Sys1 wrote:In Paris (and most of France beside far south), it's almost cold, raining one out two days for three weeks.
After having heard for months on mainstream medias that El Nino combined to global warming would make summer hellish in France just like 2003 if not more, it's pretty funny.
It even snows in the Alps.
SUMMER OF WILDFIRES
The situation in Hawaii recalled scenes of devastation elsewhere in the world this summer, as wildfires caused by record-setting heat forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in Greece, Spain, Portugal and other parts of Europe, and western Canada suffered unusually severe fires.
Human-caused climate change, driven by fossil fuel use, is increasing the frequency and intensity of such extreme weather events, scientists say, having long warned that government officials must slash emissions to prevent climate catastrophe.
theluckycountry wrote:SUMMER OF WILDFIRES
The situation in Hawaii recalled scenes of devastation elsewhere in the world this summer, as wildfires caused by record-setting heat forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in Greece, Spain, Portugal and other parts of Europe, and western Canada suffered unusually severe fires.....
scientists say..... that government officials must slash emissions to prevent climate catastrophe.
theluckycountry wrote:Yes, well if you're rich you can afford air-conditioning and a summer house in a cool place. I must admit the longer I am aware of global warming the less I care about it. Just human nature I guess? Although yesterday I had a wakeup call. I set fire to a cardboard box and nearly burnt a hole in a poly water-tank by flicking a cigarette butt into the garden. "Global warming endangers Australian Water Supply"
It's the first time in all my years I have seen a fire start that way. You can literally drop a butt into a bowl of petrol and it won't ignite it. Must have just been the very dry weather combined with a gentle breeze. I'll be more careful in the future! "Australians Learn Lesson about Fire Dangers"
Then there was the time I nearly burned the back fence down by tossing fire ashes into the garden. I was sure they were spent, It had been 24 hours, but one hot coal must have been in the mix. Thankfully the smoke awoke me at 2AM, no fire, just a slow smoldering burn across the mulch to the fence. Be careful out there boys and girls.
Plantagenet wrote:Here in Alaska most of our wild fires are caused by lightning strikes during summer storms.
A 2016 paper in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society showed that human-caused climate change increased the risk of extreme fire seasons in Alaska by 34 percent to 60 percent by drying out fuels, he said. Trees, grass, shrubs and tundra are more flammable with warmer temperatures if the warmth is not offset by wetter conditions.
...Global warming has been thawing tundra and drying vast stretches of the far-northern boreal forests, and it also has spurred more thunderstorms with lightning
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Tanada wrote:
I find this report very strange in that global climate temperatures are averaged over 30 to 100 years depending on the study. How can a "Global average" be 2 C above normal when temperatures are judged on long time spans not unusual daily records? Record highs and lows have always taken place as the length of the instrumented record grows.
jedrider wrote: El Nino or our linear models are now outdated.
https://tass.com/economy/1710337Year-round navigation along Northern Sea Route
MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/. Year-round maritime navigation along the Northern Sea Route will be ensured from 2024, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said at a government hour in the Federation Council.
"For the development of the industry, a center for the construction of large-capacity offshore structures has been created, which can mass-produce liquefied natural gas lines in Murmansk. In this context, the Northern Sea Route is of particular importance. By instruction of the Chairman of the Government, coordinated work is underway to develop the necessary infrastructure. From 2024, year-round navigation will be ensured there," he said.
theluckycountry wrote:jedrider wrote: El Nino or our linear models are now outdated.
Australia is in El Nino conditions and instead of being dry and hot we have had unseasonable cool weather and rain over much of the north.
theluckycountry wrote:Because... in a warming world, you can make lots of money.
Shaved Monkey wrote:My tanks are full
I'm going to start pumping into the garden beds to saturate them next time it rains
Though last years La Nina it nearly rained once a week all year even in the dry season.
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