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Norway landslide: Houses buried in Gjerdrum village near Oslo Croatia earthquake: Strong aftershocks hit after quake kills seven A frigid air mass in Mongolia may have just crushed a world record for surface air pressure Experts warn of climate change in Turkey as trees bloom early after the country's warmest December on record And scientists say 2020 was exceptionally warm in Finland But after record heat comes extreme cold to Russian Arctic coast Storm Bella helps Great Britain set new record for wind power generation - on Boxing Day Five bodies recovered from remote Papua New Guinea landslide site Little damage done as tropical storm Chalane hits Mozambique   And a well preserved woolly rhino from Ice Age unearthed in Russian Arctic

Christmas Eve snow for some, but Flooding ruins the holiday for thousands as flooding forces thousands of people to evacuate their homes on Christmas Day in Bedfordshire while floods ravage Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire as gale-force winds hit 100mph But there's a UK white Christmas declared after overnight snow And yesterday h eavy snow in Midlands leads to travel warnings and road disruption - we even had some wet snow in Evesham, though it didn't last very long here. Isolated Utopia homelands in central Australia cut off by heavy rainfall In Iran: Climbers die in blizzards and avalanche And globally, extreme weather causes huge losses in 2020

After an unexpected 37.6mm of rain in Evesham yesterday (and more elsewhere) no surprise that there are almost 100 flood warnings in force as deluge batters England and Wales The tragic moment woman, 61, is dragged away in flash flood after powerful storm hits Brazil Warmer winters causing more ice-free lakes in Northern Hemisphere, study finds And despite starting to break up, giant Antarctic iceberg A68a is not done yet

Giant iceberg A68a shatters into large fragments as it nears South Georgia Perth weather: City reaches 40C as severe heatwave brings Christmas Eve scorcher Earlier in the week the Cornwall Eden Project closes after heavy rain causes floods Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, shooting steam and ash kilometres into the sky How wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes broke all kinds of records in 2020 The upside of volatile space weather is that it could change a planet's atmosphere increasing the chance of us detecting life And for those who weren't under cloud and rain on Monday night, Jupiter and Saturn align in the night sky

At least four people dead as Tropical Cyclone Yasa leaves trail of destruction in Fiji Two dead, hundreds flee floods in Philippine storm Yesterday saw some localised flooding as heavy rain hits parts of Wales On the Jurassic Coast: Warnings after latest rockfall at Hive Beach And with La Nina under way in the Pacific, the Met Office predict that 2021 will be cooler but still in top six warmest

 Fiji surveys damage from Cyclone Yasa — one of the strongest storms ever recorded with winds gusting to well over 200mph  In the eastern US, the big freeze follows the deadly storm which saw as much snow in parts of New York as fell in the whole of last winter (here, the lightest of dustings would do the same ..... ). Giant iceberg A68a prangs seabed and loses corner A study concludes that there'll be a change in global precipitation patterns as a result of climate change - which should really be news to no-one A dark storm on Neptune reverses direction, possibly shedding a fragment whilst data suggests that Saturn moon, Enceladus, could support life in its subsurface ocean And a warning that wildfire smoke may spread infectious disease

In the US, there are three dead as Storm Gail blasts the East Coast with tens of millions on East Coast to be affected today.  Two feet of snow expected in places.   Which is probably about two feet more than Evesham will see all winter .... Meanwhile, in Japan, heavy snow strands 1,000 cars on highway, causes blackouts in Niigata, Gunma Fiji imposes curfew ahead of Cyclone Yasa Another deluge swamps Gold Coast as severe thunderstorms move across south-east Queensland Maps reveal 84 million Americans are living in areas hit by drought And how dancing starling spectacle caused power cuts in Scottish village

Fiji braces for 'dire situation' as Category 5 Cyclone Yasa threatens 600,000 people whilst in Tonga there's a much weaker Tropical Cyclone Zazu tracking between Vava'u and Ha'apai In Australia, another severe weather warning issued for Sydney as heavy rain continues to flood parts of NSW with Byron Bay's Main Beach 'all but disappeared' as a result of the storms Strong evidence that lightning 'gouged channels' into Scottish mountain A68a iceberg: Science mission to investigate frozen giant as it nears South Georgia Wildfire hotspots in the western US and Arctic reached 'unprecedented intensity' in 2020 – but global fire emissions are decreasing overall, satellite data shows The melting of the Greenland ice sheet could lead to a sea level rise of 18 cm in 2100 - past predictions of sea level rise by the end of the century have sensationally been anything up to 2 metres ....   This does seem a bit more realistic (but doesn't...

