heatwaves

Climate change increases risk of wildfires, scientists confirm
Priyanka Shrestha

A review of research shows links between climate change and increased frequency or severity of so-called ‘fire weather’

UK Government ‘must do more to protect UK against heatwaves’
Jonny Bairstow

That’s according to the EAC, which has criticised the government’s response to its report on heatwaves

‘Extraordinary weather’ to make 2017 one of hottest years
Priyanka Shrestha

This year has been forecast to be one of the three hottest years on record. The world has seen many high impact events in 2017, including catastrophic hurricanes and floods, heatwaves and drought, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). It found the average global temperature from January to September 2017 was round 1.1°C above […]

UN: Global heat melts Arctic and Antarctic sea ice to record lows
Priyanka Shrestha

The equivalent of heatwaves have passed over the Arctic pole, melting the sea ice volume to a record low last month. Antarctic sea ice extent is also the lowest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). The Arctic sea ice extent averaged 13.38 million square kilometres last month – 260,000 square kilometres below […]

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