Heat Waves
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World
Scientists discover powerful heat waves at the bottom of the ocean
(ORDO NEWS) — In 2013, a monstrous offshore heatwave emerged off the coast of Alaska and soon spread as far south as Mexico along the Pacific coast of North America. This went on far longer than anyone expected, destroying fisheries, causing toxic algae blooms, disturbing kelp forests and depriving seabirds of food. At one point, a buoy bobbing on the surface of the ocean near Oregon detected frightening temperature spikes…
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News Headlines
Heat waves put Mediterranean ecosystems in deadly danger
(ORDO NEWS) — The Mongabay portal publishes a story describing a study by ecologists from the Spanish Institute of Marine Sciences (Barcelona) who found that the effects of marine heat waves from 2015 to 2019 and the increase in sea surface temperatures associated with climate change led to the death of 50 different groups of animals in a swimming pool Mediterranean Sea. The Mediterranean, although small compared to the world‘s…
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Science
Increase in heat waves in recent years is associated only with human activities
(ORDO NEWS) — Climatologists from China have concluded that the marked increase in heat waves in the United States and Europe is due to man, and not to natural climate fluctuations. The observations are published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. This was announced on Friday by the press service of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Academy of Sciences. One of the main consequences of climate change…
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Scientists have discovered the most extreme heat waves ever recorded in the world
(ORDO NEWS) — The study, led by the University of Bristol, also shows that heatwaves are projected to worsen as climate change worsens in the future. Western North America experienced a record heat wave last summer, with a Canadian record high of 49.6°C on June 29 in Lytton, British Columbia, up 4.6°C from the previous peak. The new results, published today in the journal Science Advances, have identified five other…