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Climate change: Global impacts 'accelerating' - WMO 's 25th State of the Climate reports says After a couple of dry weeks, the wildfire season return to the UK as Betws-y-Coed residents are evacuated after mountain fire Video from Turkey as a man ‘flies off’ with umbrella in storm 'World's longest salt cave' discovered in Israel Australian s targazers looking for Aurora Australis mystified by bright green flash - actually from a meteor breaking up in the atmosphere Venus may have had a climate suitable for life billions of years ago And we can actually see what happened 65 million years ago after the Chicxulub asteroid impact: Stunning fossils record dinosaurs' demise

Raging floods wash away a bridge in New Zealand as freak 'one-in-a-hundred year' storm brings gale-force winds and torrential downpour Tropical Cyclone Joaninha slams Indian Ocean island of Rodrigues Temperatures in Alaska are toppling records Ex-Tropical Cyclone Trevor brings much-needed relief to drought-ravaged Western Queensland with some kids seeing rain for the very first time. How Arctic warming contributes to drought in mid latitudes, by weakening the prevailing westerly flow of weather systems - something we are, of course, already seeing happen. Climate change: Drilling in 'Iceberg Alley' Cold water currently slowing fastest Greenland glacier - it's not simply just started growing again, disproving global warming, as some of the usual suspects have wrongly suggested, and continues to melt, albeit more slowly. The changing face of the Arctic: one significant island vanishes from the map but a dozen appear A bit of ...

Rare South Atlantic Tropical Storm Iba forms off the coast of Brazil - the first full tropical storm in the South Atlantic since 2010 Flash floods kill at least 19 in southern Iran In NZ, torrential rain causes chaos on the West Coast Cyclone Veronica red alert lifted in parts of WA's Pilbara as residents assess flooding and damage Hurricane Maria study warns: Future climate-driven storms may raze many tropical forests How changes in ocean 'conveyor belt' foretold abrupt climate changes by four centuries Hubble catches Neptune forming new, massive storms And experts reveal that clouds have moderated warming triggered by climate change

Cyclone Veronica: Destructive winds and rain lash Australia as the weekend's twin cyclones delivering heavy rain to parched outback cattle stations An interesting study reveals that in India, urban areas are cooler than non-urban areas during heat waves And Antarctic mission reveals Totten Glacier secrets, along with rethink on sea level rise - the discovery of sub-glacial lakes could mean faster melting than thought.

Cyclone Trevor's destructive eye slams Northern Territory coastline with 250kph winds whilst in WA, Port Hedland could be in the eye of Cyclone Veronica for up to eight hours, authorities warn Tall ice-cliffs may trigger big calving events -- and fast sea-level rise And drone shows how storm left Conwy valley line looking like an abandoned Wild West railroad

Cyclone Idai: How the storm tore into southern Africa whilst the death toll jumps in Mozambique storm as 15,000 await rescue 25 States Are at Risk of Serious Flooding This Spring, U.S. Forecast Says Malaysia's k ing voices concern over heatwave plaguing country Blizzard closes over 10 expressways in China's northeast province Alpine tundra releases long-frozen CO2 to the atmosphere, exacerbating climate warming And Juno takes some spectacular picture of Jupiter's storms

On the Gulf of Carpentaria, utes packed to the brim as coastal residents flee Cyclone Trevor  whilst further west, Cyclone Veronica rapidly intensifies off WA's Pilbara coast, expected to reach category five Cyclone Idai: What's the role of climate change? We don't know ....  Meanwhile Cyclone Idai death toll rises past 300 as video reveals extent of devastation These Swedish towns are having their rainiest March in over 100 years Missouri River towns face deluge as floods move downstream Terrified Kentucky preschoolers and staff sing ‘Jesus Loves Me’ as a tornado rips off their school’s roof Frozen Lake Michigan shatters into a million pieces as the ice cover starts to break up In SW India, the mercury soars, heatwave scare grips Kerala Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2019 is seventh lowest on record A new study of 20 years worth of buoy suggests that rogue waves occurring less but 'becoming more extreme' On M...

