This is what Nova Scotians can expect for weather this summer

2022-06-06T20:05+0200CBC (en)

With summer on the horizon — and warm temperatures arriving earlier and lasting longer across Canada — many are hoping to avoid a repeat of last year's Dave Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, spoke with CBC Radio's Information Morning Nova Scotia host Portia....

Disastri naturali: l’importanza della prevenzione

2022-06-02T10:54+0200notiziegeopolitiche (it)

di C.Alessandro Mauceri – Almeno 91 morti in Brasile a causa di inondazioni e smottamenti. Migliaia i dispersi, specie nelle favelas delle città nord-orientali di Recife e Jaboatao dos Guararapes, le più colpite. La scorsa settimana forti piogge hanno sferzato il Pernambuco provocando smottamenti....

How the Climate Justice Movement Could Solve Global Gender Inequalities

2022-05-27T04:08+0200earth-org (en)

As the most challenging global issue of all time, climate change has not only incalculable ecological impacts but also complex intertwining with global patterns of societal inequality. In any climate crisis, women and girls always bear the brunt of the negative impacts. However, women’s rights are less frequently discussed in the climate agenda.

mercoledì 25 maggio

2022-05-27T00:47+0200informazioneonline (it)

L'incidente tra un'auto e una moto è avvenuto in via Verdi poco prima delle 22. Nel violento scontro sono rimaste coinvolte due persone: sul posto,... Un percorso da favola dove sono nascoste 21 sculture lignee di animaletti umanizzati realizzati da Barba Brisiu.

Energia: In arrivo la tempesta perfetta di blackout continui in estate per miliardi di persone

2022-05-26T16:46+0200agenparl (it)

(AGENPARL) – Roma, 26 maggio 2022 – Si prevede un’estate molto ma molto calda e non solo per temperature torride. Quest’estate, le reti elettriche in tutto il mondo non produrranno elettricità a sufficienza per soddisfare l’impennata della domanda, minacciando più di un miliardo di persone con dei blackout continui.

Forecasters predict an abnormally high number of storms for this hurricane season—again

2022-05-25T22:50+0200truemedian (en)

with 70 percent confidence that from June 1 to November 30, the eastern US coast will see up to 21 named storms. Six to 10 of those storms could become hurricanes, with three to six of those hurricanes potentially being “major”—category 3, 4, or 5. A hyperactive storm season should not be taken lightly, NOAA officials emphasize.

Wmo: Ultimi 7 anni i più caldi di sempre, nuovo record per 4 indicatori del cambiamento climatico

2022-05-24T09:38+0200ilfattonisseno (it)

Gli ultimi sette anni sono stati i sette anni più caldi mai registrati. Il 2021 è stato “solo” uno dei sette più caldi a causa di un evento La Niña all’inizio e alla fine dell’anno “temporaneo che ha portato un effetto di raffreddamento, ma non ha invertito la tendenza generale all’aumento delle temperature “.

B.C. farmers ‘white-knuckling’ their way through extreme cold after floods, heat dome

2022-05-22T11:50+0200heatingnewsjournal (en)

VANCOUVER – Richard Bosma’s cows were home less than a week after being evacuated from a flood in Abbotsford, BC, before temperatures dropped on his farm. VANCOUVER – Richard Bosma’s cows were home less than a week after being evacuated from a flood in Abbotsford, BC, before temperatures dropped on his farm.

Get ready for a summer of blackouts

2022-05-20T18:54+0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) predicts that the U.S. may see a summer of rolling blackouts. These blackouts are predicted to be a result of high temperatures and droughts across the country. High temperatures, which are considered to be a guarantee for most of the U.S.

Get Ready For A Summer Of Blackouts

2022-05-20T18:02+0200ibtimes (en)

by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) predicts that the U.S. may see a summer of rolling blackouts. These blackouts are predicted to be a result of high temperatures and droughts across the country. High temperatures, which are considered to be a guarantee for most of the U.S.

news Latest climate report underscores urgent need to act on drought

2022-05-19T20:47+0200unccd-int (en)

The State of the Global Climate in 2021 report released on 18 May 2022 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirms that the past seven years have been the warmest seven years on record. According to the Report, drought affected many parts of the world, including the Horn of Africa,....

