“February 2020 was the second hottest February on record for the entire globe, reveals a new report released by the European Union’s Earth Observation Programme Copernicus’s Climate Change Service. Moreover, the report also confirmed that past winter—from December 2019 to February 2020—was also the warmest winter Europe has ever experienced.
“According to the report, the global mean temperature for February 2020 was just 0.1°C cooler than February 2016, which is the hottest February ever recorded on planet Earth. The previous month was also 0.1°C warmer than February 2017, which has now become the third warmest February of all time.”
“Both the Arctic and Antarctica saw below mean sea ice cover in the last month compared to the 1981-2010 average, the European Union’s climate change body said Tuesday.
“”In the Arctic, the sea ice extent was 6% below the 1981-2010 average…In Antarctica, sea ice extent was 14% below the 1981-2010 average,” the Copernicus Climate Change Service said in its monthly sea ice cover study.”
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/environment/arctic-antarctica-see-below-mean-sea-ice-in-february/1761570
“Climate change is causing trees and plants to take root in normally barren areas around the world – including the Arctic Circle, according to a new study.
“UK scientists found warmer and wetter weather makes more greenery grow on savannas and tundras, which collectively make up 40 per cent of the world’s land.”
“The temperature maps distributed by the Russian Meteorological Service this week show a warmer Russia than ever before. The winter of 2019-2020 was the mildest since record-keeping started 130 years ago.
“Practically the whole vast country had average temperatures up to 8 degrees higher than normal.”
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2020/03/extreme-russian-winter
“Many communities in the Northwest Territories [Canada] are worried about the impacts climate change is having on their cemeteries.
“”Due to climate change and the melting of the permafrost, our cemetery in Dettah is currently at its end of life,” said Jason Snaggs, chief executive officer for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-cemetaries-climate-change-1.5491917
“The winter of 2019/2020 has been the warmest ever recorded in Europe. That’s a problem for a species of seal which is facing extinction.
“The Saimaa ringed seal needs snow and ice to survive because it gives birth to its pups in lairs dug into snow drifts.”
“More than 65 flood warnings and 198 alerts are in place across the UK as heavy rain is forecast to drench areas that were badly affected by last month’s storms…
“In Hereford, flood barriers are being erected on the River Wye to protect the city, only three weeks after it hit a record high of 6.11m – more than two meters higher than the level which begins to flood the area.”
“Large ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest could collapse in less than 50 years once a crucial tipping point is reached, a new study has claimed.
“Researchers have argued some natural environments are collapsing at a “significantly faster rate” than previously thought and could transform into “alternative ecosystems” when put under stress.”
“A white female giraffe, thought to the last of its kind in the world, has been killed by poachers, conservationists in Kenya have announced.
“The mother her and calf were found in a “skeletal state”, and were thought to have died at least four months ago, Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy said in a statement.”
“Over 60 percent of India, except for the Indo Gangetic plains, has experienced significant warming in the 1951-2015 period, a study has said.
“A climatic shift has also been noted with a pronounced increase in frequency of hot days in the last four decades, according to another study.”
“Agricultural burning and forest fires could trigger large-scale glacial melting in the Gangotri glacier as summer approaches.
“According to an Indian Ministry of Science & Technology notification, the already receding Gangotri glacier is in danger.”
https://www.gulftoday.ae/opinion/2020/03/10/black-carbon-threatens-gangotri-glacier
“According to recent Mekong River Commission (MRC) studies, the frequency and severity of droughts across the Mekong basin has increased over the past few decades.
“The upper reaches of the Mekong are witnessing an unprecedented spectacle when the water level is at its lowest in history, even though it is the rainy season.”
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700261/mekong-region-facing-serious-drought
“Marianne McCarthy lives with her family on Bulloo Downs homestead in Thargomindah [Queensland, Australia]. They are among many residents isolated by floodwaters after the area received record-breaking rain.
“The mail is expected to be delayed for weeks, which could impact deliveries for Easter.”
“February brought above average rainfall for Whanganui [NZ] and the hottest temperature since records began. However, the rain provided little respite with soils continuing to dry out.”
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=12315530
“The United Nations’ weather and climate agency is out with its annual State of the Climate report, and it says “the tell-tale physical signs of climate change” are everywhere. The report documents unprecedented heat waves, fires and floods over the past year, and warns that there is likely more to come.
“In the report, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) cited the historic fires in Australia and the Amazon, record-shattering heat waves in Europe, and soaring levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In a statement released with the report, the leader of the United Nations calls climate change “the defining challenge of our time” and said “time is fast running out for us to avert the worst impacts of climate disruption.”“
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/un-climate-change-report-world-meteorological-organization/
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