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Sunday, 27 September 2020

Wildfires Explained: The YEARS Project video

  Maya Lilly—who has lived through several California wildfires that threatened her home—explains the science behind wildfires. How is climate change responsible for making wildfires worse? Global warming produces more heat and more fuel—two ingredients that necessary for fires. Watch more #ClimateFacts: https://theyearsproject.com/watch/cli...

 

Related:A season of climate-fueled disasters (excerpt): NYT

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Monday, 14 September 2020

'Australia in January, California in August': Aussies watch on in horror as wildfires ravage US west coast (excerpt): SBS

Washington governor blames climate change for fires
Australia and Oregon


Former NSW fire chief Greg Mullins says the wildfires ravaging the US are a 'direct reflection' of what happened in Australia last summer, and serve as another 'wake up call' to pay attention to climate change.


Washington governor blames climate change for fires
Fires in Australia (Pic from this blog)

Apocalyptic orange skies, mass evacuations, people fleeing blazes near the water, and fires visible from satellites.
With up to 100 wildfires burning across multiple states on the US west coast, the situation is is eerily reminiscent of Australia’s deadly bushfire event of 2019-20.

Ross Bradstock is from the Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires at the University of Wollongong. He says what Australia went through last summer "is repeating itself in places like California". 

“We’re seeing something similar play out over there as to what played out in our last season in terms of unprecedented fires, unprecedented area burnt, unprecedented drought and heat,” he told SBS News.


In this photo provided by Frederic Larson, the Golden Gate Bridge is seen at 11 a.m. PT amid a smoky, orange hue caused by the ongoing wildfires, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in San Francisco. (Frederic Larson via AP)
San Francisco, Pic from SBS story


Former NSW Fire and Rescue Commissioner Greg Mullins has helped to fight fires in California several times since the 1990s. 

He agrees the current wildfires are "a direct reflection" of what Australia faced.

"It's unprecedented," Mr Mullins told SBS News.

"The temperatures they're getting - you know, 49.4 (degrees) in the eastern suburbs of Los Angeles - nothing has ever come close." .................


Go to complete article By Rashida Yosufzai, Jodie Stephens

Related: Washington governor blames climate change for fires (excerpt): abc news


Washington governor blames climate change for fires
 Fires near Sydney, Pic from this blog

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Saturday, 12 September 2020

Washington governor blames climate change for fires (excerpt): abc news

Washington Gov_ Jay Inslee says the fires devastating California and the Northwest shouldn’t be called wildfires, but “climate fires.”


shouldn’t be called wildfires, but “climate fires.
Rubble remains from an area destroyed by the Almeda Fire
SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says the fires devastating California and the Northwest shouldn’t be called wildfires, but “climate fires.”

At a news conference Friday, the Democrat noted that the roughly 980 square miles burned in Washington in just the last five days amounts to the state’s second worst fire season on record, after 2015.

“This is not an act of God,” Inslee said. “This has happened because we have changed the climate of the state of Washington in
shouldn’t be called wildfires, but “climate fires.
wildfire
dramatic ways.”


Inslee ran for the Democratic presidential nomination on a climate platform and said it’s important to fight the fires not just on the ground, but by creating clean-energy jobs and taking other measures to combat climate change.

Scientists have long said that human-caused climate change would result in hotter temperatures and more extreme weather events, such as droughts, that can increase the frequency and intensity of wildfires.

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shouldn’t be called wildfires, but “climate fires.
2018 Camp Fire California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Improving weather conditions in California have allowed firefighters to gain ground on wildfires that began as long as three weeks ago.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says 14,800 firefighters are on the lines of 28 major wildfires burning statewide Friday.

Nineteen people have been killed and thousands of structures, 
including homes, have been destroyed.

shouldn’t be called wildfires, but “climate fires.
Bushfire caused by climate change
Winds that whipped some fires into deadly infernos earlier this week have calmed down and the smoke layer over much of the state is helping to keep temperatures down, although air quality is very bad.

Onshore flow of moist air from the ocean is expected to increase humidity, which helps suppress fire activity." ....................

