“Ice usually stops melting in Greenland by September. Not this year… Greenland just experienced its largest September melt event on record, the kind typically seen in the middle of summer…
““This event demonstrates how global warming does not only increase the intensity but also the length of the melting season,” Maurice van Tiggelen, a polar scientist from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, said in an email.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/09/06/greenland-ice-melt-heat-wave-summer/
“‘Doomsday glacier,’ which could raise sea level by several feet, is holding on ‘by its fingernails,’ scientists say [Antarctica].
“The Thwaites Glacier, capable of raising sea level by several feet, is eroding along its underwater base as the planet warms. In a study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, scientists mapped the glacier’s historical retreat, hoping to learn from its past what the glacier will likely do in the future.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/05/world/thwaites-doomsday-glacier-sea-level-climate/index.html
“Fears for platypus populations after flooding in Queensland and NSW.
“There are fears that platypus populations might have been wiped out by recent floods in greater Brisbane, sparking new calls for the species to be nationally recognised as threatened… “With this sequence of extreme droughts, fire, floods, you are going to have areas where the platypus is going to go extinct,” researcher Gilad Bino said.”
“Large parts of Amazon may never recover, major study says.
“Environmental destruction in parts of the Amazon is so complete that swathes of the rainforest have reached tipping point and might never be able to recover, a major study carried out by scientists and Indigenous organisations has found.”
“Hottest day on record in the Caribbean country of Dominica: Today 5th September the Airport of Canefield, near the capital Roseau, rose to 35.9C [96.6F], a new all time record for any month in the country.
“Very hot also in Dominican Republic and other Caribbean islands.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1566862782716432387
“Another record set yesterday 5th September in the Caribbeans:
Hottest day on records in Santo Domingo, capital of Dominican Republic with a max. temperature of 37.7C [99.9F].
“For some Caribbeans Islands, September is the hottest month of the year.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1567206155817984001
“Temperatures in parts of the San Francisco Bay Area have hit record numbers as state officials warn of blackouts throughout the state as Californians deals with intense heat.
“The temperature in Livermore, located in the eastern part of the Bay Area, reached 116 degrees on Monday, the highest temperature ever recorded in the Bay area, according to the National Weather Service.”
“Historic day in California! After 97 years Sacramento beat its all time heat record with 116F/46.7C. The Death Valley reached 125.2F/51.8C
“MORE ALL TIME RECORDS: Ukiah 117; Merced 115; Napa 115; Stockton 115 tied; Santa Rosa 114; San Jose AP 109.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1567317149101735939
“USA Heat Wave:6 September Records in Colorado and Utah:
Colorado: Delta 102; Grand Junction 101; Limon 99; Wray 104 tied; Burlington 100 tied, and Utah: St George and White Reef 111F SEPTEMBER STATE RECORD TIED; SL City 105; Ogden 103; Brigham 100; Heber 99 tied; Vernal 98 tied; Logan 99 tied.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1567294087153287169
“In one of Kansas City’s hottest summers, thousands face brutal utility bills and shutoff threats… The number of disconnection notices sent to customers by utility company Evergy has nearly doubled over the last year….
“The metro has experienced several extreme heat waves this summer… The region also experienced unusually warm nighttime temperatures.”
https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-09-05/kansas-city-hottest-summer-utility-bills-shutoff-threats-evergy
“With Nebraska experiencing an historic drought, water levels in the Missouri River have fallen significantly — exposing the remains of a ship that sank in 1870.
“The North Alabama was a steamboat that hit a snag and sank to the bottom of the river near Goat Island on the border between Nebraska and South Dakota more than 150 years ago…”
“Rhode Island streets turn to rivers amid nearly 11 inches of rain…
“More than 10 inches of rain fell just south of Providence, R.I., on Monday, causing the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood warning. Storms passing over the same areas repeatedly dumped rain for hours, turning city streets into rivers.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/09/06/northeast-rain-flooding-providence/
“Denmark encumbered by record drought…
“Normally, August provides 82.1 mm of rain nationally on average, but this August only 46.6 mm fell. That has pushed the Drought Index up to 9.4 out of 10 at the moment. Take into consideration that the average index figure for this time of year is just 3.7. And the previous record was at 7.6.”
“Drought costs Walloon agriculture €200 million [Wallonia, Belgium]… Notably, grasslands suffered around €100 million in damages and €35 million was lost to failed corn harvests. Streel says that the first harvest was extremely dry, with poor yields.”
https://www.brusselstimes.com/283905/drought-costs-walloon-agriculture-e200-million
“Hungary Sees Hottest Summer Since 1901.
