Here's the temperature map for June 29. Ironic that the hottest states on the map are the red states where most residents think the climate crisis is a myth.
During the June 22-to-28 period, there were 2,132 warm temperature records set or tied in the U.S., compared to 486 cold temperature records. This includes 267 monthly warm temperature records, and 54 all-time warm temperature records.
For the year-to-date, warm temperature records have been outpacing cold temperature records by about 7-to-1.
In a long-term trend that demonstrates the effects of a warming climate, daily record-high temperatures have recently been outpacing daily record-lows by an average of 2-to-1, and this imbalance is expected to grow as the climate continues to warm. According to a 2009 study, if the climate were not warming, this ratio would be expected to be even. Other studies have shown that climate change increases the odds of extreme heat events and may make them warmer and longer lasting.
Again, it's not something that's years away -- to perhaps be resolved another time. It's happening now. We're currently experiencing a global climate shift that will wipe out large human populations and change the face of the planet as we know it. Ultimately, however, the planet will survive. Humans, on the other hand, will be irreparably damaged.
Why? Because a gaggle of right-wing ignorant goons are refusing to grasp basic science. I hope historians of the future, orbiting the planet from space no doubt, will accurately record who was to blame for the Earth becoming virtually uninhabitable for human beings.