By
The Associated Press
12 September 2020

Go to complete abc news article

Related:  The Climate Disasters We Ignore Today Will Eventually Come for Us (excerpt): Gizmodo


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Wednesday, 9 September 2020

News outlets continue to ignore climate change in articles about California's record-breaking weather (excerpt): Heated

"Nothing to see here, folks

This long weekend was literal hell for millions in the American West. California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, and Washington are suffering from dangerous heat, wildfire and smoke unlike anything they’ve ever seen. 

Three major newspaper stories. Zero climate mentions.
Californian Wildfires, 2019


Scientists attribute the unprecedented intensity of these events to human-caused climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions have made the atmosphere in these areas much hotter and drier than it used to be. “We’re living in a fundamentally climate-altered world,” MIT Technology Review noted last month, citing a multitude of peer-reviewed research about how climate change exacerbates extreme heat and wildfire. These so-called “compound climate events” are only predicted to get worse if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated. 

Every American should be aware of these basic scientific facts when reading about the devastation of this weekend’s record-breaking extreme weather. But most of the major newspaper stories about the Labor Day Weekend from Hell don’t contain any climate-related information. Why?


Three major newspaper stories. Zero climate mentions.
Melting Siberian permafrost


Three major newspaper stories. Zero climate mentions.

 

Section A, page 12 of today’s New York Times contains a big story about the unprecedented weather pummeling California. Titled “Extreme Heat Turns State Into a Furnace,” the piece contains more than 1,700 words of devastating detail about how heat, fire, and toxic air are affecting people in the state. But none of those details were about why things are getting so bad. None of those words were “climate change.”

The Associated Press’s article today is similar. Titled “Scorched earth: Record 2 million acres burned in California,” it contains 1,100 words about the weather’s unprecedented nature. It lists several different record-breaking data points, and quotes state officials saying how “unnerving” it is to have broken these records so early in the wildfire season. And yet this article—which will be re-published this morning in newspapers across the country—also does not mention the reason why these records might be happening.

The Washington Post also has an article about unprecedented
climate change-fueled extreme weather on its front page this
Three major newspaper stories. Zero climate mentions.
News coverage of Hurricane Laura analysed
morning, but it doesn’t mention climate change’s role. It’s about how 50 hikers are trapped inside a shelter within a rapidly-growing 130,000 acre wildfire, unable to be rescued. 

“This is one of the largest and most dangerous fires in the history of Fresno County,” the local fire chief said. “I don’t think everyone understands that.”

Newspapers often ignore basic climate science in extreme weather stories 

 

News outlets like the Times, the Post, and the AP have climate reporting teams. These teams all publish important stories about how the climate crisis fuels extreme weather across the country. The Times in particular has increased its climate coverage substantially in the last few years, according to data from the University of Colorado Boulder."


Go to original, complete Heated article

 Related: Trump and Biden: Little room for climate change in US election (excerpt): DW
 
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Saturday, 5 September 2020

Choosing A Place To Retire? Factor In Climate Change (excerpt): Forbes


The hazards of wildfires and extreme heat are also intensifying due to climate change.
Hurricane damage
(Pics added by this blog)

"When Bill and Annemarie Kachur retired in early 2016, they saw no reason to go anywhere. The gray shingled bungalow in Myrtle Beach, S.C. had been their home for more than 15 years.

“I’ve been here so long, it’s a sense of roots now for me,” says Bill, 65, who spent his early career hopping around the country, working on-air at various radio stations. 

Plus, they were already in a haven for retirees. “I like the fact that there isn’t a winter,” says Annemarie, who’ll be 65 in September.
But in recent years, their idyllic spot about 2 ½ miles from the Atlantic Ocean has revealed an ominous side: hurricane season. “I just noticed that the last four or five years, we keep getting hammered,” recalls Bill.

Two Hurricane Evacuations Since 2016

Since 2016, the Kachurs have ridden out four hurricanes, including two evacuations to safer ground.

“Ten months out of the year, it’s great,” says Bill. “And then there’s a couple months out of the year when you’re walking on eggshells and you’re a little bit concerned about what’s blowin’ in the wind, so to speak.” 

