NEWSNATIONNOW (Alix Martichoux) - NOAA releases fall weather predictions for all 50 states as El Niño grows stronger
Fall is just around the corner, but summer weather may be sticking around a little while longer.
NYTIMES (Raymond Zhong) - Why Europe Keeps Being Pummeled by Heat Waves
The whole planet is warming, but changes in weather patterns could help explain why the continent is suffering so many bouts of severe heat.
NPR (The Associated Press) - Millions crowd cities to see Spain's first total solar eclipse in over a century
As the sky darkened, gradually at first and then quickly, people broke into applause and cheered. It was the Spain's first total solar eclipse in more than a century.
AI:Millions of people gathered across Spain to witness the nation's first total solar eclipse in over a hundred years, an astronomical event that caused widespread cheering and applause as darkness swept across cities. This celestial occurrence comes amidst a period of intense environmental volatility globally, including extreme heatwaves and severe weather shocks impacting various continents.Open
NYTIMES (Lynsey Chutel) - ‘An English Summer Is Not the Same Anymore’
With forecasters issuing a warning for very high temperatures, this summer is on track to be one of the hottest yet.
AI:Britain is facing an unprecedented heatwave as meteorologists warn that this summer is on track to become one of the hottest in recorded history. The extreme temperatures represent a significant shift for the region, marking a departure from traditional English weather patterns and contributing to a broader trend of extreme climate volatility across Europe.Open
NYTIMES (Raymond Zhong and Chico Harlan) - Effects of Record-Breaking El Niño Are Happening on 3 Continents
The recurring climate phenomenon is expected to peak later this year, but it is already causing dry spells and crop failures on three continents.
NYTIMES (Raymond Zhong) - Trump Administration Kills Annual Arctic Report Card
The top of the world is warming faster than any other region. For 20 years, the Arctic Report Card chronicled the extraordinary transformation.
JUSTTHENEWS (Joseph Weber) - July was hottest month in US since 1895, when country began keeping such records
July’s average temperature in the Lower 48 U.S. states was 3.3 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the 20th-century average, NOAA reports.
NEWSCATS - French Fried
Image: Antarctica’s Deep Freeze; New Zealand Freeze Smashes All-Time Records; Southern Africa Faces Another Blast; + The Arctic’s Year Without A Summer Related: SURFRAD data and surface heat transport In the article (SURFRAD data etc.) [...]
HUFFPOST - U.N. Warns 3 Global Crises Are About To Push Food Prices Higher
The wars in Iran and Ukraine, along with El Nino, are predicted to create a perfect storm of higher costs and lower crop yields.
AMERICANTHINKER - ‘The Chilling Stars’
By Bill Ponton Henrik Svensmark’s challenge to climate dogma is as threatening to the modern-day climate church as the Copernican revolution was to the Church of the Middle Ages.