“Climate change is taking its toll on one of the world’s coldest places. A study suggests that the Arctic “may be essentially ice-free during summer within 15 years.”
“The study used statistical models to predict the future amount of Arctic ice, which suggested that the Arctic could be ice-free in the summer during the decade of the 2030s – most likely in the year 2034.”
“Moscow, which for the past months has largely been deprived of its traditional seasonal covering of snow, has seen its warmest winter since records began…
“…the average temperature in Russia from December to February has been 2.5C warmer than the previous record… Records began 140 years ago in Russia.”
“Germany’s harvest of ice wine – a dessert wine produced from grapes that have frozen while still on the vine – has failed for the first time because the winter has been too warm.
“None of Germany’s 13 wine-growing regions had the necessary temperatures of -7C to produce the wine in 2019.”
“Switzerland experiences its mildest winter since records began…
“The national average temperature from December to February was 0.7°C, the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss, said on Friday… The warmer temperatures have affected flora… February also saw unusually turbulent weather. A few regions recorded as many as 23 days of storms.”
“A total of 82 flood warnings remain for England, Wales and Scotland after Storm Jorge battered parts of Britain over the weekend…
“It comes after the storm which lead to the wettest February on record – with the UK average of 202.1mm rainfall surpassing February 1990 when 193.4mm fell.”
“February this year has gone down as the driest since [Malta’s] Met Office started compiling data in 1923.
“With a mere 0.6mm of rain – registered on the fifth day – February 2020 has surpassed that of 2016 to become the driest ever on record. That year, the Met Office had registered 2.4mm of rain.
“In the almost 100 years since the rainfall data started being kept, the month of February had always been one of the wettest months of the year…”
“Unusually high temperatures across Morocco and a lack of rain are pressuring the country, which is heading towards a second successive drought seasonthat is expected to affect 2020 economic growth…
“Farm income is volatile in semi-arid Morocco where climate change has caused droughts and summer flash floods in some areas.”
“More than 200,000 people have been affected by floods that have ravaged Congo since last year, authorities said Saturday.
“The government has issued an urgent international appeal after the flooding along the Congo and Ubangi rivers in the country’s north, inundating communities and washing away homes and cattle.”
“Crop failures could be seen across more than 10,000 hectares of agricultural land in West Java due to the recurring floods that have hit the province over the past few months…
“Agricultural experts have warned that climate change has begun to affect food production in parts of the country, and have urged the government to introduce programs to mitigate the impacts.”
“The summer of 2019-20 was the second hottest summer on record in Australia after last year. December 2019 delivered the worst bushfire conditions since 1950….
“The only hotter summer on record was the previous year, which was 2.14C above average. Temperatures this summer were above average across almost the entire country.”
“Australia’s summers have lengthened by as much as a month or more in the past half century, exposing people to greater fire and heat extremes and placing ecosystems and farm crops at risk.
“Researchers from The Australia Institute… found in the past five years, summers were 50 per cent longer than they were in the mid-20th century.”
“The cost of a massive hailstorm that pelted Timaru in November is the third largest weather-related insurance cost event in New Zealand this century.
“”The destructive power of hailstorms is seldom experienced, but the Timaru event on November 20 showed us the fierce effect of these storms when concentrated on urban areas,” Insurance Council of NZ chief executive Tom Grafton said.”
“The damages caused by the high temperatures that have been recorded have been increasing and in 2020 it seems it will not be the exception.
“The recent heat wave caused by high temperatures has generated drought and large-scale forest damage which have been increasing [in Quintana Roo, Mexico].”
“The end of February typically isn’t the time to worry about wildfires in the San Francisco Bay Area, but amid an unusually long dry spell in the middle of winter, the National Weather Service is warning of fire risk Sunday through Monday.
“”Fuels are record dry,” the NWS said. “Use extreme caution with any outside burning.””
“A warming planet has major ramifications on winter snowpack across the globe, including a long-term drying trend for many. That’s a concern for winter sports enthusiasts and communities that depend on snow throughout the year…
“This year has been a prime example of what is becoming more common. Snowfall has been abysmal in California this winter.”
