Climate update

The sea ice circling Antarctica has plunged from a record high to a record low in just three years according to a new report just released by the US space agency Nasa. The study calculates that after 2014 the region lost floating ice larger than the size of Mexico, leaving scientists baffled

Washington Post- It’s summer in Guadalajara, one of Mexico’s most populous towns, which made what happened there over the weekend all the more surprising. Sunday morning, residents woke to their roads, yards and even cars buried under more than three feet of icy slush from a freak hailstorm that had blanketed the city.

Huffington -   The record-setting heat wave in Europe ... seems to be worse than what happened in 2003, which was the hottest summer in Europe since 1500 AD and caused a large number of heat-related fatalities. It’s estimated that the heatwave in 2003 has caused at least 35,000 additional deaths. Heatwaves, like the one that Europe just experienced, affect our life at different levels.