My sister has one, and I don't see her very often so seeing your doodles make me smile even more: — RRB - We've had
the worst heatwave since records began here in eastern Australia, but now it is Autumn and I can tell you that I am enjoying it even more so than spring at the moment!
Astonishingly, the Australian (the Murdoch broadsheet) continues its campaign of climate science denial in the midst of
our worst heatwave with a major piece on the weekend built around the claim that the British Met Office had «quietly» downgraded its forecast warming.
Admitedly, you do have anecdotal evidence of a longer drought than the current one (which is only the worst drought in 50 years, though
the worst heatwave known in Russia); but that is equivocal evidence at best.
In the coming decades Russia will experience
worse heatwaves than the 2010 event, which killed 55,000 people, while the US will bake in the West and Great Lakes regions
Worse heatwaves in cities were mentioned just today.
1896 and 1955 both had
bad heatwaves in the U.S.A. 2014 seems milder.
In fact, Paris in 1947 had
a worse heatwave than 2003.
Not exact matches
Impact of floods, droughts and
heatwaves on European cities will be
worse than previously feared, say scientists
Our ensemble fire weather season length metric captured important wildfire events throughout Eurasia such as the Indonesian fires of 1997 — 98 where peat fires, following an El Niño - induced drought, released carbon equivalent to 13 — 40 % of the global fossil fuel emissions from only 1.4 % of the global vegetated land area (Fig. 4, 1997 — 1998) 46 and the
heatwave over Western Russia in 2010 (Fig. 4, 2010) that led to its
worst fire season in recorded history and triggered extreme air pollution in Moscow51.
We are already seeing more intense storms and more
heatwaves and higher extreme rainfall events, all at damaging levels so it can only get
worse over the next 30 years imho.
5) More superstorms, like Katrina 6) A
heatwave as
bad as Europe's 2003 one.
Many people around the world are already paying the ultimate price of
heatwaves, and while models suggest that this is likely to continue, it could be much
worse if emissions are not considerably reduced.
«For
heatwaves, our options are now between
bad or terrible.
Also what a lot of extreme events there were - droughts, tempests,
heatwaves, floods, you name it and it was far
worse back then than today tonyb
The stark report states that climate change has already increased the risk of severe
heatwaves and other extreme weather and warns of
worse to come, including food shortages and violent conflicts.
Ecosystems are collapsing, coral is bleaching and dying, storms, cyclones, floods,
heatwaves and extremes of cold and winds are all getting
worse as CO2 levels rise.
In addition, unprecedented efforts must be taken to plan for the
worst effects of global warming — sea level rises, massive storm surges, widespread
heatwaves and drought, and the spread of tropical diseases.
Heat cost Australia nearly A$ 7 billion in 2014, which is
bad news given climate forecasts of hotter and more frequent
heatwaves.
In fact, the results are completely unsurprising, that urban
heatwaves that are already deadly would get
worse.
«Dying during a
heatwave is like a terror movie with 27
bad endings to choose from.
«Dying during a
heatwave is like a terror movie with 27
bad endings to choose from,» said Dr Mora.
What you don't understand is that there is NOT any increases in
heatwaves, therehas been NOT ONE weather or climate event connected / because of / or made «
worse» because of our CO2.
If you thought the
heatwaves we've already experienced this summer in New York City and all along the East Coast were
bad, there's definitely more sweating in your future.
If Russia's current
heatwave being the
worst in 1000 years and doubling the daily death rate in Moscow wasn't enough, check out this sweaty stat: According to Wunder Blog (via Mongabay), already this summer 17 nations have set or matched their all - time heat records.
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Heatwave Doesn't Prove Global Warming, But...
In addition to the much - covered
heatwaves, wildfires, and droughts in the U.S., killer floods struck India, the
worst drought yet recorded plagued South Korea, and massive forest fires swept through Siberia to name just a few.