" #Winter #heatwave in #Andes is sign of things to come, scientists warn - Human-caused climate disruption and El Niño push temperature in mountains to 37C.

Exceptional winter heat in the Andean mountains of South America has surged to 37C, prompting local scientists to warn the worst may be yet to come as human-caused climate disruption and El Niño cause havoc across the region.

The heatwave in the central Chilean Andes is melting the snow below 3,000 metres (9,840ft), which will have knock-on effects for people living in downstream valleys who depend on meltwater during the spring and summer.

Tuesday was probably the warmest winter day in northern Chile in 72 years, according to Raul Cordero, a climate scientist at the University of Groningen, who said the 37C recorded at the Vicuña Los Pimientos station in the Coquimbo region was caused by a combination of global heating, El Niño and easterly gusts, known by locals as Terral winds that bring hot, dry weather.

Dozens of meteorological monitoring stations at more than 1,000 metres altitude recorded temperatures above 35C in winter, according to the Extreme Temperatures Around The World blog."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/06/winter-heatwave-andes-sign-things-come-scientists-warn

#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #KlimaKrise #Klima #ElNino #SouthAmerica #SouthernHemisphere #LatinAmerica #ClimateDiary

Reminder - it is #Winter in the #SouthernHemisphere - "‘Winter is disappearing’: #SouthAmerica hit by ‘brutal’ unseasonal #heatwave

Buenos Aires records hottest start to August in 117 years, #Chile sees highs towards 40F and #Bolivia, #Paraguay and #Brazil also bake

Now should be South America’s bleak midwinter, but several parts of the continent are experiencing an extraordinary unseasonal heatwave that scientists believe offers a disturbing glimpse of a future of extreme weather.

Argentina’s riverside capital, Buenos Aires, this week recorded its hottest 1 August in 117 years.

Cindy Fernández, a weather bureau spokesperson, said her country was facing “a year of extreme heat".

“Winter temperatures are way off the scale – not only in the central region where Buenos Aires is but also in the northern regions bordering Bolivia and Paraguay where temperatures reached between 37C (98.6F) and 39C (102.2F) this week. Hundreds of miles to the west, in #Chile, temperatures rose even higher, towards 40C.

“July was the planet’s hottest month since records began and the #Andes are now experiencing their own thermal ordeal,” announced the Santiago-based newspaper La Tercera. “Although we’re in winter, Chile is living through a little hell of its very own.”
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"Five years ago, winter in Paraguay made for chilly days, Mendoza pointed out. “But now it’s 30C-35C [86F-95F] in the winter due to climate change.”

In the Catholic University’s shade-filled campus off the #Paraguay River, Oscar López Grutter, the school’s administrative director, agreed that recent winters in Paraguay have changed as the world has grown hotter. “This winter is less cold and much shorter,” he said. “There’s less nature – there’s climate disorder, more cars, more industry, more pollution. Deforestation, less trees and, unfortunately, less periodic rains.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/south-america-winter-heatwave

#Argentina #Heatwave #Hitzewelle #Klimakrise #ClimateCrisis #Climate #Klima #GlobalWarming #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateDiary #Santiago

Late as per my usual self Hahaa no surprises but I can’t not post for #thicktrunktuesday #trees #trunks #treetrunks #brisbane #brisbanecity #brisbanetrees enjoy #northernhemispere and for my dear #southernhemisphere #tooters also #enjoy

Wishing a very happy #Lammas - with bonus #Supermoon #FullMoon - to everyone celebrating today! 🌾🌝🌾

(And a happy #Imbolc to everyone celebrating in the #SouthernHemisphere!)

One of the pathways of intercontinental transport in the #SouthernHemisphere is shown in today's GOES image with surface winds.

Southbound winds provide no only the lifting mechanism for dust in the #Patagonia desert but also the rapid delivery to the Antarctica Pla. This is not the most common pattern but it does happen and more importantly it is super effective because the short distances involved.

Even in winter, Patagonia desert is so dry that #highlatitudedust emission occurs.

Meanwhile in the #SouthernHemisphere

People don’t know that you can stay warm simply by putting on extra layers of clothes #SouthernHemisphere

In the Southern Hemisphere, it's time for Winter. Stay warm 😉 while we thaw and dry out from our winter in the Northern Hemisphere. #SouthernHemisphere #WinterSolstice (Photo credit: Markus Clemens, https://unsplash.com/@markusclemens.)

@piper The March #Equinox starts up your fall in the #SouthernHemisphere, so is it called the #VernalEquinox, the #AutumnalEquinox, or something else?

We've been planning to have everyone celebrate on the same #FullMoon night between March 6 and April 3 - wherever in the world you are and whatever season it is. We can keep in contact over #Mastodon (and take lots of photos).

Are these dates good for people in #Australia? The Destination Day in 2005 was in March, although not on the Full Moon.

Antipodeans celebrating, among other important things, the demise of a Talking Head on a PseudoTruth Network.
#AuroraAustralis #SouthernHemisphere #CelebratingTheLight #Australia

Antipodeans celebrating, among other important things, the demise of a Talking Head on a PseudoTruth Network.
#AuroraAustralis #SouthernHemisphere #CelebratingTheLight #Australia

More #Maple leaves looking beautiful in red as they turn, now that #melbourne is well and truly in its autumn (fall) period.

These pics were taken in #Burwood, #Australia!

There is so much transformation around the suburbs at the moment. How exciting is it to witness the change of seasons?

While we’re winding down here in the #SouthernHemisphere, our beloved’s in the northern hemis are gearing up for bursts of colour and flora transformation!

Mother Nature certainly knows how to keep us well and truly entertained.

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#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #aesthetichedonist #flowersofmastodon #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #makesmehappy

Sending #moonbeams #crescentmoon wishes into the #fediverse and #localverse plus some #starryskies Thanks to two people in the #fediverse describing where #orionsbelt is located, I think I can see #orionsbelt in the pic 😆😂 #learning everyday #seqld #southernhemisphere

#waxingcresent #waxingmoon #crescentmoon #southernhemisphere #seqld

Malawi, Madagascar and Mozambique are suffering the climate chaos impacts of Tropical Cyclone #Freddy, one of the longest-lived storms ever recorded in the #SouthernHemisphere, if not the whole world. More than 400 people have been killed and thousands of homes destroyed.

Happy #Equinox everyone! We’ve got the #AutumnEquinox in the #SouthernHemisphere and I love it because it signals a return to non-sweaty, bug-infested weather (and HOODIES) 😄

It's officially autumn in the Southern Hemisphere! 🍂🍁 The perfect time to enjoy the beautiful colours of fall, indulge in comfort food, cozy sweaters, warm drinks and snuggle up with a good book. #autumn #fall #southernHemisphere

To those in the #NorthernHemisphere, a happy #spring #equinox to all.

To those in the #SouthernHemisphere, a happy #fall #equinox to all.

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(Illustrations of celestial bodies and relative distances not necessarily drawn to scale.)

Today, the #equinox will occur at about 21:24Z – just over twelve and a half hours from writing this. It marks the moment when the #Sun is directly overhead at #Noon at the #equator. Given the time it will occur, the event will take place over the #PacificOcean, around 142.5°W. It marks the start of #Spring in the #NorthernHemisphere and #Autumn in the #SouthernHemisphere.

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#MarchEquinox2023 #NorthernHemisphere #spring #SouthernHemisphere #autum #earth #YOU
https://timeanddate.com/calendar/march-equinox.html
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