“The polar ice caps are melting six times faster than in the 1990s, according to the most complete analysis to date.
“The ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica is tracking the worst-case climate warming scenario set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), scientists say.”
“Ninety years ago there were no satellites to detect changes in Greenland’s coastal glaciers
“…but a new study combining historical photos with evidence from ocean sediments suggests climate change was already at work in the 1930s and led to a major collapse of the one of Greenland’s largest coastal glaciers.”
https://phys.org/news/2020-03-major-greenland-glacier-collapse-years.html
“Bears across the world are emerging from hibernation as much as a month early after an abnormally warm winter.
“Wildlife experts, zoologists and park rangers have noted unusually early stirrings in Russia, Canada, the US and Scandinavia, raising fears that climate change may be damaging sleep cycles and disrupting the food chain.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/11/threat-bears-mild-winter-triggers-early-end-hibernation/
““A storm with tropical characteristics is on its way to Israel,” said Meteorologist Tzahi Waxman from Meteo-Tech.
““Wind and rainfall records might be broken. There is concern about widespread flooding.””
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkaKOKDHI
“Zambia is facing severe water and electricity shortages after a lengthy drought, with reservoir levels remaining worryingly low despite recent rains.
“Water levels in Lake Kariba, the world’s largest artificial lake at more than 5,500 sq km, have dropped by six metres in the past three years.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/zambians-water-shortage-drought-lake-rainfall
“At least eight people have been killed and 24 others were injured in rain and snow-related incidents across the province [Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan] on Wednesday.
“The latest casualties mean that the death toll from the ongoing spell of heavy rain and snow has climbed up to 35.”
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2174224/1-snow-rain-incidents-kill-eight-k-p/
“It’s hard to believe that it has already been a year since a powerful mid-latitude cyclone exploded with record strength over the plains of eastern Colorado.
“The storm produced blizzard conditions for more than 10 hours and left some places with a foot or more of snow. It even caused problems in the air with a passenger jet experiencing severe turbulence and a near mid-air stall about 100 miles east of Denver.”
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/03/11/colorado-weather-bomb-cyclone-anniversary/
“The World Meteorological Organisation today published a definitive climate report card showing concentrations of greenhouse gases continue to rise, and the last five years were the warmest on record.”
https://phys.org/news/2020-03-years-warmest.html
I’m very struck by how slow the climate-related news has been these past few days. I am wondering if news agencies are so busy reporting on the coronavirus that extreme weather events etc. are going unreported.
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