The Daily Mail has cottoned on to global dimming. The end must definitely be nigh, lol.
“Dramatic cuts to air pollution in Europe and Asia could make climate change worse in the short term, but ‘doing nothing would be worse’ say scientists.
“Experts from the University of Reading found that cutting pollution in areas with heavy industry would lead to short term temperature spikes and heavier rainfall. This is down to polluting particles currently reflecting a certain amount of sunlight and stopping it from reaching the ground, according to Professor Richard Allan.”
“Concerns have been raised about the impact of climate change after West Yorkshire was hit by a staggeringly high level of rainfall in February.
“Last month was the wettest February on record in the UK since records began in 1862 and West Yorkshire received 235.8mm of rain. That is 359 per cent above the average for the month, recorded between 1981 and 2010.”
https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/rain-high-level-west-yorkshire-17855720
“On March 3, 2020, three temperature records were set in the city of Kyiv [Ukraine]…
“As earlier reported, for the first time in past 140 years, there was no meteorological winter in Kyiv city for the whole calendar winter 2019/2020.”
“This winter in Central Russia was the hottest ever in the 140-year history of observations, with Moscow reporting a staggering 7.5 degrees Celsius (13.5 Fahrenheit) above average and setting 11 all-time daily temperature records along the way.
“”These are whopping numbers,” Elena Volosyuk, a meteorologist with the Fobos government-licensed weather center told CNN.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/04/europe/russia-warm-temperatures-moscow-climate-intl/index.html
“This winter was the warmest on record for South Korea.
“According to the Korea Meteorological Administration on Wednesday, the average temperature from December to February was 3.1 degrees Celsius, 2.5 degrees higher than normal and the warmest since records began…”
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/03/05/2020030501386.html
“Fish are believed to have fallen from the sky in an outback town following a tropical cyclone.
“Drought-stricken farmers in the rural town of Yowah, 950km west of Brisbane in Queensland, found fish flapping around in puddles after Tropical Cyclone Esther hit the area on February 24.”
“The outback town of Thargomindah has broken its 21-year-old record for its wettest day as torrential rain sweeps across drought-declared western Queensland…
“”So far in March, Thargomindah airport has seen 201 millimetres. This is also making it the wettest month on record at this station,” he said.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-05/ex-cyclone-esther-rain-outback-queensland-records/12026462
“Extreme heatwave temperatures over summer have led to a mass bird kill at Gluepot Reserve in South Australia’s Riverland.
“Ian Falkenberg from the reserve’s management committee said more than 100 birds died in late December heat, and it was likely to have happened in other places across the state.”
“Record sea-surface temperatures in much of the Great Barrier Reef region have intensified the risks that coral bleaching already underway could develop into another mass bleaching event.
“The Bureau of Meteorology briefed the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and reef scientists on Thursday of the record February heat and the likelihood that the well-above average sea temperatures will linger well into March.”
“Some may be surprised to hear Otago and Southland [NZ managed to record some weather records over the summer.
“But don’t get too excited about summer heat. They were mainly for the amount of rain that fell.”
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/summer-extremes-set-weather-records
“In Barreira [Brazil], Paloma Ribeiro drifted in limbo struggling to keep up morale for her missing father.
““We know that there’s still hope in the first 48 hours after the landslide happened,” the student said, flanked by two friends while sitting on a beach chair. “But the more time passes, the more upset I feel. I fear for the worst, but I just can’t say it now.””
““Towards the end of the Caribbean dry season, a likely reduction in water availability is due to evolving (or possible) long term drought in all countries and territories except French Guiana and Guadeloupe.
“In addition, frequent dry spells and short-term drought in a majority of places may pose water stress to sensitive rainfed crops.”
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Concerns_remain_for_Caribbean_as_drought_season_continues
“Across four counties in Tennessee, residents and officials are grasping with the devastation left by a powerful and fast-moving storm that cut across Middle Tennessee in the early hours of Tuesday morning, dropping at least one tornado that roared up to 175 mph.
“Weather forecasters still working to survey damaged areas…”
“Extending a trend from last year and the start of 2020, the Great Lakes remained at or above record levels in February, officials reported this week.
“The latest U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District monthly report showed Lakes Superior as well as Michigan and Huron, which are counted as one body of water, surpassed their February record-high mean levels previously set in 1986.”
“Tropical forests are taking up less carbon dioxide from the air, reducing their ability to act as “carbon sinks” and bringing closer the prospect of accelerating climate breakdown.
“The Amazon could turn into a source of carbon in the atmosphere…”
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