Global warming - or something much worse? Australia adds new colour to temperature maps. Global warming is turning the volume of extreme weather up, Spinal-Tap-style, to 11.
The temperature forecast for next Monday by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology is so unprecedented - over 52C - that it has had to add a new colour to the top of its scale, a suitably incandescent purple. Australia's highest recorded temperature is 50.7C, set in January 1960 in South Australia. Find a Volcano by Eruption Date. 23: Large explosive eruption at Manam volcano sends ash plume to 45,000 ft altitude. Yes, some are on-going from 2012.
Consequently, it gives us a glimpse into just how much change is beginning to stir across the planet, as gradient rises. Volcanic eruptions for 2013 1. Sakurajima Volcano (Japan) eruption on-going 2. Mount Etna Volcano (Italy) eruption on-going 3. Meet Mike, the most radioactive fish ever from Fukushima. Air pollution in Beijing surpasses 'health hazard' levels. Air pollution in the Chinese capital has hit dangerous marks, reaching beyond the permissible level of pollution on the local environmental center's scale.
Beijing residents are recommended to stay indoors by local authorities. The Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center has reported the rising of air-quality indices since Friday in many parts of the city. A warning scrolled across the monitoring center's website says that the density of PM 2.5 had reached 700 micrograms per cubic meter in many parts of Beijing and that the polluted air was expected to linger for the next three days. The index indicates the level of airborne PM 2.5 particulates, at which particle matters are considered the most harmful to health.
LA : Leaking gas radiation is building up in aquifer near giant sinkhole 1/13/2013. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DEAD FISH FOUND ON MASONBORO ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA (JAN 12, 2013)