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Hurricanes, heatwaves and rising seas: The impacts of record ocean heat
Hurricanes, heatwaves and rising seas: The impacts of record ocean heat Getty Images Excessive phytoplankton growth can choke the sea surface with a jelly-like layer of slime known as “sea snot” as ocean temperatures increase (Credit: Getty Images) Record ocean temperatures suggest the seas are warming faster than expected, and the impacts will be felt […]
Heatwave updates: IMD issues warning for Mumbai, Bengal, Goa; respite for Delhi-NCR
Heatwave updates: IMD issues warning for Mumbai, Bengal, Goa; respite for Delhi-NCR Weather updates on April 16: The IMD issued a heatwave warning for multiple states, including cities in Maharashtra, Goa, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heatwave warning for multiple states across India including Maharashtra, North Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana […]
Intense heat and flooding are wreaking havoc on power and water systems as climate change batters America’s aging infrastructure
Intense heat and flooding are wreaking havoc on power and water systems as climate change batters America’s aging infrastructure The 1960s and 1970s were a golden age of infrastructure development in the U.S., with the expansion of the interstate system and widespread construction of new water treatment, wastewater and flood control systems reflecting national priorities in public […]
“Situation Is Really Precarious”: World’s Largest Rice Exporter Faces Output Decline Amid Heatwave
“Situation Is Really Precarious”: World’s Largest Rice Exporter Faces Output Decline Amid Heatwave The effects of elevated food prices have rippled worldwide and forced governments to impose price controls and trade restrictions. Price increases are due to supply constraints driven by several variables, including high energy prices, geopolitics, and weather. Ukraine restarted maritime transport of […]
Texas Power Grid Warns Of Record Demand Amid Back-To-Back Triple-Digit Heatwaves
Texas Power Grid Warns Of Record Demand Amid Back-To-Back Triple-Digit Heatwaves An early summer heatwave pattern continues to boil parts of the Central and Southern Plains. This means parts of Texas will continue to roast with temperatures forecasted to reach triple digits next week. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state’s power grid […]
Scientists Call Northwest Heatwave the ‘Most Extreme in World Weather Records’
Flames surround the drought-stricken Shasta Lake in Lakehead, California on July 2, 2021. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images) Scientists Call Northwest Heatwave the ‘Most Extreme in World Weather Records’ “Never in the century-plus history of world weather observation have so many all-time heat records fallen by such a large margin.” A pair of climate scientists […]
Climate change consequences: Too hot, too wet and out of time
Climate change consequences: Too hot, too wet and out of time The last few weeks have demonstrated that we have arrived at the climate change catastrophe long prophesied by climate scientists—a catastrophe that many thought we still had decades to avert. In the Pacific Northwest high temperatures broke records day after day. In my former […]
“Unprecedented Event” – Pacific Northwest Set To Shatter Heat Records This Weekend
“Unprecedented Event” – Pacific Northwest Set To Shatter Heat Records This Weekend A “historic” heat wave is set to transform the U.S. Pacific Northwest into a furnace this weekend. It has the potential to shatter long-standing temperature records, according to Reuters. “This will be setting the stage for the beginning of a potential historic heat wave […]
As Midwest Freezes, Aussie Heatwave Reaches Record Highs
As Midwest Freezes, Aussie Heatwave Reaches Record Highs While Midwest America hunkers down for the coldest temperatures in a generation, temperature records have also tumbled across South Australia, with the city of Adelaide experiencing its hottest day on record. Life-threatening cold is sweeping across Chicago… As Australians face animal culls, mass fish deaths across the nation, roads […]
NSW power imports in January 2019 heatwave exceed 2 GW, drive up electricity prices
NSW power imports in January 2019 heatwave exceed 2 GW, drive up electricity prices Maximum demand for electricity increased from 9,500 MW on 13 Jan 2019 (16:00) to a whopping 14,000 MW on 17 Jan 2019 (17:30). Downloading the data in XLS format allows us to restack the above graph to show more details on […]
The U.K. is tropically hot right now. 6 maps show why.
The U.K. is tropically hot right now. 6 maps show why. A dangerous heatwave is sweeping across Britain. The temperature reached 95 degrees at London’s Heathrow Airport on Thursday, making it the hottest day so far this year. Friday is forecasted to be even hotter, and could be the hottest day in the island’s history. […]
The Global Heatwave Is About to Hit Your Wallet
A combine harvester cuts a field of rapeseed in the U.K. Major crops are expected to be smaller due to dry conditions. Photographer: Bloomberg Creative Photos/Bloomberg The Global Heatwave Is About to Hit Your Wallet Scorching weather across the globe makes fields too dry for crops, rivers too warm to cool power plants, and leaves wind turbines […]
The Sinister Underbelly of Climate Change Denial
The Sinister Underbelly of Climate Change Denial The last few days of June 2018 saw most people in the United States sweltering in an epic heat wave. High temperatures were uniformly between 90 and 110 degrees in a mind-boggling 17 states [1]. Heat indices in parts of the East and Midwest approached 120 degrees. Heat […]
Australia’s ‘deadliest natural hazard’: what’s your heatwave plan?
Australia’s ‘deadliest natural hazard’: what’s your heatwave plan? Heatwaves are Australia’s deadliest natural hazard, but a recent survey has found that many vulnerable people do not have plans to cope with extreme heat. Working with the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre and the Bureau of Meteorology, my colleagues and I surveyed 250 residents […]
