Evidence for abrupt climate change is readily apparent in ice cores
taken from Greenland and Antarctica. One sees clear indications of
long-term changes discussed above, with CO-# and proxy temperature
changes associated with the last ice age and its transition into our
present interglacial period of warmth. But, in addition, there is a
strong chaotic variation of properties with a quasi-period of around
1500 years. We say chaotic because these millennial shifts look like
anything but regular oscillations. Rather, they look like rapid,
decade-long transitions between cold and warm climates followed by long interludes in one of the two states.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251221043231.htm

Global warming could trigger the next ice age
EarthrCOs climate control system may cool so hard after warming that it freezes the planet over.
...

Why the Future May Be Different

According to the study, lower levels of oxygen in Earth's ancient
atmosphere made this climate control far less stable, which helps
explain the severity of early ice ages. Today, atmospheric oxygen levels
are much higher.

As human activity continues to add CO2 to the atmosphere, the planet is expected to keep warming in the near term. The researchers' model
suggests that a cooling rebound will eventually follow. However, this
future cooling is likely to be less extreme because higher oxygen levels reduce the strength of the nutrient feedback in the oceans.

"Like placing the thermostat closer to the AC unit," Ridgwell added.
Even so, the effect could be enough to bring forward the beginning of
the next ice age.
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