“While parts of the world are experiencing a wet February, areas in California are ‘bone dry’.
“San Francisco and most of the northern state have received just sprinkles to no rain in what is usually its wettest month of the year – a first in 150 years of recorded history.”
“Sandals and swimsuits were in order Thursday as Mother Nature cranked up the heat, breaking records in Los Angeles County.
“The unseasonably warm weather was the result of a high-pressure ridge that’s lingered over the eastern Pacific Ocean for much of January and February, rerouting winter storms that typically soak California to the Pacific Northwest.”
“The Great Lakes water levels have gone from a record low to a record high in record time, said Liesl Clark, director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.
“It’s taken six years to set those new benchmarks. But since lake levels eclipsed their monthly highs in 2019, the region has continued breaking other records as well. Michigan is currently in its wettest period ever…”
“Heavy downpours are expected to cause more flooding to homes and businesses over the weekend, as the latest storm to hit the UK takes hold…
“In Wales, where many homes and businesses were devastated in the aftermath of Storm Dennis, the forecaster warned that fast-flowing or deep flood water could cause “a danger to life” and some communities could be cut off by swamped roads.”
“February 2020 was the wettest February in Dutch history. An average of 142 millimeters of rain fell across the country, while 55 millimeters is normal for the Netherlands in February, according to Weeronline.
“The month was also exceptionally mild, going into the books as the second warmest February since temperature measurements started in 1901.”
“Europe suffered an unusually hot summer in 2019. Seven weather stations in Spain recorded their highest temperatures ever in June, and higher-than-average temperatures and drought were registered across the country in July and August.0
“However, the scorching weather conditions revealed an unexpected sight in the Spanish province of Cáceres…”
“You have probably noticed that the temperatures on Costa del Sol are unusually high right now.
“February is normally the coldest month of the year when locals wear winter jackets, scarfs and hats. The last couple of days, shorts and flip flops have found their way out of the closet!”
“The potato season has started much earlier than usual this year thanks to higher than average temperatures in Majorca between December and February.
““Climate change is forcing us to adapt in many ways,” says Mateu Export’s Manager, Joan Mateu…
“The effects of record breaking floods from two storms and ground frosts over the last few weeks have been controlled by technology, but Joan Mateu says the worst has yet to come.”
“Countries in East Africa are racing against time to prevent new swarms of locusts wreaking havoc with crops and livelihoodsafter the worst infestation in generations.
“A lack of expertise in controlling the pests is not their only problem: Kenya temporarily ran out of pesticides, Ethiopia needs more planes and Somalia and Yemen, torn by civil war, can’t guarantee exterminators’ safety.”
“Meteorologists are monitoring more tropical development near Madagascar which could trigger flooding and also cause some locations to surpass their average yearly rainfall totals less than a quarter of the way into 2020…
“Another downpour or two could push many communities in Madagascar past their annual yearly rainfall amount before mid-March.”
“When you’re lined up at the supermarket, green grocer or deli getting your grocery shopping sorted, the people who actually grew and produced your food are often the last thing on your mind.
“But this summer’s bushfire disaster [in Australia] brought primary producers to the front of our national psyche.”
“The Great Barrier Reef is still at risk of a widespread outbreak of coral bleaching despite a cyclone to the far west helping to temporarily cool stressed corals, according to US and Australian science agencies.
“Concerns are rising that southern parts of the reef that escaped major bleaching in 2016 and 2017 may be hit in the coming weeks unless weather conditions change.”
“A glacial avalanche on a massive peak overlooking the famed ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru triggered mudslides and flooding earlier this week, killing at least three people in the community of Santa Teresa, below the enigmatic Incan citadel…
“Like the other glaciated peaks of the tropical Andes, it’s been melting and destabilizing at an accelerated rate in recent decades thanks to climate change.”
“Following the warmest January in recorded history, February’s expected above-normal global land/ocean surface temperatures could result in the warmest meteorological winter in 141 years of record-keeping.”
“Polar bears in Russia’s Arctic are increasingly turning to cannibalism as growing human activity and development in the region shrinks their hunting grounds, scientists at the Russian Academy of Sciences said Wednesday.
