4th August - Today's News: Smog Engulfs Moscow as Wildfires Rage
As thick smog from raging wildfires engulf Moscow - the worst so far - whilst Patriarch Kirill tells Russians to pray for rain as wildfires spread and the Russia wildfires death toll rises.
And in the other big ongoing story, with the flood death toll at 1,400 and expected to rise, there are mass evacuations as flood threatens to destroy dam - and more rain hampers Pakistan relief efforts.
Meanwhile, more hot dry weather in western Canada where over 400 wildfires scorch B.C. and even here in Britain the hot summer sparks London grass fire warning.
After a hot spring and summer, Acuweather are predicting that US Northeast heading for a mild winter
However, in contrast, Argentina has colder winter than Antarctica , spurring record power imports (obviously it's not really colder then Antarctica - just one place was on one night colder than the maximum temperature recorded at a base on the West Antarctic Peninsular)
With more heavy rain to worsen flooding in NE China there are worries that giant trash islands threaten China bridge, dams.
In Indonesia, palm oil giant accused of rainforest destruction caught 'red handed'. Simply answer of course is to ban the sale of palm oil (which we don't actually need for anything - it just happens to be cheap, and it's only cheap because it's easy to burn down rainforests and to the grow it using 'slave' labour) ...... and encourage Indonesians to to find other means of increasing their wealth that doesn't cause death and destruction. Sueing a few palm oil producers for the deaths of those killed in landslide would be another good start. Of course, it doesn't help that prices are going up as drought affects soybean production - soybeans also being grown in former rainforests to produce vegetable oil we don't actually need.
Solar storm hitting Earth causes spectacular aurora displays - though not in Britain where as usual it's too cloudy
Does new conflict beckon in the Middle East after Iraq says cannot contain dust storms moving into Iran?
And finally the good news is that it's wet and foggy yes, but Britain's grey skies don't put tourists off.
And in the other big ongoing story, with the flood death toll at 1,400 and expected to rise, there are mass evacuations as flood threatens to destroy dam - and more rain hampers Pakistan relief efforts.
Meanwhile, more hot dry weather in western Canada where over 400 wildfires scorch B.C. and even here in Britain the hot summer sparks London grass fire warning.
After a hot spring and summer, Acuweather are predicting that US Northeast heading for a mild winter
However, in contrast, Argentina has colder winter than Antarctica , spurring record power imports (obviously it's not really colder then Antarctica - just one place was on one night colder than the maximum temperature recorded at a base on the West Antarctic Peninsular)
With more heavy rain to worsen flooding in NE China there are worries that giant trash islands threaten China bridge, dams.
In Indonesia, palm oil giant accused of rainforest destruction caught 'red handed'. Simply answer of course is to ban the sale of palm oil (which we don't actually need for anything - it just happens to be cheap, and it's only cheap because it's easy to burn down rainforests and to the grow it using 'slave' labour) ...... and encourage Indonesians to to find other means of increasing their wealth that doesn't cause death and destruction. Sueing a few palm oil producers for the deaths of those killed in landslide would be another good start. Of course, it doesn't help that prices are going up as drought affects soybean production - soybeans also being grown in former rainforests to produce vegetable oil we don't actually need.
Solar storm hitting Earth causes spectacular aurora displays - though not in Britain where as usual it's too cloudy
Does new conflict beckon in the Middle East after Iraq says cannot contain dust storms moving into Iran?
And finally the good news is that it's wet and foggy yes, but Britain's grey skies don't put tourists off.
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