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The Caribbean Has Been Unusually Warm. That’s Not Good. 0125.rtfBeholding the Arctic’s Wonders, and Its Melting Future 1224.rtf

It’s Mid-Winter, but It’s over 100° in South America 0823.rtf - in Brazil and Chile (Vicuña and Chiguinto in central Chile). Cuiabá, big city in SW Brazil, hit 107°F, and Rio hit 102.Humans Approaching Limits of ‘Survivability’, as Heat Waves Engulf Parts of Asia 0623.rtf - too hot & humid: in India, southeast Asia, Middle East, and Sahara

2023-25 Articles

Record Hot June in Spain & England, Deadly Heat Wave in Spain, Italy & France 0725.rtfEuropean Heat Wave Closes Eiffel Tower’s Top Floor and Bakes Wimbledon 0725.rtfRising Temperatures and Extreme Weather Hit Asia Hard 0625.rtfChina’s Scorching Heat Poses Summer Test for Electricity Grid 0625.rtfHeat Wave Triggers Health Alerts, Nuclear Power Cuts in Europe 0625.rtfSevere Heat Wave Hits Southern Europe and Raises Wildfire Risks 0625.rtfExtreme Heat Grips Southern Europe as Temperatures Surpass 100°F 0625.rtfRecord-Breaking Arctic Heat Wave Made 3°C Hotter by Climate Change 0625.rtfNorthern India Boils, Heat Waves Disrupt Normal Lives, Raise Health Concerns 0625.rtfHighways Baking at 158°F Signal a Red-Hot Summer From China to the US 0625.rtfExtreme Rain, Heat, Power Demand Sweeping across China 0525.rtfLondon Sets Heat Record as Northwest Europe Set for Warm May 0525.rtfIndia and Pakistan Already Sweltering in ‘New Normal’ Heat Wave Conditions 0425.rtfPhilippines Braces for Extreme Heat as Index Nears 50°C ‘Danger’ Level (122°F) 0425.rtfStates in India Record Severe Heat Weeks ahead of Schedule 0325.rtfArctic Ice Melting Faster, Methane Time Bomb Threatens 0225.rtfThe Floods This Time - In the Mediterranean, Climate Change Is Already Here 0125.rtfClick for more