Northern New South Wales hit by wild weather as winds and flash flooding lead to hundreds of calls for help whilst south-east Queensland hit by heavy rain overnight with BOM forecasting more extreme weather Many parts of Finland see zero hours of sunshine in December so far 700-year history of wind recorded in island mud And there are weird volcanoes everywhere we look in the solar system    

There were some 'lucky escapes' among 241 avalanches last winter   Covid drives record emissions drop in 2020 The new sunspot cycle could be one of the strongest on record, new research predicts - contrary to those predicting a prolonged solar minimum and "mini ice age" ..... (which we should now be in the midst of!) And what caused the ice ages? Tiny ocean fossils offer key evidence

Australia's record spring heat a one-in-500,000 chance without climate change Russia's Arctic temperatures hit new records in December with some places recording temperature above freezing ....   But still cold in some places with some impressive light pillars recorded over the city of Tyumen in Western Siberia Venice floods as forecasts fail to predict extent of high tide Oops! Better delay that move to Proxima Centauri ..... space weather discovery puts 'habitable planets' at risk And it's been a sluggish start for Arctic sea ice freeze-up

Very dangerous storms bring wild winds and hail north of Brisbane as wild weather spreads across South-East Queensland whilst BOM says 'short-lived but fierce tornado' hit Horsham in west Victoria Severe flooding disrupts trains and trams in parts of Scotland on Saturday Snowy UK winters could become thing of the past - I thought they already were!  Austria postpones some virus testing after huge snowstorm But climate change threatens 'most Alps glaciers' by the end of this century. And last month was the hottest November ever as Europe had its warmest fall on record

In Alaska, Haines grapples with landslides and flooding after a record-breaking storm with as it's predicted this weird week will go down in weather history Temperatures to soar over the weekend as southern Queensland swelters through heatwave Sweden's unusually mild autumn sets spate of November records Alaska's weird week will go down in weather history There's another Southern California wildfire burning out of control — and will for days to come Why once in a lifetime floods to become regular occurrences by end of century for parts of New York Greenland ice sheet faces irreversible melting Why a cluster of Alaskan islands could be single, interconnected giant volcano How the climate changed rapidly alongside sea ice decline in the north during Dansgaard Oeschger events And the world's biggest iceberg captured by RAF cameras

There's been disruption after 'thundersnow' hits Scotland as a blanket of snow covers large swathes of Britain .  We just had a bit of rain .... Cyclone Burevi heads to southern India after hitting Sri Lanka Rains in western Indonesia leave 2 dead, 2,700 homes flooded China announces expansion to weather modification program, artificial rain to cover area bigger than size of India Heatwave deaths among over-65s have doubled in the UK since the early 2000s as the effects of climate change hit health, report warns 2020 set to be one of the three warmest years on record , despite the arrival of La Nina. Field geology at Mars' equator points to ancient megaflood And this tropical glacier is rare, revered, and could be gone by next year

After Sydney records hottest November night on record a l ightning strike in severe Sydney storm destroys heritage bell tower, thousands without power Meanwhile, Australia bushfire spreads across popular Fraser Island after Australia endures hottest spring ever, with temperatures more than 2C above average and Queensland registers record temperatures as heatwave intensifies in first days of summer November temperature records smashed across Norway too Deadly flooding hits Sardinia after heavy rains Last week in India: Cyclone Nivar makes landfall bringing rains, flood Stunning light pillars illuminate the night sky of a Chinese city due to an optical illusion In  Brazil's Amazon: Deforestation 'surges to 12-year high' And, what will the climate be like when Earth's next supercontinent forms?

