“July 2021 has earned the “unenviable distinction” of being confirmed as the hottest month ever recorded.
“According to new data released by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), global land and ocean temperatures were 1.67F (0.93 C) above the 20th-century average of 60.4F (15.8C), making it the hottest July since records began 142 years ago.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/july-weather-hottest-month-earth-b1902356.html
“‘Code red’ climate change report nothing new to Nunavummiut [ie residents of Nunavut in the northernmost territory of Canada]…
“The IPCC report released this week weighs in at 3,949 pages, and none of them takes into account the observations of Inuit. This has long been a problem with the way Arctic research is conducted… Premier Joe Savikataaq… says houses across the territory need to be lifted so they are protected from melting permafrost.”
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/code-red-climate-change-report-nothing-new-to-nunavummiut/
“Another historic day in British Columbia with up to 40.2°C [104.4F] in Squamish and 39.8°C in Port Alberni (new August record for the entire Vancouver Island).
“Monthly record in Abbotsford (39.4°C), Nanaimo (37.0°C), Pitt Meadows (36.6°C), Victoria (35.5°C), etc.”
https://twitter.com/ThierryGooseBC/status/1426029178982371329
“The impact of this summer’s drought across the Prairies could be felt by Canada’s cattle sector for the next two to three years, according to market watchers, with consumers continuing to face high beef prices.
“Hot, dry weather has strained pastures and hampered hay production at a time when farmers are usually producing feed for winter. Feed costs have spiked as a result.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-beef-prices-drought-1.6137777
“Snow is nearly gone on Washington’s Mount Rainier as 34 states brace for another heatwave…
“Shocking aerial images taken from above Mount Rainier revealed the sparse covering of snow left on the iconic mountain as Washington state, along with 33 others, braces for more extreme heatwave conditions.
“According to scientists at Washington State University, the glaciers in the state have gone through the most severe and rapid melting episode of the last 100 years.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/heatwave-warning-snow-mount-rainier-b1901776.html
“The Pacific Northwest, Built for Mild Summers, Is Scorching Yet Again…
“For the second time this summer, a part of the country known for its snow-capped mountains and fleece-clad inhabitants was enduring a heat wave so intense that it…
“…threatened lives and critical infrastructure.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/us/excessive-heat-warning-seattle-portland.html
“US wildfire pollution linked to more covid-19 cases and deaths…
“Links between long-term exposure to dirty air and greater risk of death and severe illness from covid-19 have already been well-documented. But the new research puts numbers on how short-term exposure to pollution, in this case from wildfires, may have made the pandemic’s health impact worse.”
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2286977-us-wildfire-pollution-linked-to-more-covid-19-cases-and-deaths/
“California’s Dry Season Is Turning Into a Permanent State of Being…
“Under the influence of fast-warming temperatures, as documented in detail by this week’s report from the UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the region may be entering a drier state. Drought season might be giving way to a drought era.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-12/california-drought-a-dry-season-is-turning-into-drought-era
“La Niña Watch Is Officially On This Fall, and That Could Be Disastrous for the Drought…
“Forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center issued an update Thursday giving a 60% chance that another La Niña pattern will form — and this same forecast was given last year, only to be updated the second week of September to say, “Yep, La Niña is here.””
https://sfist.com/2021/08/13/la-nina-winter-could-be-drought-disaster/
“Extreme drought in Mexico, emergency is decreed due to lack of water…
“It’s official! The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) activated the alarms due to the levels of drought that occur in several states of the country… it will begin to limit access to water, applying “temporary and concerted” measures with the aim of providing a supply of water to the most affected population.”
https://elpopular.mx/comunidad/medio-ambiente/2021/08/12/sequia-extrema-en-mexico-se-decreta-emergencia-por-falta-de-agua
“Fruit growers in Chile are reportedly on red alert following the driest July on record, as concerns grow about potential production losses due to a lack of water.
““The agricultural and fruit world is almost in a state of shock when it comes to this huge problem,” commented Jorge Valenzuela, president of the Federation of Fruit Producers of Chile (Fedefruta).”
http://www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/article/186032/chile-drought-fruit-crops-under-threat
“Niger’s Flood Death Toll Rises to 55… The rainy season is short, typically lasting from June to August or September, although in recent years it has been exceptionally strong.
“Last year, floods claimed 73 lives and sparked a humanitarian crisis with 2.2 million people needing assistance…”
https://www.voanews.com/africa/nigers-flood-death-toll-rises-55
“Waist-deep flood hits Cameroon’s commercial capital after torrential rains.
“Residents of several neighbourhoods in Cameroon’s commercial capital Douala woke up to waist-deep flood water on Thursday after torrential rains battered the city for over 24 hours.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/waist-deep-flood-hits-cameroons-commercial-capital-after-torrential-rains-2021-08-12/
“Mediterranean Heat Wave:13 August was another record hot day in Morocco. The 48.6C [119.5F] at Marrakech tied the national record of highest temperature in August set at the same place in 2012.
“46.7C at Fes Airport is a new all time high, just like the 46.8C at Miliana, Algeria.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1426291217990488067
“13th August was the first of 3 scorching days in Spain. Temperatures reached 47.1C [116.8F] in the agromet net of Andalusia.
“All time records were set in many stations including: Granada Air Base 44.0C,Toledo 44.2C, Cuatro Vientos 41.0C, Cuenca 41.5C, Teruel 40.8C, Avila 37.9C and Soria 38.5C.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1426370491087048704
“All that’s left are ashes’: Italian communities count cost of wildfires.