North Pole Temperatures Are 20°C above Average, beyond Ice Melting Point 0225.rtfSummer in Canada’s Arctic Region Brings Severe, Devastating Heat Waves 0824.rtfRecord-Setting Heat Waves Are Baking the Arctic Region 0824.rtfParts of Europe Set for Year’s Hottest Day, with Spain at 42°C - 0824.rtfSummer in Canada’s Arctic Region Brings Severe, Devastating Heat Waves 0824.rtfExtreme ‘Heat Dome’ Hitting Olympics ‘Impossible’ without Global Heating 0724.rtfAntarctic Temperatures Soar 50°F above Norm in Long-Lasting Heat Wave 0724.rtfUAE Records Extreme Humid Conditions, Dubai Worst-Hit 0724.rtfDubai’s Brush with Heat That Feels Like 62°C Shows Dangers Ahead 0724.rtfUK’s Unusually Hot Days Are Becoming More Common 0724.rtfGreece Shuts Acropolis, as Southern Europe Swelters in a Heat Wave 0724.rtfSearing Heat Threatens Health of Millions in Southeast Europe 0724.rtfHeat Wave Sears London and Paris as Greece Battles Wildfires 0624.rtfNorth India Reels Under Record Hot Nights and Unrelenting Heat 0624.rtfOver 1,300 Hajj Heat Wave Deaths Underscore Climate Threat for Most Vulnerable 0624.rtfChina’s Record Heat and Heavy Rain Raise Food Security Concerns 0624.rtfMexico Swelters through Record Hot Days in Lead-Up to Election 0524.rtfDelhi, India’s Capital, Breaks All-Time Heat Record, Authorities Ration Water 0524.rtfTemperatures in Pakistan Cross 52°C (126°F) 0524.rtfFatal Heat Waves Are Testing India's Ability to Protect 1.4 Billion People 0524.rtfAsia’s Killer April Heat Wave Was Made Much Worse by Climate Change 0524.rtfDangerous Heat Wave Envelops 100s of Millions in East Asia 0524.rtfBangkok Suffers Near-Record Temperatures, as Thailand’s Heat Death Toll Rises 0424.rtfEurope Is the Fastest-Warming Continent, Nearly Twice the Global Average 0424.rtfExtreme Heat Shuts Philippine Power Plants and Risks Blackouts 0424.rtfExtreme Heat Across East Asia and the Pacific Puts Millions of Children at Risk 0424.rtfWorld Record Temperature Leap in Antarctica Raises Fears of Catastrophe 0424.rtfClimate Change Worsened West African Heat Wave 0324.rtfSouth Sudan Shutters All Schools to Prepares for Extreme Heat Wave 0324.rtfBeijing Records Longest sub-0°C Cold Wave in Modern History 1223.rtfIndia Had 3rd-Hottest October on Record 1123.rtfSouth America Was Already Burnt by a Hot Winter. Now Comes Summer. 1023.rtfAutumn Heat Continues in Europe after Record-Breaking September 1023.rtfScorching Heat Follows Brazil’s Record-Warm Winter, Spiking Energy Demand 0923.rtfScientists Found the Most Intense Heat Wave Ever Recorded — in Antarctica 0923.rtfPakistan Is the Epicenter of a Global Wave of Climate Health Threats 0923.rtfAntarctica Warming Much Faster than Predicted Is Deeply Worrying for Sea Level 0923.rtfMid-Winter 41.8°C (107°F) in Cuiabá, Brazil 0823.rtfAmid Record Heat, Even Indoor Factory Workers Enter Dangerous Terrain 0823.rtfWhat Arctic Ice Tells Us about Climate Change 0823.rtfGreece Fights Wild Fires as Heat Blankets Southern Europe 0823.rtf‘Virtually Certain’ Extreme Antarctic Events Will Get Worse without Drastic Action 0823.rtfWinter