World climate and extreme weather report - 10 June, 2019

Main headlines on climate change and extreme weather

Arctic death spiral speeds up sixfold, driving coastal permafrost collapse

The Arctic just saw its hottest May on record.

https://thinkprogress.org/arctic-death-spiral-coastal-permafrost-collapse-23d650acea99/?fbclid=IwAR3t3ulblS7s6Ocrz652M6-tsFv6y4463LYRStKP_iKxi6KZgdHfGRNneBc



Fisherman warns Gulf waters carry flesh eating bacteria

https://mynbc15.com/news/local/fisherman-warns-gulf-waters-carry-
damaging-bacteria
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As heavy rain floods shopping center musicians play Titanic theme

As Guadalajara weathered torrential rains and hail on Saturday that left fallen trees, roads under water and even a shopping mall flooded in its wake, a group of local musicians took it upon themselves to lighten the mood.


https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/musicians-play-titanic-theme/?fbclid=IwAR0VLjYs9nsYdR6hklDww7vZH4jKxn9fEbWaVlmEh5P5g
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After China, will Romania become Europe's rubbish dump?

https://www.france24.com/en/20190610-focus-romania-rubbish-dump-plastic-waste-incineration-europe-environment-china?fbclid=IwAR3uTMwZ8eNcQRITUdPZ2ppvmGFUcZ_
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Patch of dry ground adjacent to Mississipi River is monument to bad flood policy

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/tony-messenger/
messenger-patch-of-dry-ground-adjacent-to-mississippi-river-is/article_
445ad29d-6a84-5065-ba55-ab61ae5503c4.html?utm_content=buffer9ef81&utm_medium=social&utm_
source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=LEEDCC&fbclid=Iw
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Why Won’t the Democrats Hold a Climate Change Debate?

Democratic National Committee faces backlash after it rejects calls to highlight climate crisis


https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/climate-change-debate-democrats-2020-primary-846376/amp/?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR1nedjVOAOW-xJIUBtkRqpDows-8YVDSnwLkW0SKXBvJkhJSpaX7vpC02Y



Brazil guts environmental agencies, clears way for unchecked deforestation

President Jair Bolsonaro appears intent on decriminalizing Amazon deforestation, ending most fines, straitjacketing law enforcement, and gutting environmental agencies with mass firings


https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/brazil-guts-environmental-
agencies-clears-way-for-unchecked-deforestation/?fbclid=IwAR3fbGxz04hdB0cKS2zFpzGkNoxSHRaKCiiZkIcX2
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'Irresponsible and Outrageous': Trump DOE Redefines 'High-Level' Nuclear Waste to 'Low-Level' to Cut Corners on Disposal Costs


https://www.ecowatch.com/nuclear-waste-disposal-trump-doe-2638730104.html



The Gulf could see one of the largest dead zones in history this year
Based on current conditions, some scientists think that the Gulf of Mexico will experience the second-largest dead zone on record in July.

https://www.nbc-2.com/story/40620855/the-gulf-could-see-one-of-thelargest-dead-zones-in-history-this-year?fbclid=IwAR2fORjsik1fzEfLZ3haTRKH8NriEevbgPbSwZODaGw1KQgopjWEmx1burI



It is horrid India roasts under heat wave with temeperatures above 120 degrees



https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/its-horrid-india-roasts-under-
heat-wave-with-temperatures-above-120-degrees/2019/06/05/bd7
13dea-877c-11e9-b1a8-716c9f3332ce_story.html?fbclid=IwAR244w4hsqMxqsVeIaMQfgITVh0XBAqFXoyPjZi1gy
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India rubbish mountain to rise higher than Taj Mahal


India's tallest rubbish mountain in New Delhi is on course to rise higher than the Taj Mahal in the next year, becoming a fetid symbol for what the UN considers the world's most polluted capital.


https://phys.org/news/2019-06-india-rubbish-mountain-higher-taj.html?fbclid=IwAR3j2nJup7C7BqlSIkU1_vuYRQE1OJiejGCtuDxUZyB9Sd
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“The Great Insect Dying” in Europe and North America, Numerous Insect Species in Decline, Confirmed by Entomologists

“The trends are similar to those in long-term European butterfly monitoring where abundance, summed across all species, is declining at around 2 percent per year,” he says of the team’s unpublished work, and “about twice as many species are declining rather than increasing.”


