“Global Drought Saps Hydropower, Complicating Clean-Energy Push. Record drought across the globe this year dried up rivers and reservoirs and sapped the world’s largest source of renewable electricity: hydropower.
“The dip in electricity generated by the flow of water across dams in China, Europe and the U.S. stifled power production. In some places, it has caused factories and smelters to shut down for weeks on end.”
“Climate change could worsen supply chain turmoil…
“…one clear trend is that natural disasters like droughts, hurricanes and wildfires are becoming more frequent and unfolding in more locations. In addition to the toll of human injury and death, these disasters are likely to wreak sporadic havoc on global supply chains.”
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/climate-change-could-worsen-supply-chain-turmoil-1144208.html
“The ancient subarctic forests at risk from climate change and war.
“… as subarctic temperatures rise, this vital ecosystem is losing stability with swelling fire activity, thawing permafrost and insect infestations. More tree cover has been lost to fire in the boreal region over the past decade than anywhere else on Earth.”
https://www.ft.com/content/e59c800f-3704-4504-91b0-06e583d9cd42
“Methane Explosions Strike the Frozen Ground in Siberia Sparking Wild Theories About their Origins.
“Massive craters in the frozen ground of Siberia strike the Russian landscape of Yamal and Gydan Peninsula. The origin of such incredible morphologies is due to powerful explosions of methane gas from the frozen ground. Here we try to give a comprehensive explanation of such peculiar and violent events occurring in the Russian Permafrost.”
“Endless heat wave in Mongolia and Siberia…
“In Siberia exceptional 34.9C at Priargunsk (record), record tied at Simanovsk with 30.2C. More heat today.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1568872096037576706
“The transition in just 30 years of the Chukchi Sea from a late summer sea-ice dominated regime to open water dominated is a stunning example of change…
“…with huge implications for climate, ecosystems, food security, industrialization, national security, etc.”
https://twitter.com/AlaskaWx/status/1569015101205917704
“How unusual was the Alaska flip from dry early summer to wet late summer? It was “off the charts” unusual.
Brilliant idea by WorldClimateSvc: compare ratio of totals.
“July/August typically 1.77 times as wet as May/June. 2022 more than 4 times as wet. Whoa!”
https://twitter.com/AlaskaWx/status/1569054888897937409
“Seattle broke the record for the most 90-degree days in a year on Saturday, when the temperature reached 92 degrees.
“Saturday’s temperature was also a daily record for Sept. 10. There have been 13 days that reached 90 degrees or above in Seattle in 2022, according to the National Weather Service.”
“Oregon wildfire explodes in size as multiple blazes rage across the West, forcing evacuations and worsening air quality.
“An outburst of wildfires that broke out over the past week amid triple-digital temperatures across the West have forced thousands of evacuations and choked the air with smoke as strong winds complicated firefighting efforts.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/12/us/western-wildfires-air-quality-monday/index.html
“Every cloud has a silver lining! California firefighters are able to beat back huge wildfire after Tropical Storm Kay brought nearly a year’s worth of rainfall in 10 hours…
“‘Fire activity has been greatly reduced due to the moisture from Kay,’ a statement from Cal Fire, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said.”
“US heatwave hits supermarket produce sections.
“High temperatures in the Western U.S. are hitting the produce industry, damaging crops, shrinking shipments and leaving fewer leafy greens and fruits on supermarket shelves.”
“Tourism is sucking Utah dry. Now it faces a choice – growth or survival…
“Fueled by the climate crisis and the overuse of dwindling water resources, the drought threatens the safety and sustainability of the spectacular sights; at the same time, tourists and the industries that cater to them contribute to an unfolding crisis in the cherished lands that brought them there.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/11/tourism-utah-drought-zion-economy
“Flash floods hit Chicago metro area, stranding cars.
“The National Weather Service on Sunday issued a flash flood warning for part of northeastern Illinois including Chicago’s northern metro area, after heavy rains flooded viaducts, stranded cars, and sent water surging into basements.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/flash-floods-hit-chicago-metro-area-stranding-cars-2022-09-11/
“The Gulf of Maine is simmering, but its lobsters seem fine — for now…
“The Gulf of Maine has been a hotspot for ocean warming, increasing at a rate of 0.8 degrees Fahrenheit each decade in the last 40 years — about three times the global average. At higher water temperatures, lobsters hit what is known as a “stress threshold,” where they become more vulnerable to disease and less likely to reproduce.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/09/11/gulf-maine-lobster-warming-climate/
“Rocky path revealed between Swiss glaciers in extreme melt season.
“A rocky Alpine path between two glaciers in Switzerland is emerging for what the local ski resort says is the first time in at least 2,000 years after the hottest European summer on record… this year’s ice melt is around three times the 10-year average, meaning bare rock can now be seen between the Scex Rouge and the Zanfleuron glaciers at an altitude of 2,800 metres…”
“Extraordinarily intense late season heat in France the European model suggests highs close to 40C [104F] in SW France – tomorrow – totally unprecedented for mid-September.
