“Permafrost carbon feedbacks threaten global climate goals.
“…a new paper released today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences argues that the carbon budget these [Paris Agreement] commitments are based on does not take into account the latest science on Arctic feedback loops, and calls for global leaders to rethink emissions goals.”
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-permafrost-carbon-feedbacks-threaten-global.html
“Fears spill from Russian oilfield could threaten Barents Sea…
“Fears are growing that a spill from an oilfield in northern Russia could reach the Barents Sea as frozen lumps of oil are swiftly being carried downstream on a river – although the operator’s parent company, Lukoil, has said clean-up efforts are in the “final stages”.”
“Wildfires Scorch Forests In Parts Of Russia… Different Russian regions have been hit by the spread of wildfires amid a heatwave…
“Russia’s Emergencies ministry says the total area of forest hit by fires in Tyumen region has reached more than 60 thousand hectares (over 148 thousand acres).”
“Moscow has beaten temperature records over 100 years old for the second day in a row Tuesday…
“Temperatures are likely to climb higher and reach around 33 C later in the afternoon, when they will approach an all-time May record of 33.2 C [91.4F] that was set on May 28, 2007, Fobos said.”
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/05/18/moscow-breaks-100-year-may-heat-records-a73933
“Spain’s Malaga breaks all time record for sizzling temperatures in May.
“The gauge shot up to 35.4C [95.7F] on Sunday, the highest May temperature ever recorded in the city.”
“Cyclone Tauktae: Indian navy in search for 81 oil workers missing at sea.
“The Indian navy has mounted a massive air and sea rescue mission for 81 missing oil workers and crew whose barge sank in heavy seas after a powerful cyclone struck the west coast of the country.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/18/cyclone-tauktae-india-landfall-evacuations-covid
“Mumbai on Monday experienced its wettest-ever day in May, breaking all previous 24-hour rainfall records.
“The Santacruz observatory recorded 214mm [8.43 inches] between 8.30am and 8.30pm on Monday. The all-time 24-hour rainfall recorded here for May previously was 190mm (2000).”
“Why are tropical cyclones in increasing in the Arabian Sea?
“”Now what is happening — the Arabian Sea temperatures, the ocean’s surface temperatures — are warming rapidly,” climate scientist Roxy Mathew Koll of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology told AFP.”
“Panic among Hunza villagers (Pakistan) as fears of glacial outburst grow… The increasing water discharge from the Shisper glacial lake in Hunza has created fear among people living downstream…
“The surge in the nearby Muchuhur glacier in May 2018 had blocked the water flow, creating a lake in Shisper glacier.”
https://www.dawn.com/news/1624374/panic-among-hunza-villagers-as-fear-of-glacial-lake-outburst-grows
“Deadly Flash Floods on the Rise in the Himalayas.
“…as a deadly flash flood in the region this past February indicates, such natural calamities are becoming more frequent and intense in the ecologically fragile region, say experts.”
“Drought-hit Taiwan plans more water curbs for chip hubs…
“Describing the drought as the worst in the island’s history, the economy ministry said it the absence of rain it would raise the drought level to its highest red alert, meaning companies in the Hsinchu and Taichung science parks should trim water use by 17%.”
“Turf growers fear a shortage after floods destroy NSW crops… Lynne Bonser has worked at Earl’s Turf for more than a decade, and she’s never seen the property so badly hit.
“”Those who were alive in the 78 floods and remember them say the current was just so much faster [during this flood],” she said.”
“World’s coffee at risk amid Brazil drought.
“Brazil, the world’s biggest exporter of coffee, sugar and orange juice, just had a rainy season that brought hardly any rain. Soils are parched and river levels are low in the nation’s Center-South region, a powerhouse of agricultural output.”
https://www.bworldonline.com/worlds-coffee-at-risk-amid-brazil-drought/
“Brazil’s pandemic-weary Manaus flooded by rising Amazon rivers.
“Heavy rains in the Amazon rainforest have caused rivers to rise to near record levels, flooding small Brazilian towns and threatening the state capital Manaus with another disaster after it was severely struck by the coronavirus pandemic.”
“Yanomami beset by violent land-grabs, hunger and disease in Brazil…
“Shocking images shared on Brazilian social media this week have cast a spotlight on a spiral of violence, malnutrition and disease that threatens fresh devastation for the Yanomami people and their ancestral territory in the Amazon state of Roraima.”
“California Farmers Facing Drought Are Choosing Empty Fields. In some areas of California it’s so dry that farmers aren’t even bothering to plant crops this season.
“Growers north of San Francisco have begun pulling out of local farmers markets and produce-box programs.”
“‘What more can you do to us?’: Flooding swamps Louisiana, killing 2; rainfall in Lake Charles possibly a 100-year event…
“Louisiana was hit especially hard Monday: The weather service said in a Facebook post that south Lake Charles in western Louisiana saw 12 to 15 inches of rain in a 12-hour period.”
“Extreme pattern divides the Prairies with winter and summer weather…
“Southern areas are seeing mid-summer heat and the risk for severe thunderstorms, while northern sections are on the opposite end of the temperature spectrum — with single-digit daytime highs and heavy snow.”
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/summer-heat-way-snow-potential-152000565.html
“Record Heat Builds in the East.
“A ridge starts dominating the forecast for the eastern US as we continue through the rest of the week… The southerly wind builds the heat and humidity for record high temperatures.”
https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/record-heat-builds-in-the-east/
“New Jersey wildfire threatens homes, burns 1,000 acres. Firefighters in New Jersey were battling a wildfire Monday that had burned more than 1,000 acres in less than a day, officials said.
“The fire was spotted at about 4 p.m. Sunday in a forested area on the Jersey Shore that has limited accessibility, according to a statement from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-jersey-wildfire-threatens-homes-burns-1-000-acres-n1267573
“Climate crisis to put millions of British homes at risk of subsiding. The hotter and drier summers being driven by global heating mean the ground under houses will shrink and crack, scientists said.
“The key areas affected are London, Essex, Kent, and a swathe of land from Oxford up to the Wash… because the clay formations underlying these areas are most vulnerable to losing moisture.”
“Greenland ice sheet on brink of major tipping point, says study… The study shows destabilisation of this ice sheet is under way…
“Scientists say ice equivalent to 1-2 metres of sea level rise is probably already doomed to melt.”
“Peatlands pose complex, poorly understood wildfire risk, researchers warn.
“Once viewed as benign wetland firebreaks, these complex ecosystems are not necessarily resistant to fire and can extend and accelerate wildfires. When climate change and human activity accelerate the drying of such wetlands, stored peat becomes even more dangerous fuel for smoky, stubborn and potentially devastating fires.”
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/mu-ppc051821.php
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