Increasing Global Heatwave Hotspots Defy Climate Model Predictions

Increasing Global Heatwave Hotspots Defy Climate Model Predictions

ByNews Polite

A recent study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has identified regions globally experiencing extreme heatwaves surpassing climate model predictions. These anomalies, spanning every continent except Antarctica, have been linked to thousands of deaths, agricultural failures, and severe wildfires in recent years, according to several reports. The…

California man dies of heat exposure after crashing car off embankment in Death Valley National Park
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California man dies of heat exposure after crashing car off embankment in Death Valley National Park

ByNews Polite

A man died from heat exposure in triple-digit temperatures while at Death Valley National Park in California. According to the National Park Service (NPS), 57-year-old Peter Hayes Robino, of Los Angeles, drove his car off a 20-foot embankment on Aug. 1. Bystanders told local authorities that they spotted Robino stumbling towards his car prior…

Snowfall reported at Philadelphia International Airport as area hit by heat wave
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Snowfall reported at Philadelphia International Airport as area hit by heat wave

ByNews Polite

This is snow joke. A record-breaking snowfall was reported at Philadelphia International Airport on Sunday as temperatures soared to 94 degrees Fahrenheit in a head-scratching contradiction. The Philadelphia/Mount Holly office of the National Weather Service logged the total daily snowfall over the Pennsylvania airport that afternoon — and noted that…

Advocates call for Central Park carriage horse ban ahead of driver’s animal abuse trial
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Advocates call for Central Park carriage horse ban ahead of driver’s animal abuse trial

ByNews Polite

Neigh-sayers galloped outside Manhattan Criminal Court Monday afternoon to call for a shutdown of the city’s carriage horse industry as a handler of a horse that died two years ago faced his first day of trial — or so they thought. Ian McKeever, who is facing animal abuse charges in…