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Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest5 Date: July 5, 2020, 12:34 pm
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Why we’re seeing the worst locust invasion in decades and how
Covid-19 exacerbates it | DW Analysis
[quote]While Asia and Africa are battling their worst locust
invasion in decades, the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic
could push tens of millions of people even into deeper poverty
and hunger. Over 50 million people were already facing
crisis-level food insecurity before the coronavirus pandemic
began to spread. COVID-19 prevents farmers from offsetting crop
losses by doing manual labor in cities because of curfews,
restricted movement, and social distancing mandates.[/quote]
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East Africa is being destroyed by a huge swarm of locusts
[quote]The biggest swarm of locusts for decades sweeps across
East Africa. And it's threatening to wreak catastrophe on
countries already struggling with food insecurity.[/quote]
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest5 Date: July 5, 2020, 12:36 pm
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Scientists warn of a busy hurricane season as Tropical Storm
Cristobal nears U.S. coast
[quote]A recent study by scientist Jim Kossin found that
tropical storms are 30% more likely to reach hurricane strength
than they were just 40 years ago. CBS News meteorologist and
climate specialist Jeff Berardelli reports on the relationship
between these intense storms and climate change.[/quote]
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest5 Date: July 5, 2020, 12:38 pm
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Massive Saharan dust cloud makes its way to U.S., while Arctic
heat wave continues
[quote]Even as states battle surges of coronavirus infections,
some are preparing for a massive dust storm to hit in the next
few days. And that's not the only unusual weather event
occurring this week. Siberia is dealing with an intense heat
wave, recording temperatures as high as 100.4 degrees
Fahrenheit.[/quote]
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest5 Date: July 5, 2020, 12:40 pm
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Massive Siberia wildfires pose potential threat to climate
worldwide
[quote]Forest fires tearing through Siberia have experts worried
about the potential long-term impacts on the planet. CBS News
contributing meteorologist Jeff Berardelli joined "CBSN AM" with
how the fires could increase the melting of the Arctic.[/quote]
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Oil spills, wildfires, invasive insects… Siberia’s climate
change vicious circle
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest5 Date: July 5, 2020, 12:42 pm
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Temperatures in the Artic Circle hit all-time high | DW News
[quote]Temperatures in the Arctic Circle have hit an all-time
record, with a town in Siberia reaching an unprecedented peak of
38 degrees Celsius over the weekend. This comes amid a
record-breaking heat wave that's left the region scrambling to
contain a spate of severe wildfire. Many locals have welcomed
the development but to experts, Siberia’s unseasonably high
temperatures are cause for concern.
Rising heat across the Arctic has led to widespread wildfires in
the Sakha Republic, where Verkhoyansk is located. Local
authorities say more than 275,000 hectares are burning. The heat
wave is also causing permafrost, or permanently frozen soil, to
thaw at a faster pace. In late May, the Arctic saw one of its
worst environmental disasters in decades, when a fuel reservoir
collapsed near Norilsk, spilling 21,000 tons of diesel into
local rivers, an accident blamed in part on melting
permafrost.[/quote]
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest5 Date: July 6, 2020, 8:55 pm
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Tropical Storm Edouard forms in far North Atlantic, enters the
record books
[quote]Edouard is the earliest fifth Atlantic named storm on
record[/quote]
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest5 Date: July 8, 2020, 12:10 am
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See why pink snow in Italy is concerning scientists
Scientists are studying the climate impact of the spread of
algae that is turning snow pink in the Italian Alps.
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest5 Date: July 8, 2020, 11:48 am
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China, Japan hit by devastating floods, mudslides
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest5 Date: July 8, 2020, 11:49 am
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The great death of insects | DW Documentary (ecology
documentary)
[quote]Insects are dying out and scientists and
environmentalists are sounding the alarm. Our film team meets
entomologists, farmers, scientists, chemical companies and
politicians in a bid to lay bare the causes of insect mortality.
Insects aren’t really likeable. They sting, bite, transmit
diseases and frighten children. But, on the other hand, they are
also fascinating: 480 million years ago, insects were the first
animals to learn to fly, and they took over the Earth. Even now,
they are fundamental to life on Earth, and are at the beginning
of the food chain on which all human beings are ultimately
dependent.
But insect numbers worldwide are dropping, creating a rupture of
the food chain. Environmentalists and scientists are now
extremely worried. Landscape ecology professor Alexandra-Maria
Klein from Freiburg, for example, has been researching the
effects of human interventions in natural environments for
decades and has launched an experiment in a fruit plantation on
Lake Constance: What happens when insects disappear? An ominous
silence is settling on places that were once humming and
buzzing. Why are the insects dying? Author Christoph Würzburger
takes a journey into the fascinating world of insects and meets
entomologists, farmers, scientists, chemical companies and
politicians in a search for the causes of insect
mortality.[/quote]
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest5 Date: July 15, 2020, 10:10 am
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Florida Threatened By Permanent Flooding
[quote]Miami and the state of Florida face the threat of
permanent flooding over the next 20 years as a result of climate
change. [/quote]
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