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Australia fires worsen as every state hits 40C with more than 30,000 tourists in Australia who defied orders to leave area east of Melbourne amid raging bushfires are 'trapped' as roads are cut off, after locals warned staying would be 'suicide' The UK saw record high temperatures for late December - recorded in the Scottish Highlands where there's currently very little snow to be seen.   Why was it so warm on Saturday night?   the foehn effect.  And the actual official max was 16.9c at Cassley, although unofficial stations recorded even higher. And a similar scene further east as Moscow brings in artificial snow for New Year in mild winter There is snow in the Alps though where a skier becomes the fourth person killed in avalanches in the Italian Alps Dozens dead as cold wave sweeps through Bangladesh And the North Atlantic Current responsible for north-western Europe's mild climate could temporarily stop within the next century, sc...

Tropical Cyclone Sarai claims two lives as more than 2,000 evacuate in Fiji A thirsty koala drinks from cyclist's water bottle near Adelaide as heatwave continues Another two dead after heavy snowfall, ice and flooding shut down major roads as powerful storm batters southern California After an Austria avalanche: Skier survives five hours in 'Christmas miracle' Earlier in the week there was an annular solar eclipse: Crowds in Asia gather to see 'ring of fire' And a study suggests that snowmageddon warnings in North America come from tropics more than Arctic stratosphere

Typhoon Phanfone: Philippine death toll rises to 28 Tropical Cyclone Sarai lashes Fiji as warnings issued for flash flooding, gale force winds In the Australia fires: Crews brace for dangerous heatwave In the US, a powerful winter storm pounds West Coast with rain and snow - but it's record highs in the Midwest Yellowstone’s Steamboat Geyser shatters previous record by erupting 47 time in 2019 After record rainfall, a teen swept away by Galilee flash flood found dead Valparaíso fires: Dozens of homes destroyed in Chilean city - it's suspected the wildfires, which spread rapidly due to the hot dry weather and strong winds, were started deliberately And with the imminent rise of satellite constellations: Astronomers warn of threat to view of Universe

Another tropical storm ruins Christmas for thousands of Filipinos Christmas arrives early for drought-stricken farmers as desperately needed rain falls over their parched lands   Severe flooding forces Fort Lauderdale Airport to close as overnight storms batter Florida There's record Christmas snow cover in Finnish Lapland - so that's where it's all gone this year .... Venice is hit by 'exceptional' new flooding Lewis stone circle has star-shaped lightning strike Maybe this timelapse of Earth's glaciers will change your perspective of the past 50 years ? Is Betelgeuse preparing to go supernova? And, especially at this time of year, we remember the thousands of volunteers fighting the flames in Australia.

Tornado in Surrey brings down trees and flips over cars with the tornado captured on dashcam as it crosses M25 in Surrey .  Meanwhile, there have been more towns and villages flooded after further rain in England European storm death toll rises to nine as 100 mile per hour winds lash the continent leaving 120,000 without power NSW bushfire crews rally to take control in cooler conditions after 100 properties destroyed in days while dramatic footage emerges as a ‘lava waterfall’ clings to side of cliff as wildfire burns through New South Wales And the White Island volcano official death toll rises after injured victim dies in Auckland hospital

Parts of England experience a Christmas washout! Railways and roads grind to a halt after two weeks worth of rain falls in 16 hours After Storm Elsa devastates southern Europe, five dead Australia fires: Travel warnings issued over 'catastrophic' blazes as the NSW bushfires sees fire-generated thunderstorm over two South Coast blazes and, sadly, two firefighters die as Australia fires rage, PM cuts short holiday And 435 people died in an 1896 heatwave — but scientists say the extreme heat events of today are still hotter - there was no air conditioning back then.  And in any case, some, at least, of the temperature readings are suspect.

Video footage shows torrential floods carrying away cars in northern Spain after fierce winds and torrential rain caused water levels to rise as Storm Elsa causes power failures in Portugal Meanwhile, much less severe flooding brings travel disruption across South East of England Homes lost, person killed as bushfires burn throughout South Australia and as more records tumble as heatwave rolls on, scientists point finger at climate change No real surprise as the Met Office says warming trend will continue in 2020 When it comes to ice sheet melting: Estimates still uncertain Beautiful psychedelic rainbow-coloured ‘jellyfish clouds’ caught on camera - although the irridescence was probably not as dramatic to the naked eye (it rarely is). And is carbon dioxide making it harder to think straight?   Well that's my excuse!

