#heatwave
Pakistan and India Face Sizzling April Heat Wave
In Pakistan, millions of people have faced blackouts of up to 14 hours a day during the holy month of Ramadan as a sizzling heat wave brought a surge of demand for electricity. This comes after India reported it experienced its hottest month of March in more than a century of record keeping. Extreme weather has taken a toll on India’s crop yields, with some states reporting a drop in wheat production by as much as 35% this year.
The Washington Post has a more detailed, if less accessible, article:
"Record heat has gripped India since March. It’s about to get worse."
On Monday, several cities across the nation registered highs over 109 degrees (42.8 Celsius); the city of Wardha in the west-central state of Maharashtra soared to 113 degrees (45 Celsius).
Temperatures are forecast to rise further, leaping 10 to 15 degrees (5.5 to 8.3 Celsius) above average during the second half of this week, reigniting worry for those without any way to escape the heat. Portions of northern and western India, especially areas near the borders with Pakistan and Nepal, may endure the most extreme heat. That’s where highs may reach 110 to 115 degrees (44 to 46 Celsius) Wednesday and Thursday.
Between Friday and Sunday, temperatures could climb as high as 120 degrees (49 Celsius) if the most extreme forecast models are correct. ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/04/25/india-record-heat-march-april/
Paywall: https://archive.ph/6eVAb
Meanwhile, China is doubling down on coal production:
"With coal surge, China puts energy security and growth before climate"
With the arrival of another Earth Day, nearly half a year after the Conference of the Parties negotiations concluded, Beijing’s hopes for a rapid pivot away from coal — the fossil fuel most responsible for global temperature increases — have not materialized whether at home or abroad.
A study published Friday indicates that at least 18 new coal plant projects abroad will probably go ahead despite the pledge. At home, power shortages and fears of energy insecurity, worsened by turmoil in international fossil fuel markets from Russia’s war on Ukraine, have renewed convictions that China’s rich coal reserves must remain the country’s main energy source in the near-term.
China already consumes and produces about half the world’s coal and continued expansion of output and capacity make achieving its climate goals look ever more remote.
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On Wednesday, Premier Li Keqiang confirmed a goal of 300 million tons of new coal production capacity in 2022, up from 220 million tons added last year. In March, Chinese miners dug out more coal per day than ever before. Earlier this month, the government of Ordos city, a coal-extraction powerhouse in Inner Mongolia, approved plans to tap a 2 billion-ton coal-reserve spread across 65 square miles with expected output of 15 million tons per year. ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/22/china-coal-climate-change-xi-energy/
Paywall: https://archive.ph/o6T7h
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/4/25/headlines/pakistan_and_india_face_sizzling_april_heat_wave
#India #Pakistan #HeatWave #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Weather #Heat #Chna #coal
● NEWS ● #CNET #Environment ☞ Heat continues after a scorching July to forget: Severe drought and #heatwave , explained https://www.cnet.com/how-to/scorching-heat-broils-west-again-severe-drought-and-heat-wave-explained/
It's so hot I want to cry. Mostly because I am a weak little bitch baby when it comes to hot weather, but also because I may live long enough to see a Maine winter without snow.
#heat #heatwave #weather #climatechange #globalwarming #maine
Giulio Betti auf Twitter: "Sias* has confirmed the 48.8 °C obseved today (August 11, 2021) in the inland station of Siracusa. This is the highest maximum temperature ever recorded in Europe. #Sicily #Italy #heatwave https://t.co/yCUOJpAHFm https://t.co/h3pIRjHjHr https://t.co/u5NOZliwXw" / Twitter
Fuck!
https://twitter.com/Giulio_Firenze/status/1425484211117596675
Climate crisis: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse
"Climate #scientists have detected #warning #signs of the #collapse of the #GulfStream, one of the #planet’s main potential #tipping #points."
