“Temperatures in April were on par with the previous warmest April on record four years ago, with extremely high temperatures in some parts of Europe, Greenland and Antarctica.
“Above-average global temperatures meant April was just 0.01 degrees Celsius cooler than April 2016, a difference considered statistically “insignificant” by the Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.”
“The current drought has a very negative impact on sowing, Poland’s met office (IMGW) has stated in a press release published on May 4.
““We also see that in Poland the soil moisture index in the shallow layer has fallen below 30 percent, and in places below 20 percent,” IMGW added.”
https://wbj.pl/current-drought-has-very-negative-impact-on-sowing/post/126934
Asturias and Almeria (Murcia, Spain) record record highs for May.
https://murciatoday.com/record_temperatures_for_the_beginning_of_may_1421350-a.html
“An unusually strong blast of frigid air for the month of May is set to crash into the eastern United States late this week, likely bringing record-low temperatures in some areas for Mother’s Day weekend.
“The blast of cold may even allow for some snow in parts of the Northeast and frost as far south as the interior Carolinas.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/05/04/record-cold-east-mothers-day/
“Following a brief respite from the blistering heat wave last week that smashed records from California to Texas, record heat will return to the Southwest and Southern California by the middle of this week. Hot temperatures will then shift toward the Northwest by the end of the week.
“Once again, the jet stream will bulge northward…”
“In an excerpt from their new book, two Guardian journalists recount how a fierce blaze broke out on a fall morning in 2018. It became the most lethal US wildfire in 100 years…
“Camp Creek Road may have defied fire crews, but it did lend the blaze its incongruously playful name: the Camp fire.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/05/paradise-california-wildfire-book-extract
“Global warming isn’t just causing glaciers to melt—it’s making some collapse suddenly.
“That’s what scientists believe happened at Alaska’s Flat Creek Glacier, deep in the mountains of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/warming-caused-a-glacier-in-alaska-to-collapse/
“Countries in the Pacific Islands have been praised for their swift response to the threat of Covid-19…
“But after Tropical Cyclone Harold – a category five cyclone that tore through Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga in early April – there is grave concern that these nations will be unable to cope with two crises at once.”
“The North Island drought [NZ] — the worst in 50 years in some parts of Northland — has prompted thousands to seek financial help…
“Whangārei, Auckland, Whitianga, Hamilton, Tauranga, Whakatāne, Napier and Taupō have had their driest January to April on record, according to Niwa’s figures.”
“Ongoing flooding in Kenya has claimed the lives of another 164 people, a Kenyan government official said Monday.
“Heavy downpours, during the rainy season, which lasts from March to May, have wreaked havoc all across the nation marked with flash floods, landslides and sinkholes that have left thousands displaced, livestock dead and crops destroyed.”
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/ongoing-floods-in-kenya-claim-164-lives/1829076
“A second, much bigger wave of locusts is causing destruction on a vast scale across East Africa, months after the region was hit by another locust invasion. David Hughes from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization explains the severe implications for many countries in the region.”
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“From the vast plains of the Masai Mara in Kenya to the delicate corals of the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelles, conservation work to protect some of the world’s most important ecosystems is facing crisis following a collapse in ecotourism during the Covid-19 pandemic…
“…border closures and worldwide travel restrictions abruptly halted millions of pounds of income from tourism.”
“The number of tropical cyclones originating in the North Atlantic and central Pacific has slightly increased, while fewer have occurred in the southern Indian Ocean and western North Pacific, according to the research…
“The research “provides strong evidence” that human-caused global warming has had “a considerable impact on global tropical cyclones”, another scientist tells Carbon Brief.”
https://www.carbonbrief.org/global-warming-has-changed-spread-of-tropical-cyclones-around-the-world
“If global warming continues unchecked, the heat that’s coming later this century in some parts of the world will bring “nearly unlivable” conditions for up to 3 billion people, a study released Monday said…
“2020 expected to be Earth’s warmest year on record, scientists say.”
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