[D66] Covering Climate Now: Journalisten willen nog meer klimaatgedram in de media

[R.O.]

Alsof vaccinatiegedram nog niet genoeg is...


Overigens is dat Gezond Verstand blaadje van van Wolferen zeer
lezenswaardig en vol humor met de striptekeningen. Gezond Verstand heeft
het over de grote afkoeling waarover we ons zorgen moeten maken. Nu de
AMOC circulatie in de Atlantische oceaan verzwakt is zal het gaan
afkoelen. Daar hebben we dit voorjaar van kunnen proeven door de
poollucht die binnendreef. In het midden-oosten werd overigens vorig
week een record temperatuur van 52C graden ergens gemeten. Dit is niet
gemeld in het Journaal. Censuur?


Middle Eastern groans under heat wave: record temperatures reach 52
degrees | Weather News
8 June 2021
Denton Watson


In total, five countries experienced a temperature increase above 50
degrees. And, Saturday, 51 degrees Celsius was recorded in Sweihan
(United Arab Emirates) and Amida (Iran). Jahra (Kuwait) recorded 50.8
degrees, and Al-Sunaina (Oman) and Sibi (Pakistan) saw a rise in
temperature to 50.1 degrees.

On Sunday, the temperature rose an astonishingly high, reaching 51.8
degrees in Sweihan. MeteoFrance told the Washington Post that the record
for July 2, 2017, had been broken. Then 51.3 degrees were measured. It’s
the highest temperature ever recorded in June in the United Arab
Emirates and equals the national record on July 30, 2017 in Mazira,
according to climate historian Max Herrera. At such temperatures,
asphalt can melt and train tracks can deform.

More records may be shattered this year, as the region’s highest
temperatures are usually measured in early July. Moreover, the so-called
“thermal dome” under which warm air sticks, would not be that dense,
despite the standard temperatures.

The Middle East is one of the warmest regions in the world, with
temperatures reaching nearly 40 degrees and more and persistent droughts
becoming the norm, in part as a result of climate change.


*) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_meridional_overturning_circulation