“Temperatures in Siberia have broken a new record, but not for recording icy figures as usual in the winter, but for high temperatures.
“As reported on Thursday (6.02.2020) the Russian meteorological authorities, 1.5 positive degrees were recorded in the Tyumen region. “Incredibly hot weather in Siberia.””
“The Taiga forests of Siberia have expanded north toward the Arctic as a result of warming temperatures over the past four decades, a team of Russian and Finnish scientists has said…
“This has set off massive releases of gases like methane and carbon dioxide — previously stored in the permafrost — into the atmosphere.”
“A distinct change has happened in recent years in the Barents Sea, around Svalbard (74° to 81° north latitude) showing a clear shift from Arctic climate to North Atlantic climate…
“Powerful pulses of water warmer than five degrees enter the area at the time of the year when the sea ice should freeze… new sea ice fails to appear.”
“The iconic polar bear is facing extreme difficulty as disappearing sea ice makes it almost impossible for them to eat enough food to raise healthy cubs, a study found.
“Polar bears rely on sea ice to hunt seals, mate and give birth to their cubs.”
“Snowfall during fall and spring is declining across most of the United States…
“The analysis included data from 145 sites around the country, examining changes in snowfall from the 1970s to the 2010s. Among those sites, 80% saw a decrease in snowfall during the autumn (September – November), and 66% saw a decrease after March 1.”
“The eroding shorelines along Lake Michigan might not reappear anytime soon.
“At a time when lake levels typically are low, Lake Michigan water levels broke a monthly record high for the first time in more than 30 years. The January 2020 level is about 3 inches higher than the previous record in 1987…”
“People living in the rural Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North province [Zimbabwe] have pleaded with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to assist them survive a devastating droughtwhose effects are worsening…
“The drought prone southern parts of the country are cattle ranching areas.”
“East African nations have been battling with swarms of desert locusts since the beginning of 2020.
“In what is being called the worst outbreak the region has seen in decades, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations warns that rising numbers of desert locusts present an extremely alarming threat to food security and livelihoods in the Horn of Africa.”
“Cyclone Damien formed on Thursday afternoon in warm waters off WA’s north and is set to be the first severe tropical cyclone to make landfall in Australia this season…
“Before making landfall it is expected to strengthen into a category four system — the second-highest intensity possible — which means it could produce wind gusts of up to 279 kilometres per hour.”
“Bone dry plains are being drenched across Australia’s east as the coast is lashed by by a 2,000km-long rain bomb, causing dangerous flash floods…
“Flood warnings have been issued for New South Wales and Queensland, with experts fearing an incredible 500mm of rain could be dumped on some areas over eight straight days.”
““The size of the cavity [under Thwaites glacier, Antarctica] is surprising, and, as it melts, it’s causing the glacier to retreat,” said Pietro Milillo, a NASA radar scientist who led the new research into Thwaites.
“He headed a team analysing data collected by Italian and German satellites, as well as NASA’s own Operation IceBridge, a program in which aircraft equipped with ice-penetrating radar fly over polar regions.”
“Winds are picking up worldwide, and that is making the surface waters of the oceans swirl a bit faster, researchers report.
“A new analysis of the ocean’s kinetic energy, measured by thousands of floats around the world, suggests that surface ocean circulation been accelerating since the early 1990s.”
“With global temperatures continuing to break records in recent years, it’s important to cast an eye towards the future… time is running out to arrest the slide into catastrophe.
“Further compounding the issue are a variety of positive feedback loops that promise to further compound the problem… Unfortunately, the mechanisms at play in these feedback scenarios are far beyond the scale that humanity can realistically arrest.”
““We looked around and said, ‘huh, there just don’t seem to be as many fireflies around as there used to be,’” lead study author and Tufts University biology professor Sara Lewis, who has spent her career studying the mating rituals of a few firefly species, told Popular Science.”
“Last month was the warmest January on record globally, while in Europe temperatures were a balmy three degrees Celsius above the average January from 1981 to 2010, the European Union’s climate monitoring system reported Tuesday.
“Across a band of countries stretching from Norway to Russia, temperatures were an unprecedented 6C above the same 30-year benchmark, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported in a statement.”
