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  1. An Unusual Heat Wave Strains the World’s Most Populous Country

    Every one of the world’s 50 hottest cities was located inside India at the end of April—a global…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #climatechange #ExtremeWeather #Health #heat #heatwave #India #Science #Today'sClimate
    newsbeep.com/us/639708/

  2. An Unusual Heat Wave Strains the World’s Most Populous Country

    Every one of the world’s 50 hottest cities was located inside India at the end of April—a global…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #climatechange #ExtremeWeather #Health #heat #heatwave #India #Science #Today'sClimate
    newsbeep.com/us/639708/

  3. An Unusual Heat Wave Strains the World’s Most Populous Country

    Every one of the world’s 50 hottest cities was located inside India at the end of April—a global…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #climatechange #ExtremeWeather #Health #heat #heatwave #India #Science #Today'sClimate
    newsbeep.com/us/639708/

  4. European State of the Climate 2025

    Key Messages:
    At least 95% of Europe experienced above-average annual temperatures in 2025.
    A record three-week #heatwave affected sub-Arctic #Fennoscandia, with temperatures near to and within the Arctic Circle exceeding 30°C.

    #Glaciers in all European regions saw a net mass loss, with #Iceland recording its second-largest glacier loss on record; snow cover was 31% below average; the #Greenland Ice Sheet lost 139 gigatonnes (139 billion tonnes) of ice.

    The annual sea surface temperature for the European region was the highest on record, and 86% of the region experienced at least ‘strong’ marine heatwaves.

    #Wildfires burnt around 1,034,550 hectares, the largest area on record.

    #River flows were below average for 11 months of the year across #Europe, with 70% of rivers seeing below-average annual flows.

    #Storms and #flooding affected thousands across Europe, though extreme #rainfall and flooding were less widespread than in recent years.

    #Renewables supplied nearly half (46.4%) of Europe’s electricity in 2025, with solar power reaching a new contribution record of 12.5%.

    #Biodiversity is vital for a sustainable future, but #ClimateChange is a major cause of its degradation. Climate change and biodiversity are strongly connected within European policy and frameworks.

    climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/20

    #ClimateScience
    #ClimateCrisis
    #Copernicus

  5. A marine heatwave has been detected in the Arabian Sea near Kerala, raising concerns over marine ecosystems and fisheries. Experts warn of rising sea temperatures and ecological impact. english.mathrubhumi.com/news/k #Marine #Heatwave #ArabianSea

  6. : As the intensifies, there are '' going around asking people not to fill their to the full.

    Contrary to common sense, this is categorically a *bad idea*! Full tanks are actually *safer* than partially empty tanks or even fully empty tanks with trace amounts of fuel.

    Fuel doesn't explode on its own. Fuel-air mixture does. Empty tanks with trace fuel have the most of it, while full tanks have the least of it.

  7. #Colorado residents face earliest #WaterRestrictions ever — a harbinger of worse to come

    Nearly every snow basin in the Mountain West had one of its warmest winters on record and is well behind normal for water supplies.

    March 27, 2026, 9:11 AM EDT
    By Evan Bush

    "As a result of a #SnowDrought and a #HeatWave that have both set records, some Colorado residents face the earliest restrictions on their water use ever imposed.

    "#DenverWater announced Wednesday that it is seeking a 20% cut in water use, asking people to turn off automatic watering systems until mid-May and restricting the watering of trees and shrubs to twice a week.

    " 'The situation is quite serious,' said Todd Hartman, a spokesperson for the utility. 'We’re in such a dire situation that we could be coming back to the public in two or three months and saying you’re limited to one day a week.'

    "It is the earliest in the year that Denver Water has ever issued a restriction, Hartman said.

    "Colorado’s #snowpack peaked at extremely low levels on March 12 — nearly a month earlier than usual — then cratered during the recent heat wave that cooked nearly every state in the West.

