I’ll be back with the economic news tomorrow (Monday) but these are the biggest climate stories of the weekend in the meantime:
This year’s record warm winter did not bring joy to the Arctic’s wildlife:
“Climate change is triggering behavior change among animals across the Arctic. In Northern Siberia wild reindeer this summer started migrating almost a month earlier than normal.”
“Researchers recently found pesticides and industrial compounds deposited in snow atop four high-elevation glacier sites on the Norwegian archipelago Svalbard, often considered a “pristine” environment.
“The long journey of these compounds – likely originating in the United States and Eurasia – shows the far-reaching impacts of industrial pollution.”
https://earthsky.org/earth/pesticides-industrial-pollutants-found-atop-arctic-glaciers
LNU Lightning Complex fires now second-largest in California’s history:
“Wildfires called the LNU Lightning Complex fires burning around the North Bay have now burned more than 300,000 acres as of Friday night, making it the second-largest fire in California history and one of many burning around the Bay Area following a series of lightning strikes last weekend.
“‘Driest I’ve seen’: Without summer rains, Arizona cattle ranchers confront tough choices.”
“Next week for the first time on record, two hurricanes could hit the Gulf of Mexico at the same time.
“Twice before, in 1959 and 1933, two tropical storms have entered the Gulf at the same time. But never before have both been hurricanes.”
https://www.livescience.com/two-hurricanes-gulf-of-mexico.html
New record for simultaneous waterspouts off Louisiana coast:
“We had slightly cooler air “aloft” or a couple thousand feet above the ground and very warm water temperatures in the Gulf. This contrast of air temperatures likely created ideal conditions for waterspout formation.”
Floods test limits of China’s Three Gorges Dam:
“Water levels at China’s giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river are inching closer to their maximum after torrential rains raised inflows to a record high.”
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/1972727/floods-test-limits-of-three-gorges-dam
“Massive rains lash Madhya Pradesh, India. Indore records 263.4 mm [10.4 inches] rainfall.
“Among the major towns and cities, Indore was the worst hit, recording 263.4 mm rainfall till 8.30 am on Saturday, which broke the previous heaviest rainfall record of 24 hours recorded 39 years ago on August 10, 1981 when the city considered the state’s commercial capital had recorded 212.6 mm rainfall.”
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