Climate change

[sene5hos]

Les niveaux des lacs devraient atteindre un creux de 170 ans cette année. Cela survient alors que la sécheresse oblige l'ouest des États-Unis à se préparer à une brutale saison des incendies de forêt et à faire face à des réservoirs déjà bas. Le gouverneur de l'Utah, le républicain Spencer Cox, a supplié les gens de réduire l'arrosage des pelouses et de « prier pour la pluie ».

La plupart des années, le Grand Lac Salé gagne jusqu'à 2 pieds (un demi-mètre) du ruissellement printanier. Cette année, il ne mesurait que 15 cm, a déclaré Perry. "Nous n'avons jamais eu un niveau de lac en avril aussi bas que cette année", a-t-il déclaré. aider.

Un lit de lac plus exposé signifie également que plus de personnes se sont aventurées sur la croûte, y compris les véhicules tout-terrain qui en sont équipés. « Dommage, dit Laura Vernon, la coordinatrice du Grand Lac Salé.

"Plus la sécheresse se poursuit, plus la croûte de sel sera altérée et plus la poussière sera en suspension dans l'air car il y a moins de cette couche de croûte protectrice", a-t-elle déclaré.

Tous ces problèmes sont causés par l'homme, c'est donc à l'homme de réparer ces dommages climatiques.

 

[wetnose]

Lawns are the worst. They actually had their origins in the UK, since land owning gentry wanted to show off they could own land and not have to till it. Of course, rainfall in the UK is much more bountiful than some areas of the US, so it'd be no problem keeping them watered. In the US though...

 

[sene5hos]

Heatwaves are killing a record number of people

Exposure to extreme heat is getting worse as a result of climate change

www.economist.com

THIS summer Verkhoyansk, a village in Siberia, was famous for being the coldest inhabited place north of the Arctic circle, with a record low of −67.8°C. In June, however, it claimed another record: the hottest place north of the Arctic circle.
The village recorded a high of 38°C, whereas the usual summer peak is around 20°C.
The freak temperatures were made 600 times more likely by man-made climate change, according to the World Weather Attribution project, a collaboration among climate researchers.
As greenhouse-gas emissions in the atmosphere increase, extremes of heat such as that in Verkhoyansk are becoming more frequent.
According to a new report in the Lancet, this is putting an increasing number of lives at risk.

A warming world poses many dangers, including flooding, pollution and the spread of disease, but the researchers identified heatwaves as one of the most striking.

People already living in the hottest regions are the most exposed, but regardless of location, it is the elderly and those with pre-existing health problems such as heart disease who tend to suffer the most.
The study combined population records with hourly temperature data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts to track vulnerable people’s exposure to heatwaves.

 

[sene5hos]

Another heat wave prompts health hazards, wildfires in Western Canada

Another heat wave prompts health hazards, wildfires in western Canada.

British Columbians and Albertans are heading into August under more dangerously high temperatures, and little or no rain, as another heat wave endangers both humans and wildlife.

And it's exactly the same in the western US.

 

[sene5hos]

Hailstorm in Australia on July 31, 2021. One day after the sandstorm, heavy hail the size of a golf ball hit South East Australia.
According to The Guardian newspaper, citing meteorologists on Saturday July 31, hail damaged buildings and cars in the Australian Capital Territory, which includes Canberra and other major cities.
Emergency services across the country received more than 1,200 calls for help in connection with the storm.

 

[sene5hos]

Eight dead as wildfires rage in Turkey's touristic south

Fires have burned down forests, encroached on villages and tourist destinations and forced people to evacuate.

www.euronews.com

Pakdemirli wrote that fires have sprung up in 32 provinces since Wednesday. Six people have died.

The European Commission said it helped mobilised one firefighting Canadair plane from Croatia and two from Spain to aid Turkey.
Planes from Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran have been helping.

A heatwave across southern Europe, fed by hot air from Africa, has led to wildfires across the Mediterranean, including in Italy and Greece.

In Greece, a forest fire east of the country's third-largest city of Patras forced the evacuation of four villages and the rescue of people stranded on a beach.
All in all, authorities have had to tackle 56 wildfires in the past 24 hours amid a combination of dry weather, a heatwave and strong winds.

In Italy, forest fires continue to burn across the south of the country which is in the grip of one of the worst heatwaves in decades.
Sicily is the worst-affected region with local media reporting 250 interventions by firefighters in the previous 24 hours.

And in eastern Bosnia, a raging blaze threatened to engulf villages on Veliki Stolac mountain.
The region is home to the Pancic spruce, one of the oldest tree species in Europe. The fire was eventually brought under control.

Temperatures in Greece and nearby countries in southeast Europe are expected to climb to 42 degrees Celsius on Monday in many cities and towns.

