Global Disasters/ Significant Events – 29 May 2013

Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide:
Average CO₂ at Mauna Loa Continues Rising

Last 5 days of preliminary daily average CO₂

• May 28 – 400.27
• May 27 – 400.29
• May 26 – 400.45
• May 25 – 399.97
• May 24 – 399.84

Weekly average CO₂ at Mauna Loa

• Week beginning on May 19, 2013:     399.91 ppm
• Weekly value from 1 year ago:     396.30 ppm
• Weekly value from 10 years ago:     379.36 ppm

Atmospheric increase of CO₂ over 280 ppm in weekly averages of CO₂ observed at Mauna Loa. Source: NOAA/ESRL

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TS BARBARA intensifying on its way to southern coast of Mexico

BARBARA is forecast to reach hurricane strength before slamming Mexico’s southern coast on Wednesday, NHC said.

The storm, currently moving northeast at about 7MPH, is forecast to cross Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico’s narrowest point.

The center has issued a hurricane warning from Oaxaca’s Puerto Angel to Barra de Tonala, and a tropical storm warming from Barra de Tonala to Boca de Pijijiapan in Chiapas state.

BARBARA is expected to dump up to 12 inches of rain over eastern Oaxaca through western Chiapas after making landfall, generating a storm surge of up to 5 feet above normal tide levels, NHC added.

Tropical Storm BARBARA- Visible Satellite Imagery at 20130529/13:00:00UTC. Image credit: CIMSS

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Severe flooding submerges parts of S and SW China

Vegetable greenhouses are flooded in Bijie City, SW China’s Guizhou Province, May 29, 2013. The region experienced an extreme rain event from Tuesday through Wednesday. (Xinhua/Deng Jie)

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DISASTER CALENDAR – May 29, 2013 — 
SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,018 Days Left 

Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.

• SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,018 Days Left to ‘Worst Day’ in the brief Human  History
• The countdown began on May 15, 2011 …

GLOBAL WARNINGS

• WARNING: Human impact 2.85 x Earth’s diminishing carrying capacity
• WARNING: RAPID PLANETARY DECLINE IN PROGRESS!
• Europe: The First Phase of Collapse Has Started 
• United States: The First Phase of Collapse Has Begun

Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities
• Back to the Primordial Future
• The Fate of Energy Dinosaurs
• Mass Die-offs