    " 'We already had the lowest snowpack we’ve seen since at least 1981, and now, with the heat wave conditions, we’ve already lost about 40% of the statewide snowpack' since the March 12 peak, said Peter Goble, Colorado’s assistant state climatologist. 'Conditions are looking more like late April or early May.' "

    Read more:
    nbcnews.com/science/environmen

    #USWx #WesternUS #Drought #ClimateCrisis #WaterIsLife #ClimateChange

  8. mcusercontent.com/854a9a3e0940... Will the western #US really try anything better with such experiences? More #walk #bike #bus #train #YIMBY ? Or would it rather continue to drive gigantic new #oil-based #SUVs and be #NIMBY ? #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction #survival #heatwave

  9. Record-shattering March scorcher: 70 million to bake in summerlike #HeatDome into weekend

    Record-challenging heat will surge across the Southwest this week as a stubborn heat dome sends temperatures into the 90s and even past 100 degrees in some cities, levels more typical of late spring or early summer.

    By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist

    Published Mar 16, 2026 2:39 PM EDT | Updated Mar 16, 2026 3:55 PM EDT

    " Much of the Southwest will jump from springlike conditions to summerlike heat this week, with temperatures climbing well into the 90s in many areas and even topping 100 degrees in some locations which are more typical of early summer. The heat dome will have staying power and may not begin to weaken until this weekend to early next week.

    A burst of summerlike heat will build across the Southwest this week, pushing temperatures in many areas into the 90s and some past 100 degrees. Monthly records may be challenged, and the heat could hold into the weekend or early next week"

    Read more:
    accuweather.com/en/weather-for

    #USWx #SouthwestWx #ClimateChange #RecordHeat #MarchHeatWave #HeatWave #LosAngeles #LasVegas #PhoenixAZ #PalmSpringsCA #ClimateChangeIsReal

  10. "Always and Forever" is an R&B song written by #RodTemperton and produced by #BarryBlue. It was first recorded by the British-based multinational #funk-#disco band #Heatwave in 1976. Released as a single on 3 December 1977, the song is included on Heatwave's debut album #TooHotToHandle (1976) and has been #covered by numerous artists, becoming something of a #standard.
    youtube.com/watch?v=6tKAVPLgPrI

  11. Sympathies to all my friends who don't have a nice River to hang out next to and cool down of an evening.
    #heatwave #Australia #Deloraine

  12. Through the heatwave haze, the hypocrisy of Australia’s fossil fuel policy shines bright

    "The heatwave that blanketed much of Australia in early January was five times more likely to occur now than before human-caused global heating changed the climate." World Weather Attribution

    "The focus in 2026 is increasingly likely to turn to the nation’s huge fossil fuel exports, an area where the government – which declares it is committed to trying to limit global heating to just 1.5C, a goal rapidly fading from view – remains blatantly hypocritical...Thermal coal expansions still get the greenlight."
    >>
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    Australia's heatwave smashes temperature records with some places nearing 50C >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-01-28/aus
    #FossilFuels #coal #climatedisruption #heatwave #bushfires #HabitableZone

  13. #Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile have killed at least 18 people, scorched thousands of hectares of forest & destroyed hundreds of homes, authorities said, as the #SouthAmerican country swelters under a #heatwave.

    #Chile’s president, Gabriel Boric, declared a state of #catastrophe in the country’s central #Biobío region and the neighbouring #Ñuble region, about 500km (300 miles) south of #Santiago, the capital.

    #ClimateCrisis #USPol #auspol

    theguardian.com/world/2026/jan

  14. I found an old journal of mine from 20 years ago and was interested to note in January 2006 that:

    1. we'd just had the hottest December on record in Sydney #Heatwave

    2. the USA had revealed its underbelly with its response to the #NewOrleansHurricane

    3. increasing #terrorism was hanging darkly over us (John Howard's new terrorism laws had just come in)

    4. people were clutching at their mobile phones to feel loved and needed

    5. and we'd just lost #TheAshes 2005-06.

    When people say things started to go downhill with #Covid, perhaps they forget that the world is changing all the time, and sometimes for the better.

    I felt low and depressed at the state of the world 20 years ago, and yet I was cocooned compared to now. Yet we cope and manage and go on and find new ways to bring change for good.