Dan Pope

June 2026 was cold at both ends of the planet. The High Arctic (north of 80N) averaged -2.2C (28F) for the month -- by far the coldest June in DMI record books dating back to 1958. The cold began in mid-May, held through June, and even now in mid-July the High Arctic is still failing to start its melt season. The other end of the planet was cold too. Data show below average temperatures across much of Antarctica in June 2026. Vostok averaged -69C which is almost 4 C below normal. The South Pole averaged -60C which made for its coldest June since the historic 'coreless winter' of 2021. July has now stepped colder again with Concordia down to an anomalous -74.2C on July 12. June 2026 was not a global heat story as the media would have it told. It was record cold at the top of the planet with below average winter cold at the bottom.

New research claims human emissions are not driving atmospheric CO2. A paper by Dai Ato ran multiple linear regressions for 1959 to 2022, testing two predictors of the annual CO2 increase: sea surface temperature and human emissions. The result was clear: when the oceans warmed, CO2 levels rose almost exactly in step - about two to three parts per million for every one degree Celsius of warming. Adding human emissions to the model didn't change the outcome. Using only ocean temperature, the model reproduced global CO2 levels with near-perfect accuracy - a correlation of 0.995 and an error of just one to two ppm by 2022. The main factor governing the annual increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration is sea surface temperature rather than human emissions. Earlier studies have shown the same pattern. Temperature changes first, CO2 follows. If Ato is correct, cutting human emissions won't lower atmospheric CO2 because it's the oceans that set the pace.

NO MORE CHANGING CLOCKS? ⏰ The House of Representatives will vote this week on making Daylight Saving Time permanent. If it passes the House, it would then need to be approved by the Senate before going to the President to be signed into law. Basically sunrise and sunset times would be shifted an hour ahead from November - March. We wouldn't Spring Forward or Fall Back ever again. Shown below would be the new sunrise and sunset times in December. Thoughts?

New Incident: Grizzly Ridge Fire is burring in the Vernal Ranger District northeast of Grizzly Ridge Yurt. The fire was identified this afternoon, July 13 at approximately 12:30 p.m. and is estimated at 1.5 acres. Crews and air resources are currently working directly to extinguish the fire. Dispersed campers in the vicinity of Grizzly Ridge, Bassett Springs, and the neighboring radio tower should be prepared to relocate. No evacuations or closures are in place at this time.