Temperatures spike across the globe

Over the past few months, cities and towns all over the world reported higher than average temperatures. According to The Washington Post, the following locations all recently set all time highs:

  • The University of California Los Angeles, 111℉/43.9℃
  • Montreal, Canada, 97.9℉/36.6℃
  • Glasgow, Scotland, 89.4℉/31.9℃
  • Shannon, Ireland, 89.6℉/32℃
  • Belfast, Northern Ireland, 85.1℉/29.5℃
  • Castlederg, Northern Ireland, 86.2℉/30.1℃
  • Tbilisi, Georgia, 104.9℉/40.5℃
  • Ouargla, Algeria, 124.3℉/51.3℃ (According to the Washington Post, this was the highest temperature ever reliably recorded in Africa)

Make no doubt, the worldwide rise in temperature is nothing short of being positively alarming. On July 6, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported that 54 deaths in Quebec, all in the span of 6 days, were heat-related (mostly in Montreal). Even Northern Siberia, where Oymyakon, widely considered the coldest permanently inhabitable town, resides, is experiencing temperatures over 90℉. Considering the July average is around 50℉ in this area, these are shocking numbers.

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The above heat map shows Northern Siberia on Friday,
 when it experienced up to 95℉ temperatures
If you want to read more about the weather event in Siberia last week, you can visit the blog of Nick Humphrey, a meteorologist who covered the event.


In short, climate change is gripping the world. As of December 2012, the world was pumping an average of 2.4 million pounds of carbon dioxide. In a CBS News article, it was stated that carbon emissions ended up at 38.2 billion pounds in 2011, over a billion pounds higher than the previous year. Global warming is a serious problem that is just getting worse by the day. We must all do our best to fight it or we will regret it in the future.

Jam of cars going both ways on a five-lane highway in LA, with the sun in the background making everything glow and giving an aura of hot, hot, hotness
Jam of cars going both ways on a five-lane highway in LA-
Source: Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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