A burning shipyard in Mandra, west of Athens pictured on the 18th of July 2023. Photo credit: Petros Giannakouris, AP By Anders Lorenzen The tragic and unprecedented wildfires in many parts of Greece seem to have no end in sight as they escalated on Sunday and have now burned for a week – painting the country as a key climate […]
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A satellite image from Copernicus shows the land-surface temperatures in Spain. Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-3 imagery. By Anders Lorenzen Much of southern Europe and in particular Spain is experiencing record-breaking temperatures and an extreme unprecedented heatwave named Cerberus. The temperatures exceeding 40 Degrees C and land temperatures for the first time ever exceeding 60 Degrees C l is unprecedented […]
By Anders Lorenzen With temperature records now frequently being set around the world and continuing to do so even though we drastically cut emissions, research studies published in the journal Nature, reveal that even moderate warming at 34 degrees C can significantly impact heart health. The study reveals that air temperatures as low as 34 °C can lead to a […]
climate change A satellite image taken on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, shows Tropical Storm Bret as it chugged toward the eastern Caribbean. Photo credit: NOAA. By Anders Lorenzen A forecast by Colorado State University (CSU) has warned about an intense US Atlantic hurricane season due to record-warm sea surface temperatures. The Atlantic hurricane season began on the 1st and June […]
climate change A woman walks with cold patches on her forehead and neck amid a red alert for heatwave in Beijing, China. Photo credit: Reuters / Tingshu Wang. By Anders Lorenzen Data from the US National Centre for Environmental Protection has concluded, that Monday the 3rd of July 2023 was the hottest day ever recorded globally. Measuring 17.01 degrees C, […]
Photo credit: ITV. By Anders Lorenzen ‘It is a glorious sunny day across the British Isles with forecasts set to stay dry and sunny for the foreseeable future’ or ‘miserable rain continues across the country with no end in sight’. People who frequently watch the weather forecasts might not think there’s anything unusual in these two statements, made by the […]
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GeoColor imagery taken in the middle of May shows the smoke from wildfires raging in western Canada. Photo credit: NOAA Satellites via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen Wildfires are not a strange phenomenon in Canada. But already, with summer having barely started, this season is predicted to be the worst season for wildfires ever recorded in the country. Canada spans the […]
A displaced girl carrying water. Photo credit: Reuters / Akhtar Soomro. By Anders Lorenzen The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) has reached a record high of 71.1 million people worldwide. The increase was driven by global crises such as the war in Ukraine and the monsoon floods in Pakistan. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), an organisation based in […]