Wmo, la crisi climatica continua ad accelerare: nel 2021 toccati quattro record negativi

2022-05-18T16:21+0200greenreport (it)

Eppure stiamo sussidiando i combustibili fossili con 11 milioni di dollari al minuto Wmo, la crisi climatica continua ad accelerare: nel 2021 toccati quattro record negativi. Guterres: «Le energie rinnovabili sono l'unico percorso verso una vera sicurezza energetica, prezzi dell'energia stabili e....

Wmo: “Ultimi 7 anni i più caldi di sempre, nuovo record per 4 indicatori del cambiamento climatico”

2022-05-18T10:34+0200dire (it)

ROMA – Gli ultimi sette anni sono stati i sette anni più caldi mai registrati . Il 2021 è stato “solo” uno dei sette più caldi a causa di un evento La Niña all’inizio e alla fine dell’anno “che ha portato un effetto di raffreddamento temporaneo, ma non ha invertito la tendenza generale all’aumento delle temperature”.

Clima, WMO: nuovi record nel 2021 per 4 indicatori chiave

2022-05-18T10:22+0200meteoweb (it)

L’Organizzazione Meteorologica Mondiale (World meteorological organization, WMO) delle Nazioni Unite, ha pubblicato oggi l’ultimo rapporto, dal titolo “ The WMO State of the Global Climate in 2021 “. Dal documento emerge che 4 indicatori chiave del cambiamento climatico – le concentrazioni di gas....

2021 among hottest years on record

2022-05-18T10:08+0200tellerreport (en)

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) publishes this Wednesday, May 18 its report on the state of the climate in 2021. If 2016 was warmer, it still beat other sad records. 2021 among hottest years on record. July 11, 2021 in Death Valley National Park, California. AP - John Locher. Text by: Simon Rozé Follow.

Fulmini su Johannesburg (Sud Africa)

2022-05-18T00:31+0200lanuovabq (it)

L’Ufficio per la riduzione del rischio di disastri delle Nazioni Unite (Undrr) ha da poco pubblicato un rapporto sulla situazione del pianeta in cui si dice che dal 1970 a oggi il numero dei disastri naturali è quintuplicato e si prevede che nell’immediato futuro aumenterà ancora del 40%.

Global Warming Shows Alarming Surge But World Sitting Smug

2022-05-16T06:01+0200menafn (en)

- Gulf Times) Unprecedented floods and landslides in South Africa and a blistering heatwave across India and Pakistan are just a few examples of the devastating impacts of global warming. Scientists are of the view that the natural calamity experienced in and around Durban last month was made twice as likely by global warming.

Environmental developments worldwide in January 2022

2022-05-13T20:36+0200turkishpress (en)

ANKARA A number of reports on climate change and its growing impact were released in January, while positive steps and pledges toward the protection of the environment were also witnessed. Following is a list of environmental developments, reports and events compiled by Anadolu Agency. Jan.

Climate change made deadly S. Africa rains twice as likely

2022-05-13T14:34+0200terradaily (en)

Rainfall that caused catastrophic floods and landslides last month in and around Durban, South Africa, was made twice as likely by global warming, scientists said Friday. An exceptional downpour -- more than 35 centimetres (14 inches) over two days -- on April 11-12 claimed hundreds of lives and caused $1.

Climate change made KZN's deadly rains twice as likely, scientists say

2022-05-13T13:49+0200eyewitness-news (en)

PARIS - Rainfall that caused catastrophic floods and landslides last month in and around Durban was made twice as likely by global warming, scientists said on Friday. An exceptional downpour, more than 35 centimetres over two days, on 11-12 April claimed hundreds of lives and caused $1.

13/05/2022 Climate change made deadly S. Africa rains twice as likely

2022-05-13T13:15+0200rfi-en (en)

An exceptional downpour -- more than 35 centimetres (14 inches) over two days -- on April 11-12 claimed hundreds of lives and caused $1.5 billion in damage across the provinces KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape. Without climate change, rain of this intensity would happen roughly once every 40 years,....