Sydney temperatures pass 41C as firefighters injured, homes destroyed, state of emergency declared  after Australia's heatwave sees average maximum temperature record broken two days in a row And there's record highs elsewhere too as Muscovites wonder where winter has gone as temperatures hit 133-year high - although, to be fair, that's only a Moscow date record. Storm Elsa surprises Galway with sudden flooding and fallen trees New York City hit by snow squall. Wait, what's a snow squall?   A sudden, intense snowstorm, silly! And from floods to fires to weird Arctic weather, Environment Canada releases top 10 weather stories of 2019

Australia's heatwave registers new hottest day on record, BOM says - with an average maximum temperature across the entire continent of 40.9c The NSW bushfires burn an area greater than Wales, the result of an exceptional spring New ice river detected at Arctic glacier adds to rising seas The chance of 'once in a lifetime heavy snowfall' has increased five times thanks to climate change, according to Japanese scientists - but only in Japan And a list of the daily nonsense headlines the Daily Express has written about SNOW this month

At least three dead as powerful tornadoes rip through the Deep South whilst the deadly winter storm that killed 12 in the Midwest barrels towards the Northeast Over the weekend in France: Winds, flooding leave thousands of homes without power Whilst in the Australia bushfires: 'Mega blaze' destroys homes ahead of heatwave  as aerial photographs show just how close hundreds of suburban homes were to burning down in bushfires ,  while South-East Queensland's hot weather breaks records as temperatures hit the 40s .   And over the next few days the temperature record could be repeatedly broken as heatwave hits Australia's south-east, BOM says In storm-hit Yemen, 'sin' is blamed for surging climate losses (of course, some Americans make similar claims .... ) There's a volcano warning for city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky amid ‘very likely’ eruption Anak Krakatau: Giant blocks of rock litter ocean floor And November 2019: Earth...

Earlier in the week, a Stoke tornado throws tiles from roofs and pulls down power lines Australia heatwave: Next week could see hottest day on record 'Santa Lucia's storm' sweeps Italy with snow and gales And meet Storm Hector: the thundercloud you can set your clock by

Deadly Cyclone Belna makes landfall in northwest Madagascar Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast hit by very dangerous storms, BOM warns of flash flooding whilst a freak Brisbane storm dumps half a year's worth of rain in one hour Route cleared to Skye village cut off by landslip As 45% of the UK's electricity needs were met by wind turbines last Sunday, thousands were paid to use extra renewable electricity on windy weekend Scotland's new avalanche risk forecasting season begins Greenland ice losses rising faster than expected New Zealand volcano: Divers deployed to find last two missing bodies NASA just watched a mass of cyclones on Jupiter evolve into a mesmerising hexagon Earth was stressed before dinosaur extinction - probably due to the Deccan Traps eruptions Research confirms timing of tropical glacier melt at the end of the last ice age And the deepest point on land found in Antarctica

As the official toll rises to six, with several critically ill in hospital and eight more unaccounted for, presumed dead, after the New Zealand volcano eruption: How White Island first responders rescued critically injured patients and the White Island volcano eruption a 'disaster waiting to happen', Australian expert says as the NZ PM Ardern says questions must be 'asked and answered' As bushfires continue, Sydney smoke at its 'worst ever' with air pollution in some areas 12 times 'hazardous' threshold  Strong winds blow over two lorries on East Lothian road Mysterious snow patterns seen from space have a corny explanation - harvesting is late and some North Dakota fields still have corn standing in them, 'hiding' the snow  South Africa hit by massive power cuts as floods disrupt supply High in the Bolivian Andes, a tornado causes damage in the city of El Alto Seychelles: The island nation with a novel wa...

