POWER OUTAGES AND “NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS” IN CANADA’S NUNAVUT SEND RESIDENTS TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS.
Forming most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the territory of Nunavut has been unusually cold and snowy of late, and a recent power outage rendered the region dangerous and inhospitable.
Nobelprisvinner fysiker Ivar Giæver om klima og klimaforskning.
Norges eneste nobelprisvinner i fysikk, Ivar Giæver, sier i TV 2-programmet Underhuset at teoriene må være feil. – 18 år med flat temperatur viser at CO2-utslippene ikke er så viktig for klimaet likevel. Når CO2-utslippene har økt sterkt uten at kloden blir varmere, så avkrefter det teorien om at CO2 er så viktig, ifølge Giæver. Opptaket er laget 2015.
JACKSON HOLE, WY: 2019 WAS THE COLDEST YEAR ON RECORD, 2020 SAW THE EARLIEST SNOWFALL ON RECORD — NOTE THE TREND.
In what we’re led to believe is a linearly warming world on the brink of catastrophe, Jackson, WY suffered its coldest year ever in 2019 and then in 2020 registered its earliest-ever snowfall (in weather books dating back over a century).
EU’S EARTH OBSERVATION PROGRAM FINDS OZONE HOLE OVER ANTARCTICA IS AMONG THE LARGEST EVER RECORDED.
The European Union’s Earth observation program said Tuesday that the ozone hole over Antarctica has swelled to its largest size and deepest level in at least 15 years, to become among the most notable ever recorded.
Oljefondet gjør seg klar til å bli en av verdens største vindkraftkapitalister.
Vel så interessant som ansettelsen av finansakrobaten Nicolai Tangen som leder av oljefondet er planene til avtroppende leder Yngve Slyngstad: Å sørge for at oljefondet skal tjene penger på verdens strømforbruk.
Temperatures plunge suddenly as Italy battered by torrential rain.
Italy’s incessant rain and sudden drop in temperature in recent days have resulted in the country’s coldest September for 50 years, reports Italian media.
Over the weekend, temperatures in Italy plunged by between 10 and 15 degrees, leading to snow falls much earlier than usual.
The spell of bad weather, triggered by a belt of cold air from northern Europe, has been particularly intense in Milan and Turin which recorded 5°C and 4°C degrees respectively on the night of Sunday 27 September.
Boris Johnson går «all in» på havvind og klimatiltak.
Partier i motkulturen har normalt advart noe mot forhastede subsidieringer av fornybare energiprosjekter. Men Tory-leder Boris Johnson gjør noe annet. Det meldes at han i en ny tale tirsdag vil fremme ambisjonen om å gjøre Storbritannia til «vindkraftens svar på Saudi-Arabia».
Alle britiske husstander skal få sin energi fra havvind innen 2030. Kapasiteten skal firedobles.
SPRING FREEZE SHORTENS FALL APPLE SEASON FOR INDIANA ORCHARDS: “IT’S THE WORST WE’VE SEEN IN DECADES”
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — During what would normally be primetime for Midwest apple-picking, orchards around Indiana are running out of apples early this season following a late spring freeze that obliterated much of the state’s crop.