{"id":60675,"date":"2023-07-14T05:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T03:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=60675"},"modified":"2024-12-16T18:30:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T17:30:10","slug":"we-are-in-the-middle-of-an-extreme-climate-mess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/60675\/we-are-in-the-middle-of-an-extreme-climate-mess\/","title":{"rendered":"We are in the middle of an extreme climate mess"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A man holds an umbrella while standing on the banks of swollen river Satluj after heavy monsoon rains in Rampur, in India’s Himachal Pradesh state.
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We are in the middle of an extreme climate mess. This is what scientists warned us about for the last 50 years. <\/p>\n\n

Our oceans are warming up and changing their colour due to climate change<\/a>. Summers are getting hotter and hotter in many parts of the world, with temperatures reaching as high as 45C. And the increasingly dry conditions have fueled wildfire outbreaks in countries like Canada.

Furthermore, global warming has created a warmer atmosphere which holds more moisture which in turn creates more deadly downpours<\/a>. This high level of precipitation has led to floods and landslides, which recently impacted thousands of people across the globe including Japan, India, the USA and Brazil. We all witnessed the horrific devastation in Pakistan last year when one-third of the country was submerged underwater. <\/p>\n\n

And there\u2019s more! July also recorded the hottest-ever temperature<\/a> since records began. Just to make matters worse, this is an El Ni\u00f1o<\/a> year. El Ni\u00f1o (El Ni\u00f1o\u2013Southern Oscillation, or ENSO) is the hot phase of a natural fluctuation in the Earth\u2019s climate system.<\/p>\n\n

Last year, China experienced a record-breaking heat wave<\/a>, resulting in drought and disruption of power supply. This year’s heatwave arrived even earlier, resulting in a longer record-breaking heatwave threatening the country’s food security. <\/p>\n\n

Unfortunately, all of this is just a sneak peek at the current situation across the world. There will be more extreme weather events as the summer months continue.<\/p>\n\n

Floods in North India<\/h3>\n\n

Last week we saw some dreadful visuals of flash floods washing away everything on their way. Most rivers are overflowing, and thousands are still stranded in the hills. About 40 people have died so far.<\/p>\n\n

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