Vanishes in the Andes, as Climate Change Meets El Niño 0823.rtfUS and Europe Heat Waves ‘Virtually Impossible’ without Climate Change 0723.rtfIt’s Scorching in Iran, and There’s Less and Less Water to Help 0723Sizzling 115°F Heat Is Killing Phones in Italy's Sardinia Island 0723.rtfSouthern Europe Soars to Record Temperatures, as Heat Wave Peaks 0722.rtfItalian Hospitals Report Sharp Rise in Emergency Cases, as Rome Hits 41.8°C 0723.rtfChina’s New Heat Record Was 52.2°C (126°F) July 16, at Sanbao near Turpan 0723.rtfBeijing Swelters under Record-Breaking Run of Extreme Heat 0723.rtfHeat Index Reached 152°F at Persian Gulf, Near Limit for Human Survival 0723.rtf9 Regions in France Placed under Warning for Intense Heat Thursday 0723.rtfEuropean Heat Wave Sees Sardinia at 46°C as Greece Burns 0723.rtfEuropean Heat Wave Sparks Multiple Warnings, Shuts Greece’s Acropolis 0723.rtfEurope Swept by Blistering and Potentially Record-Breaking Temperatures 0723.rtfItaly Swelters in Deadly ‘Cerberus’ Heat Wave 0723.rtfCanada's Northwest Territories Records Its Hottest temperature 0723.rtfExtreme Heat Is Already Straining the Mexican Power Grid 0623.rtfA Record-Breaking Heat Wave Is Baking Northern China 0623.rtfExtreme Heat Covers Areas from Texas to Mexico 0623.rtfThe Fastest-Warming Continent, Europe Has Already Heated by over 2°C 0623.rtfEurope Keeps Breaking Heat Records as Fastest-Warming Continent 0623.rtfChina’s Fatal Heat Shows Risks of Another Scorching Asian Summer 0623.rtfClimate Change Is Making India and Pakistan Heat More Intense 0523.rtfShanghai Breaks 147-Year-Old Record for May’s High Temperature 0523.rtfDeadly Combo of Extreme Heat and Air Pollution Grips Parts of Southeast Asia 0523.rtfBrutal Heat Continues to Grip Asia in Warning for the World 0523.rtfVietnam, Laos Suffer Record Hot Temperatures in Southeast Asia Heat Wave 0523.rtfSpring Brings Record Heat to Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia 0523.rtfRecord Spring Heat in Mediterranean Almost Impossible without Climate Change 0523.rtfHottest Ever April Recorded in Spain, Portugal as Heat Wave Hit Europe 0523.rtfDeadly Heat Threatens the Lives and Livelihoods of 1 Billion People in India 0423.rtfWhy Asia’s Early Heat Wave Is So Alarming 0423.rtfSevere Heat Wave Engulfs Asia, Causing Deaths and Forcing Schools to Close 0423.rtfHeat Is Surging in India, Risking Blackouts and Even Deaths 0423.rtfWestern Europe Heads into Warm May, Offering No Drought Relief 0423.rtfFrance’s Hottest Year Was Also Very Dry, as Warming Angst Mounts 0123.rtfRecord Heat Waves Push India Closer to Limit of Human Survival 0323.rtfIndia Forecasts Heat Waves after Hottest February since 1901 - 0223.rtfEurope’s Temperatures in January Were 2.2°C above the 30-Year Average 0223.rtfChina’s Northernmost City Just Saw Its Coldest Day Ever 0123.rtfEurope Set for Warmest January in Years, as Gas Crisis Eases 0123.rtfParts of Greenland Are Now Hotter than at Any Time in at Least 1,000 Years 0123.rtfEuropean Cities Break Temperature Records as Winter 2023 Begins Warm 0123.rtf