“Communities across the Aspromonte mountains are counting the heavy costs to livelihoods and the environment as forest fires rage for the 10th day in a row… The heatwave is forecast to persist for the next few days.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/13/all-thats-left-are-ashes-italian-communities-count-cost-of-wildfires
“Over 450 people evacuated amid floods in Russian Black Sea resort of Anapa…
“[More] heavy rains are forecast in the Krasnodar Region in southern Russia over a mesocyclone. Some localities have already declared an emergency. Bad weather left more than 29,000 people without electricity and disrupted car traffic…”
https://tass.com/emergencies/1325823
“Turkey flooding death toll reaches 38 as Erdoğan tours disaster zone…
“The death toll from Turkey’s flash floods has risen to 38 as emergency crews searched for more victims and survivors in the devastated Black Sea region just as the country was gaining control over hundreds of wildfires.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/14/turkey-flooding-deaths-erdogan-tours-disaster-zone-kastamonu
“Another hot spell in Middle East:
“On 13th August the Saudi station of Dammam beat its all time record of highest temperature again with 51.0C [123.8F] – only 0.7C from the Saudi national record for August set at Abqaiq in August 1956.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1426263535982546948
“Iran may need to import wheat as drought cuts harvest.
“Secretary of the Iranian Parliament’s Agriculture Committee has said the country is going to need to import wheat in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21), since severe drought has significantly reduced the production of the strategic crop.”
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/464016/Iran-may-need-to-import-wheat-as-drought-cuts-harvest
“Thousands rescued as Ganges floods in India…
“The waterway surged to two metres (6.5 feet) above normal in the city of Allahabad, which has experienced its worst flooding in decades after days of torrential rain. Across Uttar Pradesh state more than 600 villages were reportedly cut off by the rising water…”
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210812-thousands-rescued-as-ganges-floods-in-india
“Five cities in the central Chinese province of Hubei declared “red alerts” after torrential rain left 21 people dead on Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 6,000 people, state media reported..
“The city of Yicheng… saw a record 400 millimeters [15.7 inches] of rain on Thursday… According to the official China News Service, as many as 774 reservoirs in Hubei had exceeded their flood warning levels…”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-cities-declare-red-alerts-flood-death-toll-hits-21-n1276732
“German, Chinese Insurers Face Record Disaster Claims as Extreme Weather Intensifies.
“Extreme precipitation in mid-July resulted in the costliest flooding events on record for German and Chinese insurers, which face potential losses of $6.5 billion and $1.7 billion, respectively, according to Aon’s monthly catastrophe report.”
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2021/08/12/626750.htm
“One dead, two missing as torrential rains slam Japan, risk alerts broadened…
“With some parts of the country experiencing record levels of rainfall, Japan has broadened its highest level of risk alerts to cover more than 1 million people. One area recorded 408 mm (15.7 inches) of rain in the 72 hours to Saturday morning.”
https://wtvbam.com/2021/08/13/one-dead-two-missing-as-torrential-rains-slam-japan-risk-alerts-broadened/
“A city in northern Japan just recorded its coldest summer temperature in 128 years. It came 2 weeks after the same city hit one of its hottest temperatures ever…
“A week after a blistering heatwave scorched the Japanese island of Hokkaido, temperatures in the island’s northern city of Wakkanai plunged 51 degrees Fahrenheit to record the city’s lowest August readings in 128 years.”
https://news.yahoo.com/city-northern-japan-just-recorded-035252053.html
“Climate-fueled wildfires take toll on tropical Pacific isles…
“…experts say relatively small fires on typically wet, tropical islands in the Pacific are …on the rise, creating a cycle of ecological damage that affects vital and limited resources for millions of residents.”
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-climate-fueled-wildfires-toll-tropical-pacific.html
“Wildfire smoke in Siberia causes ‘stay at home’ instruction.
“The leader of a Siberian region has declared Friday a non-working day and urged residents to stay at home as smoke from raging forest fires raised health concerns. In recent years wildfires have ripped across Russia’s vast territory at an unprecedented scale…”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/12/wildfire-smoke-in-siberia-brings-stay-at-home-instruction
“Climate changes in Arctic affect diet, health of indigenous peoples — scientific survey.
“The global climate changes force representatives of the Russian Arctic’s indigenous peoples to cut the share of traditional products in their diet – fish and meat, which affects the immunity and causes more often heart and respiratory diseases.”
https://tass.com/economy/1325263
“The notion of refreezing both poles has been presented.
“However… according to recent research, preserving Arctic sea ice will do nothing to reduce the global climate catastrophe. And it would have unforeseen and startling effects in the Arctic.”
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/47055/20210812/refreezing-arctic-ice-reverse-effects-climate-change.htm
“Droughts shrink hydropower, pose risk to global push to clean energy.
“Severe droughts are drying up rivers and reservoirs vital for the production of zero-emissions hydropower in several countries around the globe, in some cases leading governments to rely more heavily on fossil fuels.”
https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/inconvenient-truth-droughts-shrink-hydropower-pose-risk-global-push-clean-energy-2021-08-13/
“Get used to surging food prices: Extreme weather is here to stay. Devastating heat. Debilitating droughts. Crippling frost. Extreme weather is creating nightmares for farmers around the world — and making food more expensive for Americans.”
“”Climate change is coming right into our dining room tables,” Cynthia Rosenzweig of the Columbia University Earth Institute, told CNN…”
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/13/business/food-prices-inflation-climate-change/index.html
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