Warm, beachy spots on the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts have been retirement magnets for decades. But, as Hurricane Laura just underscored, they’re also squarely in the crosshairs of the changing climate, effects of which are already evident in many of the nation’s most popular retirement destinations.

The hazards of wildfires and extreme heat are also intensifying due to climate change.
Planned retreat from rising seas


Climate Change and Retirement Location Decisions

“Current climate and future climate is absolutely something that people should be thinking about when deciding where to live, where to retire,” advises Radley Horton, a climate scientist at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, who has focused on climate adaptation strategies. “Those are absolutely critical concerns when you think about impacts directly on the home, but also livability outdoors — things like critical infrastructure, too,” says Horton.

The hazards of wildfires and extreme heat are also intensifying due to climate change.
Californian Wildfires
Rising seas are threatening things we tend to take for granted in many areas, like major freeways, airports and sewage treatment plants. The hazards of wildfires and extreme heat are also intensifying due to climate change."

Where then to retire to? : Read complete Forbes article: By Craig Miller, Science Journalist

Related: Port Macquarie after a 7m sea level rise. Insurance risks affect property values now.

Related: 'Retreat' Is Not An Option As A California Beach Town Plans For Rising Seas: NPR

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Friday, 28 August 2020

Far-reaching climate change risks to Australia must be reduced and managed: Aigroup

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It is in Australia's national interest that we do all we can to contribute to successful global action to minimise further temperature rises
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"The Australian Climate Roundtable (ACR) is a forum that brings together leading organisations from the business, farming, investment, union, social welfare and environmental sectors. Since 2014 we have sought and found common ground on responding to the challenge of climate change."
28 Aug 2020


"What the experts say

Climate change is already having a real and significant impact on the economy and community. Australian temperatures are increasing, extreme climate-related events such as heat waves and bushfires are becoming more intense and frequent, natural systems are suffering irreversible damage, some communities are in a constant state of recovery from successive natural disasters, and the economic and financial impacts of these changes continue to grow.



It is in Australia's national interest that we do all we can to contribute to successful global action to minimise further temperature rises
Sea Level Rise will affect our cities

Even with ambitious global action in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, Australia will experience escalating costs from the climate change associated with historical emissions. These costs will be significant and will require a concerted national response to manage these now unavoidable climate related damages.

It is in Australia's national interest that we do all we can to contribute to successful global action to minimise further temperature rises
Health risks for children because of climate change



The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change advises that global emissions will need to reach net-zero by around 2050 to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. If the world fails to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement, and instead continues its current emissions pathway, climate change would have far-reaching economic, environmental and social effects on Australia. It is unlikely that Australia and the world can remain prosperous in this scenario.

Australia requires a risk assessment for climate change.


These effects include but are not limited to:
* Unprecedented economic damage to Australia and our regional trading partners from acute (e.g. extreme events) and chronic (e.g. sea level rise) changes in climate. Significant impacts on coastal regions, agriculture, human productivity and infrastructure. The economy-wide costs of not achieving the Paris Agreement objectives far outweigh the costs of a smooth transition to net-zero emissions.
* Risks to financial stability and particularly the insurance industry. The ability of the insurance and reinsurance markets to support Australian investments and communities would be compromised.
It is in Australia's national interest that we do all we can to contribute to successful global action to minimise further temperature rises
Drought
* Major acute and long-lived human and community social andhealth impacts. This includes both loss of life and livelihood from extreme events through to long-term medical conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder. Many communities and regions will suffer a constant cycle of natural disaster and rebuilding or face relocation.

* Irreversible damage to Australian unique natural heritage, including Australia's iconic and internationally significant ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef and Kakadu National Park.
* Significant threats to agriculture, forestry, nature-based tourism
It is in Australia's national interest that we do all we can to contribute to successful global action to minimise further temperature rises
Destroyed forests
and fisheries. Unconstrained climate change is a risk to Australia's domestic food security.

