Global Warming - parts of the world are baking at 60*C
I remember the worst of the "bad days" of the 2009 Victoria Australia bush fires.
The ground wind speed was about 120Kmh, and the temperature in the shade was 53*C.
It was frightening.
The metal door handles burned your hand.....
Bad days - what didn't get burned in the fires, basically either found shelter and water, or it dry fried in the hot air.
53*C was too hot to stay alive - especially for those accustomed to "nasty hot" summers of 39-43*C
But now parts of India are hitting 51*C and Iraq are getting to 60*C.
Abbott the fucking arsehole, Turnbull the turkey, and their cancel the renewables and set up the coal mines...
And all the auto manufacturers and the advertising agencies - and YOU the stupid consumers buying this bullshit for your lard arses....
And the glorious arsehole power companies - keeping the coal fired crap running, and gouging the customers for profit... instead of investing in renewables and winding down the coal burners.
The retard arsehole bankers and their media and oil company bum chums, and the extensions of the UK and USA triad, called the Australian Liberal party - with it's war criminal prime minister - John Winston Howard, bombing the fuck out of the middle east in "the American way" to steal their oil...
And then Abbott, and now Turnbull the turkey....
And the dickheads feeding us lies in the media to keep people voting for them....
Full coverage
http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/environment/heatwaves-threaten-crises-in-middle-east-1.1877826
Heatwaves threaten crises in Middle East
Countries expected to face high temperatures and extreme scarcity of resources in the coming decades
In coming decades, the region’s populations will face extreme water scarcity, temperatures almost too hot for human survival and other consequences of global warming, UN officials and scientists said.
If that happens, more conflicts and larger refugee crises are likely, said Adel Abdul Latif, a senior adviser at the UN Development Programme’s Regional Bureau for Arab States.
Climate change takes toll
“This incredible weather shows that climate change is already taking a toll now and that it is — by far — one of the biggest challenges ever faced by this region,” he said.
These countries have already been grappling with remarkably warmer summers in recent years, but this year has been particularly brutal.
Temperatures in Kuwait and Iraq startled observers. On July 22, the mercury climbed to 53.8C degrees in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. A day earlier, it reached 54C in Mitribah, Kuwait.
If confirmed by the World Meteorological Organisation, the two would mark the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Forecasters in the UAE said temperatures in the country are still not consistently very high.
July and August are the hottest months in the UAE with maximum temperatures soaring to 48 degrees Celsius and sometimes reaching 50C.
Dry climates
A study published by the journal Nature Climate Change in October predicted that heatwaves in parts of the Arabian Gulf could threaten human survival towards the end of the century.
Already, most countries in the region face acute water crises because of dry climates, rapidly surging consumption and wasteful agricultural practices.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/middle-east-s-epic-and-hellish-heatwave-a-sign-of-things-to-come/article/472357
Middle East's epic and hellish heatwave a sign of things to come
From Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, record-shattering temperatures have scorched and wrecked havoc across the Middle East, and climate scientists warn that the hellish weather is just a sign of things to come.
In parts of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Iran, the heat index, a measurement of humidity as well as temperature, soared to 60 degrees Celsius (140 degrees Fahrenheit) in July. In Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, the temperature reached an all-time high of 52.2 degrees Celsius (126 degrees Fahrenheit).
The extraordinary heat has triggered a rise in heat-related illnesses in Israel. In other countries, the heat has forced people to stay indoors in many locales. It has been so hot that Zainab Guman, a 26-year-old university student who lives in Basra, says that going outside is like “walking into a fire." She adds, "It’s like everything on your body — your skin, your eyes, your nose — starts to burn."Iraqi economist, Bassem Antoine says the heatwave has inflicted serious damage on the country's economy. He estimates the country's GDP has shrunk 10 to 20 percent this year, from about $230 billion annually. And it is all due to the unrelenting heat, according to the Independent.The misery and strife caused by the unrelenting heat would fill pages and more pages, again. From electrical grids failing because of overloads to farmers watching their crops wither in the fields, the misery goes on. Some governments are making employees take forced holidays to cut down on electrical power usage, while streets full of shops are deserted in the middle of the day.Global Warming targets in danger of being missedIt wasn't too many months ago that 200 world leaders agreed to make a radical shift away from the use of fossil fuels in an attempt to limit the rise in global temperatures to below 2.0 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times.But 2016 is already on track to be the hottest year ever seen. Already, the first six months of 2016 were 1.3 degrees Celsius (2.3 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times. "It opens a Pandora's box," said Oliver Geden, of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. "The future debate about temperature targets will be about overshoot."There is to be a meeting in Geneva from August 15 to 18. Climate scientists plan to make a United Nations report about the 1.5 degree Celsius goal, as part of the Paris Agreement to be published in 2018. It is a sure bet that overshoot will be one of the issues discussed at the meeting.In the meantime, as our climate deteriorates and we are faced with the risk of worse weather to come, an overshoot will be seen as a betrayal of the commitments made by the rich and powerful among us. And it will be a recipe for disaster.
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