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Sep 30, 2021 · The situation is worsened by the occurrence of disasters such as floods and landslides, which lead to more clustered disease outbreaks and, under climate change, may occur more frequently and less ...
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- Past 7 years set to be the warmest on record, sea level rise at new high. Global annual mean temperature difference from preindustrial conditions (1850–1900)
- Key messages. Greenhouse Gases. In 2020, greenhouse gas concentrations reached new highs. Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) were 413.2 parts per million (ppm), methane (CH4) at 1889 parts per billion (ppb)) and nitrous oxide (N2O) at 333.2 ppb, respectively, 149%, 262% and 123% of pre-industrial (1750) levels.
- Temperatures. The global mean temperature for 2021 (based on data from January to September) was about 1.09°C above the 1850-1900 average. Currently, the six datasets used by WMO in the analysis place 2021 as the sixth or seventh warmest year on record globally.
- Ocean. Around 90% of the accumulated heat in the Earth system is stored in the ocean, which is measured through Ocean Heat Content. The upper 2000m depth of the ocean continued to warm in 2019 reaching a new record high.
Jan 11, 2022 · The intense heat wave was the second-deadliest weather disaster of the year, with 1,037 deaths: 808 in western Canada and 229 in the northwestern U.S. The only deadlier weather disaster of 2021 was summer monsoon flooding in India that claimed 1,292 lives, according to insurance broker Aon. Two examples of the insane extremity of the heat wave:
Jun 1, 2023 · Instead, the professional asserted animatedly: the event was material and experiential fact. The calamitous event is the enduring object of disaster studies. Without an event—identified, experienced, perceived or otherwise—there can be no disaster. Yet that rather obvious statement is where commonality or agreement ends.
Jun 1, 2023 · In this paper we review work that has inspired us on calamitous events, and in turn, through this discussion, we frame the eight articles that make up the special issue. Refraining exploration of the event in disaster studies, we argue, is prescient in our ‘climate-changed’ work. Disasters scholars have often sought to counteract a tendency ...
Oct 26, 2021 · Blazes raged in Greece, Italy and Turkey, after prolonged heat waves in southeastern Europe. The year of extreme weather presents a devastating new reality as leaders meet in Glasgow. “The ...
Feb 5, 2022 · The flood disasters of 2021 showed Canada’s critical infrastructure is not prepared for more severe weather ahead. ... of the future and what solutions are being worked on in Canada right now ...