“Polar bear cannibalism most often happens when a malnourished male bear attacks a female and her cub, eating the cub, he said. The phenomena gained widespread attention when members of a 2017 National Geographic expedition captured it in a graphic video.
“Rising temperatures in the Arctic and melting ice cover have also forced polar bears further south in search of food, making them more likely to come into contact with human settlements.”
“Across Northern Ireland, the total rain that has fallen from February 1, up to and including February 25 averages 195.1mm. This is 234% of the typical average February rainfall for the Province (with 83.5mm being the average monthly total).
“For comparison, Northern Ireland’s previous wettest February was in 1990, when an average of 194.4mm of rain fell across the month.”
“Police have warned that people living along the River Severn [UK] could face another 10 days of flooding misery with more rain showers predicted to sweep across affected areas.
“Environment Agency officials and engineers were continuing to monitor a barrier at Ironbridge in Shropshire on Thursday after the weight of water caused it to buckle, prompting an emergency evacuation.”
“The rains began in December, triggering landslides and massive flooding across northern Burundi, one of the world’s poorest countries. Roads, bridges and crops have been destroyed, livestock killed and vital water access points washed away.
“Houses built of mud bricks have literally melted in the rain, leaving hundreds of families with nowhere to go.”
“For a modern American audience, it is hard to convey just how devastating swarms of locusts can be.
“The swarms that we’re talking about can move up to 100 miles in a day. They eat as much as 35,000 people. You really have to go back to decades ago in the U.S., to Dust Bowl days, to understand just how devastating this can be. So it really is a crisis.”
“Rainfall doused the capital city of Tehran over the past two days, reaching 55.5 millimeters, which was unprecedented in the past 69 years.
“The precipitation station in Tehran was first set up in 1951, and this is the first time it has recorded such rainfall rate, Sahar Tajbakhsh, head of Meteorological Organization said.”
“Climatologist Gopakumar Cholayil said that climate change is clearly visible in our state (Thrissur, India).
““During the last Christmas season there was no dip in temperature. Then we expected that cool climate would arrive in February this year.” But the mercury continues to soar and highest temperatures were recorded in many districts in February.”
“Chinese duck platoons are waiting to be deployed to neighboring Pakistan to fight a swarm of crop-eating pests [locusts] that threaten regional food security.
“At least 100,000 ducks are expected to be sent to Pakistan as early as the second half of this year to combat a desert locust outbreak…”
“Climate change-driven global warming is a factor behind repeated instances of severe flooding across Greater Jakarta since early January, including a flood that inundated parts of the capital on Tuesday, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency.”
“Sydney’s smoky, sweaty and dry start to summer has come to a soggy and stormy end to what will be one of the country’s three hottest seasons on record.
“With just a couple of days to the end of summer, the harbour city will probably end February with temperatures averaging about 27.3 degrees for the season… about 1.7 degrees above the long-term average…”
“The Central Valley is America’s fruit bowl, and the heart of California’s $50bn agriculture industry. But the 2011-2017 drought raised serious questions about the future of that industry and forced the state to grapple with regulating the one thing fueling much of it: groundwater.”
“Stiff Santa Ana winds — including what could be the strongest gust ever recorded locally — buffeted the San Diego area Wednesday, causing widespread East County power outages and prompting school closures.”
“Heavy downpours have continued to batter parts of South America.
“Hundreds of people were evacuated from the northern provinces of Argentina last Thursday due to widespread flooding… The same system went on to affect Brazil and Paraguay, resulting in landslides and flash-flooding which caused widespread destruction.”
“Bumblebees are top pollinators and many essential food crops are pollinated by them. Their loss or decline would have serious impacts on food production at a time when rising temperatures are stressing both pollinators and the food plants themselves.
“It is sobering when you consider that the current decline in bumblebee populations has occurred over a single generation.”
“A riverside town in Worcestershire [UK] was underwater today after flood defences finally failed in the face of unprecedented flooding and the ever-rising River Severn…
“Firefighters have been scrambled to the town to evacuate residents, with paramedics on scene to assist the vulnerable and elderly. Emergency workers also tried in vain to pump floodwater back into the Severn.”
