22nd March - Today's News: Heat Index Hits 62.3c in Brazilian Heatwave

Record heat index of 62.3C scorches Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro

In Australia, the ADF has airlifted 380 Borroloola residents to Darwin as McArthur River hits flood peak

Papua New Guinea floods, landslides leave at least 23 dead

In Iraq: Mudslides rush down roads as city of Duhok suffers severe floods

South Sudan heatwave: Extreme weather shuts schools and cuts power

February's West Africa heatwave was supercharged by climate crisis, study finds

Sulphur dioxide from Iceland volcano eruption has reached the UK

The heat index -- how hot it really feels -- is rising faster than temperature

Sea surface temperature research provides clear evidence of human-caused climate change  whilst global sea levels jumped due to El Nino and warming climate, says NASA

Anthropocene unit of geological time is rejected

And finally, a rather bizarre one, the Tennessee Senate passes bill based on 'chemtrails' conspiracy theory - it states that "The intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight is prohibited," which, technically speaking not only means cloud seeding is banned, but, arguably, also all aircraft - since they all produce contrails (which we know can impact on temperature and sunlight) and CO2 emissions (which know impact on climate).   The added irony being that if any stratospheric spraying to counter global warming was taking place, anywhere in the northern hemisphere, it'd spread across Tennessee regardless - and no-one on the ground would even know it was happening.  Meanwhile it'll be interesting to see how they react to contrails spreading out across the sky - commonly known by the dumb and stupid as chemtrails .....   I guess it just shows that being a US senate doesn't mean you know jack shit and can still be less intelligent than a dead whelk.   And you can quite me on that!