Death toll from New Zealand's White Island volcano eruption rises to 5 - with more still missing.   Elsewhere in NZ, hundreds of tourists evacuated in major airlift after floods and slips close roads Eire is hit by Storm Atiyah: Power outages and parks closed with some power cuts and travel disruption for Wales and in England the South West battered by 73mph winds Flooding in western Uganda kills more than a dozen And a study concluded that our oceans running out of oxygen as temperatures rise

NSW bushfires surround Sydney but conditions ease for now And whilst the fires burn, they have also had the coldest maximum summer temperature on record at Thredbo and there's an operation to rescue Tasmanian wilderness hut shelters trekkers suffering hypothermia during trek In Zambia, the Victoria Falls slows to a trickle, fuelling fears of climate change Here, Met Éireann name the first storm of the season but it will have little impact on most of the UK Alaska's glaciers retreating at record pace And little surprise that it turns out a wild geoengineering plan to refreeze Arctic sea ice isn't the best idea

NSW Rural Fire Service says bushfires have combined to create 60km 'mega fire' north of Sydney with the city shrouded again in dangerous smoke.  Elsewhere in Australia, citizen-science program finds dust storms are occurring with record-breaking frequency And dust from Australia's drought may be causing New Zealand's glaciers to turn red Another deadly landslide, this time in Uganda with risk of more flooding and landslides as rains batter East Africa Tonnes of snow made for Cairngorm Mountain ski season which starts this weekend, although there's very little of the natural stuff to be seen at present Somerset earthquake: Homes shaken by 3.2 magnitude tremor And plastic pollution has killed half a million hermit crabs, study says

December marked by record temperatures in Iceland - over 1c warmer than the previous December record. A flash flood at famed Grand Canyon waterfalls sends tourists scrambling The USA's winter storm finally moves out to sea leaving behind lots of snow and 7 dead. Meanwhile more than a dozen killed as Typhoon Kammuri exits Philippines East Africa rain and floods linked to disproportionate effects of climate change Climate change to cause ‘substantial decline’ in snow cover days on Cairngorms, warns report Did a million years of rain jump-start dinosaur evolution? And carbon emissions edge up despite drop in coal

Typhoon Kammuri slams into Philippines, forcing thousands to flee In the US, a deadly winter storm continues to blast Northeast as December in the lower 48 begins with most snow cover in years  Perth smashes December heat record as bushfire emergency forces home evacuations in Perth's south Wall collapse from heavy rains kills 17 in India's Tamil Nadu Why the floods in East Africa are so bad No real surprise that, globally speaking, the last decade 'almost certainly' warmest Antarctic ice sheets could be at greater risk of melting than previously thought Drone images shows huge cracks developing in the Greenland Ice Sheet  A possible explanation for the "faint young sun" paradox?  How ancient microbes created massive ore deposits, set stage for early life  And could climate change become a security issue — and threaten democracy?   Yes ....

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology declares spring 2019 the driest on record , but as their summer begins there is total whiteout at Perisher and Mount Hotham as closed ski fields across Australia are blanketed in snow Buildings destroyed as Currowan fire races towards NSW South Coast communities And chaotic weather cancels flights, sparks flood worry in NZ There's also lots of bad weather in the US as deadly storm moves cross country taking aim at the Northeast with more than a foot of snow forecast in New York and New England More floods in southern France kill five, including three in a helicopter crash Thousands evacuated as rare December typhoon expected to bring heavy rains to Philippines Study underpins key idea in Antarctic ice loss And the Brazilian president goes even nuttier: Brazil's Bolsonaro says DiCaprio gave cash 'to set Amazon on fire'  

Djibouti experiences two years of rain in a single day, with no end in sight for East Africa as Kenyan flood rescue missions hindered by havoc But drought-hit South Africa braces for fresh heatwave Freak waves flood Marshall Islands homes A vigorous storm brings heavy rain and snow to California and prompts tornado warning near Phoenix whilst snow and rain slam Arizona as blizzard bears down on Midwest, Plains Albania earthquake: Rescue efforts wind down with the death toll now at 49 There are concerns that Amazon fires intensify Andes glacier melt with consequences for water security And here are five of the main reasons people continue to deny climate change

Can we avoid catastrophic climate change?  It may be too late ..... Nine climate tipping points now 'active,' warn scientists (although nt everyone agrees) The US gets hit by a couple of storms: 'Bomb cyclone' paralyzes the US on Thanksgiving, with Southern California bracing for flash flooding Summer outlook from Bureau of Meteorology suggests hot, dry times to continue across Australia How Russian birch trees are ‘climbing mountains’ due to climate change And how wet has 2019 autumn really been?   Wetter in some places than others.  