There are mass evacuations for NT coastal communities as Cyclone Trevor approaches as it looks set to becaomse a category 4 storm in the Gulf of Carpentari. Meanwhile Cyclone Veronica forms off WA coast, with warning 'strong system' set to reach Pilbara Seattle hits 79 degrees for warmest March day ever recorded Cyclone Idai: 'Massive disaster' in Mozambique and Zimbabwe Indonesia flood death toll rises to 89 as dozens still missing And you may be pleased to hear that the super worm equinox moon is the last obscurely named supermoon of 2019

Cyclone Idai: Fears for 500,000 people as 90% of Mozambique city destroyed, aid officials say as the country's president fears over 1,000 may have died in and around Beira and suggestions that Cyclone Idai 'might be southern hemisphere's worst such disaster' .  Meanwhile, relief reaches Zimbabwe's cyclone survivors as death toll rises In Australia, Cyclone Trevor crosses coast as category three system, Lockhart River in lockdown There are now three dead in record flooding in US Midwestern states Record high US temperatures outpace record lows two to one, study finds A warning that there could be water shortages in England 'within 25 years' as demand rises and rainfall becomes less reliable and more extreme. Use forecast to talk about climate change, urges ex-BBC presenter Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano suffers largest eruption in years NASA’s first rover mission to Mars more than 20 years ago may have unkno...

Nebraska under water: Two killed as record levels of flooding break through dams And closer to home, four rescued as flood clean-up continues in north Wales 'Never seen so much rain': Zimbabweans struggle with storm floods after Cyclone Idai, whilst in contrast, further up the coast in the Horn of Africa: Millions suffering due to prolonged drought Lake Eyre begins filling with Queensland floodwaters as Birdsville roads reopen with more rain to come as Tropical Cyclone Trevor forms off Far North Queensland coast as storms hit the south east A dead Philippines whale had 40kg of plastic in stomach And the US detects huge meteor explosion over the Bering Sea last December

In the US, a winter storm heads east after devastating 25 states with nine tornadoes and blizzards as more than 2,500 people are urged to evacuate flooding in Nebraska Tropical Cyclone Idai displaces 1.5 million across Mozambique and Malawi, as UN ramps up response Receding Chilean glacier a sign of accelerating climate change Oil painting swirls, raging storms and Jupiter's famous 'Great Red Spot': Stunning close-ups of the planet are captured by NASA'S Juno probe And how tectonics in the tropics trigger Earth's ice ages - a story which the tabloids managed to get completely wrong , suggesting instead that " A TERRIFYING earthquake along the Earth’s equator could trigger another Ice Age, chilling research warns ." ......   And guess which version the sheeple will read and remember?

Cyclone Idai: Mozambique city of Beira hit by storm Sydney cleans up after super cell storms with giant hail as flight cancellations continue Arctic now locked into devastating temperature rise, UN report says Ocean sink for human-made carbon dioxide measured 'Bone' cloud appears above Whangarei - the strange effect likely caused by aircraft (distrails) And global warming: Children's climate strike spreads worldwide - but how many of those involved, if offerred the latest iPhone for free would say "no, I don't need it, my 3 year old phone still works fine"?   Or refuse the chance of flying to Caribbean for a holiday and choose Skegness instead?   How many have clothes they do not need/wear?   Or drink bottled water?  And expect imported exotic food on their plates every day?   They can change the world - but only by changing themselves. 

German town hit by tornado In the US, Winter Storm Ulmer strands over 1,000; National Guard asked to help; Colorado officer killed in historic blizzard Sydney cops drenching as severe thunderstorms and hail hit during commute Vanished wet season of 1952 has eerie similarities to NT's current dry spell There are now more than 80,000 displaced in Malawi flooding And new evidence from Chile seems to support the "Clovis Comet" hypothesis that there was a major cosmic impact 12,800 years ago though the suggestion here is of additional impact(s) in the Andes .....  but where?!   I am not convinced.