State of emergency in Russian Far East as ice rain causes collapse of key systems Bubbling methane craters and super seeps - is this the worrying new face of the undersea Arctic? Photos show flooding after high tide at Faversham Creek and Whitstable seafront  - it was the highest tide there for 7 years In  Donegal: Ministers shocked at peat slide devastation Tornado, heavy rain batter north of Cyprus Philippines' typhoon deaths rise as worst floods in 45 years hit north Warmer winters linked to increased drowning risk And n owhere is safe from microplastics: Scientists find tiny plastic fibres in the 'death zone' near Mount Everest's summit

Hurricane Iota: Category four storm hits Nicaragua   - it was the most powerful storm of the Atlantic season - as   Central America faces havoc, more than 30 killed, from latest storm Storm Vamco hits Vietnam as Philippines rescues survivors Meanwhile, the latest study shows that c limate change causes landfalling hurricanes to stay stronger for longer Parts of Suffolk hit by flooding after high tide leaves areas underwater British Columbia hit by severe weather, from windstorms to snowfall An Australia city recovering after 'abnormal' storm slams Newcastle New Zealand marine heatwave looms following warmest winter on record Italy's Stromboli volcano erupts with 'high intensity' explosion sending ash and debris hundreds of feet into the sky Aurora-chasing citizen scientists help discover a new feature of STEVE Climate change: Can sending fewer emails really save the planet? And trees do walk ....  the a mazing moment trees on hillside slide down slope after peat sli...

Storm Eta: Around 150 feared dead in Guatemala At 99 degrees, Phoenix shatters record for hottest day ever recorded in a November Billionaire landowners oppose Highlands space port decision Arctic animals are migrating earlier in the year due to climate change How a breach of a vast remote 'landslide dam' in one of the world's most earthquake-prone regions could cause 'the worst natural disaster in human history' Its estimated that a bout half of Sun-like stars could host rocky, potentially habitable planets And,  the incredible ever-burning 'fiery mountain' that locals use as a handy barbecue

Hurricane Eta is battering Nicaragua after making landfall as a category 4 storm; its since fallen to category 2. November temperature record reached in Finland York's streets turn to rivers after heavy rain causes the Ouse to burst its bank Overall, the UK sees fifth wettest October since 1862 The giant A68 iceberg on collision path with South Georgia And astronomers have discovered the most inhospitable 'hell' planet ever that rains rocks with 60-mile-deep lava seas and winds of more than 3,000 mph .  I probably won't be going there for my next holiday ....

Yorkshire flooding: Drivers rescued as rivers overflow Calgary hotter than Florida city, breaks 139-year-old November record The Philippines braces for another cyclone as Typhoon Goni toll rises In the Caribbean, 130mph Hurricane Eta threatens to bring flooding and storm surge Four-year-old girl rescued 91 hours after Turkey quake as death toll exceeds 100 Amazon fires: Year-on-year numbers doubled in October How a longer mud season, no snow could alter northeast US rivers by 2100 A warming of 2°C would release billions of tons of soil carbon according to new research Hot or cold, weather alone has no significant effect on COVID-19 spread And after it's wettest October (here it was the wettest month since July 2007) in Oxford: The soggy view from UK's oldest rain record

Typhoon Goni death toll rises as search continues for survivors in flooded Philippines towns with fears after Philippine town said to be 90% damaged Turkey earthquake: Search efforts continue for third day as death toll rises Tropical storm Eta expected to become hurricane and heads to Central America  And the Dutch new highest temperature for November 2 set before breakfast

A large earthquake hits Greece and Turkey, bringing deaths and floods with Izmir and Samos badly hit,  whilst rescuers cheer as they haul teenager from rubble of devastated eight-floor apartment block as death toll from deadly earthquake in Turkey and Greece hits 26 with more than 800 injured Life-threatening storms sweep Australia's east coast leaving 30,000 homes without power - as monstrous hailstones smash properties and cars as South-east Queensland hit by very dangerous thunderstorms as hail up to 14cm pummels the region .  Meanwhile, the Bushfire inquiry says Australia must prepare for 'alarming outlook' Storm Aiden: Heavy rain and winds hit UK Typhoon Goni: Philippines orders evacuations ahead of 2020’s strongest storm Meanwhile, in Pictures: Ferocious Typhoon Molave smashes through Vietnam as today Vietnam tackles Typhoon Molave's deadly aftermath, searches through landslide destruction as new storm threatens region In El Salvador: At least 7 dead, more ...

