Climate Scientist Michael Mann on this month’s extraordinary heat wave, a harbinger of things to come.
“We obviously have to preserve our democracy..” to deal with climate change.
BBC News, "This heat wave in the United States would be virtually impossible without human induced climate change"
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) March 21, 2026
"In Arizona yesterday, they recorded their highest ever March temperature, 44 °C" pic.twitter.com/pmKad1iZDx
Ridiculous March heat this afternoon in the Central and Southern Plains with temperatures in the 90’s.
— Collin Gross (@CollinGrossWx) March 21, 2026
Parts of Nebraska are nearly 50° above average! Very rare to see anomalies that high 📈🌡️ pic.twitter.com/ryehL9GmlA
The Lower 48 is a whopping 20°F above average
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) March 21, 2026
The "heat dome" has expanded into the Plains and Midwest at maximum intensity.
It really can't get any hotter in March than today. This is a BAD OMEN for the upcoming Spring and Summer. pic.twitter.com/IVf2JFfW0p
Reminder.
In the face of record March temperatures, @California_ISO not only met 100% of demand with #WindWaterSolar for part of the day 3/20 but also smashed 2-day-old battery peak discharge record with 11.91 GW, meeting 34% of peak demand
— Mark Z. Jacobson (@mzjacobson) March 21, 2026
All with 60% less fossil gas use in '26 than '23 pic.twitter.com/bgShUnelAU