“France has already seen record-high February temperatures – but more normal winter weather is on the way with widespread storms and snow predicted from Tuesday evening.
“French weather forecaster Météo France is predicting storms and a sharp drop in temperatures starting on Tuesday evening…”
“Tomato prices in Kenya have skyrocketed in recent weeks, with some parts of the country paying up to seven times more. The price rises follow months of heavy rains across East Africa.”
“A small group of desert locusts has entered Congo, marking the first time the voracious insects have been seen in the Central African country since 1944, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Agency said Tuesday as U.N. agencies warned of a “major hunger threat” in East Africa from the flying pests.”
“During the Kharif season this time, due to too heavy rainfall and floods, over 91,000 hectares of paddy crop had suffered extensive loss. Now, during the Rabi season too, the planting of seedlings [Bengaluru, India] has slumped to record low, and is estimated to be only around 16 percent of the normal area under paddy cultivation.”
“Ex-tropical cyclone Esther is tracking an unpredictable path across northern Australia and could re-intensify later in the week, with the Bureau of Meteorology describing it as “a remarkable system”…
“Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Angeline Prasad said the low was now expected to move into Western Australia’s Kimberley region on Thursday morning, before potentially re-intensifying into a cyclone…”
“A brief but ferocious storm has flooded shops, uprooted trees and sparked fires after smashing Perth [Australia] on Tuesday afternoon.
“The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm alert for the greater Perth area on Tuesday afternoon as wind speeds of up to 126km/h [78 mph] were recorded at Kalannie at 4.17pm.”
“February 2020 is officially the 2nd wettest February on record, knocking February 2019 to the #3 slot. So far, there has been 11.39” that’s fallen in Chattanooga (with locally higher amounts in surrounding areas).
“11.31” fell February 2019 in Chattanooga. The wettest February ever on record was 1939 with 12.30” of rainfall.”
“For many parts of the United States this winter has been one of the warmest on record.
“In fact, as the climate heats up, winters are warming faster than any other season. We recently asked how people around the country are seeing the effects of this in their everyday lives. Here’s a sample of what we heard back.”
“Experts warn the entire world heading towards a climate crisis, but the Pacific edge of the Arctic Ocean is already feeling its effects.
“A new study reveals the region underwent a ‘sudden and dramatic shift’ from 2017 to 2019′ that experts fear is irreversible and may be ‘a sign of what is to come.'”
“Glacier algal blooms on the Greenland Ice Sheet are so extensive that their presence in the surface ice is thought responsible for widespread darkening along the western margin of the ice sheet
“…known as the ‘dark zone’ that has appeared in satellite observations over the last two decades.”
“When the weather warms as in the current Antarctic summer, nutrients become available and the algae spores germinate.
“This triggers an algal bloom which causes streams, patches, or small pockets of pink to emerge and creates the ‘watermelon’ phenomenon… It reflects sunlight due to its colour, which can speed up the rate of melting in the local region.
“The Ukrainian scientists say: ‘Such snow contributes to climate change, because the red-raspberry colour snow reflects less sunlight and melts faster.
“‘As a result, more and more bright algae are formed in the snow.'”
“More than 20% of Australia’s forests burned during the summer’s bushfire catastrophe, a proportion scientists believe is unprecedented globally, according to new research.
“Research published in a special edition of Nature Climate Change focused on the bushfire crisis finds that 21% of the total area covered by Australian forests – excluding Tasmania – has burnt so far in the 2019-20 bushfire season.”
“Ocean temperatures across parts of the Great Barrier Reef have been above or close to thresholds where there is a high risk of coral bleaching for several weeks.
“During this time, temperature readings from marine weather stations operated by the Australian Institute of Marine Science have shown sea surface temperatures throughout most of the Reef at 1 to 2.5°C above average.”
“An emergency situation has been declared in Queensland’s south-west town of St George because of expected major flooding.
“The [Beardmore] dam was on the brink of being empty at the start of February and filled in less than two weeks, Sunwater said. “In 10 days Beardmore Dam increased by 94%, from 6% to 100%.”