Typhoon Molave: rescuers scramble to find dozens buried under landslides in Vietnam whilst earlier in the week in the Philippines: Typhoon Molave displaces thousands, floods villages Cirencester residents shocked at size of hailstones that fell during a thunderstorm yesterday (of course, we had nothing except a little rain in Evesham) Hurricane Zeta kills one in Louisiana as category 2 storm bashes coast Queensland storms forecast again, but now there's a risk of fires as well China's forest carbon uptake 'underestimated' - the country's policy of planting huge new forests to counter desertification and provide timber resources appears to be paying other dividends And in the Great Barrier Reef: Scientists find reef taller than Empire State Building

Intense rain and large hail impacts Brisbane and inland areas as storms moves across South-East Queensland with warnings that the huge storm will batter Australia's east coast for another three days Hurricane Zeta closes in on resort zone of Mexico's Yucatan A new Silverado wildfire rages in California The greenhouse effect of clouds instrumental in origin of tropical storms And how newly discovered water on the Moon could sustain a lunar base (it's not liquid water though)

Tropical Storm Zeta stalls in Caribbean as Hurricane Epsilon passes eastern US The weekend saw more travel chaos as Scots roads flooded and trains cancelled as heavy rain batters country whilst flash flooding hits part of Brighton after Met Office warning Wild weather in Australia too as power restored to thousands after 100mm of rain falls in northern Sydney But snow in Colorado expected to put damper on wildfires - some of which have been burning since August

Met Office scientists build computer model to predict when tornadoes will hit the UK There's alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record In Canada, Okanagan snowstorm breaks 120-year-old record for most snow in October The drought in western U.S. is biggest in years and predicted to worsen during winter months And whilst the effects have so far been a reduction in pollution globally, in the UK, at least more pollution expected from stay-home workers this winter.

Record heatwave in Midwest and south Brazil, with warning of hyperthermia risk with Sao Paulo among the places recording their highest ever October temperatures. Homes evacuated and cars stranded after Aberdeenshire flooding UK Planners 'must prepare' for weather extremes - Met Office Waterspouts, torrential rains hit Greek Islands Storm Barbara leaves 76,000 homes in southern France without power And 10 million snowblowers? Last-ditch ideas to save the Arctic ice

Vietnam faces deadly flooding disaster - Red Cross with ‘catastrophic floods’: 105 killed, 5 million affected in Vietnam , as Tropical Storm Saudel lashes Philippines, heads for Vietnam There's been flooding on Moray coast amid warnings of heavy rain on the way The 26th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Epsilon strengthens to a hurricane, charges toward Bermuda The season's first major snowfall breaks record in Minnesota There's elation as Nasa's Osiris-Rex probe tags asteroid Bennu in sample bid And Typhoon-hit South Korea suffers cabbage shortage

California just had the hottest August and September on record. October might break records, too Ground-breaking discovery finally proves rain really can move mountains   Spectacular red sprites - ultrafast bursts of electricity - filmed over the Urals   Are climate scientists being too cautious when linking extreme weather to climate change?  250mya the world's greatest mass extinction triggered switch to warm-bloodedness  And real-time data show COVID-19's massive impact on global emissions whilst COVID-19 lockdowns averted tens of thousands of premature deaths related to air pollution, study finds

October downpour sees UK's wettest day on record (that was 3rd October, and all thanks to Storm Alex) Recent Atlantic ocean warming unprecedented in nearly 3,000 years Lava lake rises at dangerous African volcano , threatening a city of 1.5 million people The mountains of Pluto are snowcapped, but not for the same reasons as on Earth And climate change likely drove early human species to extinction, modeling study suggests

Pictures show South America's Paraguay River depleted by drought Several dead in house collapse amid record rain in southern India In California: autumn heatwave sparks fears of new wildfires Storm uncovers time capsule of ancient forest at Cornish beach - the remains of Lyonesse perhaps? Russia sees warmest September in recorded history Two killed as massive forest fires rage in Syria The Great Barrier Reef coral halved by bleaching, climate change, report finds And a fivefold increase in flooding, wildfires and droughts caused by climate change over the last 50 years has led to 2 million deaths and £2.76 trillion in economic losses, study reveals

It's been the worst hurricane season in a century: Hurricane Delta becomes the tenth storm to hit the US mainland this year Israel hit with rare October heatwave as summer swelter stretches into fall How meltwater lakes are accelerating glacier ice loss And Iceland's most active volcano looks like it's getting ready to erupt again