In Western Australia, Roebourne records hottest March temperature anywhere in the world meanwhile, in the south east, the state of the drought shows dams empty and NSW drowning in dust Named by Met Eireann ( not the UK Met Office), Storm Gareth: Travel disruption as gusts of up to 75mph hit UK (nice pic of a cumulonimbus off Cornwall, but it wasn't Gareth!) whilst in Eire thousands of homes left without power as 120kmh winds slam into coast Third person dead after Ben Nevis avalanche - indications are that the group involved comprised of French and Swiss climbers St Petersburg ice walls thrill Russians - found along the coast when storms push ice ashore Georgia tornado leaves house seemingly unscathed - guess this lucky piggy built his house from bricks, not straw! At least 11 killed after heavy rain lashes Sao Paulo Malawi floods kill 30, displace 6,000 Heatwave threatens to slash harvest in drought-hit Zimbabwe A continuing row o...

Britain is battered by 65mph wins with roofs smashed, roads closed and trees uprooted while over in the Netherlands the first spring storm a fact; dozens of damage reports and in  Germany: Storms halt trains, disrupt motorways, aviation .  More to come this week.  In the Pennines, Penrith mountain rescue team helps ambulance reach patient, motorists trapped in snow and walkers lost in blizzard Another ten tornadoes touch down in Arkansas and Louisiana as severe storms sweep across the country , but this time no fatalities.  Video footage as a flash flood wreaks havoc at tram station in California And why Britain's rain can't sustain its thirst

Britons think about the weather for 8 eight hours every week... beating our other national occupations - drinking tea and saying sorry unnecessarily At least six dead in Malawi and tropical disturbance brings flooding rains to southeast Africa How the melting Arctic is covering itself in a warm layer of clouds And evidence there could be clouds for some Earth-sized TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets

Flash flooding turns streets of California town into fast-flowing rivers of mud Bunyip State Park fire destroyed 29 houses, Victorian authorities confirm Rain melting Greenland ice sheet 'even in winter' And some new surprises from Jupiter and Saturn challenge current theories of planetary formation

There’s open water where sea ice historically covers much of Bering Sea off Alaska’s west coast Major storm brings spectacular lightning show to Southern California; chill continues for Northeast Heat wave bakes south India as north struggles to escape winter grip Rain is important for how carbon dioxide affects grasslands New research suggests that on-going, long term, climatic changes were not affecting them and that dinosaurs were thriving before asteroid strike that wiped them out And how wetland mud is 'secret weapon' against climate change

Warnings as dust storm closes in on Sydney after severe storms whilst Victoria's Mount Baw Baw has bushfires and snow all in the same week Alabama tornadoes: Seven family members among 23 killed Wildfire risk in California no longer coupled to winter precipitation South Korea plans artificial rain to reduce Seoul air pollution Antarctica's mystery of green icebergs may soon be solved And the human 'footprint' on Antarctica measured for first time - with 93,000 square km affected by human activity ....

Six-year-old boy among the 23 people killed by tornadoes that ripped through Alabama and Georgia - that's more than twice the number of tornado fatalities in the USA in the whole of 2018 ..... And here in the UK it was also a bit windy as 90mph Storm Freya batters Britain with 6in of snow, trees on rail lines and roads closed due to flooding .   It killed some of my daffodils!  And March 'to be the month of many weathers' as Storm Freya hits with unexpected heavy snow in Ireland. Video captures huge avalanche covering interstate highway in Colorado Meanwhile New York expecting its 'biggest snow accumulation' of the year, as storm makes its way across Northeast In Australia, the Bunyip and Yinnar South bushfires destroy homes, close schools in Victoria's east Afghanistan: More than a dozen killed in flash floods And human beings are susceptible to 'boiling frog' phenomenon, climate scientists warn - a gradual change beco...

Floods and mudslides turn California wine towns to 'islands' The heat continues in Australia as Cape Bruny in Tasmania's south overtakes Hobart to set a new March temperature high  whilst the wet season missing in action for Northern Territory, as Barkly cattle country bakes and waters run dry It's not just Britain that has seen early wildfires, they are already blazing in Siberia as well - due to a lack of snow - as a train on Trans-Siberian railway goes through wall of fire from grass and forest inferno New research from Arctic: Thawing permafrost peatlands may add to atmospheric CO2 burden UK Antarctic meteorite hunt bags large haul but UK's Halley Antarctic base in third winter shutdown due to uncertainty over ice stability (evacuation being problematic in winter darkness) Asteroids hitting Mars could have made hot rain fall for decades And ‘There will be 1,075 tornadoes’: Weather vendor’s prediction draws scrutiny