Australia’s record-breaking heatwave early this year bleached 60 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef, affecting all three of its regions for the first time Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2239957-the-great-barrier-reef-has-suffered-its-most-widespread-bleaching-yet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Antarctica melts under its hottest days on record
On February 6, weather stations recorded the hottest temperature on record for Antarctica, 64.9°F (18.3°C). The warm spell caused widespread melting on nearby glaciers Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/antarctica-melts-hottest-temperatures-on-record-feb2020…
Astronomers watch star swallow up matter, emit heatwave blast, in rare event
Astronomers observe a rare event, as a star engulfs matter and emits a heatwave blast, something called an accretion burst event. Source: https://www.livescience.com/rare-accretion-star-burst-observed.html
Marine heatwave known as ‘the blob’ killed a million US seabirds
A million seabirds that died along the US west coast between 2015 and 2016 were likely the victims of an unprecedented marine heatwave in the Pacific called “the Blob” Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229980-marine-heatwave-known-as-the-blob-killed-a-million-us-seabirds/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Australia heatwave: man cooks pork in his car
Australia’s heatwave is now so extreme that one man claims that he was able to use his car to cook a roast. With Australia reporting record-breaking t… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/333063/australia-heatwave-man-cooks-pork-in-his-car…
What climate change in the Arctic means for the rest of us
Air temperatures in the Arctic are increasing at least twice as fast as the global average. What worries climate scientists about the Arctic summer of 2019? And why does it matter for the rest of the world? Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/climate-change-warming-arctic-means-for-the-rest-of-us…