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#ClimateDiary my heart goes out to everyone in Delhi, especially the workers and street vendors, children and elderly, the many without AC. Water scarcity and rationing; overflowing morgues in Rajasthan.
Delhi temperature hits 50.5C as India’s capital records hottest day
Authorities warn of water shortages as temperatures reach nine degrees higher than expectedAmrit Dhillon (The Guardian)
The moist wind from the Bay of Bengal is driving the felt temperatures in Gangetic Bengal to intolerable levels, too. I'm aiming to make the most of this heatwave by learning to make pickles and preserves, because the alternative -- climate despair -- is dangerously debilitating.
Heatwave alert: Extreme heatwave hits northern and central India, temperatures soar above 50°C in Churu and Sirsa
IMD issues heatwave warning: Extreme heatwave grips northern and central India, with temperatures soaring above 50 degrees Celsius, testing power grids and water supplies.The Hindu
#ClimateDiary Kidney disease is high and rapidly worsening in coastal Bangladesh due to rising sea levels increasing water salinity as well as extreme heat. For many, like 65yo Khatun, dialysis is too expensive.
The whole of Khulna, once a thriving city, is affected by saline intrusion due to frequent floods, cyclones and tidal surge.
“The global climate crisis is essentially a water crisis,” says Dr Mohammad Shamsudduha at UCL.
‘It’s in our rivers and in our cups. There’s no escape’: the deadly spread of salt water in Bangladesh
Kidney disease is on the rise in coastal communities, where some have no choice but to drink and cook with contaminated waterThaslima Begum (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/21/delhi-orders-schools-to-close-early-heatwave-india
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Delhi orders schools to close early for holidays as temperatures hit 47.4C
Authorities cut short school term as weather bureau warns of severe heatwave conditions this weekGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
I guess that's the last place we haven't exploited yet...
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#Russia #UK #Antarctica #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary
Russia finds vast oil and gas reserves in British Antarctic territory
Reserves 10 times the North Sea’s output raise fears over drilling in protected regionThe Telegraph
#ClimateDiary How dystopian is this.
Saudi authorities have permitted the use of lethal force to clear land for a futuristic desert city being built by dozens of Western companies, an ex-intelligence officer has told the BBC.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68945445
Neom: Saudi forces 'told to kill’ to clear land for eco-city
An ex-intelligence officer tells the BBC he was permitted to shoot dead those resisting eviction.By Merlyn Thomas & Lara El Gibaly (BBC News)
Great, another source of emissions that has been underestimated.
The US obviously tops the charts, but other notable mentions are China, Australia and Norway.
Direct link to study: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad3a7d
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #climate #aviation #USA #China #Australia #Norway
Climate emissions from air travel 50 per cent higher than reported
A new study that looked at almost 40 million flights in 2019 calculated the greenhouse gas emissions from air travel internationally.Nancy Bazilchuk (Norwegian SciTech News)
#ClimateDiary Watching this made me think yet again about #ClimateJustice or rather, the profound iINJUSTICE of climate change: how the poorest - Rikshah drivers, street hawkers, labourers - suffer the most, without any accees to #AirCon, outside all day, yet contribute nothing to #ClimateChange. The impacts are so hnequal, so unfair, in micro as well as macro ways, it makes you want to screem. #Heatwave #Asia #India #Odisha
https://youtu.be/HG1ABV5xfiw?feature=shared
Heat Wave In Odisha: Bhubaneswar Sees 'Longest Spell Of Max Day Temperature In April’ Since 1969
Heat Wave In Odisha: Bhubaneswar Sees 'Longest Spell Of Max Day Temperature In April’ Since 1969 #imd #weather #weatherforecast #weathernews #heatwaves #uma...YouTube
#ClimateDiary These are the kinds of calculations the poorest have to make in the #Heatwave
"If we are going to take a bath in the creek, we have to go far away from the camp," she said.
"It's not a walkable distance under this temperature. If we go by motorcycle, it's not worth it because of the cost of fuel. If we save money for fuel, we may as well use it to buy water."
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/fuel-water-heatwave-myanmar-displaced-misery-4310706
'Fuel for water': Heatwave piles misery on displaced people in Myanmar
MYANMAR: Zay Yar Tun fills his truck with water for delivery to refugees in the parched hills of war-ravaged eastern Myanmar, where a heatwave is adding to the misery of life in displacement camps.CNA