“In what has already been a lackluster winter season across much of California, a warm, dry and windy forecast to end the month will only add to the expanding drought concerns across the state…
“…many cities across Southern California have only recorded a fraction of rainfall compared to average.”
“Bats in December. Bluebonnets in January. Butterflies in February. These are a few of the unseasonal appearances Austinites noticed this warm winter. And, experts say, people should get used to such sights.
“The first two months of winter in Austin [Texas] were the second warmest in 122 years of records.”
“With just weeks left to go, the world is heading toward the warmest winter ever recorded as a strange brew of weather patterns at the top of the world combines with the mercury-boosting influence of climate change…
“A stubbornly extreme low-pressure system over the North Pole has pulled the jet stream north.”
“Arctic ocean temperatures are rising at rates faster than previously thought by the scientific community.
“That’s the finding of a new study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, which shows warming waters having an effect on everything from sea ice growth to marine ecosystems.”
“An Arctic “doomsday vault” is set Tuesday to receive 60,000 samples of seeds from around the world as the biggest global crop reserve stocks up for a global catastrophe.”
“If you live in central or southern Scotland then it’ll probably come as no surprise to you that it’s been the wettest February on record for quite a few locations… Edinburgh Botanics… has broken 78 years’ worth of records with 127mm of rain falling so far this month, which is two-and-a-half times the months normal rainfall.
“Bishopton in Renfrewshire has had a shocking amount of rain, at nearly 300mm [12 inches] for the month so far.”
“Parts of England will be threatened with serious flooding for several days due to swollen rivers, the Environment Agency has warned.
“Rainfall is expected to continue hitting areas along the rivers Severn, Wye, Ouse and Trent. The agency has issued two severe danger-to-life flood warnings…”
““So far we’ve had very little winter, no cold waves, few snowfalls and barely frost”, said Efe Rubén del Campo, spokesman for Spain’s State Meteorological Agency AEMET…
“The trend of 2019 continues when heat records were broken in several dozens of places in the peninsula…”
““After being the first visitors, we can now confirm that Sif Island [an island newly revealed by climate change in the Antarctic] is made of granite and that it is covered by remnant ice shelf, and a few seals,” wrote University of Houston marine geologist Julia Wellner on Twitter.”
“…the [Swedish] town of Växjö – almost 200 kilometres north of the southernmost tip of the Nordic country – for the first time since its records began in 1858 did not experience winter at all.
“December, January and February were also record wet in Växjö. More than 279 millimetres of rain have so far fallen from December 1st, which already beats the previous record of 263 millimetres in 1995.”
“Global warming has threatened winter sports, skiing in particular, around the world. But nowhere is that felt as strongly as in Norway…
There’s growing concern that the changing climate is threatening the region’s wintry conditions, depriving the next generation of Norwegians of the chance to carry on the country’s skiing traditions.”
“Agricultural workers in Jersey are rushing to pick their daffodil crop before it turns. Daffodil growers say another mild winter has seen their flowers bloom early.
“Recent unpredictable weather patterns in the Channel Islands, with the hottest, coldest, wettest and driest days recorded makes planning planting very difficult.”
“Spain’s airport operator AENA has suspended all flights in and out of Gran Canaria and all flights leaving Tenerife, according to Reuters news agency…
“…after clouds of red sand from the Sahara overwhelmed the northern Canary Islands, severely reducing visibility.”
“Heavy rain in the mountains of Peru triggered flash flooding and deadly landslides while displacing hundreds of families from their homes in multiple districts across the country.
“Five people have been confirmed dead by the Ministry of Health following a landslide in Tacna, Peru.”
“Residents from Letui and Aopo [Samoa] – who attended a church gathering at Faletagaloa Safune on Sunday – were stranded and unable to travel home because the water at Sasina Fiord was so high after the heavy rain [from Cyclone Wasi].
“Resident So’oalo Liki Selulo, who was stuck at Samalaeulu on Sunday evening, said it was unsafe to travel across to the other side of the island.”
