Twenty-nine cities in the UK experienced record high temperatures today. In Coningsby, the high reached 40.3º Celsius (104.5º Fahrenheit). Yikes!
UK breaks record for highest temperature as Europe sizzles
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/ar...-smashing-heat
The Colorado. The Danube. The Yangtze. The Po. The Rhine. The Loire. Many rivers worldwide are drying up because of heat waves and a lack of rainfall. These pictures are truly scary.
The world's rivers are drying up from extreme weather. See how 6 look from space.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/20/world...ntl/index.html
Excessive heat and a lack of rainfall – and it continues to get worse.
Europe's drought is the worst in 500 years, officials say, as two-thirds of the continent is under distress
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/europe-...-years-report/
One of the researchers says it is "entirely likely" sea levels could rise 30 inches. A 2019 study found that if the entire Greenland ice sheet melted, sea levels would rise 23 feet and many coastal cities would be underwater. Yikes!
Inevitable: Melting Greenland ice sheet will send seas nearly a foot higher, study finds
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...as/7889561001/
The highest temperature ever recorded anywhere in the world is 134° – at Death Valley, July 10 1913. Nearby is Furnace Creek and the Funeral Mountains. All three names are appropriate.
Death Valley hits 127 degrees, setting record for hottest September day on the planet
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...on-the-planet/
Yesterday, Livermore in Alameda County hit an all-time high temperature of 117°. Today was much cooler – only 111°.
A brutal heat wave brings record highs in the 110s and threatens power outages across California
CNN, Sep 7 2022 12:13 AM ET
A record-breaking heat wave has baked the West for days, fueling destructive wildfires and threatening rolling power shutoffs in California – and it could last even longer due to the effects of a hurricane forming along Mexico's Pacific Coast. Sacramento hit 115° Tuesday, the hottest day on record for the state capital. Records were also broken all over the Bay Area, with some cities shattering previous daily records by more than 10 degrees. Scientists say searing heat is part of a global pattern of rising temperatures, and climate change is making heat waves hotter and more frequent.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/07/us/we...wave-wednesday
Britain, Spain, France and Switzerland had record high temperatures in 2022. The hottest year in the United States was 2016. According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, the states with the highest average temperature are now Florida, Hawai'i, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Arizona and Arkansas.
UK saw hottest year on record in 2022 as Europe’s climate warms
https://fox59.com/news/national-worl...climate-warms/
As glaciers and sea ice continue to melt and ocean levels continue to rise, many inland cities could wind up being coastal cities.
Half of all mountain glaciers are expected to disappear by 2100
https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...ppear-by-2100/
Here is scary confirmation of what I said above about the likelihood of inland cities becoming coastal cities:
Warm water melts weak spots on Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier,' say scientists
Reuters, Feb 15 2023
Scientists studying Antarctica's vast Thwaites Glacier – nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier – say warm water is seeping into its weak spots, worsening melting caused by rising temperatures, two papers published in Nature journal showed today. Thwaites, which is roughly the size of Florida, represents more than half a meter (1.6 feet) of global sea level rise potential and could destabilize neighboring glaciers that have the potential to cause a further three-meter (9.8-foot) rise.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/to...ts/ar-AA17wIiR
Last month was the 530th consecutive month with global temperatures above the 20th century average. That trend will continue – and likely worsen.
Scientists warn an El Niño is likely coming that could bring scorching heat to Earth
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...s/70211895007/
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