Tag: Breaking Records

Climate Change

Summer 2023’s Climate-Driven Record-Breaking heat is not ‘The New Normal,’ since the abnormalities will Keep on Coming

Scott Denning, Colorado State University | – Summer 2023 has been the hottest on record by a huge margin. Hundreds of millions of people suffered as heat waves cooked Europe, Japan, Texas and the Southwestern U.S. Phoenix hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) for a record 54 days, including a 31-day streak in July. Large parts of Canada were on fire. Lahaina, Hawaii, burned to the ground. As an atmospheric scientist, I get asked at least once a week if the wild weather we’ve been having is “caused” by climate change. This question reflects a misunderstanding of the difference

Source: Summer 2023’s Climate-Driven Record-Breaking heat is not ‘The New Normal,’ since the abnormalities will Keep on Coming

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In an era of dire climate records the US and South Asia floods won’t be the last | US news | The Guardian

From the US to India and China, human impact on the climate is likely to have made droughts and storms more severe – and the trend is only set to continue

Source: In an era of dire climate records the US and South Asia floods won’t be the last | US news | The Guardian

Climate Change

Average Arctic temperature in Svalbard ‘could end up above freezing for first time in history’ | The Independent

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The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could end up above freezing for the first time on record, scientists have said.  Ketil Isaksen of the Norwegian Meterological Institute said that the average temperature in Longyearbyen, the main settlement in Svalbard, is expected to be around 0 Celsius (32 Fahrenheit) with a little over a month left of the year.

Source: Average Arctic temperature in Svalbard ‘could end up above freezing for first time in history’ | The Independent