Climate change, no,no

 

[wetnose]

If you have any friends in New York, ask them what happened to the lobsters from Long Island sound. 2 decades ago, the catch used to number in the millions. But in the last few years, it's dropped off to zero. Why? Lobsters are extremely sensitive to water temperature - they cannot live in waters warmer than 20C. Climate change raised the average temperature of the sound, pushing them out of their habitat.

 

[sene5hos]

Miami underwater. Devastating Arizona floods.

This year it's incredible.

It's not a coincidence.

 

[sene5hos]

Athens is on fire! The capital of Greece is in the grip of forest fires. Forest fire in Athens.

A severe heat wave that has hit Greece and neighboring countries over the past 7 days has sparked numerous forest fires, especially near the capital Athens, where more than 10,000 people were forced to evacuate on Tuesday 3 August 2021.

More than 10,000 firefighters battled the blazes in the northern suburbs of Athens until Thursday, August 4, when the fires destroyed or severely damaged more than 1,000 homes and businesses.
Affected areas include Varympompy and Tatoi, located at the foot of Mount Parnitha next to large pine forests.

81 forest fires had been reported across the country in 24 hours, from late Monday August 2 to Tuesday August 3.
The fires come during the country's severe heat wave, the worst since 1987, according to local authorities.

 

[gaby]

Vraiment terrible ----un pays mythique qui ne l'a déjà pas facile...ca ébranle de voir ca....incroyable.....des scènes apocalyptiques.

 

[sene5hos]

The Dixie Fire is now the nation’s largest active wildfire and the third-largest in California history.

So far this year, California’s wildfires have charred more than 808,000 acres, more than tripling what burned by this time last year.

 

[wetnose]

Back in 2018, people tried to escape the wildfire in Paradise California...but ended up burning to death in their cars:

Many victims of California’s worst wildfire were elderly and died in or near their homes, new data show

Rose Farrell is the oldest victim of the devastating Camp fire to be identified so far.

www.latimes.com

 

[sene5hos]

The White Rock Lake fire burning between Kamloops and Vernon, B.C., has prompted an evacuation alert for most of the city of Vernon, which has a population of around 40,000.

This means residents must be ready to leave their homes at a moment's notice.

 

[sene5hos]

More than 1,100 homes in North Korea were damaged, thousands of people evacuated and farms and roads washed away after days of heavy rains brought flooding, state media reported.

 

[sene5hos]

A violent blizzard hits Chile! Magallanes under the snow.

 

[gaby]

C'était prévisible.....Selon le nouveau rapport du GIEC-----Groupe d'experts environnemental sur l'évolution du climat----''c'est maintenant ou jamais'' ''alerte rouge pout l'humanité''.....est-ce assez clair ??? le réchauffement climatique se fait encore plus vite que prévu....et cela nous vise directement.

Le ministre de l'environnement du Canada a même affirmé -admis suite à ce rapport que '' le Canada se réchauffe plus rapidement que le reste de la planète. Certaines régions de l'Ouest et du Nord présentent un rythme de réchauffement TROIS FOIS supérieure
à la moyenne mondiale''.......wow....et nous en avons maintenant la preuve tous les jours. Selon le GIEC la prochaine décennie sera cruciale.....nous n'en doutons point.....effectivement it's now or.....

 

[sene5hos]

Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis

The Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report addresses the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science.

www.ipcc.ch

Landmark U.N. report delivers stark warning on climate change, says it's 'code red for humanity'

The report provides world leaders with a gold standard summation of modern climate science ahead of U.N. climate talks, known as COP26, in early November.

www.cnbc.com

The world’s leading climate scientists on Monday delivered their starkest warning yet about the deepening climate emergency, with some of the changes already set in motion thought to be “irreversible” for centuries to come.

A highly anticipated report by the U.N.’s climate panel warns that limiting global warming to close to 1.5 degrees Celsius or even 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels “will be beyond reach” in the next two decades without immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

To be sure, the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold is a crucial global target because beyond this level, so-called tipping points become more likely. Tipping points refer to an irreversible change in the climate system, locking in further global heating.

 

[wetnose]

I hope China got the memo from the IPCC - click on the 2017 column below:

List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

They're on a breakneck pace to urbanize and modernize but at what cost for the human race?

 

[wetnose]

 

[sene5hos]

Africa’s Hottest Reliably Measured Temperature on Record: 124.3°F on Thursday in Algeria

A historic heat wave in northern Africa on Thursday, July 5, has brought Africa its hottest reliably measured temperature on record: 124.3°F (51.3°C), at Ouargla, Algeria.

www.wunderground.com

A historic heat wave in northern Africa on Thursday, July 5, brought Africa its hottest reliably measured temperature on record: 124.3°F (51.3°C), at Ouargla, Algeria.