The impacts of climate change will also put many governments under fiscal stress. Tax revenues will fall dramatically and increases in the frequency and severity of weather events and other natural disasters, which invoke significant emergency management responses and recovery expenditures, indicate that pressure on government budgets will be especially severe.

Related: Australia fires: Similar or worse disasters 'will happen again' (excerpt): BBC

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Wednesday, 26 August 2020

Australia fires: Similar or worse disasters 'will happen again' (excerpt): BBC

Australia should expect "worse" in the years to come
Wildfire: Australia should expect "worse" in the years to come
"An inquiry into the recent massive bushfire disaster in Australia has found the country should expect "worse" in the years to come.
 
The review - which looked at New South Wales (NSW), the worst-hit state - made sweeping proposals aimed at better preparing for future fire seasons.
 
The blazes began last August and burned for months, killing 33 people nationally and scorching vast areas.
 
The NSW state government said it would adopt the inquiry's 76 recommendations.
 
The "extreme and extremely unusual" bushfires destroyed 2,476


Australia should expect "worse" in the years to come
Fires caused by climate change
houses and 5.5 million hectares of land in that state alone, according to the NSW Bushfire Inquiry report.
 
"It showed us bushfires through forested regions on a scale that we have not seen in Australia in recorded history, and fire behaviour that took even experienced firefighters by surprise."
 
The main causes were a drought which had made the land extremely dry and ready to burn, hot and windy weather, and climate change.
 
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Tuesday: "The next fire season is already upon us."
 
As deadly fires rage in the US summer in California, NSW has seen winter blazes this month - though none have posed a significant threat.

What did the report recommend?

Australia should expect "worse" in the years to come
Californian wildfires are also caused by climate change
It made far-reaching proposals, including:
  • ordering residents in at-risk areas to conduct compulsory land-clearing
  • better aerial firefighting strategies, including more water-bombing at night
  • drawing on more Aboriginal land management techniques, such as cultural burning
  • allowing firefighters to enter private properties to start controlled burns on materials which fuel fires
  • improving alert systems for bushfire smoke, and research into its health impacts
  • making government agencies more efficient and auditing their progress.
"Ms Berejiklian said: 'We have to accept also that our climate is changing and those who wrote the report acknowledge that.' "
 
Go to BBC article 
 
Related: The Observer view on the climate catastrophe facing Earth : The Guardian
 
 
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Thursday, 20 August 2020

Lessons From the Frontlines of Global Warming (excerpt): New Republic

"What interviews with flood, wildfire, and drought survivors can teach us about how to live amid the threat of climate change

 
What would you do if your house burned down or your neighborhood washed away in a flood?
Extreme heat kills

Ronnie Scott lost his wife when she tried to to rescue their dog and cat from floodwaters in West Virginia in 2016. Carole Duncan almost lost her 83-year-old father during Australia’s massive 2019 bushfires, the firefighters finding him just in time. 

KerryAnn Laufer returned home days after the 2019 Kincade Fire in California to find only her fireplace still standing, while Dave Mackey saw nearly every house in his neighborhood on Grand Bahama island washed away, pummeled by raging waters and 200-mile-per-hour winds from Hurricane Dorian.


What would you do if your house burned down or your neighborhood washed away in a flood?
Storms, wildfires, and other such disasters are getting more common and intense as climate change accelerates. Scott, Duncan, Laufer, and Mackey, who survived these extreme weather events, are among the lucky ones. But each of them found themselves changed by the experience.


What would you do if your house burned down or your neighborhood washed away in a flood? How would you respond if a cataclysmic weather event killed someone you love or forced you to abandon, perhaps forever, the place you call home? And how would it change the way you think about the world?


These questions are at the heart of a new “Voices from the Future”
What would you do if your house burned down or your neighborhood washed away in a flood?
Green new deal is cheap actually
interview series a small group of journalist, researchers, and I have developed at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory at Arizona State University. We have collected the stories and insights of nearly three dozen survivors on five continents, eight of which will be published in these pages over the next few weeks."


Original story 

Steven Beschloss is a professor of practice at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and directs the Narrative Storytelling Initiative at Arizona State University. He has written for The New Yorker and The Washington Post, among other publications.

