This is where the Navy forecasts the edge of 1.5 metre thick ice to be on August 14. It seems unlikely that much 1.5 metre thick ice will melt out after mid-August, particularly since most of that area is forecast to be below freezing.
Can the bears find any ice?
The mean temperature in Des Moines was eight degrees warmer than July 2011, with twelve consecutive days over 100 degrees.
The Guardian asks :
Is climate change to blame for famine in the Horn of Africa?
It’s impossible to answer with a simple yes or no – but here’s a summary of what we think we know so farThe current drought conditions have been caused by successive seasons with very low rainfall. Over the past year, the eastern Horn of Africa has experienced two consecutive failed rainy seasons. According to surveys of local communities, this is part of a long-term shift. Borana communities in Ethiopia report that whereas droughts were recorded every six to eight years in the past, they now occur every one to two years.
Only 18,000 newspaper articles about drought in Africa.
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Large areas of below freezing temperatures are forecast to settle in over the next two weeks.
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Chilean Patagonia districts in ‘agriculture emergency’ because of snow storms
Four districts in the Chilean extreme south region of Magallanes were declared in “agricultural emergency” given the harmful effects of snow storms in the area.
According to the first reports from the different districts an estimated 27.000 sheep and 4.000 cattle are isolated and suffering from lack of food and shelter.
