(Washington Post) By Hugh Naylor - BAGHDAD — Record-shattering temperatures this summer have scorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as climate experts warn that the severe weather could be a harbinger of worse to come. In coming decades, U.N. officials and climate scientists predict that the mushrooming populations of the Middle East and North Africa will face extreme water scarcity, temperatures almost too hot for human survival and other consequences of global warming. ... read more at https://www.washingtonpost.com
An epic Middle East heat wave could be global warming’s hellish curtain-raiser
- Kategorie: Klimawandel