#amoc #environment #science #climatechange #atlantic #currents #ocean #polar #regions #boers #greenland #icesheet #sealevel-rise #amazon #rainforest #co2 #siberian #heatwave #methane #global #heating #climatecrisis #climateemergency #climateaction
#ClimateCrisis: Siberian #heatwave led to new #methane #emissions, study says | #ClimateChange | The Guardian
Of course methane is a much more potent #GreenhouseGas than carbon dioxide.
#rain #heatwave #drought #myphoto
July 22, 2021: In the extreme heatwave and drought of the West.
A rare and amazing rainstorm tonight.The rain gutter that runs along the side of my building is about 4 feet deep. It was almost overflowing to the adjoining property next door. I leaned out of a window to take photographs of the beautiful sight of water, and heard a child screaming. It turned out to be a young boy, screaming with total delight as he jumped up and down in the pouring rain. It was overflowing onto the sidewalk.
I leaned out to let the rain wet my hair, and looked up to have rain on my face. Ohhh. It was so wonderful. The sound of rumbling thunder and bolts of lightning was also very wonderful. I opened windows and the wind blew in, and blew things all around and to the floor inside my apartment. I love all of it.
Nobody here is wearing masks anymore, except maybe 5% (no matter the age). Based on today's tally during #heatwave ... another 84 #covid19 deaths today. THIS IS FINE! http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/07/18/the-united-kingdom-lacks-responsible-leadership/
● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Heatwave ☞ #Oregon 's Growing Bootleg Fire Is One of 70 Raging in US West Amid Heatwave https://truthout.org/articles/oregons-growing-bootleg-fire-is-one-of-70-raging-in-us-west-amid-heatwave/
● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Heatwave ☞ Oregon's Growing Bootleg Fire is One of 70 Now Raging in US West, Where Another Heatwave Looms https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/17/oregons-growing-bootleg-fire-one-70-now-raging-us-west-where-another-heatwave-looms
Wildfires fueled by heat wave and drought surge across California and western US
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/07/16/fire-j16.html
#Capitalist #free-market #solutions to #climatechange are a #death #trap. The only solution to climate change is a #planned #socialist #response directed by the #working #class, which meets the immediate #needs of #people across the #planet, not the #care and #nurturing of the bottom lines of #billionaires.
#extreme #heat #wildfires #US #Canada #evacuations #California #Oregon #Washington #Idaho #BritishColumbia #environment #heatwave #drought #global #warming #severe #crisis
Larry Barzelai and Warren Bell: We need to stop B.C. from burning
These days we watch helplessly as our patients suffer increasingly from heat stroke, dehydration, dislocation, and death. The worst thing is that we can’t offer them hope that their future will be brighter.
#global_warming #heatwave #bcpoli #environment #doctors
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/larry-barzelai-and-warren-bell-we-need-to-stop-b-c-from-burning
Thousands of #Sea Creatures Found Boiled Alive After #Canada's Deadly #Heatwave
The #death of these #animals will temporarily affect #water #quality in the area as mussels and clams filter the sea...
Important note for #humanity:
We are part of the environment. If the environment dies, then we also die from the effects.
#climate #crisis #warming #temperature #weather #environment #problem #news #future #science
#heatwave
July 8, 2021
Salt Lake City
The Birds have disappeared. I think they have all headed out of Hot As Hell Downtown and flown to a shady place, with trees, shrubbery and water.
City Creek.
July 8, 2021
Excessive Heat Warning
Utah
National Weather Service
New scorching heat wave building across Western U.S.
At least 28 million people are slated to experience highs in the triple digits over the coming week
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT IN UTA UNTIL 10 PM MDT FRIDAY. Dangerously hot conditions with high temperatures 100 to 104 each afternoon.
Manitoba municipality declares state of agricultural disaster due to drought, record-breaking heat
The municipality says it has received less than 40 per cent of the normal amount of rain so far this year, crop yields are coming in at excessively low volumes, and dugouts and wells are dry or drying up.
#mbpoli #environment #drought #heatwave #agriculture_disaster
