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A year of extremes: severe snow storms, drought and floods ravaged US in 2015

2015-12-27 05:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: 2015 has been the warmest year, globally, on record, with the lower 48 states of the US experiencing their balmiest autumn ever measured. This kind of exceptional heat provided an appropriate setting for the Paris climate summit, where 196 nations agreed to curb greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the sort of dangerous climate change that contributes to floods, drought and damaging sea level rises. But the past year has also seen a number of severe natural disasters, climate change-fueled or...

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Parts of United Kingdom facing 'very severe weather'

2015-12-26 15:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bonham Journal: Flood warnings have been issued in parts of Northern England and Scotland after heavy rains caused rivers to overflow Saturday morning. The UK Met Office's most serious weather warning was issued for Lancashire on Saturday with a risk of "widespread river flooding". The Environment Agency has issued hundreds of flood warnings. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency issued five flood alerts and 16 flood warnings. About 115 flood alerts and 100 warnings were also issued by authorities....

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Storm Eva: severe flood warnings as rain drenches northern Britain

2015-12-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Householders in some parts of the north of England have been warned to take their Christmas presents and other valuables upstairs as the Environment Agency issued 149 flood warnings seven of them severe and 123 alerts. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency issued five flood alerts and eight flood warnings. The warnings south of the border, which mainly cover the north-west and north-east of England and Wales, come as forecasters said up to 120mm (4.7in) of rain could fall in some areas...

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Beijing on pollution 'red alert', but smog not as severe as forecast

2015-12-19 05:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: China's capital Beijing was bracing for four days of choking smog starting Saturday, but residents said the haze was less severe than forecast, with some questioning why the government had issued its highest air pollution alert. China had warned residents across a large part of its north on Friday to prepare for a wave of severe smog arriving over the weekend, the worst of which would hit Beijing, prompting the capital to issue its second ever "red alert". A red alert is triggered when the...

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Beijing issues 2nd ever 'red alert' for severe smog

2015-12-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: China warned residents across a large part of its north on Friday to prepare for a wave of choking smog arriving over the weekend, the worst of which is expected over Beijing, prompting the capital to issue its second ever "red alert". The National Meteorological Centre said the smog would stretch from Xian, home to the world-famous Terracotta Warriors, across part of central China, through Beijing and up into Shenyang and Harbin in the frigid northeast. The air pollution would begin rolling...

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