Wepprich’s ongoing research is just another sign that something may be seriously amiss with the world’s insects — something some entomologists have privately suspected, but which they are only now beginning to prove and publish about.



“I used to think of conservation as policies to save rare species from extinction,” Wepprich says, but adds he now believes conserving abundance must also be a part of any successful environmental strategy.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-great-insect-dying-in-europe-and-
north-america-numerous-insect-species-in-decline-confirmed-by-entomologists/5680141?fbclid=IwAR2kkEJ7ChdyUliyCryZskeoMzWyR9VnK3ZN9nStIcLbftx
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Shocking Study Shows Fracking Is Depleting US Drinking Water Sources at a Catastrophic Rate

A Duke University study says the fracking industry is sucking up the nation's drinkable water and replacing it with toxic waste.


https://thefreethoughtproject.com/shocking-study-fracking-is-depleting-us-water-drinking-water-sources-at-a-catastrophic-rate/?fbclid=IwAR2lKP2nUdH6Vv3yGddr5XoF_7MF5vS-S99GJ9upeYmMZeLtqF9gAOfv4wA



Kuwait records world’s highest temperature - 52.2 degrees Celsius in the shade

https://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/kuwait-records-worlds-highest-temperature/?fbclid=IwAR0lD4jK7VQOzwDMc2x-t1vP-dRF8mccNa9lcldaWw1LR4YDu-uUTykwy6Y



UK weather: June expected to be wettest on record, as Met Office warn of potential floods


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/06/09/weather-june-expected-wettest-record-met-office-warn-potential/?fbclid=IwAR0Vllr6AUQXd8WKREeOzOrxGlpAWBDOqHqNqvmyJeaCWlytPC-YQuToI1A


UK weather latest: Met Office issues 'danger to life' warning over flooding as month's rain set to fall in six hours

Risk of 'fast-flowing flooding' as deluges soak London and southeast England, say forecasters

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-weather-
latest-met-office-flood-warning-forecast-rain-location-danger-life-
a8951896.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0csJ
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Bhopal bakes in hottest June day ever at 46 degrees Celsius

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/bhopal-bakes-in-hottest-
june-day-ever-at-46-degrees-celsius/articleshow/69702606.cms?fbclid=IwAR2_-3Hds4n9TXyNGId6Nen8O15HI6KJb3NoKn4PEj9u
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Millions threatened by massive wildfire in Arizona

https://www.keloland.com/news/national/millions-threatened-by-
massive-wildfire-in-arizona/2064217794?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KELOLAND_
News&fbclid=IwAR0DQob8lI8GbZjpUlU48MEzRSso3eh-7v52yZJXkYKK3WBsZJSnxFlSvLk



NZ: Alpine Fault quake: Is the big one coming?

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/06/alpine-fault-quake-is-the-big-one-coming.html?fbclid=IwA

India facing the 'worst water crisis in its history

India is facing its worst-ever water crisis, with some 600 million people facing acute water shortage, a government think-tank says.

The Niti Aayog report, which draws on data from 24 of India's 29 states, says the crisis is "only going to get worse" in the years ahead.

It also warns that 21 cities are likely to run out of groundwater by 2020 despite increasing demand.

This would also threaten food security as 80% of water is used in agriculture.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-44492994?fbclid=IwAR3V8WKyRRsIz6GxD1kcGe1zjAxcsPPIv6lU59YepW6ZpqY5MC0ZyWXa7_M

India weather: Temperature passes 50C Celsius in northern India

A heatwave has suddenly borne down on millions of people, killing several as the temperature passes 50C Celsius.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/climate-change/india-weather-temperature-passes-50c-celsius-in-northern-india/news-story/0985e58e9ded4524fe586312b5154aef?fbclid=IwAR2S14B0kVpbBDdbyWEHqlRb6EdNnj0-JARmn-kwv2DLZ0MVNiDcZiy0u5k