Tokyo Heat Smashes 150-Year Trend as Extreme Weather Bakes Globe 0723.rtf

‘Hot Continent’ Perception Downplays Africa's Heat Wave Dangers 0723.rtf

India’s Workers Are Trapped in a Vicious Cycle of Coal and Heat 0523.rtf

Deaths Rise in India, as Temperatures Soar in Latest Heat Wave 0623.rtf

Greenland Temperatures Surge Up to 50°F above Normal, Setting Records 0323.rtf

The Terrifying Truth - Britain’s a Hothouse, but One Day, 40°C Will Seem Cool 0722.rtf - London (Heathrow) peaked at 40.2°C (104°5 F) on July 19, 2022, smashing Britain’s previous record. A village several miles to the northeast hit 40.3°.
Extreme Heat to Persist in India for 3rd Straight Month 0422.rtf - March was record hot, April was 2nd hottest on record.

2022 Articles

2022 Was the Hottest Year Yet for the UK 1222.rtfUK, Germany, France on Pace for Their Hottest Year on Record 1222.rtfGlobal Warming Has Been Twice as Fast in Europe as in the Rest of World 1122.rtfEurope Is Seeing Its Warmest Weather on Record So Late in the Year 1022.rtfExtreme Heat Could Make Parts of Asia, Africa Uninhabitable in Decades 1022.rtfEngland’s Scorching Summer Ties 2018’s as Hottest on Record 0922.rtfChina’s Summer Heat Wave Is Breaking All Records 0922.rtfChina Reports ‘Most Severe’ Heat Wave and 3rd Driest Summer on Record 0922.rtfSummer of ’22 Brought Record Heat, Solar Power to Europe 0922.rtfThe Middle East Is Warming Up Twice as Fast as the Rest of the World 0922.rtfClimate Migrants Flee Iraq’s Parched Rural South, but Cities Offer No Refuge 0922.rtfNew Zealand Has Warmest Winter on Record for 3rd Straight Year 0922.rtfEurope’s Record Heat Wave Will Be Summer Norm by 2035 - 0822.rtfChina's Unrivaled 70-Day Heat Wave 0822.rtfIraq Broils in Dangerous 120° Heat as Power Grid Shuts Down 0822.rtfThe Arctic Is Warming 4 Times as Fast as the Rest of the Planet 0822.rtfChina Seeds Clouds for Yangtze Basin, in Worst Heat Wave on Record 0822.rtfBy August, Tokyo Has Already Broken a Record for Annual Severe Heat Days 0822.rtfEngland Records Driest July in 87 Years, amid Sizzling Heat Wave 0822.rtfClimate Disasters in Latin America Threaten Global Food Security 0722.rtfHotter, Longer and More Widespread Heat Waves Scorch China 0722.rtfMideast Nations Wake Up to Damage from Climate Change 0722.rtfWhy This European Heat Wave Is So Scary 0722.rtfThe Northern Hemisphere Is Baking, as Fires Rip through Europe 0722.rtfScorching Heat Expected to Resume Baking China This Week 0722.rtfLondon’s Scorching Tube Raises Alarm over Europe’s Brutal Heat 0722.rtfHot Records Outpace Cool by over 10-to-1 This Year in Europe, US 0722.rtfIreland Records its Highest Temperature in Over a Century 0722.rtfClimate Change Intensifying, Not Triggering, Northern Canada’s Heat Wave 0722.rtfA 117° Day in Portugal - Record-Breaking Heat Waves Hit Europe 0722.rtfLondon Set to Bake in More 40° Days as Planet Warms 0722.rtfItaly Hits Record June Temperatures as Another Heat Wave Sweeps Europe 0622.rtfExtreme Heat Stretches Japan’s Power Grid to Near Its Limits 0622.rtfChina Hit by Floods and Heat Waves, in Climate Double Whammy 0622.rtfEurope Heat Wave Creeping North Leaves Record Highs in Its Wake 0622.rtfEurope Heat Wave Smashes Temperature Records in France 0622.rtfSpain, Germany Battle Wildfires amid Unusual Heat Wave 0622.rtfHistoric Heat Wave Underway in Europe Will Intensify into the Weekend 0622.rtfHeat Wave Spreads across Europe, as Summer Highs Come Early 0622.rtfHot Air Brings Spain Its 1st Withering Heat Wave of Year 0622.rtfDeadly Indian Heat Wave Made 30 X More Likely by Climate Crisis 0522.rtfSpain Confronts Extreme Temperatures from Early Summer Heat Wave 0522.rtfHistoric May Heat Shatters Records in Southern and Central Europe 0522.rtfClimate Change Has Made India’s Relentless Heat 100 Times More Likely 0522.rtfWhat It’s Like to Live Through India’s Non-stop Heat Wave 0522.rtfEurope and US Set for Scorching, Dry Summer, Scientists Say 0522.rtfAs Record-Setting Heat Blasts Pakistan, a Glacial Lake Floods a Village 0522.rtfIndia’s Heat Waves Are Testing the Limits of Human Survival 0522.rtfClimate Change Turned Up India’s Heat. But by How Much? 0522.rtfHeat Wave Sparks Blackouts, Questions on India's Coal Usage 0522.rtfRecord Heat Has Gripped India since March. It’s About to Get Worse. 0422.rtfRecord-Setting Cold Snap Hits Europe April 3-4, Stunning Spring Crops 0422.rtfIndia’s Frequent Heat Waves a Reminder of Climate Change Impacts 0322.rtfMiddle East on Course for Huge Climate Change Losses - IMF 0322.rtf40°C above Normal - What’s Causing Extraordinary Heating in Polar Regions? 0322.rtfIt’s 70°F above Normal in Vostok, East Antarctica. Scientists Are Flabbergasted 0322.rtfSouth America Sizzles in Record Summer Temperatures 0122.rtfAustralia Hits 123°F, Tying Southern Hemisphere’s Hottest Temperature Record 0122.rtf

Temperature of 121°F Sets Canada’s New National Record High 0721 - Lytton B.C. shatters Canada's pre-2021 record by 8°F. Local records across British Columbia were also shattered, by up to 12°F (Cache Creek), and 3-4 others by more than 10°F. 121°F is hotter than has ever been recorded in Las Vegas, Dallas or San Antonio. It tied Death Valley that day for the hottest temperature in North Anerica.116° Heat in Western Canada Shatters National Record 0621 - Lytton B.C. Also record highs in Kamloops, Cache Creek, Lilloet, Kelowna, Victoria, Vancouver, Penticton, Vernon, Nelson, etc. Most by several degrees.

- Western Canada temperatures up to 20°C > normal

In Canada's Far North, Warm Weather Threatens Vital Ice Roads 1215.rtf - MacKenzie River Basin warmed 4.5°C in 68 years.Mongolia in for Double Whammy - Drought Now, “Dzud" Freeze-Kill Next 0915.rtf - Over 70 years, Mongolia heated 3 x average rate.Saharan Heat Amped Up by Climate Change 0815.rtf - Like the Arctic, it’s warming twice as fast as the globe.

