Category: Global Warming
South Africa equals the Worlds Hottest Temperature with a Sizzling 54°C
A village in South Africa has equaled the worlds hottest recorded temperature, shared with Kuwait in 2016 and Death Valley 2013, that holds the same sizzling 54°C record. Planet Earth and Storm Report SA reported that the temperature recorded at the Viooldrif weather station…
UN Report warns of 'Collective Failure" to Act and Meet CO2 emissions gap
Signing up to the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, world leaders agreed to limit global warming by the end of the century to 1.5 degrees Celsius, ideally, and certainly no higher than 2 degrees C. But a United Nations report published today says either goal is a…
Swiss Glaciers lost 25% of its Volume due to Impact of Global Warming
FURKA PASS, Switzerland — On the hairpin bend of a Swiss mountain pass, a Victorian-era hotel built for tourists to admire the Rhone Glacier has been abandoned now that the ice has retreated nearly 1.2 miles uphill. Where mighty glaciers once spilled into Swiss…
UK hit by Heavy Rains and Flooding
The United Kingdom is once again being drenched with torrential rain as half of the average rainfall of November has fallen in the last 24 hours causing the Met Office to issue another 45 flood alerts to a very weary population. The Met Office is expecting…
Venice Flooded by High Tide during Heavy Rains
Venice has been inundated by an exceptional high tide which put three-quarters of the lagoon city under water. Large swathes of the rest of Italy have also experienced flooding and heavy winds which toppled trees, killing eleven people. Schools remained closed on Tuesday in many regions….