“The speed of sea level rise increased along United States coastlines in 2019, a sign that some locations could be headed for worst-case-scenario flooding and other impacts predicted by climate models
“…according to an annual report that uses data from more than 30 tide-gauge stations in 16 states.”
“A recent spell of abnormally warm weather has led to a high-temperature record being broken in Mount Airy [North Carolina] for the second time in less than a month.
“That occurred Monday afternoon when the mercury hit 73 degrees at F.G. Doggett Water Plant, the city’s official weather-monitoring station. This broke the record for the Feb. 4 date which had been set in 1991.”
“Multiple weather-related crashes have already been reported in Denver — including one fatality, per the Denver Post.
“The city’s temperature fell 58 degrees from a “daily-record-tying high of 74 at 2 p.m. Sunday to 16 degrees by 8 p.m. Monday,” the Washington Post notes.”
“The wild weather Waterloo Region [Canada] experienced in January proved to record-breaking, according to University of Waterloo Weather Station co-ordinator Frank Seglenieks…
“…a new record for January that almost doubled the previous record, when 43 millimetres of rain fell on the area on Jan. 15, 1995. It was also the largest single-day downpour in Waterloo in nearly three decades…”
“The overwhelming heat wave was felt in San Juan [Argentina] this Monday and the maximum of the thermometer placed the province in second place in the ranking of the National Meteorological Service of the country.
“With 41.7 ° C that the SMN registered at 17, San Juan was in second place, below La Rioja, which marked 42 °.”
“Part of New Zealand’s South Island has become cut off after days of torrential rains washed away roads, forced the evacuation of 2,000 people and saw the country’s MetService issue its first ever red weather warning…
“In the township of Mataura, the floodwaters are inching closer to a paper mill where a chemical called ouvea premix is stored, which could release toxic ammonia gas if it comes into contact with water…”
“Capilano honey owner Hive + Wellness says important beekeeping areas [of Australia] suffered “devastating” impacts during the bushfire crisis, with the consequences “even worse than feared” and potentially requiring several years of recovery…
“…many family-owned businesses were under significant stress.”
“As of yesterday seven people are confirmed to have died in the Mul district of Western Highlands province [Papua New Guinea]. The bodies of four of them were retrieved miles from the [flooding] disaster area. Three are still missing.”
“The number of confirmed deaths from torrential rains across the country [Rwanda] since Sunday has risen to 19 after authorities initially put the number at 13 on Sunday, February 2.
“The toll rose partly as a result of another downpour on Monday, February 4, after the Emergency Ministry announced the initial damages.”
“Gota Fría Storms Made 2019 The Wettest Year On Record In Parts Of Murcia, Spain.
“At Alicante-Elche airport the annual total of 667 mm was the highest on record, and in both Murcia and Alcantarilla 12th September 2019 was the wettest day on record with figures of 169 and 180 millimetres respectively…”
“The Italian island of Sardiniaexperienced an unusual spell of summer weather on Monday, and a new record was set for the month of Februarywhen the temperature reached 27°C on the east coast of the island.
“The temperature was recorded at noon in Capo Bellavista…”
“Many ski resorts across south-east Europe have been forced to rely on artificial snow due to unusually warm temperaturesthat have prevented snowfall and threatened the winter tourist season…
“Artificial snow has kept ski resorts and other winter tourism businesses afloat in most Balkan countries…”
“Hurricane Petra has swept across Switzerland on Monday night and Tuesday morning, causing damage, electricity shortages and road closures…
“Winds of more than 170km/h were recorded by the Swiss meteorology service in the Napf and Bantiger mountains in Bern. This is the highest wind reading ever recorded in Switzerland since record keeping began in 1981.”
“Denmark has had its warmest January on record, with an average daytime high of 5.4 degrees Celsius (42 Fahrenheit). This eclipsed the previous record of exactly 5C (41F).
“In the past 30 years, January has become 1.6 degrees warmer – and this year, the country has had no snow and very few frosts.
“Similarly, Norway had its warmest January day on record with a high of 19C (66F) in the village of Sunndalsora on January 2 – a massive 25 degrees above average.
“Eventhe Scottish highlands recorded their hottest December day in 70 years. A weather phenomenon known as the Foehn effect caused temperatures to soar to 16.8C (62F) at 03:00 GMT in northern Scotland.
