Posted by Elana Janson on July 23, 2010 at 05:37:14:
June 2010 - Extreme weather and ice melt continue
According to a report from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, last month was the warmest June on record worldwide. Warmer than average temperatures were present across nearly all continents according to the organization’s State of the Climate Report released last week. Although global sea surface temperatures were the fourth–warmest on record, the combination of land and sea unusual temperatures pushed June 2010 past June 2005, previously the warmest June on record. June was also the fourth consecutive month in a row of record warmth world wide.
Warmer than average temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, also known as El Nino, have been contributing to the warmth, but July should be cooler as cooler than average conditions are setting in.
The announcement of the record–setting June heat came at the time of exceptionally high temperatures in the United States and Europe. Eastern Europe has seen the most significant temperatures.
Russia’s worst drought in a decade has damaged more than half the grain planted in 11 regions along the Volga River, in the Urals and central Russia. Rains came too late in some areas. Yields will be at least 30% less than last year.
June also marked a record low in Arctic sea ice – the 19th June in a row the sea ice has been below average. This must be taken notice of say the experts for sea ice reflects incoming solar radiation back to space. Without the normal extent of sea ice in the Arctic, we can expect more radiation to be absorbed into the ocean, leading to more melting of the ice in the Arctic.
Southwest Australia is experiencing record setting drought conditions, with the lowest rainfall on record for the first half of the year.
As mentioned on this Forum I believe that global warming is going to be accompanied by extreme cold and Rev 16:21 that mentions the “great hail” is testimony of this.
In July eight people died of a cold snap in Argentina. Half the country was covered in snow and the capital Buenos Aires recorded the lowest temperatures in a decade – minus 1.5 degrees Celsius close to the coldest temperature ever recorded there.
At the same time Central and Southern China are experiencing extremely heavy rainfall and much flooding. The flooding in Eastern Sichuan has left portions of the region surrounded by water. Six million people across 62 counties have been evacuated because of the floods, it was reported from Sichuan. The grim situation of the 2010 South China floods exceeds the levels of the 1998 Yangtze River floods.