“Water in dozens of small coastal settlements in Northland [NZ] could soon become too salty to drink due the drought…
“More than two dozen aquifers were nearing record low levels and shallow coastal groundwater systems were expected to drop to significantly lower levels than normal during the next few months…”
“A truck driver has been rescued from raging floodwaters and major highways and towns cut off as heavy rainfall battered south-west Queensland on Saturday.
“The most intense period of the downpour on Saturday evening led to 193mm of rain falling near Roma in the six hours to 10pm – reaching 246mm [nearly 10 inches] by Sunday morning.”
“Rural residents in Queensland’s southwest are bracing for a major flood after a weekend of heavy rain.
“Flooding along the Maranoa and Balonne Rivers started after the weekend’s drenching, with the town of St George expected to be hit by rising waters on Monday evening.”
“At least eight students have been killed and two others are missing after a flash flood hit a high school group who were hiking along a river on Indonesia’s main island of Java, a rescue official has said…
“…high waters pulled some students in, drowning them.”
“Swarms of desert locusts have devastated crops in East Africa, hit the Middle East and moved into South Asia.
“They’re breeding fast thanks to changes in global climate patterns…
“So far, India has managed to prevent a swarm of biblical proportions from spilling over into Bangladesh, Burma, and then China—where the coronavirus has already paralyzed much of the country’s activity. But it’s not clear how long that line will hold.”
“The mercury soared in many places in the state on Sunday with Kottayam district [India] recording its highest-ever temperature (38.5 Celsius) in February.”
“Mauri Pelto, a glaciologist at Nichols College, who observed the warming event as 0.9 square miles of snowpack became saturated with meltwater, said in NASA’s report:
““I haven’t seen melt ponds develop this quickly in Antarctica. You see these kinds of melt events in Alaska and Greenland, but not usually in Antarctica.”“
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“Climate change is taking its toll on one of the world’s coldest places. A study suggests that the Arctic “may be essentially ice-free during summer within 15 years.”
“Moscow, which for the past months has largely been deprived of its traditional seasonal covering of snow, has seen its warmest winter since records began… 
“Germany’s harvest of ice wine – a dessert wine produced from grapes that have frozen while still on the vine – has failed for the first time because the winter has been too warm. 
“Switzerland experiences its mildest winter since records began… 
“The last three months have been the warmest temperatures ever recorded in France, according to data published on Friday. 
“A total of 82 flood warnings remain for England, Wales and Scotland after Storm Jorge battered parts of Britain over the weekend… 
“February this year has gone down as the driest since [Malta’s] Met Office started compiling data in 1923. 
“Unusually high temperatures across Morocco and a lack of rain are pressuring the country, which is heading towards a second successive drought season that is expected to affect 2020 economic growth… 
“More than 200,000 people have been affected by floods that have ravaged Congo since last year, authorities said Saturday. 
“Crop failures could be seen across more than 10,000 hectares of agricultural land in West Java due to the recurring floods that have hit the province over the past few months… 
“The summer of 2019-20 was the second hottest summer on record in Australia after last year. December 2019 delivered the worst bushfire conditions since 1950…. 
“Australia’s summers have lengthened by as much as a month or more in the past half century, exposing people to greater fire and heat extremes and placing ecosystems and farm crops at risk. 
“The cost of a massive hailstorm that pelted Timaru in November is the third largest weather-related insurance cost event in New Zealand this century.
“The damages caused by the high temperatures that have been recorded have been increasing and in 2020 it seems it will not be the exception. 
“The end of February typically isn’t the time to worry about wildfires in the San Francisco Bay Area, but amid an unusually long dry spell in the middle of winter, the National Weather Service is warning of fire risk Sunday through Monday.
“A warming planet has major ramifications on winter snowpack across the globe, including a long-term drying trend for many. That’s a concern for winter sports enthusiasts and communities that depend on snow throughout the year… 
“While parts of the world are experiencing a wet February, areas in California are ‘bone dry’.
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“Mauri Pelto, a glaciologist at Nichols College, who observed the warming event as 0.9 square miles of snowpack became saturated with meltwater, said in NASA’s report:
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