“Elsewhere, Moscow had its warmest December in 133 years, notching up its warmest day for that month in the process with a high of 5.6C (42F) on December 18. December’s weather was so mild that authorities were forced to bring in artificial snow for the festive period.”
“On Monday, it was reported that over 70 Russian cities experienced their hottest January since records began… the average January temperature in the capital broke the all-time record by an eye-opening 1.6 degrees.
“This past January was the warmest on record in Lithuania, with the average air temperature amounting to 2.8 degrees Celsius, or 6 degrees higher than multiannual monthly temperature average for January…
“January 2020 was also unique as this was the first time that there was not a single day with snow cover during all the month.”
“For about 60% of Finland’s territory, January ended with the most mild measurements ever recorded and some spots saw the temperatures reach 7 or 8 degrees warmer than usual.
““The average January temperature in many areas corresponded to typical March and April conditions” says Jokinen.”
“Several cities across Franceare reporting temperatures of 24°C-25°C (75-77 °F). Biarritz and Saint-Jean-de-Luz, two cities close to the Pyrénées Mountains, as well as Tarbes and Perpignan are reporting record heat for what is supposed to be a winter month.
“The heatwave comes in the context of an already mild winter.”
“The main culprit — or savior — was the jet stream, which flowed mostly west to east without any significant dips south into the eastern U.S. that would bring colder air from Canada and the Arctic.
“The average temperature in New Jersey was 37.3 degrees — 6.6 degrees above average.”
“Record high temperatures for this date were recorded at both BWI Marshall Airport and at Dulles on Monday.
“The National Weather Service reports that BWI hit a high of 67 degrees on Monday afternoon, which broke the old record of 66 degrees set in 1932. Dulles also hit 67 degrees…”
“Widespread flooding, power outages and bridge washouts have shut down large portions of British Columbia, leaving tens of thousands of Canadians crying for help and hundreds of visitors at Sasquatch Mountain Resort trapped.”
“WeatherWatch said Monday was the first time it had “not only forecast but reported a verified temperature of 40 degrees in the North Island [NZ]”.
““Historically 40 degree-plus temperatures affect the eastern South Island. However a heatwave from Australia pushed hot air over the North Island yesterday.””
“Perth [Australia] has sweltered through its hottest day in five years and the hottest February day in 23 years, with temperatures in the city peaking at 42.7 degrees Celsius just after 3:00pm.
“It comes as the third cyclone of the season builds off WA’s north coast…”
“Australia’s grain production and exports are expected to continue falling as the country battles multi-year drought and water issues, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
“South Korea had its warmest January and the least recorded snowfall, with the average temperature standing at 2.8 degrees Celsius, the weather agency said Tuesday…
“The average temperature in January was 3.8 C higher than the 30-year average temperatures…”
“Swarms of desert locusts could ravage more countries in eastern Africa and threaten the livelihood of many more people, the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization said on Monday…
““There also other countries at risk, especially South Sudan, Uganda, Eritrea…,” said Bukar Tijani, assistant director-general of the FAO’s agriculture and consumer protection department.”
“The World Food Programme is warning that the number of people in need of aid in South Sudan will increase this year. Years of conflict have left nearly half of the population relying on food assistance.
“And, as Al Jaazeera’s Hiba Morgan reports, recent flooding has made the situation worse for thousands more.”
“As temperatures soared and the discomfort index reached dangerous levels in large parts of the Eastern Cape on Monday, many towns remained without water as drought, load shedding and vandalism continued to impact on water provision…
““People are trying to steal our pumps and our Jo-Jo tanks. The demands are getting worse as the drought continues and our teams are struggling to cope. There are six communities without water,” she said.”
“Species that have evolved in tropical regions such Australia’s wet tropics, the Guinean forests of Western Africa and the Andes Mountains will come under increasing stress as the planet warms, the study finds.
“Scientists have long known that higher air temperatures are contributing to the surface melting on Greenland’s ice sheet. But a new study has found another threat that has begun attacking the ice from below:
“Warm ocean water moving underneath the vast glaciers is causing them to melt even more quickly.”
