During the unprecedented extreme record breaking June Europe heatwave of 2019, many countries experienced the highest temperature for this month, some even set all time new temperature records, e.g. in the southern village of Gallargues-le-Montueux in France the thermometer settled at 45.9C (114.6F).[1] Europe’s five hottest summers since 1500 have all been in the 21st…
Notification: This article will be updated for the duration of this heatwave. On June 20, 2019 meteorologist Bob Henson from Wunderground wrote, “A vicious heat wave next week could produce all-time highs at multiple European cities. This heat wave—which will be unusually strong for so early in the summer—will gin up some of the hottest…
The climate change analysis was written by a former fossil fuel executive and backed by the former chief of Australia’s military. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/597kpd/new-report-suggests-high-likelihood-of-human-civilization-coming-to-an-end-in-2050 Can we think in new ways about the existential human security risks driven by the climate crisis? Read the report here http://www.climatecodered.org/2019/05/can-we-think-in-new-ways-about.html For more from Break Through visit https://www.breakthroughonline.org.au End of civilization: climate…
CAST IAN DUNLOP Former Chair, Australian Coal Association Industry Risk Analyst SHERRI GOODMAN Frmr. Dep. Undersecretary of Defense, EEM Security (USA) Public Policy Fellow, Wilson Center CHRIS BARRIE Former Chief, Australian Defence Force JOHN HEWSON Former Leader, Liberal Party of Australia JOHN BLACKBURN Former Deputy Chief, Royal Australian Air Force MICHAEL THOMAS Retired…
Temperatures passed 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in northern India as an unrelenting heatwave triggered warnings of water shortages and heatstroke. Churu in the western part of the desert state of Rajasthan was the hottest place in the country at 50.8 degrees Celsius, nine notches above normal, according to the MeT department office in Jaipur.…
With the discussion of climate change being a hot topic as of late, you’ll definitely want to learn about it. But, there is also the fact that it can impact our mental health too, whether it be due to how we respond to it, or even just how we feel? Why does it matter? Well,…
The End of the World, is a 2013 drama television show produced in South Korea, and directed by Ahn Pan-seok, based on the 2010 novel “Infectious Disease” by Bae Young-Ik. The plot centers around Kang Joo-Heon (Yoon Je-Moon) chief epidemiologist at the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who’s skills in deductive reasoning and…
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An oil war is a conflict about petroleum resources, or their transportation, consumption, or regulation. The term may also refer generally to any conflict in a region that contains oil reserves or is geographically positioned in a location where an entity has or may wish to develop production or transportation infrastructure for petroleum products. Historically,…