“Growing concern over unseasonal warm spell in Europe.
“October morning temperatures topping 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) in Spain may have brought cheer to the tourists, but they are provoking concern among environmentalists…
“After a summer marked by repeated heatwaves across much of the continent, Europe is experiencing exceptional temperatures even as it heads into the start of autumn — a sign of accelerating climate change.”
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221031-growing-concern-over-unseasonal-warm-spell-in-europe
“Sweden sees record heat for this late in the year… The record temperature of 19.5 degrees Celsius (67.1 degrees Fahrenheit) was recorded in the city of Kristianstad in the south of the country on Friday.
““This is the highest temperature ever recorded in Sweden this late in the year,” Erik Hojgard-Olsen, meteorologist at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) told AFP.”
https://www.thelocal.se/20221029/sweden-sees-record-heat-for-this-late-in-the-year/
“European Warm Spell: Another historic day in Germany with the temperature rising to 26.6C [79.9F] at Aue. 14 stations above 25C. Hottest October day on records in some stations, the most remarkable:
“22.8C Zinnwald-Georgenfeld 877m; 21.7C Fichtelberg (1213m above sea level) data since 1890!”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1586747727647498248
“Besides Germany, today 30th October more record warmth for late October were set, like the latest 25C ever recorded in Switzerland and Poland and the latest 26C in Slovenia.
“The warmth is moving East and we can expect record heat between Croatia and Bosnia.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1586770599002750977
“Extraordinary tropical night in the Austrian Alps.
“Kolomansberg at 1113m above sea level recorded a minimum temperature of 20.4C [68.7F] – the highest ever recorded in October in the whole Austria! And it’s happening on day 30th and above 1000m. Well above the July average. Mind blowing event.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1586673896501264384
“Another insane day in France with up to 33.3C [86.5F] at Lomnè, Monthly record at Lammenezan with astonishing 30.3C at 640m asl. 10 monthly records were broken. 13 stations above 30C.
“In Belgium latest 25C ever (in Brussels), 24C in Netherlands.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1586378857665306624
“In southern France, drought, rising seas threaten traditions…
““For the past five generations the Camarguaise lived with the belief that the balance of Camargue is and forever will be stable, but we are in a delta that is beginning to face climate change,” Tour du Valat’s Jalbert said. “This ecosystem, that we believed to be stable, is starting to show cracks.””
“Dry As In July: High Temperatures Hit North Italy Again…
“According to Coldiretti, the largest association for Italian agriculture, currently the in the Po River the water is -2.3 meters above the hydrometric zero, with the drought returning to the levels of last summer, the lowest in the last 70 years.”
“September 2022 in Tunisia had an average temperature of 28.6C [83.5F] which is +2.7C above the 1991-2020 normal and was the hottest September on record.
“Six monthly records fell during the month (2 of highest Tmax ,4 of highest Tmin).”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1586644073837838336
“Nigeria’s floodwaters reveal a state unable to protect its people…
“Well over 100,000 hectares of farmland have been inundated. Crops have been destroyed. Fishermen have been unable to fish. Food shortages have ensued. The prices of basic commodities have spiked. Roads that were never solidly-constructed in the first place have collapsed, rendering many areas inaccessible or impossible to leave. Thousands are stranded on ‘islands’.”
“KwaZulu-Natal’s coastal towns to face water crisis now too.
“Rand Water CEO Sipho Mosai has laid the blame for Gauteng’s water shortage on load shedding and climate change as well as wasteful residential consumption. According to Rand Water, Johannesburg is one of the highest water consumers in the world…”
“Somalia is on the brink of famine, with children dying of malnutrition and hundreds of thousands of families displaced.
“”I’ve never seen anything like it,” says Paul Healy from the Irish charity Trocaire, which runs several healthcare clinics in the southern Gedo region. Within weeks, the UN predicts a famine will be declared in parts of the country — a technical determination that critics say is abstract from day-to-day reality.”
“Millions at risk of climate displacement in Middle East…
“Hussein Abu Saddam, head of the farmers’ syndicate in Egypt which is hosting the COP27 global climate summit in November, told AFP he is already witness to a climate-induced exodus from the countryside… “Young people from rural areas are migrating abroad or to big cities to work in industry,” he said.”
“Iraq enduring worst drought since 1930.
“Iraq has long drilled the desert for oil, but now climate stress, drought and reduced river flows are forcing it to dig ever deeper for a more precious resource: water… Compounding the water stress, upstream dams, mainly in Turkey, have vastly reduced the flow of the Tigris and Euphrates, the once mighty rivers that gave birth to Mesopotamian civilisation.”
https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraq-enduring-worst-drought-since-1930/
“Recent floods [Pakistan] affected 33 million people; many lost their homes, jobs…
“… according an initial survey around 33 Million people have been affected by recent floods and the BISP has credit to disburse over Rs 66 billion among 26 lac calamity-hit families of the declared areas of country… Federal Minister urged upon world communities to come forward and help people of Pakistan who are suffering climate change damages/issues.”
“Climate change, pandemic pushes India’s famed Darjeeling tea to the brink.