Albania is hit by series of aftershocks as death toll from its worst earthquake in decades rises to 28 whilst the Greek island of Crete is hit by 6.0-magnitude earthquake That was Denver’s biggest November snowstorm since 1994 Why El Niño weather events are looking increasingly dangerous as the climate changes More impacts of pollution and a global throw-away society as a Thai deer found dead after consuming 7kg of waste including underwear and coffee grounds And some mysterious ripples in clouds over Antarctica that were photographed from ISS and provoked wild conspiracy theories are caused by islands, say meteorologists - pretty obvious when you look at the pictures, to be honest!

There have now been at least nine people killed as deadly rainstorms hit parts of France, Greece and Italy . And at least another six dead and scores injured as 6.4-magnitude earthquake hits Albania collapsing buildings Severe weather warning sees thunderstorm lash Sydney, damaging power lines and uprooting trees Shocking 'then and now' pictures of Switzerland's glaciers reveal how much ice has melted since the 1800s Greenhouse gas concentrations again break records and the UN says there's a 'bleak' outlook as carbon emissions gap grows but when it comes to coal: Is this the beginning of the end?   Maybe .... And we'll see an ice-free Arctic this century, latest research says

Four dead and one missing after south-east France hit by rainstorms and floods whilst a motorway bridge collapses after mudslide as storms sweep Italy Death toll from Kenya landslides surges to 60 And an unearthed journal reveals coal industry knew about climate change and dangers of burning fossil fuels in 1966 - admitting 'it could melt icecaps and flood cities including New York'

Yesterday, more flooding causes problems in west Dorset with concerns elsewhere over the weekend as more heavy rain is due This week saw more bushfires, smoky cities and a thunderstorm asthma warning as Australia's east coast swelters and the dust storms are being made worse by Australia's drought. Here's how they work In South Africa, the third KZN tornado in one month, tears through Utrecht area  Part of a vital Antarctic glacier has unexpectedly stopped thinning whilst it's suggested that Iceland’s melting glaciers are nothing to panic about The Weather Channel offers 8 things we'll remember from the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season And you have to assume that James Madden and Nathan Rao are now doing this on purpose ..... Yes, once again the UK snow forecast: Coldest winter in 100 YEARS as 3-month sub-zero freeze hits Britain

SA bushfires burning out of control after day of catastrophic conditions, residents told to take shelter whilst yet another State issues alerts as the ongoing bushfire threat spreads to Victoria as first Code Red declared since 2010 The Met Office tell us to keep a weather eye open And the sea ice between Russia and Alaska is at record lows, scientists warn

Pictures from earlier today show Sydney blanketed by smoke from NSW bushfires while in the south, more than 100 SA schools to close in catastrophic fire conditions It's not just Venice: The extreme weather lashing all of Italy A new study shows a rise in global wind speed to boost green power .  This follows a decline in average global wind speed from the 1980s.   The reasons for these changes are not clear.  It may all change again .... Heat wave, drought kills more elephants in Zimbabwe Brazil's Amazon deforestation highest since 2008, space agency says - the Brazilian president will no doubt dispute this .... Roger Pielke Jnr explains that, contrary to a new paper published last week, no, hurricanes are not bigger, stronger and more dangerous .  Well, not in the USA, which, of course, is the only place that matters .... Whilst everyone worries about CO2, greenhouse gas nitrous oxide emissions have 'increased substantially' in the past...

A severe storm hits South East Queensland, bringing giant hailstones and destructive winds with the Sunshine Coast hail storm declared 'catastrophe' as Insurance Council estimates $40 million in damage .   Meanwhile,  in the west, temperature records smashed across Perth and regional WA during weekend heatwave An NZ tornado injures two in Christchurch May's huge Flow Country wildfire 'doubled Scotland's emissions' for the 6 days it burned Venice closes its iconic St Mark's Square as city suffers another major flood Heavy snow in Alps causes avalanches and travel disruptions for Austrians And in Alaska,  a record-high temp, then record-breaking snowfall hit Anchorage Saturday