“A State of Emergency has been declared for an idyllic tourist location where 400 people are trapped after wild weather lashed the area. “A red severe weather warning has been issued for the first time ever for Fiordland, in the south-western corner of New Zealand’s South Island.
“…350mm [circa 14 inches] of rain fell in just 24 hours… A further 300mm to 450mm of rain is forecast for the area and will hit before Tuesday afternoon.”
“Hawke’s Bay Airport [NZ] experienced its hottest day on record today, reaching a scorching temperature of 37.4C. The aiport’s previous record was 36.7C in 2009.
“The high temperatures in the region are caused by a warm air mass travelling over New Zealand from the Tasman Sea…”
“Canberra has sweltered overnight, after the city recorded its highest overnight minimum temperature on Sunday morning.
“Preliminary data from the Bureau of Meteorology shows the mercury reaching 26.7 degrees at Canberra Airport at 4.07am. The previous high at the weather station was 24.4…”
“Dozens of homes were destroyed overnight in Australia’s southeast but the wildfire threat had diminished by Sunday across New South Wales state and around the national capital Canberra, officials said.
“Bega Valley Mayor Kristy McBain said damage in her region 240 kilometers south of Canberra had yet to be assessed by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service.”
“Afghanistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, and one of the least equipped to handle what’s to come.
“Experts say drought, flood, avalanches, landslides, extreme weather, mass displacement, conflict, and child marriage—all of which already plague Afghanistan—are set to worsen.”
“Pakistan, which is facing its worst locust attack in decades, has declared a national emergency to tackle the insects destroying crops on a large scale in Punjab province, country’s main region for agricultural production.
“The decision was taken at a meeting convened by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday…”
“Somalia has declared a national emergency as large swarms of locusts spread across east Africa. The country’s Ministry of Agriculture said the insects, which consume large amounts of vegetation, posed “a major threat to Somalia’s fragile food security situation”.
“There are fears that the situation may not be brought under control before the harvest begins in April.”
“At least 13 people have been killed and 15,096 others have been left homeless by flash floods that swept 16 villages in Tanzania’s southern district of Kilwa in Lindi region, an official said on Saturday.
“Christopher Ngubiagai, Kilwa district commissioner, said the floods caused by ongoing torrential rains also damaged tens of hundreds of hectares of farmland and killed livestock.”
“Dry, hot summers with temperatures around 30C are set to become the norm in Scotland, researchers suggest.
“Analysis of UK climate projections by Met Office staff and researchers at the Universities of Edinburgh and Oxford indicates a substantial increase in the likelihood of Scottish summers being similar to the mid-year heatwave of 2018…”
“Total potato production in Great Britain for the 2019 crop has been estimated to be the fifth lowest on record, according to latest figures… The region with the largest unharvested area is the North (East and West) at 16%, one of the worst hit by 2019’s heavy rainfall.”
“France is experiencing record high temperatures for the season, especially in the south…
“Forecaster François Jobard, of Météo France, told public news source FranceInfo that “an abnormal element has established itself”, making the current season “the second-most mild beginning of winter since records began, so since 1900”.”
“Temperatures in Hungary reached a record high for February 2, hitting 18.2 C. in the village of Drávaszabolcs in southern Hungary on Sunday, the national weather service said on its Facebook page… “Hungary’s temperature [also] rose to a record high on January 31.”
“Scores of cities across Russia including Moscow and St. Petersburg have experienced the hottest January in their recorded histories, an official at Russia’s meteorological center said Monday.
“The latest record comes after 2019 was declared the hottest year on record in Russia.”
“Hot temperatures in Wichita on Sunday broke a 96-year-old National Weather Service record, and a second 1-year-old record may also be broken. The thermometer at the NWS Wichita office at Eisenhower National Airport hit 74 degrees…
“The normal high temperature in Wichita for this time of year is around 44 degrees, weather service meteorologists said.”
“January featured plenty of above-average temperatures, and February is getting off to a similar start, as Sunday was a record-breaker in Chicago.
“According to the National Weather Service, O’Hare International Airport measured a temperature of 52 degrees on Sunday, making it the warmest Feb. 2 in the city’s history.”
“Several British Columbia communities are cleaning up and digging out after a storm swept over the southern part of the province on Friday, prompting flooding and landslides.
“Local states of emergency were declared in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island and the District of Kent in the Fraser Valley.”
