{"id":32807,"date":"2024-04-12T15:27:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T15:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=32807"},"modified":"2024-04-12T15:53:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T15:53:59","slug":"the-hottest-year-on-earth-cosmic-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2024\/04\/12\/the-hottest-year-on-earth-cosmic-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hottest Year on Earth (Cosmic Fever)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/Were-Here\/videos\/Cosmic-Fever.mp4\"> Cosmic-Fever.mp4<\/a> (Music Video)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/Were-Here\/mp3\/Cosmic-Fever-I.mp3\"> Cosmic-Fever-I.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/Were-Here\/mp3\/Cosmic-Fever-II.mp3\">Cosmic-Fever-II.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/Were-Here\/mp3\/Cosmic-Fever-II.mp3\"> Cosmic-Fever-II.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A space groove rock song about the hottest year on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>[Verse]<br \/>\nLost in the cosmic void<br \/>\nThe Earth&#8217;s temperature soars<br \/>\nEvery year gets hotter<br \/>\nThe heat wave roars<br \/>\nMelting ice caps<br \/>\nRising tides<br \/>\nA planet in distress<br \/>\nThe hottest year on Earth<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a cosmic mess<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nParched lands and scorched skies<br \/>\nThe sun&#8217;s relentless wrath<br \/>\nNo escape from this heat<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a dangerous path<br \/>\nThe Earth&#8217;s in a fever<br \/>\nBurning up from within<br \/>\nHumanity&#8217;s choices<br \/>\nA cosmic sin<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nCosmic fever<br \/>\nBurning up the atmosphere<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t escape the heat<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s getting crystal clear<br \/>\nFrom galaxies far<br \/>\nThey watch us wonder<br \/>\nThe hottest year on Earth<br \/>\nOur cosmic blunder<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<br \/>\nIn the 20th century, the Earth&#8217;s surface temperature averaged 13.9\u2103. However, in the first weeks of July 2023, the global average temperature surged to 17\u2103, marking a concerning shift. The question arises: Can humans endure temperatures greater than 3\u2103? The answer is a grim &#8220;probably not long,&#8221; as such extremes have never been experienced by humanity before.<\/p>\n<p>September 6, 2023, marked a dire warning from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, following the World Meteorological Organization&#8217;s report on the hottest Northern Hemisphere summer in human history. Guterres stated, &#8220;The dog days of summer are not just barking, they are biting,&#8221; emphasizing the severity of the situation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Climate breakdown<\/strong>, the most alarming development, occurs when <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/notes\/feedback-loops.html\">feedback loops<\/a> are triggered, and <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Tipping-Points.html\">tipping points<\/a> are crossed. This leads to the extinction of plants, the disappearance of carbon sinks, and an exponential acceleration of Earth&#8217;s temperature. The consequences are dire, with the potential disappearance of vital resources like food, fresh water, and breathable air, likely followed by catastrophic impacts on human survival.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2023, the European Space Agency&#8217;s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that the average temperature for September hit 16.38 degrees Celsius, surpassing the previous record set in September 2020 by 0.5 degrees Celsius. Copernicus Director Carlo Buontempo described it as &#8220;mind-blowing&#8221; and emphasized the devastating impacts on people and ecosystems, citing destruction of assets, infrastructure, and harvests. &#8220;What we are observing, are not only new extremes but the persistence of these record-breaking conditions, and the impacts these have on both people and planet, are a clear consequence of the warming of the climate system,&#8221; Director Buontempo said.<\/p>\n<p>By January 2024, the Earth had experienced an alarming annual average temperature increase of over 1.5 degrees Celsius. This temperature rise continued in February 2024, with a monthly average reaching 1.77 degrees above pre-industrial levels, occurring centuries earlier than previously predicted. The urgency to address and combat climate change has never been more critical.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/Were-Here\/\">The Beatless Sense Mongers: We&#8217;re Here&#8230; Were Here<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/4D-Music\/\">4D Music: Songs About Science<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cosmic-Fever.mp4 (Music Video) Cosmic-Fever-I.mp3 Cosmic-Fever-II.mp3 Cosmic-Fever-II.mp3 A space groove rock song about the hottest year on Earth. [Verse] Lost in the cosmic void The Earth&#8217;s temperature soars Every year gets hotter The heat wave roars Melting ice caps Rising tides A planet in distress The hottest year on Earth It&#8217;s a cosmic mess [Verse 2] [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,9,14,3878,24],"tags":[3901,546,563,3938,3944],"class_list":["post-32807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-chaos-theory","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-rawhide","category-the-beatless-sense-mongers","tag-cliamte-change","tag-mp4","tag-music-videos","tag-rawhide-ous","tag-were-here"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32807"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32836,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32807\/revisions\/32836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}