Freya the walrus is having the summer we all want

Freya the walrus has been relaxing in Norway since mid-July 2022 and has made a splash on social media.

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Record-breaking heat in the UK today

Record-breaking heat was recorded in the UK today, where temperatures reached 40.2°C (104.4°F) for the first time since record-keeping began.

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Record 40°C UK temperatures linked to climate change: WMO – UN News

In a statement, the WMO noted that the UK’s Met Office has, for the first time, issued a “Red Warning” for exceptional heat, and forecast temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) on Monday and Tuesday. For the first time…

Glaciers on Türkiye’s mountains melting due to global warming, says expert – Hurriyet Daily News

İsmail Sarı – ISTANBUL If global warming continues at this rate, all glaciers on Türkiye’s mountains will definitely melt, says Yıldırım Güngör, an associate professor from Istanbul University. The expert pointed out that there has been a significant melting of…

Is Your Portfolio Ready for Global Warming? | by Abby R | Jul, 2022 – DataDrivenInvestor

An important consideration for long-term investors seeking higher returns Photo by Ehud Neuhaus on Unsplash Most investors don’t think about climate change when they are constructing their portfolios. I certainly didn’t at first. Most know that climate models predict that…

New Climate Promises, Same Old Global Warming – WRAL News

“Net-zero emissions” sounds like an ambitious goal, but for most corporations it’s just kicking the can down the road. Show Transcript first, there was green green technology, then there was sustainable this year there’s a hot new environmental buzzword. Net…

Global Warming Unfolds – The Citizen

With deforestation and fossil emissions increasing the average temperature of the earth, climatic and weather events are now happening more intensely than before. This year, both the Arctic and Antarctic as well as many countries around the world were in…

Scientists Discover Strange Carnivore Plant in Borneo that Traps its Prey Underground

In the dark jungles of Borneo, a plant has adapted to an ecological niche that none of its kind or kingdom has ever entered before. An international team led by Czech scientists confirmed that Nepenthus pudica is the first species of pitcher plant, or carnivorous plant in general for that matter, ever to be found laying […]

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How can you see an airplane glory?

An airplane glory is easy to see, if you watch for it. It’s the plane’s shadow cast on a cloud, or the ground, surrounded by a halo of light.

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Summer in America is becoming hotter, longer and more dangerous – The Washington Post

July 2, 2022 at 11:16 a.m. EDT Western region +2.7ºF Central +1.3ºF Eastern +1.5ºF Southern +1.3ºF Summer average temperature change 2017-2021 vs. 1971-2000 Western region +2.7ºF Central +1.3ºF Eastern +1.5ºF Southern +1.3ºF Summer average temperature change 2017-2021 vs. 1971-2000 Central…