We made the news yesterday as the Avon reached it's highest level since the record floods of July 2007. River Avon flooding: Schools, roads and hospital shut .   And there's now 'alarm' over winter flood prospects in England - rightly so as it's early in the season and any persistent rain is only going to bring levels back up again very quickly.  I'd be surprised if we don't see similar flooding again this winter. And some interesting comments as flood-hit farmers in spat with George Monbiot about dredging Flooded Venice battles new tidal surge Southeast France thrown into chaos by first heavy snow of the season In Australia, Perth endures hottest November day since records began as Western Australia sizzles in the heat . Meanwhile, BOM warns storms could start more blazes in Queensland Shrubbier Arctic tundra likely accelerates permafrost thawing, study finds Reports of a 'deep rumble' as earthquakes felt near Glen Coe And...

The Avon is at it's highest level since November 2012 (about 12ft above it's normal summer level) today with schools and roads shut as floodwaters rise , after yesterday saw the heaviest rainfall of the year and major disruption on trains as rain persists Update: levels actually peaked at just over 4m making it the worst floods since July 2007 Venice braces for more flooding with water levels set to reach 5ft again today as locals battle to clean up 'devastation'  Waves of ash wash up on NSW beaches, Port Macquarie records world's dirtiest air as bushfires burn .   Meanwhile, a cauldron of extreme heat developing in WA is heading straight for the east coast bushfire zone And the stunning image captures rare moment 'upward lightning' shoots out of a volcano in Guatemala

About an inch of rain (half a month's worth for this dry part of the world) overnight with more to come through the day - some flooding likely around here later - as snow falls in parts of Britain with ice warnings in place as the country braces for half a month's worth of rain today amid fresh flood fears for submerged towns Meanwhile, yesterday we had the first "ice day" of the season in parts of the Highlands, with the temperature at Dalwhinnie not getting above -1.6c due to freezing fog. Australia bushfires: Death toll rises as communities remain on alert Stalled weather patterns will get bigger due to climate change - which means more heatwaves, droughts ..... or periods of cold, wet and windy weather, depending on where the jet stream stalls Climate change expected to shift location of East Asian Monsoons With Mars methane mystery unsolved, Curiosity serves scientists a new one: Oxygen And how western plastics 'poisoning Indone...

As Venice floods: Climate change behind highest tide in 50 years, says mayor Arctic blast: US temperatures plummet to record lows England floods: What is making them worse?   Ironically, one of the problems is flood defences - which simply move the water downstream even quicker ..... A wall of fire fanned by powerful winds closes in on three Queensland towns whilst on the other side of the country there's a Geraldton bushfire emergency as two blazes threaten lives and homes in WA port city So, fire, climate change and prescribed burning: What do the experts have to say?  A new timelapse shows the oldest and thickest sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has lost 95 percent of its mass in the past 35 years And why individual climate models may not provide the complete picture

A new study shows that bigger hurricanes are now more damaging and three times more frequent than 100 years ago NSW bushfires spread to Sydney suburb of Turramurra, firefighters in action across the state as windy change moves through whilst Queensland's bushfire devastation captured in pictures and the terrifying moment a 'fiery tornado' sends debris and sheets of iron flying as farmer in a ute desperately tries to reverse to safety England flooding: Cobra to meet over northern floods Four people are injured and buildings damaged as earthquake hits southern France Arctic blast hitting the US predicted to break hundreds of weather records Israel's record heat wave not over yet Ice loss causing Arctic to reflect less heat , more so than black soot And scientists find eternal Nile to be more ancient than previously thought

School closures and evacuations warnings as NSW catastrophic fires loom for Sydney as a cold front drags in hot, blustery air and sudden dangerous wind changes whilst further north, Queensland fire emergency leaves Brisbane's air quality worse than Beijing But is climate change to blame for Australia's bushfires?   It seems politicians prefer to think not. Cyclone Bulbul: 20 dead and millions displaced as storm hits India and Bangladesh  Last week's flood victim was ex Derbyshire High Sheriff Annie Hall whilst an RAF Chinook helicopter works through the night to shore up defences in flood-hit Yorkshire as more heavy rain is forecast for today and tomorrow Welsh grass fires: 'Unprecedented' weather doubles call-outs in 2018 Climate change: Speed limits for ships can have 'massive' benefits  And airlines accused of hypocrisy over 'fuel-tankering ' - although I can't help but wonder if the same charge might well...

