11th June - Today's News: Record Warmth in Antarctica as El Nino Begins

Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown - 15c?  That's warmer than some parts of the UK were this week!

Second-highest surface air and sea surface temperatures for May globally, exceptional heatwave in western Europe

Meanwhile, it's official: El Niño under way and threatens weather extremes, scientists say

Midwest storms blamed for Iowa death, power outages and flight delays while heat hits the East

Storm chaser digs man out of rubble after tornadoes rip through US Midwest

Saskatchewan rarely gets tornadoes as strong as the one that hit the Oxbow area this week

How extreme weather and heat could affect players at World Cup 2026

Alaska’s glaciers have a startling response to rising temperatures

Parts of Australia on track for warmest start to winter on record amid influx of tropical air

‘Homes turned into ovens’: Millions of Yemenis swelter amid heat, blackouts

China warns people in desert regions to prepare for ‘extreme floods’ this summer

Four days of extreme rain killed 7% of world's rarest orangutans, study says

Watch out California: San Andreas Fault reaches highest stress level in 1,000 years

Scientists propose a radical new theory for how life began on Earth

An invisible forever chemical rain is falling across the plane - the law of unintended consequences yet again.....   And, on that note: How solar geoengineering could shield up to 75% of oceans from heat waves - but it could set us on the road to an even worse end if CO2 continues to rise unabated (which it will, thanks in part to our new obsession with AI).  At best, it's placing a small plaster on a festering sore.

 

 

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