“Extreme weather on both ends of the spectrum has hit Australia, as Hobart records its highest-ever temperature while a South Australian city is flooded.
“Hobart airport reached a scorching 40.9 degrees on Friday – breaking the previous record of 40.8 set on December 30.
“Meanwhile, Port Lincoln, west of Adelaide, has become submerged by flash floods as rain lashes South Australia.”
“Some farmers in Northland [NZ] are already culling stock suffering in the [drought] conditions – with the hot weather forecast to peak over the weekend…
“Northland farmers suffered record low rainfall in 2019 and grow supplementary crops to feed stock during summer – when the region is usually bone dry.”
“February 2018 had numerous warm temperature records tied or set from the South to the Northeast [US]. Temperatures soared to 78 degrees in New York City on Feb. 21, 2018, topping the previous February record of 75.
“Washington D.C. recorded its earliest 80-degree day with a high of 82 on Feb. 21. Several cities across the South experienced their warmest February on record, including New Orleans, Atlanta and Tampa.”
“A storm system that is expected to barely brush the East Coast of the United States late in the week will end up bringing the brunt of the impactful weather to Atlantic Canada over the weekend.
“The upcoming system is set to track over the same region that experienced record-breaking snowfall and storm-force wind gusts less than two weeks ago.”
“Young girls in southern Africa are selling sex — sometimes for less than the cost of a loaf bread — to survive a hunger crisis ensnaring tens of millions, aid agencies said on Thursday.
“In Angola, girls of 12 sell themselves for as little as 40c to feed their families as the south of the country faces its worst drought in four decades, World Vision said.”
“Madagascar experienced torrential rains that caused deadly flooding in the northern parts of the island recently.
“In a new natural-color image from the Operational Land Imager instrument on the NASA and the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) Landsat 8 satellite, the sediment-filled brown rivers can be seen swelling out of their banks and onto the Helodrano Mahajambe due to the heavy floods.”
“Antarctic tourists risk being killed in a Titanic-style tragedy because climate change is creating more icebergs, putting cruise ships in danger, experts have warned.
“Some 50,000 people visited the inhospitable region last summer and the numbers have been increasing steadily along with the numbers of icebergs.”
“Scientists have discovered record warm water beneath Antarctica’s “doomsday glacier” for the first time, leading to concerns for the glacier whose collapse could contribute nearly a meter (approximately 3 feet) to global sea level rise.
“On Jan. 8 and 9, researchers drilled a bore hole through the ice, then measured the waters beneath for the first time on Jan. 10 and 11, according to New York University (NYU).
“They recorded temperatures more than two degrees Celsius above freezing.”
“Heavy rains since Tuesday have caused destruction in the southeast of Brazil, a region that was already suffering from flooding and landslides in the last week.
“In the capital of Minas Gerais state, Belo Horizonte, a metropolitan area home to six million people, some neighbourhoods saw 176mm (7 inches) of rain on Tuesday night. The downpour continued on Wednesday morning.
“It was the latest storm in what has been a punishing January for Minas Gerais and neighbouring Espirito Santo and Rio de Janeiro states.
“Roads on Tuesday night turned into gushing rivers, sweeping away cars, motorcycles and debris.”
“Heavy rains which hit several parts across Rwanda on Tuesday night had killed at least three people before destroying farms and sweeping away five homes, a senior government official said on Wednesday.”
“According to the UN, more than 500,000 people – a quarter of Lesotho’s population – face severe hunger due to droughts that caused a 60% fall in cereal production last year, compared with 2018.
“At least 71,000 people in rural areas are “one step away from famine”, says Jens Laerke, spokesperson from the UN…”
“The drought situation is worsening in Zimbabwe where at least 7,7 million people need urgent food aid as some parts of the southern African nation have so far received insignificant rains for large-scale and subsistence farming…
“More than 34,000 cattle have succumbed to the drought, which has resulted in poor harvests in four of the last five crop seasons.”
“Flash floods and landslides have killed at least nine people and forced thousands into temporary shelters on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, the local disaster agency said on Thursday (Jan 30).
“Torrential rain in North Sumatra this week sparked the disaster, with most victims drowning or hit by logs swept away in the current, the agency added.”