NSW fires destroy at least 150 homes, three people found dead whilst Queensland fires emergency flares up on Sunshine Coast, residents urged to evacuate And how the fires in NSW partly caused by delayed monsoons in India, experts say England flooding: River warnings and rail delays continue with one fatality reported The UN warns of an 'emergency unfolding' in flooded South Sudan Bangladesh: Mass evacuation as Cyclone Bulbul approaches And h ow scientists got climate change so wrong

Sheffield flooding: Torrential rain leaves city flooded and as a result, dozens spend night in Sheffield Meadowhall shopping centre unable to get home due to transport disruption - it was hardly a life-threatening situation, but some did have to buy pajamas from Primark ....  And this morning more homes evacuated as rain causes travel chaos In Australia, NSW fires destroy homes, leave people trapped as RFS fights 16 emergency blazes - an unprecedented number.  And Queensland fires force thousands of residents to evacuate near Cooroibah, north of Brisbane . And as fire seasons overlap in Australia and California, sharing firefighting resources will only get harder warns a Californian fire veteran. Terrifying footage shows 'four-minute' tornado rip up warehouses in Greece on Monday 'Ice eggs' cover Finland beach in rare weather event Tropical Cyclone Matmo is reborn as Bulbul after travelling 1,000 miles over land In Pictures: Floods ...

After it's revealed that last month hottest October on record: EU climate service comes the announcement climate change: ‘Clear and unequivocal’ emergency, say scientists But October wasn't warm everywhere, and NZ has now had two cooler than average months in a row for the first time in nearly three years How climate change alters Highland red deer gene poo l on Rum Last winter saw more people caught in fewer avalanches in Scotland's hills - more people in the hills, with less awareness of the dangers?  Or just "one of those things"?   Super Typhoon Halong among strongest storms ever seen on Earth  And satellite tracking shows how ships affect clouds and climate

The Russian Met agency report that October is another warmest month in the Northern Hemisphere (translated) as Russian Arctic island temperatures hit record highs Woman found dead in landslide after storm batters France  Another reason not to use them: Apple weather app's hilarious response after Sydney tornado warning The world is getting wetter, yet water may become less available for North America and Eurasia The first pictures and video of the largest methane fountain so far discovered in the Arctic Ocean  And more evidence that deep sea vents had ideal conditions for origin of life

On Saturday, parts of southern Britain saw strong winds: Woman killed and ferry travel disrupted Meanwhile, Storm Amélie leaves thousands without electricity in France Delhi gasps under 'eye-burning' smog amid worst pollution crisis with even airline flights being cancelled. ‘We have been abandoned,’ say CAR flood victims In southern Africa, deadly heatwave hits SADC states And they're dancing in the streets as drought-stricken western NSW receives best rainfall in years

California fires: More blazes sparked in Los Angeles area whilst elsewhere in the US record snowfall hits parts of Midwest as storm strikes East Coast, bringing outages and downed trees and a driver dies after being swept away in East Coast floodwaters and another is killed when heavy winds topple tree onto his van English fracking halted after government pulls support over earthquake fears To help the government formulate policies on climate change: Thousands invited to join citizens' assembly.   I could do that: In my opinion, what's needed is a campaign highlighting the financial and societal benefits of changes our lifestyles to reduce our carbon footprints; countering those who disingenuously claim doing so costs us money for no benefit .... And the incredible moment lightning strikes a gas station and leaves a 15-foot hole in the ground

How goats help save Ronald Reagan Presidential Library from the Californian wildfires - by eating surrounding vegetation.   Millions of masks distributed to students in 'gas chamber' Delhi blighted by toxic smog, much of it due to farmers burning stubble .... South Sudan president declares state of emergency for flood victims Tropical cyclones affect ing Oman and Somalia: 2 damaging systems in Arabian Sea Brazil wildfires: Blaze advances across Pantanal wetlands Climate change 'making mountaineering riskier' - melting ice increases the risk of rock falls in alpine regions Meanwhile, the world's fastest-thinning glacier identified in Patagonia Two million-year-old ice provides snapshot of Earth's greenhouse gas history A new study says climate impact from loss of intact tropical forests grossly underreported And it's claimed that climate policies 'will transform UK landscape '.  More trees and hedges sounds good, but ...