 

#California, #firestorms, #wildfire, Australia, cyclones, floods, Green New Deal, hurricanes, 


 

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Wednesday, 19 August 2020

Rare 'fire tornado' rips through California as heat wave descends on the US: CNN

Aug 17, 2020
the most important action for governments is to cut carbon targets and to pressure other countries to do the same

2020 has reached into its bag of tricks again and tossed out another surprise - this time in the form of a swirling fire.
Or as meteorologists call it, a "firenado" - short for fire tornado.
The rare and fiery tornado was spotted Saturday near a fire in California.



A huge forest fire that prompted evacuations north of Los Angeles flared up around noon Saturday, August 15, sending up a cloud of smoke as it headed toward thick, dry brush in the Angeles National Forest.
A huge forest fire that prompted evacuations north of Los Angeles flared up around noon Saturday, August 15, sending up a cloud of smoke as it headed toward thick, dry brush in the Angeles National Forest. (AP)
The National Weather Service Office issued a tornado warning for a pyrocumulonimbus cloud that formed by the Loyalton Fire, saying it was "capable of producing a fire-induced tornado and outflow winds in excess of 97km/h," CNN meteorologist Haley Brink said.
A pyrocumulonimbus cloud forms above intense rising heat, typically from a fire or volcano.
Fire tornadoes are created when the rising heat from a fire pulls in smoke, fire and dirt, creating a rotation vortex above the blaze, Ms Brink said.

Fire tornadoes can be massive and deadly.
Catastrophic bushfires and catastrophic fire seasons will become a new normal
#wildfire, #bushfires


When the National Weather Service surveyed the damage on that firenado, it determined it was equivalent to an EF-3 tornado with winds in excess of 230km/h.
Officials in California, Oregon and Colorado are battling a series of wildfires that have collectively torched more than 40,000 hectares - and things could get worse with intense heat descending on much of the US.
The Loyalton Fire has burned over 8000 hectares and was five per cent contained by early Sunday.
Related: We need action to prevent further catastophic fires and we need to be prepared for wildfires
#wildfire, #bushfires, #California, #heatwaves, #drought, #climatechange, #climateaction, #cambio-climatico, #jailclimatecriminals,  

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We need action to prevent further catastophic fires and we need to be prepared for wildfires

America's west coast is set to have its hottest two weeks in 70 years
There is no climate sceptic on the end of a fire hose. #jailclimatecriminals

Governments must prepare for catastrophic fires.
 
* Establishing services to support those ‘burned out’ and those who cannot insure

* rezoning areas unsuitable for building

* changing building regulations

* employing indigenous people to carry out controlled burning to reduce fuel loads as they have done for thousands of years

* increasing the numbers of professional firefighters, giving more support to volunteer firefighters and purchasing more aviation support are just small steps.

* increasing funding for bushfire research

* the most important action for governments is to cut carbon targets and to pressure other countries to do the same. Tariffs on carbon reckless countries, like the USA, Saudi Arabia, China and Australia are inevitable.


and
America's west coast is set to have its hottest two weeks in 70 years
Koalas suffered greatly. #jailclimatecriminals
* funding air support.


" The main reason more prescribed burning has not been done is the risk the deliberately lit fires will get out of control and burn down property, or otherwise choke population areas with unhealthy amounts of smoke.

This risk has gone up with the drought, which has meant there are fewer days every year with low-risk fire conditions. It's also gone up with population levels, which has meant more people are affected by prescribed burning.



the most important action for governments is to cut carbon targets
#climatecrisis, heatwaves  

"With many prescribed burns now conducted close to the expanding urban fringe and close to essential infrastructure and agriculture, the community tolerance levels are very low to heavy smoke and potential damage to delicate ecosystems," Dr Thornton says."

