Currently en República Dominicana — 28 de septiembre: Períodos lluviosos y temperaturas calurosas en República Dominicana

El tiempo, currently.

Las condiciones meteorológicas en República Dominicana seguirán influenciadas por una vaguada y los vientos húmedos tanto desde el Atlántico como desde el Mar Caribe: el pronóstico prevé precipitaciones entre moderadas y fuertes para este jueves en el transcurso de la tarde hacia el sur, sureste, noreste, Cordillera Central y zona fronteriza. También en la noche podrían registrarse algunas lluvias moderadas en el norte y noroeste.

Mientras quedamos seguimiento a la trayectoria de la tormenta tropical Philippe debido a que el Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Miami está previendo un acercamiento directo a Puerto Rico y República Dominicana durante el fin de semana y al inicio de la próxima semana.

Mucha atención en el territorio dominicano porque los modelos están desarrollando fuertes precipitaciones desde el domingo en la tarde.

— Jean Suriel

What you need to know, currently.

James Hansen, the climate scientist whose 1988 testimony to Congress first made global warming an issue of national concern, has a new warning: Global warming is accelerating.

We’ve all seen the scary charts and maps of this summer of climate extremes. According to data from the first three weeks of September, it’s on track to be the most anomalously warm month we’ve ever measured as a species.

No climate scientist can honestly say they predicted this much warming this quickly, which is why all of us have been reduced to jaw-agape tweeting and comparing notes to figure out what’s happening.

Hansen believes he has narrowed it down to a change in the reflectiveness of clouds, one of the least-known parts of the climate system. Clouds are affected by all sorts of things, including particulate matter and aerosols from the burning of fossil fuels. What’s clear is that the Earth’s Energy Imbalance (EEI) is increasing. The Earth system has little choice but to warm at a faster rate.

“We predict at least a 50 percent increase of the post-2010 global warming rate, compared to the 1970-2010 rate of 0.18°C/decade. This is a partial payment in return for the Faustian bargain that humanity made when it chose to build its economies on fossil fuel energy.”

According to Hansen’s calculations, he concludes "it is now almost certain that the 12-month running mean temperature will exceed 1.5°C by May 2024 or earlier."

We are in a climate emergency.

— Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.