“This follows an astonishing summer in Europe, the warmest on record eclipsing 2003 [an El Nino year].”
https://twitter.com/TheSnowDreamer/status/1569078590888722433
“40.6 °C [105.1F] Cordoba Aeropurto [Andalusia, Spain], 33 days over 40 °C from May to September.”
https://twitter.com/ZdenekNejedly/status/1569015082591420418
“The Olive Oil Capital of the World, Parched.
“Spain’s Jaén Province, home to one fifth of the world’s supply of “green gold,” copes with climate change and threats to its way of life… Drought has ravaged dozens of crops throughout Europe — corn in Romania, rice in Italy, beans in Belgium, and beets and garlic in France. Among the hardest hit is the olive crop of Spain…”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/10/business/olive-oil-spain.html
“Heatwave batters Spain’s Mediterranean mussel crop…
“With the country hit by a long and brutal heatwave this summer, the water temperature in the Ebro Delta, the main mussels production area of the Spanish Mediterranean, is touching 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit). And any grower who hasn’t removed their molluscs in time will have lost everything.”
https://www.brecorder.com/news/40196764/heatwave-batters-spains-mediterranean-mussel-crop
“Tornado Hits Village in Northern Moravia [Czech Republic], Causing Millions of Crowns in Damage…
“A tornado hit the small village of Hrabetice in northern Moravia on Saturday afternoon. Seven fire response units attended the scene, according to Petr Kudela, spokesman for the Moravian-Silesian Fire Brigade.”
“Senegal’s pink lake threatened by flood after heavy rains…
“After days of torrential rain, salt miner Moussa Diare could only watch in despair as flood waters breached a meters-wide gap on the banks of Senegal’s Pink Lake and washed away thousands of dollars’ worth of salt mounds he had gathered. “This is the first time I’ve seen this…””
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/9/senegals-pink-lake-threatened-by-flood-after-heavy-rains
“South Sudan declares disaster in flood-affected areas.
“South Sudan’s government has declared flood-affected parts of the country as national disaster areas and appealed for assistance. Friday’s appeal came after torrential rains in the Upper Nile and Bahr el-Ghazal regions.”
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/south-sudan-declares-disaster-flood-affected-areas
“‘Never seen climate carnage’ like Pakistan floods, says UN chief…
““I have seen many humanitarian disasters in the world, but I have never seen climate carnage on this scale,” Guterres said on Saturday in the port city of Karachi on his second day of a visit in Pakistan. “I have simply no words to describe what I have seen today,” he said.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/10/never-seen-climate-carnage-like-in-pakistan-un-chief
“Authorities in southern Pakistan plan to breach the country’s Indus Highway, a key transport link, to allow water to flow and prevent flooding in the town of Dadu, officials said on Sunday…
“There are at least three points in Dadu district where the Indus Highway is submerged, with traffic suspended for weeks, while Pakistan’s other highway connecting the north and south has also been badly hit by the flood waters.”
“Melting glaciers, water scarcity, exodus: How climate change reality is biting Ladakh villages [Kashmir, India]…
“…the experience of water scarcity in Kulum has been enough to alarm Ladakh’s district authorities and NGOs, serving as a warning for what the future of the region could hold if measures to mitigate climate change are not immediately put in place. Like most of Ladakh, Kulum is glacier-fed…”
“Climate woes, farm distress and agriculture future in Meghalaya [NE India]…
“Previously, climate change had dethroned Cherrapunji as the wettest place on the Earth and made Mawsynram, 10 kilometres away, the wettest place. But what did the climate chaos mean for the farmers, agriculture and food security? I was soon to find out.”
“Nepal: 5 killed, 7 missing in flash flood, landslide in Darchula…
“At least five people were killed and seven others went missing in incidents of landslide and flash flood triggered by heavy rainfall in Darchula district of far-western Nepal, police said on Saturday. Due to incessant rains since Friday night, two people were killed in floods in Mahakali and Lasku Rivers and three others were buried in landslides.”
“Battered by increasingly fierce cyclones, farmers along Bangladesh coast struggle to repay loans…
“When the super cyclone Amphan made landfall in Bangladesh in May 2020, 55,000 houses were destroyed in the country. Wasim Ali, 45, lived in one of them. The tidal surge that the storm whipped up swept away his house and razed his small one-acre farm in Protapnagar in Bangladesh’s southwestern Satkhira district.”
“China’s heatwave eases but drought far from over, weather watchers warn.
“Water levels have been falling in Poyang Lake at a record rate… Emergency management authorities in Jiangxi province in the country’s east said pipes draining water from Poyang Lake would be extended for another 40 metres (131 feet) by next weekend…”
“The northernmost tip of China was hit by a heat wave today.
“The new Barkhor (48.13N) and Xinbaerhuzuoqi reached 35.0C [95F], which was the first 35C in September in local history and the northernmost 35C in China in September.”
https://twitter.com/yangyubin1998/status/1568580596116647936
“Swiss Re said global geopolitical tensions, macroeconomic developments and climate change have heightened demand for risk protection and will lead to increased premiums.
“The reinsurer plans to further grow its natural catastrophe portfolio, where the market is forecast to grow to $48 billion from $35 billion in the next four years, it said on Monday.”
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Thank, Justin, this is more alarming evidence of CC and will undoubtedly be the tipping point to economic collapse
You are welcome!
I agree. Scary times.