There has been a long hot spell in south-east Australia, where residents have endured the hottest days on record. Adelaide had its hottest day in 70 years, with temperatures reaching up to 45.5 degrees Celsius this afternoon. Melbourne’s CBD reached 42C, with Laverton climbing to 43C. The hottest temperatures were recorded at Keith in [...]
Mountain pine beetle (MPB), Dendroctonus ponderosae, is native to the forests of western North America. Periodic outbreaks of the insect, previously called the Black Hills beetle or Rocky Mountain pine beetle, can result in losses of millions of trees. Outbreaks develop irrespective of property lines, being equally evident in wilderness areas, mountain subdivisions and back [...]
Shishmaref, a barrier island village of about 600 on the northern Seward Peninsula, is losing land to the Bering Sea because warmer temperatures have reduced the length of time the village is protected by shorefast ice.
With thinner sea ice arriving later and leaving earlier in the year, coastal communities are experiencing more intensified storms with [...]
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