Minus 45 degrees in October? An Arctic blast is breaking records across western and central US A new study suggests that sea level rise to affect 'three times more people' than previously thought (I know of some, however, who refute that sea levels are rising at all!).  Meanwhile, Greenland ice cap melt measured by satellites - and it's enough to cover Tasmania in almost 5m of water  and the Arctic sea ice at lowest extent on record for late October Meanwhile, as permafrost melts, abrupt shifts in Arctic climate projected , along with more wildfires (which cause more melting .... ) Why does the Arctic have more plastic than most places on Earth? Another unusual storm forms out in the Atlantic during odd 2019 hurricane season - Rebekah isn't expected to amount to much though New kit to aid avalanche warnings erected in Cairngorms California wildfires: Strong winds fan flames around Los Angeles In the latest Australian wildf...

California faces huge power cuts as wildfires rage Temperatures plunge as chilly, dry weather replaces deluge that left parts of the westcountry under water and turned Tewkesbury into an island - well, that part of Tewkesbury that originally was an island, anyway .... The Clovis Comet again ...... Did an extraterrestrial impact trigger the extinction of ice-age animals? And we're all south Africans.  Origin of modern humans 'traced to Botswana'

Saturday was the wettest day in Evesham since February 2016 with 33.0mm of rain.  A weekend of heavy downpours leaves roads flooded as rivers burst their banks in Wales and York with the Wye at record levels as people rescued by boat in Hereford whilst the Welsh north-south rail line closed by flood damage between Hereford and Abergavenny Kincade fire: Emergency declared across California as fires rage   Tropical Cyclone Kyarr strengthens in the Arabian Sea In NSW the Ramsar-protected Macquarie Marshes wetland on fire with 90pc of crucial reed bed razed And Hurricane Pablo forms in a weird Atlantic Ocean location , much closer to Britain than America.  It's the most easterly, and second most northerly, location on record.  It's quickly weakening though.

Rather a strange case as hail survives two weeks of heat buried on outback Queensland property California wildfires: Millions warned of possible power cut as more strong winds forecast Japan flooding: death toll rises to 10 as heavy rains hit east of country A rare hurricane-like storm in the Mediterranean threatens Egypt and Israel How plastic waste aggravates flooding in DRC's Kinshasa And see the power of the wind as a storm pushes jet bridge across tarmac at Memphis airport

Typhoon Hagibis-hit areas in Japan battered by heavy rain as 60,000 advised to evacuate   Severe flooding in south of France leaves three dead Meanwhile, in Egypt: Death toll from heavy rains, flooding rises Kincade fire: Thousands evacuated as California wildfire rages but the drought in US south shows first improvement in weeks  New images reveal Iceland's glacier melt  How strong winter dust storms may have caused the collapse of the Akkadian Empire And an interesting story: US corn yields get boost from a global warming 'hole' - because the summer temperature there has actually fallen .....

After a heavy rain and a spate of flash floods in Southern Europe: Dead and missing in Spain and Italy and there is also more on the recent storm damage across the Balearic Islands  How sudden stratospheric warming is the unusual climate variation affecting ozone, heat and wind in Australia - it doesn't just mean cold weather in winter!  And people 'more likely to feel pain on humid days' - hot, humid days, maybe.  For me, cold and wet is good - as I found out in Scotland last month!

Several people are hurt as a tornado tears through holiday island of Ibiza and more details after Sunday night's tornado rips through Dallas, leaving widespread damage and power outages Heat, winds and power outages: California braces for days of dangerous conditions   Satellite captures rarely seen atmospheric gravity wave phenomenon off WA's north India just had its latest monsoon withdrawal on record, so what will it mean for Australia?  Melting glaciers reveal five new islands in the Arctic There are concerns about the widespread drying of European peatlands - they obviously weren't up in the saturated Highlands of Scotland last month! Satellite data used to calculate snow depth in mountain ranges Scientists suggest that Mars once had salt lakes similar to those on Earth And astronomers have spotted a new type of storm on Saturn