“Hungary has this year seen its hottest summer since 1901, the country’s Meteorological Service (MOSZ) said Monday… According to MOSZ, this year’s summer was 0.5 degrees hotter than the summer of 2003, which held the previous record.”
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Hungary-Sees-Hottest-Summer-Since-1901-20220905-0015.html
“Drought and disease threaten renowned date palms in Africa’s hottest oasis.
“The date palm orchards at Kebili oasis used to form green, fertile islands in an arid landscape. But now many of the trees are dying, and dry, bare and fruitless trunks stretch up into a clear blue sky… The southern Tunisian oasis has endured a decade of drought.”
“Chad’s heaviest rains in 30 years leads to ‘catastrophic’ floods…
“Floods are not uncommon during the west African country’s rainy season, which usually runs from May to October in its central and southern regions. But this time, the rains came early and were more abundant, quickly overwhelming drainage channels and ponds.”
“Senegal: At least three killed in floods caused by heavy rains in Dakar.
“The center of Dakar had already been severely affected by these floods on August 5, killing one person and triggering the Disaster Relief PlanORSEC plan… On Friday August 6, about 126 millimetres of rain fell in just six hours in Dakar.”
“Drought likely to push parts of Somalia into famine by end of year, warns UN…
“Somalia has been pushed to the brink by the unprecedented failure of four consecutive rainy seasons, which has forced several hundred thousand people from their homes and placed huge pressure on a country already weakened by decades of conflict.”
“Climate change leaves Iraq’s ‘breadbasket’ with less water, wheat, and farmers…
“Iraq is known as the land of two rivers, with the Tigris and the Euphrates crossing its plains and irrigating its rich earth, creating a lucrative agricultural sector. But recent droughts are forcing farmers and their families, left without income, to uproot their lives. Water scarcity is notably rising in the northern province of Nineveh…”
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2022/09/06/Iraq-wheat-farmers-climate-change-conflict
“Historic heat wave in the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea areas. On 4th September more monthly records fell in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Russia and also in the Gilan Province of Iran.
“Kiashahr 36.0C; Astaneh Ashrafieh 38.1C…
Rasht, Iran 39.4C [102.9F] all time high for any month!”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1566765592362643456
“After record floods, now Pakistan has to worry about economy…
“… beyond the human losses, the country’s economic managers have the most challenging task ahead as floods ravaged the country’s road and communication network, damaged an incalculable number of houses, and destroyed millions of hectares of crops.”
“Intense flooding has submerged parts of India’s tech capital Bangalore, inundating multimillion-dollar homes, wrecking slum housing and cutting off transport links to offices…
“The disruption in Bangalore, known as India’s Silicon Valley, highlights the vulnerability of even relatively prosperous cities in the region to extreme weather and exposes chronic infrastructural deficiencies.”
https://www.ft.com/content/8881c266-f2d4-4380-99f1-cb9f98e61a8c
“China registers hottest August since records began…
“Southern China last month sweltered under what experts said may have been one of the worst heatwaves in global history, with temperatures in parts of Sichuan province and the megacity of Chongqing soaring well above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) for days.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/6/china-registers-hottest-august-since-records-began
“Hong Kong recorded Monday its hottest September day since records began in 1884, with the mercury hitting 35.3 degrees [95.5F] at the Hong Kong Observatory headquarters in Tsim Sha Tsui.
“The weather watchdog said a dry continental airstream is bringing generally fine weather to southern China, with an easterly airstream is expected to affect the coast of southern China midweek this week.”
“China’s drought intensifies global coal shortage.
“China’s drought has sent coal prices surging as traders anticipate the lack of hydroelectric generation will force it to burn more coal to meet electricity demand this winter. China’s rising coal consumption threatens to worsen a worldwide shortage…”
“Super Typhoon Floods Giant Korean Steel Plant Halting Production.
“A powerful storm that lashed South Korea’s southern coast earlier this week has left one of the country’s biggest steelworks shuttered, spurring concerns over the nation’s production… The typhoon that battered South Korea early Tuesday left at least six people dead and created flooding and power outages.”
“Typhoon Hinnamnor missed Japan, but it triggered the Foehn effect, bringing some record-shattering heat.
“Kanazawa had 38.5C [101.3F] Tuesday, tying the all-time record high which was set 120 years ago!”
https://twitter.com/sayakasofiamori/status/1567064368621432834
“Another extraordinary month for global methane growth, coming in at 1908.74 ppb, with an annual *growth rate* setting a new record of 160.6 ppb (assuming a fixed half-life of 110 months).
“Here is a graph of annualized *growth* since 1985.
“What if the half-life was increasing?”
https://twitter.com/EliotJacobson/status/1567203447178694656
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