Here we are in 2023!
Northern hemisphere summer—on the hot and fiery side! Death Valley tourists party while Rhodes burns… and the sea ice melts.
Here we are in 2025!
It’s the middle of winter in the Northern hemishphere. Los Angeles and environ is burning…
January 2025 SMH
“It’s 1am in Los Angeles as the city battles the most destructive fires in its history, with five blazes now burning out of control and spreading by the minute.
“Five people have died, tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate and thousands of properties have been destroyed. The exact number of homes lost is unclear as the fires continue to burn near some of the city’s areas. As Los Angeles braces for another night of destruction, we’ll keep you updated throughout Friday…”
Flooding and rain, a cyclone named Alfred, February–March 2025 along the Queensland coast, Townsville area & Brisbane.
February–March 2025, SMH, The Guardian
Along the South Australian coastline…
21 July 2025 SMH
“The toxic algal bloom that has killed sharks, rays, fish, dolphins and seals along thousands of kilometres of South Australian coastline is now in its fourth month with no sign of abating, as the federal government announced a $14 million funding package but resisted calls to declare a natural disaster.
“An outbreak of the microalgae Karenia mikimotoi has sucked all the oxygen from the water, killing fish, marine mammals, invertebrates, seaweed and sea grasses across great swaths of coastal seas from near Victoria to the Spencer Gulf past Adelaide.”
