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France hits record temperature of 45.9C whilst 30c yesterday in Kintail meant it was also the UK's warmest day so far as temperatures soar - but today is likely to be even hotter, with 30c+ in many parts of England.  Including Evesham. So is climate change causing Europe’s intense heat? A scientist weighs in And introducing the Dragonfly: Drone helicopter to fly on Saturn's moon, Titan

Europe heat wave sparks massive wildfire in Spain, record temperatures in France Unexpected summer snow hits W. Mongolia  How damage to the ozone layer and climate change forming feedback loop A second PNG volcano eruption in days stretches scarce humanitarian resources And it turns out planes are even worse for the climate than we thought due to increasing numbers (and persistency) of contrails

European heatwave sets new June temperature records in Germany, Poland and Czechia with more records likely over the next few days.  Saturday looks like being the only really hot day here though. Fire-scarred landscape looks like snow has come down in June as flowers bloom on the moors above Bolton There's no end in sight for record Midwest flood crisi s as high waters continue to swamp towns and agricultural fields throughout the Mississippi basin Under the Greenland Ice Sheet: 'More than 50 hidden lakes' detected Papua New Guinea's Mount Ulawun volcano erupts and sends thousands of residents fleeing Roads and deforestation explode in the Congo basin - impacting not just the wildlife, but in due course the global climate as well And on Monday evening there were pink rainbows spotted over south and west of England

It may end up the wettest day of the year here, after some heavy rain this morning.  Not exactly a heatwave though, but it is fairly humid.   Last year, the 25th June was the first day to see 30c reached, I think it'll be Friday or Saturday before anywhere sees that this year.  Not as wet as Edinburgh and Stirling yesterday though as heavy rain and flash floods cause travel chaos across Scotland and rescue for 14 in Stirling trapped by flash floods whilst Stirling Tesco roof collapses amid heavy downpours as thunderstorms lash UK And it's not just here, as torrential rain causes traffic chaos in Belgrade But mostly it's hot as searing heat across Europe sparks scramble for shade

Darwin CBD buildings evacuated after magnitude-7.2 earthquake in Banda Sea A line of storms leaves 1,000 mile path of destruction, impacting four US major cities on Friday.  Meanwhile, Colorado got almost 2 feet of snow on the first day of summer This week in France 40C heatwave could break June records but it doesn't like being quite so warm in Britain Perth weather delivers winter drenching as BOM records city's wettest June in almost 15 years And how the Indonesian capital Jakata is sinking towards disaster

A ‘dangerous heatwave’ to sweep Europe bringing temperatures up to 40C, forecasters say next week - and it'll be pretty warm (and humid) even here.  Parts of the Highlands, however, saw temperatures down to freezing earlier this morning! But in the US, on the first day of (astronomical) summer, s now temporarily closes road to Yellowstone .  Which probably means global warming is a hoax .... Hawaiian heat wave: With temps in 90s, nearly 30 records matched or broken since May  Happiness comes in waves: Rare formation of cloud covers netizens' attention - KH waves are something I have still never seen ....   Meanwhile, Boulder possibly witness to rare helix cloud formation .  Which is something else I have never seen.  But I did see my first nocties of the year last night; they were widely visible across Europe and even down to the SW of England. India is running out of water, fast and whilst Chennai's the latest city to have almo...

For future reference purposes, as these can sometimes be tricky to track down 2009: Svensmark: "global warming stopped and a cooling is beginning" 2010: New Ice Age 'to begin in 2014' 2013: New Research Paper Predicts 15 Years Of Cooling 2014: Forget Global Cooling Predictions…It’s Already Happening!  2016: Scientists Predict New Ice Age By 2019 As Sun ‘Goes Blank’ 2018: The 'imminent mini ice age' myth is back, and it's still wrong And the infamous Don Easterbrook projection showing just how much it will be cooling after the year 2000 ....