"....  Mr Bradstock described it as a "tired and old conspiracy theory" while Greg Mullins said ex-fire chiefs were annoyed that the fires were being used for political attack."




increasing funding for bushfire research
#bushfire,  #wildfire,  #jailclimatecriminals

"Greg Mullins (former NSW fire and rescue commissioner Greg Mullins) said climate change means it's often too dangerous to burn: "Extreme drought like this, underpinned by 20 years of reduced rainfall, has meant the window for hazard reduction is very narrow now."

He also said a long-term reduction in forestry and national parks personnel has meant hazard reduction has fallen to volunteers."

The complexities around hazard reduction burning are large and growing
California fires 2020

How effective is hazard reduction?

Many bushfire experts want to see more hazard reduction, but they also say there's a danger in presenting prescribed burning and fuel management measures as a 'silver bullet solution' to the continent's increasing fire risk.

Some areas are suitable for prescribed burning, while others are not.

"The complexities around hazard reduction burning are large and growing," said Dr Richard Thornton, CEO of the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre."

https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/is-more-prescribed-burning-the-answer-to-bushfire-threat/11844766






Catastrophic bushfires and catastrophic fire seasons will become a new normal due to the shortening of fuel reduction periods, increasing severe droughts and extreme temperatures.Governments must prepare for catastrophic fires.Establishing services...
#wildfire,  #bushfire,  #firefighters,  #climatecrisis
  "Australia faces a "nightmare scenario" of escalating and catastrophic natural disasters without urgent action on climate change, the bushfires royal commission has been told.

A group of 33 former fire and emergency services chiefs wants the royal commission to record as fact that climate change was the main driver of the extreme weather conditions behind Australia's unprecedented bushfire season.


"We think that this is a great opportunity for an authoritative body to spell out loud and clear that if it wasn't for climate change we would not have faced the bushfires that we did," former Fire and Rescue NSW commissioner Greg Mullins told AAP.
"That the science is very clear that we would not have had weather conditions like we did if it wasn't for a warming climate and the fires were driven by extreme weather."" The Canberra Times, May 24,2020



Catastrophic bushfires and catastrophic fire seasons will become a new normal due to the shortening of fuel reduction periods, increasing severe droughts and extreme temperatures. 



See also: Preparing for heatwaves

 


Related: California begins rolling blackouts as state faces worst heat in 70 years (excerpt): SMH

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Saturday, 15 August 2020

'Two global health emergencies': doctors group backs green stimulus: The Age

Air pollution kills  #jailclimatecriminals
Air Pollution from wildfires
"Peak medical groups representing about 75 per cent of Australia’s 90,000 doctors have written to the prime minister to ask him to make a response to climate change central to the government’s post-coronavirus economic stimulus plans.

The groups, which include bodies such as the Australian Medical Association and the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand, have called on the government to redirect funds from fossil fuel subsidies in stimulus efforts to renewable energy projects and infrastructure to promote walking, cycling and public transport.

The letter comes after a similar appeal sent on Monday by finance and industry heavyweights, including the big four banks and major corporations, also urging the government to make “sustainable investments” in areas such as health, education, clean energy and urban infrastructure as it helps rebuild the economy."

Read complete article at The Age 

Related: Melbourne: predicted flooding with a conservative sea level rise of only 1.5m

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Saturday, 8 August 2020

World's three hottest Julys happened in the last five years: Reuters (excerpt)

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -

#heatwaves,  #jailclimatecriminals
We want climate action now
 "Last month was the world’s third-hottest July on record, new data show — the latest milestone in a global warming trend that has seen the three hottest Julys within the last five years.


With the heat has come a high level of ice melt in the Arctic, where the extent of sea ice last month hit the lowest level for July since the polar satellite record-keeping began four decades ago, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. 

“It’s on a global scale, and all months are warming.”
California burnt
The new findings come as France and Belgium brace for a possible weekend heat wave, while Italian roads near an Alpine glacier were closed amid warnings that high temperatures could cause ice to collapse. 


“It’s not just a summer thing,” said Copernicus senior scientist Freja Vamborg. “It’s on a global scale, and all months are warming.” 