After Hurricane Delta makes landfall in Mexico on Wednesday, now Louisiana braces for Hurricane Delta to make landfall as a Category 3 storm later today. In Australia there have been floods across south-west Victoria after average monthly rain falls in two days Typhoon Chan-hom may bring heavy rain and strong wind over weekend to parts of Japan Nitrous oxide emissions pose an increasing climate threat, study finds And the biggest arctic expedition in history returns to Germany with sobering climate change discoveries

Images show how French settlement was wiped out by storm as it emerges some 'victims' were dead bodies washed away from cemeteries by floodwaters Tornado spotted near Antwerp border Flooding hits six million people in East Africa Warmer winters are keeping some lakes from freezing in the northern hemisphere How African and Middle Eastern dust dampens albedo effect, spurs snowmelt in the heights of the Himalayas Explaining the formation of a hexagon storm on Saturn Manganese-53 provides evidence of a stellar explosion in Earth's proximity, eons ago - around the time the Pleistocene Ice Age began.  Could be a factor? And the European Copernicus Climate Change Service announce that September was world's 'hottest on record'

The death toll in flooding across France and Italy rises to 12 as six bodies wash up on a shoreline Tropical Storm Delta forms in the Caribbean and could hit the US Gulf Coast as a Cat 2 hurricane later this week whilst Tropical Storm Gamma Downs Trees in Cancun, Mexico Dozens of homes razed in New Zealand bushfires Boris Johnson announces plans for wind farms to power every home by 2030 - except, of course, when we're sat under high pressure in winter ....  Appears it plans new hydrogen cell technology and nuclear power stations to cover that. A study suggests the Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah Researchers find some planets may be better for life than Earth - no mention of an oversized moon to stabilise orbit and produce tides though.  And global warming means nights warming faster than days across much of the planet

France sends in the army while rescue teams hunt for survivors in Italy as torrential rain and winds from Storm Alex leave at least two dead and up to 20 missing Huge rescue effort underway after severe floods kill two people in northern Italy Firefighters among eight people still missing after Storm Alex hit southern France Over 60mm here in 60 hours made it the wettest spell in Evesham for several years, possibly since July 2007.   However, no problems this time.   Other parts of the UK saw over 100mm of rain as the heavy rain brings flooding and travel disruption This year's California wildfires burn record 4 million acres, more than twice previous high And how a Mayan community was obliterated 1,590 years ago when a huge volcano erupted

  Storm Alex brings heavy rain and high winds to parts of UK with a lot more rain - and likely flooding - in many parts over the weekend.  Here in Evesham we've already had 50% more rain than we saw in the whole of September.   Meanwhile Southeast France on red alert as Storm Alex wreaks havoc there. It's apparently been Italy's coldest September in 50 years with snow falling around Rome Australia can expect more cyclones, an earlier season, and more landfalls as La Nina cycle declared California's fall heat wave breaks records, prompts statewide flex alert to conserve energy 'How am I going to stay alive?' Flamborough farmer describes sheltering from tornado in Canada earlier this week Climate change responsible for record sea temperature levels And what wobbling rocks can tell us about nuclear safety

Aurora and rare moonbows light up the night in Scotland earlier this week At Walcott: Clean-up operation after village hit by sand storm at the weekend Two of Antarctica's most important glaciers which together cover area the size of Norway are crumbling faster than ever , satellite images reveal, whilst the Svalbard glaciers lost their protection in the 1980s and have been melting ever since   Around the world there are 300 million delta dwellers vulnerable to cyclones, flooding Has the world started to take climate change fight seriously? I won't hold my breath! Solving the strange storms on Jupiter And buried lakes of liquid water discovered on Mars

 Spring storm brings snow to New Zealand's beaches and travel chaos And in Europe there's been 'remarkable’ early snowfall in French mountain ranges whilst 10 inches of snow sweeps Swiss and Austrian mountains   Oh Noes ..... it's a new ice age! More from last week's East Anglian storm that brought power cuts, trees torn down and historic ferry damaged as storm batters region as Norfolk saw monthly rain in 24 hours and coldest and windiest September days for 40 years And keeping to the chilly theme, a new all-time coldest northern hemisphere temperature discovered