““We are headed towards large-scale shutdown of the entire industry,” Sparsh Agarwal, co-founder of Dorje Teas and a committee member of the Tea Research Association of India, told Arab News… “The harvest season is reducing in time period, and we get freak of nature incidents like hailstorms and heatwaves. This affects the yield as well as the quality of the produce.””
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2190846/world
“Climate change may push Assam’s state bird to extinction, study warns.
“Assam’s state bird, the white winged wood duck, locally called as Deo Hanh or divine bird could be pushed to extinction due to climate change impact and other worsening anthropogenic pressures in the Indian Eastern Himalayan (IEH) region, a study conducted by a team of researchers have warned.”
“Philippines: Almost 100 now recorded as dead after storm produces deadly landslide that engulfed villages…
“Villagers in Kusiong in southern Maguindanao province mistakenly thought a tidal wave was coming and ran towards higher ground and were buried alive by the boulder-laden deluge, an official has said.”
“Torrential rain alert issued for Taipei; Extreme torrential rains also forecasted for Yilan County…
“A northeast monsoon and the periphery of Tropical Storm Nalgae will bring localized torrential rains and extreme torrential rains to mountainous areas of Yilan County from this morning to this evening.”
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4703064
“Australian rainfall records tumble as NSW and Murray-Darling Basin record wettest October on record…
“This month was the wettest October on record for New South Wales and the Murray-Darling Basin, breaking the 1950 records… The drenching rain on already sodden soils is testing the landscape’s and people’s ability to cope with so much water.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-31/october-rain-records-broken-australia/101573566
“Murray crayfish in NSW ‘walk out of the river’ as flooding sucks oxygen from water…
“A rescue operation is under way to save the freshwater crayfish affected by poor water quality following significant flooding along the Murray River. Murray crayfish and other aquatic animals are in danger of suffocating as dissolved oxygen levels plummet in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales.”
“Australia is still split between colder than average temperatures in the South and a very hot North.
“Today more October records heat were beaten. Specially the Wallis Island (94 years of data) which had its highest Oct Tmin on records with 27.0C [80.6F] after tying it two days in a row.”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1587013984141692928
“After a cold start , this October in New Zealand is ending with a warm spell.
“A new record of highest minimum temperature for October was set at Whakatane Airport with 16.8C [62.2F].”
https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1586847917918281728
“Killer weather: outdoor workers are in the firing line of more extreme storms and floods [NZ]…
“Research shows weather conditions caused, or were a contributing factor, in almost one in five work-related fatalities, and Otago University senior lecturer in public health Dr Rebbecca Lilley says that is a wake-up call for businesses as climate change brings more extreme weather.”
“Severe flooding caused by torrential rains hit a mountainous coastal region of Venezuela’s La Guaira state on Friday, leaving a town’s streets drowned in mud.
“The El Cojo river burst its banks in the town of Macuto causing devastating damage and leaving a huge clean-up operation.”
“Yellowstone National Park’s North Entrance reopens months after catastrophic flooding destroyed roads, bridges…
“Engineers and workers with state and federal groups came together and worked seven days a week to clear debris and rebuild roads, and the result is giving Yellowstone National Park a rebirth of sorts and helping the economy get back on track.”
https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/yellowstone-national-park-north-entrance-reopened
“One third of Sierra Nevada forest wiped out by drought and fires.
“… a team of scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, has found that, from 2011 to 2020, a combination of devastating wildfires, droughts, and drought-related bark beetle infestations killed a staggering 30 percent of forests in the Sierra Nevada mountain range between Lake Tahoe and Kern County.”
https://www.earth.com/news/one-third-of-sierra-nevada-forest-wiped-out-by-drought-and-fires/
“Earth from Space – Svalbard, Norway; Extremely high temperatures recorded this summer caused record melting across Svalbard – one of the fastest warming places on the planet.
“The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured this rare, cloud-free acquisition of the Norwegian archipelago in August 2022.”
https://spaceref.com/earth/earth-from-space-svalbard-norway/
“This Archipelago [Svalbard] is the fastest-warming place on Earth.
“The stunning Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is located deep within the Arctic Circle and is home to the word’s most northerly permanent settlement, Longyearbyen. But this idyllic landscape is under threat. Recent scientific studies have shown that Svalbard is warming at a rate that’s six times faster than the global average, which is wreaking havoc on the ecosystem.”
“Antarctica’s emperor penguins at risk of extinction due to the climate crisis…
“With global warming melting the sea ice the penguins depend on for their survival, the US Fish and Wildlife Service now categorizes the species as threatened. The federal agency lists “imperiled species as endangered or threatened regardless of their country of origin.””
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/29/world/emperor-penguins-threatened-species-climate-scn/index.html
“Antarctic sea ice extent is currently near the lowest on record for the date…
“More graphs at https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/ (Data from NSIDC).”
https://twitter.com/ZLabe/status/1586710108737789954
You can read the previous “Climate” thread here. I’ll be back tomorrow with an “Economic” thread.
If you found value in this content, please help me continue this work by becoming a patron of my work via Patreon. And if you are already a subscriber or have donated – thank you! It is an enormous help as the cost-of-living crisis ratchets up here in the UK.
