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Future Heat Stress During Muslim Pilgrimage (Hajj) Projected to Exceed “Extreme Danger” Levels
2024-06-20 (or before) in Advancing Earth and Space Sciences JournalTagged under: Extreme Heat | Religion
Unwanted anniversary: 365 days of record-breaking ocean temperatures, Reef fading to ‘shadow state’ | Climate Council
2024-03-13 (or before) in climatecouncil.org.auThe Great Barrier Reef is suffering a fifth mass bleaching event in nine years, following 365 straight days of record breaking global sea surface temperatures, and igniting fears climate change is pushing tropical coral reefs past a tipping point.
Tagged under: Extreme Heat | Climate Data | Great Barrier Reef | Oceans | Tipping Points
Warmest February on record for England and Wales
2024-03-11 (or before) in Met Office UKEngland and Wales had their respective warmest Februarys on record according to provisional Met Office statistics in what was a mild and wet month for many.
Tagged under: Extreme Heat | UK
'These are numbers are just — wow': This winter was warmest in Canadian records by a huge margin
2024-03-10 (or before) by Kate Allen in Breaking News - Headlines & Top Stories | The StarThe average temperature for December, January and February was more than five degrees warmer than historic norms, preliminary figures show, an average all the more remarkable because it combines weather
Tagged under: Extreme Heat | Canada
Festivals and events cancelled as autumn heatwave hits four states
2024-03-09 (or before) in SBS | TV, Radio, On Demand, News, Sport, Food, MoviesTagged under: Extreme Heat | Australia | Climate Change Impacts
More climate records fall in world's warmest February
2024-03-07 in The BBCIt's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Niño.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Extreme Heat | Climate Data
Hot Streak: Why February 2024 Was The 9th Consecutive Hottest Month On Record
2024-03-07 by in ForbesEarth just experienced the hottest February since records began—and researchers warn it's all part of a pattern caused by human activity.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Extreme Heat | El Niño
Ocean temperatures reach their hottest in modern history
2024-03-07 by in The Times & The Sunday TimesClimate scientists fear further warming to come, putting fish, dolphins and coral reefs in danger
Tagged under: Fish | Extreme Heat | Sealife | Oceans
The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone
2024-03-07 by in The AtlanticAs far as humanity is concerned, the transformation of our seas is “effectively permanent.”
Tagged under: Extreme Heat | Climate Change Impacts | Oceans | Sea Level
Financial toll of climate crisis hitting women harder, UN says
2024-03-05 in The GuardianRural households led by women lose about 8% more income to heat stress than male-led families, data shows
Tagged under: Extreme Heat | Economics | Climate Change Impacts | Women and Children
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers ‘extensive’ coral bleaching, as scientists fear seventh mass bleaching event | CNN
2024-02-29 by in CNNThe southern Great Barrier Reef is suffering from extensive coral bleaching due to heat stress, the reef’s managers said Wednesday, raising fears that a seventh mass bleaching event could be unfolding across the vast, ecologically important site.
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | Extreme Heat | Coral Reefs | Great Barrier Reef | Australia
Dallas-Fort Worth to break February day heat record Monday | Fort Worth Star-Telegram
2024-02-26 in Fort Worth Star TelegramIn 1917, North Texas saw its hottest Feb. 26 with a high of 90 degrees. The weather forecast for the day calls for highs in the low 90s.
Tagged under: Texas | Climate Change | Extreme Heat
Weather tracker: Flash flooding in Oman and record temperatures in Western Australia
2024-02-16 in The GuardianFour people died after heavy rain in the Middle Eastern country, which is one of the driest in the world
Tagged under: Extreme Heat | Extreme Rainfall | Extreme Weather | Middle East
Hottest 12 months in 125,000 years - how extreme weather broke more records in 2023
2023-12-04 in Sky NewsSevere conditions brought turmoil across the world, impacting small towns and major cities, as storms, heatwaves, floods, and droughts claimed many lives and destroyed communities.
Tagged under: Climate Data | Extreme Heat | Climate Change
State of the climate: Global temperatures throughout mid-2023 shatter records - Carbon Brief
2023-10-23 by in Carbon BriefThe first three quarters of 2023 has seen exceptional heat globally, putting 2023 on track to be the warmest year since records began in the mid-1800s.
Tagged under: Extreme Heat | Climate Change | Climate Data
Global Temperature rise - September 2023 and beyond
2023-10-14 (or before) in Arctic NewsTemperature rise - September 2023 and beyond
Tagged under: Climate Change | Extreme Heat | Climate Data
Climate-driven extreme heat may make parts of Earth too hot for humans
2023-10-10 (or before) in EurekAlert! Science News ReleasesTagged under: Collapse | Extreme Heat | Climate Change Impacts
The summer ahead
2023-09-01 in The Monthly - AustraliaThe climate disasters unfolding in the northern hemisphere are a sign of what’s in store here, as governments fail to act on the unfolding emergency
Tagged under: Extreme Heat | Climate Change | Australia
CDP: Extreme heat is worst climate hazard for world's cities
2023-08-24 in Business GreenNon-profit reveals extreme heat it the most widely reported climate hazard among global cities
Tagged under: Africa | Extreme Heat
US weather agency warns of deadly heat in the US
2023-07-02 (or before) in ko-fi.comNate Bear published a post on Ko-fi
Tagged under: Wet Bulb Temperature | Extreme Heat | Health
Texas joins other parts of the globe in feeling the extreme heat
2023-06-16 in AxiosTagged under: Texas | Extreme Heat
Extreme Temperatures Around the World
2023-06-05 (or before) in mherrera.orgcoldest hottest places on the earth,extreme heat,extreme cold,severe weather,weather alert
Tagged under: Extreme Heat | Climate Data
Global risk of deadly heat - Nature Climate Change
2017-06-19 in NatureClimatic conditions that challenge human thermoregulatory capacity currently affect around a quarter of the world’s population annually. Such conditions are projected to increase in line with CO2 emissions particularly in the humid tropics.
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | Extreme Heat | Climate Change
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