A Yorkshire 'supercell' storm covers region in hail on Thursday evening whilst yesterday in Norfolk flooding, downed trees and overturned cars amid high winds and torrential rain Wind bomb batters Sydney as heavy snow, hail and thunderstorms hit South Australia, Victoria and regional NSW Yakutsk, Russia’s coldest city suffocates under a thick blanket of smog from September wildfires Balearics battered by storms & strong winds Major wind-driven ocean currents are shifting toward the poles New model -- Antarctic ice loss expected to affect future climate change A new study suggests that island-building in Southeast Asia created Earth's northern ice sheets It's shown how the increased frequency of marine heatwaves are human-made And global warming driving California wildfire trends - study

Hurricane Paulette becomes a 'Zombie Storm' after almost blowing itself out and then regaining strength near the Azores Leighton Buzzard hit by two earthquakes in one day ; that's four in two weeks. Pictures show how volcanic ash covers Ecuador farming land after Sangay erupted on Sunday And an interesting, but in no way shocking, computer animation shows how Antarctica could emerge from the ice if global warming continues unabated

Arctic sea-ice shrinks to near record low extent Tropical storm Beta threatens flooding as it drifts to Texas and Louisiana shores California firefighters race to tame wildfires before hot, windy weather returns Kefalonia needs your help NOW after devastating hurricane-like storm as Medicane Ianos turns towards Crete after sweeping across Greece at the weekend. One missing as flash floods batter south of France And, corona-induced CO2 emission reductions are not yet detectable in the atmosphere

Lots of Atlantic activity.  Tropical Storm Beta forms in Gulf; Alpha making landfall in Portugal after   Hurricane Teddy explosively intensified into a Category 4 strength, severe impact to Bermuda possible And in the US, Storm Sally: Floods and destruction as weather system moves north Meanwhile, in the eastern Med, Greece lashed by rare hurricane-force storm In siberia, a large new ‘hole’ appears in Gydan tundra, following record-warm Arctic summer And an earthquake 'hack' reveals scale of ocean warming    

Hurricane Sally dumps up to three feet of torrential rain on Alabama and Florida US West Coast fires: Smoke spreads to New York and Washington Watch out holidaymakers!  It looks like a Mediterranean Cyclone could be heading to Greece this weekend Siberia's permafrost erosion has been worsening for years And whilst ancient volcanoes once boosted ocean carbon, but humans are now far outpacing them .  We're now out-pacing the PETM!

Hurricane Sally: 'Catastrophic flooding' as storm hits US as five cyclones churn in Atlantic Ocean for only second time in history Huge wildfire in Southern California threatens historic observatory Meanwhile, in the Amazon a long-running  wildfire burns Brazil's largest wetlands, killing thousands of wild animals The weekend saw the first autumn snow on Ben Nevis summit as summer ends whilst yesterday saw another UK date record fall as 30c was recorded for the 6th month running, as heatwave shatters September records in western Europe This comes as the NOAA report that the Northern Hemisphere just had its hottest summer on record Arctic transitioning to a new climate state : warmer and wetter, as warmth shatters section of Greenland ice shelf And is there life floating in the clouds of Venus?    If so, it's life not as we know it....

Oregon wildfires: Dozens of people missing in deadly blazes While over California last weekend a ‘fire-breathing dragon of clouds’: Formation over Creek Fire said to be biggest in US history Denver Sets 14 Hot And Cold Weather Records In Just 6 Days A nice picture of a Chinese tornado ripping through sea off Dalian And how volcanic ash may have a bigger impact on the climate than we thought

More towns are incinerated as America's West Coast wildfire death toll rises to 23 In Burkina Faso: 13 dead as days of heavy rains cause floods as deadly flooding spreads across Africa’s Sahel region UN report: Covid crisis does little to slow climate change And it looks like La Niña is here!

At least seven dead including a boy, 12, and his grandmother as more than 200 wildfires rage across California, Oregon and Washington after decimating an area the size of Connecticut Cold snap sweeps Rocky Mountains just days after record-breaking heatwave Meanwhile, LA is used to apocalyptic scenes in films - but this heatwave shows real impact of climate change Storm Francis uncovers more 'sunken' forest in Cardigan Bay from the legendary Cantre'r Gwaelod = Britain's own "flood" myth In the Sudan floods: Nile water level threatens ancient pyramids Thwaites: 'Doomsday Glacier' vulnerability seen in new maps 3.2 BILLION people will have a shortage of drinking water by 2050: Study warns that climate change will cause supplies to decrease by 60% A warning that when it comes to (potential) climate engineering: Modelling projections oversimplify risks And is there anyone out there?  Maybe not ..... Australian telescope finds...

