Tag Archives: Heat

Europe is experiencing extreme temperatures this week, with hot weather set to continue for the foreseeable future. In Spain, temperatures have hit 43C (109F), and in neighbouring Portugal, wildfires have broken out as a result of the weather. Is climate change to blame for this scorching heat? Please subscribe HERE …

The speed and magnitude of the climate change we are facing today is unprecedented. Heatwaves, droughts, floods… We are feeling its effects on our daily lives, year after year. Its impacts will increase at least until 2050 and every region of Europe will be affected. Based on the results of …

Climate scientist Dr. Sweta Chakraborty, writer-at-large at The Bulwark Tim Miller, NBC News Correspondent Emilie Ikeda and NBC Foreign Correspondent Meagan Fitzgerald join Chris Jansing to discuss the climate change-induced, record-breaking heatwave engulfing Europe. “We need to mitigate against worst case warming scenarios because at some point we’re not going …

The new climate targets set in Scotland’s Climate Change Act will require significantly raised action, investment and planning to deliver across all sectors in Scotland. Scotland’s approach to tackling climate emissions must be driven by a transformational Just Transition at a pace and scale that will meet Paris Agreement commitments. …

[ad_1] “Intolerable” heat and humidity caused by global warming had been expected in the coming decades, but now researchers have found that the crisis is already here. A new study identifies thousands of previously rare or unprecedented bouts of extreme heat and humidity are taking place now across the world in Asia, Africa, Australia, South America and …

[ad_1] Potentially Fatal Combinations of Humidity and Heat Are Emerging Across the Globe U.S. Gulf Coast Among Regions Hit With Conditions Not Expected for Decades Most everyone knows that humid heat is harder to handle than the “dry” kind. And recently, some scientists have projected that later in the century, in parts …

From the University of Alaska, Brian Brettschneider reports on crazy record high temperatures up north, the choking smog, and the prospects of wildfires from the Boreal forest right up into the Tundra. How did cold Alaska become the hot smoky place? That was summer 2019 with record-shattering heat, a pocket …

In this video, I discuss some of the causes of the tragic European Heat Wave of 2003. It is possible that this extreme weather event is a result of human-caused … source Y Not Freakin’ Recyclable Home

[ad_1] In the early 20th century, pioneering naturalist Joseph Grinnell and his team studied the flora and fauna of California, conducting meticulous surveys across large swaths of the state, including the Mojave Desert. They collected 100,000 specimens and took 74,000 pages of field notes, creating an invaluable baseline against which …

[ad_1] The pollution from oil, coal, and natural gas creates a blanket that traps heat and is baking our planet. As ice on the poles melt sea levels will slowly rise requiring expensive sea walls and land abandoned to the incoming water. It’s a better investment to accelerate the transition …