Stato del Clima in Europa: l’estate 2021 la più calda mai registrata

2022-04-27T12:01+0200regionieambiente (it)

L’annuale Rapporto di Copernicus (C3S) e del Centro per le previsioni meteorologiche (ECMWF) conferma che l’Europa è passata da temperature insolitamente fredde in primavera all’estate più calda mai registrata lo scorso anno, battendo i record di temperatura e pioggia giornaliera, mentre gli incendi....

Australia: Climate revolution now: An interview with Karin Xuereb, Scientist Rebellion - Sydney Criminal Lawyers

2022-04-27T08:57+0200mondaq (en)

Back in the day, the process of disseminating the message that the climate is collapsing to the point of no return was clear. The scientists did the research, produced the evidence, and the activists held public demonstrations to raise awareness. But with multiple ongoing extreme weather events....

Despite mounting danger, Americans keep moving to the counties at highest risk for wildfires, floods, and droughts

2022-04-22T19:22+0200news-yahoo (en)

In the West, a primary concern is the wildland-urban interface, where residential developments sit in forested areas that are highly vulnerable to wildfires. From 1990 to 2010, there was a 41% increase in the number of new homes in these areas, one study calculated. Every year now, homes in those areas are burning down.

Lowering the temperature on a hot topic: A climate change primer

2022-04-21T09:08+0200phys (en)

As science gets better at measuring and deciphering evidence from those atmospheres of the past, researchers are discovering that large climatic episodes are linked to mass extinction events, when much of life on Earth died off. So, if the climate does change and has tended toward the drastic in the....

Lowering the temperature on a hot topic: A climate change primer

2022-04-21T03:28+0200vervetimes (en)

Climate changes. It has done so, often dramatically, over the course of Earth’s geologic timescales, measured in hundreds of thousands and millions of years. Some of these changes might have caused a phenomenon called snowball Earth, a period in which the entire planet froze over. Other changes have taken the planet in the opposite direction.

Lowering the temperature on a hot topic: A climate change…

2022-04-20T22:37+0200samacharcentral (en)

Climate changes. It has done so, often dramatically, over the course of Earth’s geologic timescales, measured in hundreds of thousands and millions of years. Some of these changes might have caused a phenomenon called snowball Earth, a period in which the entire planet froze over. Other changes have taken the planet in the opposite direction.

Atmospheric dust levels are rising in the Great Plains

2022-04-19T19:00+0200qnewshub (en)

Got any spaces left on that 2020 bingo card? Pencil in “another Dust Bowl in the Great Plains.” A study from University of Utah researchers and their colleagues finds that atmospheric dust levels are rising across the Great Plains at a rate of up to 5% per year.

Climate change and Michigan: Challenges and opportunities April 18, 2022

2022-04-18T17:17+0200umich (en)

Climate change is the defining global problem of the 21st century. Everyone on the planet will be affected, even if they haven’t already been impacted. Future generations will be the most affected. Natural systems are also getting hit hard. For example, there is a growing wildfire crisis out West,....

Climate change and Michigan: Challenges and opportunities

2022-04-18T16:47+0200miragenews (en)

With Earth Day coming up, University of Michigan climate scientist Jonathan Overpeck discusses climate change challenges and opportunities for Michigan. Overpeck, the Samuel A. Graham Dean of the School for Environment and Sustainability, has worked on climate change for more than 35 years and on five continents.

Tunisia, rischio disastro ambientale: affonda petroliera!

2022-04-16T17:18+0200trend-online (it)

In Tunisia sta avvenendo l’ennesimo disastro ambientale. A 7 chilometri dalle coste del Golfo di Gabes una petroliera è affondata con a bordo 750 tonnellate di carburante. Questa sembra essere rimasta bloccata al largo della Tunisia a causa del mal tempo e poco dopo è affondata. TUNISIA In Tunisia sta avvenendo l’ennesimo disastro ambientale .