“Authorities say the searing heat, accompanied by dry winds, would bring severe bushfire conditions to parts of New South Wales and Victoria—where more than 80 fires are still burning across the two states…
“Extreme weather has battered parts of Australia in recent weeks, bringing giant hail, floods and landslides.”
“[Australia’s] Beekeepers are preparing for a tough year following major losses of floral resources across the country due to drought and bushfires.
“Apiarists are having to artificially feed their bees with sugar and pollen to keep the population alive, with this year’s focus on survival and pollination rather than honey production.”
“Australia’s biggest gold miner, Newcrest, fears prolonged severe drought conditions could force it to slash output at the nation’s most lucrative gold mine by the end of the year, even as it and other miners invest heavily in water-saving measures to alleviate the impact.”
“Researchers say climate change is driving marine heatwaves that are moving food sources and causing an unprecedented spike in the number of whale entanglements, according to a recently released study…
“…“the Blob,” caused changes along the U.S. West Coast that led to a dramatic increase in the numbers of whales that became entangled in fishing gear.”
“Emergency services in Russia rescued over 500 ice fishermen after they became trapped on a giant sheet of floating ice that broke-off an island in far-eastern Siberia, officials said.
“The rescue mission took place off the coast of the island of Sakhalin in the Sea of Okhotsk, just north of Japan. The operation lasted approximately seven hours.”
“…the most dramatic changes in climate and ecosystems over the past half-century have occurred in the Eurasian Arctic and Siberia.
“In this regard, it is necessary to quickly develop adaptation mechanisms to warming, otherwise humanity will face serious socioeconomic upheavals, including famine.”
“If you’ve started wearing capris and flip flops because of the recent warm weather in Kamloops [BC, Canada], we won’t judge… The Kamloops forecast is currently calling for a high of 15 C on Friday (Jan. 31).
“The record for the highest temperature on Jan. 31 is 13.3 C, set in 1953.”
“Rising temperatures triggering extreme weather events around the world could result in an increase in heat-related illnesses and deaths, as well as the threat of new infectious diseases, according to experts…
“…with climate change, we can expect cases of heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and potentially fatal heat strokes to climb.”
“The current warmest year on record is 2016, but the latest forecast based on Met Office computer models suggest a new annual record is likely within the next five years.
“Individual years from 2020 to 2024 are predicted to be between 1.06 °C and 1.62 °C above pre-industrial conditions, and it is ‘likely’ the current record – of 1.16 °C, set in 2016, – will be beaten.”
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“Temperatures in Siberia have broken a new record, but not for recording icy figures as usual in the winter, but for high temperatures. 
“The Taiga forests of Siberia have expanded north toward the Arctic as a result of warming temperatures over the past four decades, a team of Russian and Finnish scientists has said… 
“Last month was the wettest January ever seen in Norway. 
“A distinct change has happened in recent years in the Barents Sea, around Svalbard (74° to 81° north latitude) showing a clear shift from Arctic climate to North Atlantic climate… 
“The iconic polar bear is facing extreme difficulty as disappearing sea ice makes it almost impossible for them to eat enough food to raise healthy cubs, a study found. 
“Snowfall during fall and spring is declining across most of the United States… 
“The eroding shorelines along Lake Michigan might not reappear anytime soon. 
“People living in the rural Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North province [Zimbabwe] have pleaded with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to assist them survive a devastating drought whose effects are worsening… 
“East African nations have been battling with swarms of desert locusts since the beginning of 2020. 
“Cyclone Damien formed on Thursday afternoon in warm waters off WA’s north and is set to be the first severe tropical cyclone to make landfall in Australia this season… 
“Bone dry plains are being drenched across Australia’s east as the coast is lashed by by a 2,000km-long rain bomb, causing dangerous flash floods… 
““The size of the cavity [under Thwaites glacier, Antarctica] is surprising, and, as it melts, it’s causing the glacier to retreat,” said Pietro Milillo, a NASA radar scientist who led the new research into Thwaites.
“Winds are picking up worldwide, and that is making the surface waters of the oceans swirl a bit faster, researchers report. 
“With global temperatures continuing to break records in recent years, it’s important to cast an eye towards the future… time is running out to arrest the slide into catastrophe.
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