2015 Articles and earlier

Balmy Winter Hits French Ski Workers in Wallet 1215.rtfFire, Floods, Tornadoes - Fatal Weather Rounds out a Year of Extremes in 2015.rtfRecord High Arctic Temperatures in 2015 Having ‘Profound Effects' on Region 1215.rtfLaos Counts Climate Change Costs - Record Floods, Drought and Landslides 1115.rtfBushfire Burns Out of Control, as Victoria Swelters in Record Early Spring Heat 1015.rtfAustralian Climate Turns Up Heat on Tennis Stars 0915.rtfHeat Waves Are on the Rise in Algeria, Due to Climate Change 0815.rtfIran City Hits Suffocating Heat Index of 165°F, near World Record 0715.rtfFreak High Temperatures Trigger Ice Melt, Flooding, Mudslides in Tajikistan 0715.rtfTemperatures Soar as Heat Wave Sweeps across Europe 0715.rtfBritain, Western Europe Endure Record Heat Wave 0715.rtfCO2 Blamed for 'Climate Expulsion,’ Raising Temperatures across Pacific Nations 0615.rtfHeat Wave in Pakistan's Sindh Province Leaves 120 Dead 0615.rtfThe Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity 0615.rtfThe Climate Context for India’s Deadly Heat Wave 0615.rtfThe Heat and Death Toll Are Rising in India. Is This a Glimpse of Earth’s Future? 0515.rtfIndia Heat Wave Toll Passes 1,000 - 0515.rtfGoing with the Flow - Scientists Probe Changes in the East Australian Current 0515.rtfSurprising Reason Why Arctic Warming Could Be Worse than We Thought 0415.rtfAntarctica Peninsula Warmer Than Melbourne, Australia 0315.rtfAs Ice Turns to Slush, Experts Foresee End to Outdoor Hockey in Canada 0315.rtfTibet's Glaciers at Their Warmest in 2,000 Years 0814.rtfLand of the Midnight Sun Warms Fastest in World 0115.rtfFast Finland Warming Means Blue Christmas for Santa 1214.rtfArctic Still Heating Up Twice as Fast as Rest of Planet 1214.rtfAustralia Sweats over Extreme Hot Weather 1114.rtfBrisbane Turns on the Heat for G20 Summit, as Monthly Records Melt 1114.rtf1st ‘Big Heat Event' Melts Australian Temperature Records 1014.rtfUK Winter Wettest on Record - Met Office 0214.rtfHeat Wave Halts Australian Open Tennis Matches 0114.rtfIn Australia, 2013 Was a Scorcher for the Record Books 0114.rtfAustralia Records Its Warmest Spring 1213.rtfAustralia to Face Stronger El Niño Weather Patterns from Global Warming 1113.rtfArctic Warming Unprecedented in Last 44,000 Years 1013.rtfAbsolutely a Link Between Climate Change and Australian Wildfires 1013.rtfChina Tries Hi-Tech Rain Dance as It Roasts in Heat Wave 0813.rtfChina's Soaring Temperatures Prompts Grade 2 Alert 0713.rtfHuman Activity Linked to Hottest Australian Summer on Record 0613.rtfKorea Energy Effort Hit by Heat Wave 0613.rtfPakistan Wilts Under Record Heat Wave 0613.rtfChina’s Rising Temperatures Linked to Carbon Emissions 0413.rtfTop Scientists Agree Australia’s Climate Has Changed Permanently 0413.rtfAustralian Summer Is its Hottest On Record 0313.rtfAustralia Warmest in 1,000+ Years 0512.rtfMelting Arctic Link to Cold Europe Winters 0212.rtfPakistan Reels Under Record Heat of 129°F in Mohenjo-Daro 0610.rtfArctic Warmest in 2,000+ Years 0909.rtfAntarctica Is Warming 0109.rtf

October to Be Australia’s Hottest on Record. Global Warming Likely to Blame. 1015.rtf

Europe Is Parched, in a Sign of Times to Come 0915.rtf

Huge Blob of Warm Pacific Water Threatens Ecosystem, May Intensify Drought 0415.rtf

The excess heat in the blob off California (1,000 miles across and 100 yards deep, 5.5°C warmer than normal) contains as much excess heat energy as the US uses for 50 years. Its heat dwarfs human energy use.
The 2 similar blobs farther north can be associated with record warmth in Alaska (and east Siberia). Their excess heat ALSO exceeds yearly human energy use.