The heat has also been linked with wildfires that have been scorching patches of Siberian forestAtmospheric temperature records dating back to the mid-19th century reveal the last five years to be the hottest yet. In terms of records for the month of July, only 2019 and 2016 were warmer than last month. "

Go to complete Reuters article 

See also:

This Is Inequity at the Boiling Point: The Conversation (excerpt)

 

HERE IS THE SAME ARTICLE IN MANDARIN.


世界上三个最炎热的七月发生在过去五年中:路透社(节选)
布鲁塞尔(路透社)-

#热浪,监狱气候犯罪分子
我们现在要采取气候行动
 “新数据显示,上个月是有记录以来世界上第三最热的七月。这是全球变暖趋势的最新里程碑,
过去五年来,这是最热的三个七月。


伴随着热量的到来,北极地区的冰层融化程度很高,据欧盟哥白尼气候变化服务局称,
上个月海冰的程度达到了自四十多年前极地卫星保持记录以来的七月份的最低水平。 。

“它在全球范围内,而且所有月份都在变暖。”
加州烧毁
新发现是在法国和比利时为周末可能出现的热浪做好准备的同时,
意大利阿尔卑斯山冰川附近的道路因警告高温可能导致冰塌而关闭。


哥白尼资深科学家Freja Vamborg说:“这不仅仅是夏天。” 
“它在全球范围内,而且所有月份都在变暖。”


高温还与野火联系在一起,野火一直在烧焦西伯利亚森林
始于19世纪中叶的大气温度记录显示,过去五年是最热的。
就7月份的记录而言,只有2019年和2016年比上个月温暖。 ”

去完成路透社的文章
 
Shìjiè shàng sān gè zuì yánrè de qī yuè fāshēng 
zài guòqù wǔ nián zhōng: Lùtòu shè (jiéxuǎn)
bùlǔsài'ěr (lùtòu shè)-

#rèlàng, jiānyù qìhòu fànzuì fēnzǐ
wǒmen xiànzài yào cǎiqǔ qìhòu xíngdòng
 “xīn shùjù xiǎnshì, shàng gè yuè shì yǒu jìlù 
yǐlái shìjiè shàng dì sān zuì rè de qī yuè. 
Zhè shì quánqiú biàn nuǎn qūshì de zuìxīn lǐchéngbēi, 
guòqù wǔ niánlái, zhè shì zuì rè de sān gè qī yuè.


Bàn suí zháo rèliàng de dàolái, 
běijídìqū de bīng céng rónghuà chéngdù hěn gāo, 
jù ōuméng gē bái ní qìhòu biànhuà fúwù jú chēng, 
shàng gè yuè hǎi bīng de chéngdù dádàole zì sìshí duō nián qián jí dì wèixīng 
bǎochí jìlù yǐlái de qī yuèfèn de zuìdī shuǐpíng. .

“Tā zài quánqiú fànwéi nèi, érqiě suǒyǒu yuèfèn dōu zài biàn nuǎn.”
Jiāzhōu shāohuǐ
xīn fāxiàn shì zài fàguó hé bǐlìshí wèi zhōumò kěnéng 
chūxiàn de rèlàng zuò hǎo zhǔnbèi de tóngshí, 
yìdàlì ā'ěrbēisī shān bīngchuān fùjìn de dàolù yīn jǐnggào gāowēn kěnéng dǎozhì 
bīng tā ér guānbì.


Gē bái ní zīshēn kēxuéjiā Freja Vamborg shuō:“Zhè bùjǐn jǐn shì xiàtiān.” 
“Tā zài quánqiú fànwéi nèi, érqiě suǒyǒu yuèfèn dōu zài biàn nuǎn.”


Gāowēn hái yǔ yěhuǒ liánxì zài yīqǐ, yěhuǒ yīzhí zài shāo jiāo xībólìyǎ sēnlín
shǐ yú 19 shìjì zhōngyè de dàqì wēndù jìlù xiǎnshì, guòqù wǔ nián shì zuì rè de. 
Jiù 7 yuèfèn de jìlù ér yán, zhǐyǒu 2019 nián hé 2016 nián bǐ shàng gè yuè wēnnuǎn. ”

Qù wánchéng lùtòu shè de wénzhāng

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