Wildfires burn through record area in California as blazes continue to spread with at least one dead as wildfires trap 50 hikers in California, decimate an entire town in Washington, burn through Utah and Colorado and cause more than 100,000 to lose power in Oregon during record heatwave and seen from above: a passenger films plane flying above thick black clouds of smoke as California  wildfires continue to burn amid record-breaking temperatures of 121F Meanwhile Denver is under a winter storm watch two days after the city hit 101 degrees And it's proving a record year for Atlantic storms as two new systems form in a day    

Over the weekend, typhoon leaves 4 missing, injures more than 50 in Japan as today Typhoon Haishen batters South Korea after slamming Japan  Meanwhile, in eastern Russia, stunning beach with hundreds of colourful sparkling pebbles damaged by typhoon Maysak More than 200 people trapped by the raging Creek wildfire near Mammoth Pool Reservoir are rescued by California National Guard's helicopters as a "gender reveal party" is blamed for one wildfire, whilst Gov Newsom declares state of emergency and record temperature of 121 degrees fans the flames In Israel, boy, 14, dies of heatstroke as record-breaking heatwave enters 2nd week Senegal activates emergency floods aid plan after downpour produced the equivalent of 3 months rain in one day; in pictures: Flash floods in Senegal And a Russian glacier in Urals Region has completely melted, scientists say

The country's highest-ever recorded temperature, 46.2C, clocked at Athalassa , Nicosia on Cyprus, whilst at least 2 hospitalized for heatstroke as Israel roasts under extreme heatwave California braces for record heat even as wildfire smoke keeps windows closed Maximum caution urged as super typhoon approaches southwest Japan after which Super Typhoon Haishen expected to make historic landfall in South Korea - the first time the country has been hit by 3 typhoons in a year since records began in 1945 And last month, ten children killed after being struck by lightning while playing football in Uganda

Another red alert for September heatwave in Cyprus, whilst nationwide heat wave to continue until weekend in Turkey with Greece and isreal also seeing unusually high temperatures for September. Arctic wildfires break new records as ‘meltdown’ fears grow Bering Sea ice extent is at most reduced state in last 5,500 years Powerful Typhoon Haishen approaches Japan after earlier storm leaves several injured whilst 1 person killed as typhoon rips through South Korea, shattering windows and leaving homes without electricity And has Earth's oxygen rusted the Moon for billions of years?

Giant new 50-metre deep 'crater' opens up in Arctic tundra as the record warm summer led to more permafrost melt and release of methane The Welsh ridicule the Met Office for choosing Heulwen as name for storm which translates literally as 'sun blessed' (but it's also a common girls' name) There's been summer snow in parts of Wyoming, Montana amid 'freezing' temperatures in region Meteorite crater discovered while drilling for gold in outback WA estimated to be 100 million years old South Korea braces for second typhoon in a week Argentina devastated by widespread wildfires whilst the Amazon fires: Are they worse this year than before? And Coronavirus: Pandemic 'causing new wave' of plastic pollution    

Hurricane Laura death toll climbs to 14 in the US whilst b efore and after images show devastation from one of strongest storms to hit US Winchester High Street left underwater after heavy rain on Thursday whilst yesterday, a ‘rare’ tornadic waterspout spotted off Suffolk coast with another 'tornado' spotted above Eastbourne Germany's first 'autumn storm' of 2020 causes chaos around country Niger flooding: At least 45 killed, 226,000 displaced And with this year's minma likely to be one of the lowest on record, how new feedbacks speed up the demise of Arctic sea ice

Hurricane Laura's winds batter Louisiana, killing six but it doesn't appear to have been as bad as some feared More rain here yesterday saw floods across Devon and Cornwall after 'biblical' rainfall whilst in Scotland, Broxburn flooding: People rescued as homes in West Lothian flooded Melbourne storm: Three killed as winds cause widespread damage Typhoon damages buildings, floods roads on Korean Peninsula 'Overwhelmed': No end to flooding woes as rains lash Karachi Well here's a surprise (not): Land use change leads to increased flooding in Indonesia