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118 All-Time Heat Records Set Around the Globe (miamiherald.com)
"It's so hot, even parts of the Arctic are on fire," reports Vox, citing wildfires in Sweden, while Greece "has declared a state of emergency as raging forest fires have killed at least 81 people and injured more than 190."
But heat-related disasters are happening around the world. In Japan 86 people have been killed by heatstroke, while another 23,000 people have been hospitalized -- about half of them over the age of 65 -- in a heat wave forecast to continue for another two weeks. "Japan hit 106 degrees on Monday, its hottest temperature ever," reports the Associated Press, adding that "So far this month, at least 118 of these all-time heat records have been set or tied across the globe." An anonymous reader quotes their report. "We now have very strong evidence that global warming has already put a thumb on the scales, upping the odds of extremes like severe heat and heavy rainfall," Stanford University climate scientist Noah Diffenbaugh said. "We find that global warming has increased the odds of record-setting hot events over more than 80 percent of the planet, and has increased the odds of record-setting wet events at around half of the planet..."
"The world is becoming warmer and so heat waves like this are becoming more common," said Friederike Otto, deputy director of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford.
"Death Valley, California, has set three consecutive daily record-high temperatures of 127 degrees," reports the Washington Post, adding that "Sometimes, like right now in the Western U.S., it's too hot for airplanes to fly" because of heat-related changes in air density at high-altitude airports. In Europe, nuclear power plants in Finland, Sweden, and German were forced to cut electricity production because high temperatures heated the seawater needed to cool reactors.
In northern California 38,000 people fled their homes as an 80,900-acre wildfire spread through the Shasta-Trinity area. Reuters reports the wildfire was caused "by hot, dry weather and high winds" -- and that it's one of 89 large wildfires currently burning in 14 U.S. states.
But heat-related disasters are happening around the world. In Japan 86 people have been killed by heatstroke, while another 23,000 people have been hospitalized -- about half of them over the age of 65 -- in a heat wave forecast to continue for another two weeks. "Japan hit 106 degrees on Monday, its hottest temperature ever," reports the Associated Press, adding that "So far this month, at least 118 of these all-time heat records have been set or tied across the globe." An anonymous reader quotes their report. "We now have very strong evidence that global warming has already put a thumb on the scales, upping the odds of extremes like severe heat and heavy rainfall," Stanford University climate scientist Noah Diffenbaugh said. "We find that global warming has increased the odds of record-setting hot events over more than 80 percent of the planet, and has increased the odds of record-setting wet events at around half of the planet..."
"The world is becoming warmer and so heat waves like this are becoming more common," said Friederike Otto, deputy director of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford.
"Death Valley, California, has set three consecutive daily record-high temperatures of 127 degrees," reports the Washington Post, adding that "Sometimes, like right now in the Western U.S., it's too hot for airplanes to fly" because of heat-related changes in air density at high-altitude airports. In Europe, nuclear power plants in Finland, Sweden, and German were forced to cut electricity production because high temperatures heated the seawater needed to cool reactors.
In northern California 38,000 people fled their homes as an 80,900-acre wildfire spread through the Shasta-Trinity area. Reuters reports the wildfire was caused "by hot, dry weather and high winds" -- and that it's one of 89 large wildfires currently burning in 14 U.S. states.
People are so fucking stupid it is infuriating.
We bicker about every stupid issue under the sun instead of taking the action we know is necessary.
Hopefully the American public will start to realize that the GOP and their current president are not representing ordinary citizens, but influential corporations, especially the ethically flexible ones, such as those highly invested in military and oil.
This is why the GOP and their friends at FOX have been climate change deniers, and the current president is calling it a hoax. It's all about protecting profits right up until the point the entire world goes to shit.
The US is the only country in the world where a large percentage of the population still does not believe in climate change even though 99% of scientists support it. This sick situation thanks to GOP politicians, lobbyists and the media that supports them, especially FOX News.
Can you please tell them to fuck off before it is too late?
With exponential growth in third world country populations as well as rapid industrialisation of China etc. this is only the beginning. What needs to be done is to make a choice: More humans helped into this world through aid and relief efforts for irreversible damage to the environment, or a sustainable future for those that will be left of us.
Please prove me wrong.
I have to ask. Are you functionally retarded?
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Vote for Hillary next time and it will all be better.
Hillary isn't running again, shit heel. But yes, vote Democratic, and the people in office will work to improve things. Nobody ever claimed "suddenly global climate change will go away", you fuckwad.
I don't respond to AC's.
"Here are a few maps that illustrate this. Over 1,100 daily record low temperatures have been broken this week alone -- over 1,800 in the last 30 days, along with over 1,100 snow records. The last week of records broken, tied, or approached is shown in this animation from CoolWx.com"
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
You're wrong, cold in winter isn't "just weather," it's a sign the climate is warming.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
The methane is releasing in Siberia now.
It's on, I believe the runaway effect is going on. It's still going to be slow for us as humans, since the world moves at a slower pace.
Shit is hitting the fan, now. Little tiny flecks have already hit the blade, but huge lumps coming soon.
Don't breed, we're going to see some serious shit in the next 20 years. Not 200, the next 20 will be shocking.
America is on track to meet CO2 reduction goals.
If you truly want to save the planet, protest to China, India, or even Russia...
Now you might not live through the experience, unlike protesting in the U.S. But if you don't try you never cared about the planet anyway.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Germany, Japan, China, India, and a number of 3rd world nations keep adding new coal plants, instead of focusing on AE.
Worse, so many will act like this is OK for all these nations.
We have trump in America, but in spite of him/GOP, our coal consumption and CO2 continues downward (though not as much).
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
Ok, here we have a far left that does not get it. India is likely at the level we all need to be at. China is already way over. Heck, most of Europe is still above where the globe needs to be.
Why do you try so hard to avoid the elephant in the room?
Graph of CO2 polluters
India is at the level you think we need to be at... ok....seems a bit extreme to most people but lets go with it.
China is 'way over'..... ok if you say so....seems to be about the average...
Most of Europe is above, ok it's similar to China so no real reason to single China out other than your hatred of them.
And America?
Did you forget to mention that America is 2-4 times as bad as the countries you are complaining about?
Twice the level of the 'way over' China even.
Close to ten times Indian levels, that you claim is your target.
Why are you not taking America to task?
It's clear you are just anti-China and try to hide as much as possible, the fact your entitled country is a far worse CO2 polluter.