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Four times as many icebergs calved from Greenland glaciers: study
Icebergs transport large quantities of rocks and sediments several hundred kilometres offshore before sinking and transforming life on the seabed.

Author of the article:AFP
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Published Jun 11, 2026 • 1 minute read

Researchers in Denmark said the phenomenon has increased since the turn of the century.
Researchers in Denmark said the phenomenon has increased since the turn of the century. Photo by Florent VERGNES /AFP



Copenhagen (AFP) — Greenland’s glaciers are releasing four times more icebergs than 25 years ago as a result of climate change, with implications extending to maritime traffic and marine ecosystems, researchers said Thursday.


“Our results indicate a direct, climate-driven connection between glacier change at the surface, amplified iceberg traffic, and the increased availability of hard-bottom habitats on the deep seafloor,” according to the study by researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), published in the scientific journal Nature.

“When the Greenland ice melts, sea levels rise. But we can also see that the changes affect the entire Arctic,” Shfaqat Abbas Khan, one of the study’s authors, said in a DTU press release.

In the Fram Strait, between northeast Greenland and Svalbard, “the occurrence of icebergs has quadrupled since the year 2000”, the statement said.

In addition, the proportion of groups of icebergs originating from Greenland and from the Russian Arctic, and comprising more than five individual icebergs, has increased by 4.5 percent per decade since the turn of the century.

“The new study shows that the consequences do not stop at rising sea levels, but directly affect deep-sea ecosystems far from the glaciers,” Abbas Khan said.

Icebergs transport large quantities of rocks and sediments several hundred kilometres offshore before sinking and transforming life on the seabed.

Furthermore, as new shipping routes open up in the Arctic, the risk that vessels will encounter icebergs along their journey increases.

Four times as many icebergs calved from Greenland glaciers: study

Greenland's glaciers are releasing four times more icebergs than 25 years ago as a result of climate change.

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Four times as many icebergs calved from Greenland glaciers: study
Icebergs transport large quantities of rocks and sediments several hundred kilometres offshore before sinking and transforming life on the seabed.

Author of the article:AFP
AFP
Published Jun 11, 2026 • 1 minute read

Researchers in Denmark said the phenomenon has increased since the turn of the century.
Researchers in Denmark said the phenomenon has increased since the turn of the century. Photo by Florent VERGNES /AFP



Copenhagen (AFP) — Greenland’s glaciers are releasing four times more icebergs than 25 years ago as a result of climate change, with implications extending to maritime traffic and marine ecosystems, researchers said Thursday.


“Our results indicate a direct, climate-driven connection between glacier change at the surface, amplified iceberg traffic, and the increased availability of hard-bottom habitats on the deep seafloor,” according to the study by researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), published in the scientific journal Nature.

“When the Greenland ice melts, sea levels rise. But we can also see that the changes affect the entire Arctic,” Shfaqat Abbas Khan, one of the study’s authors, said in a DTU press release.

In the Fram Strait, between northeast Greenland and Svalbard, “the occurrence of icebergs has quadrupled since the year 2000”, the statement said.

In addition, the proportion of groups of icebergs originating from Greenland and from the Russian Arctic, and comprising more than five individual icebergs, has increased by 4.5 percent per decade since the turn of the century.

“The new study shows that the consequences do not stop at rising sea levels, but directly affect deep-sea ecosystems far from the glaciers,” Abbas Khan said.

Icebergs transport large quantities of rocks and sediments several hundred kilometres offshore before sinking and transforming life on the seabed.

Furthermore, as new shipping routes open up in the Arctic, the risk that vessels will encounter icebergs along their journey increases.
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Four times as many icebergs calved from Greenland glaciers: study

Greenland's glaciers are releasing four times more icebergs than 25 years ago as a result of climate change.

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And they'll all freeze over next year or maybe the year after. It's cynical.

 

[petros]

And they'll all freeze over next year or maybe the year after. It's cynical.

Yes, very cynical.

 

[Ron in Regina]

I totally misread the above as cyclical until now.

 

[Dixie Cup]

Yes, very cynical.

I totally misread the above as cyclical until now.

Too funny. OK so I didn't spell it correctly so it is funny!! Ah well, you know what I meant.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Too funny. OK so I didn't spell it correctly so it is funny!! Ah well, you know what I meant.

Both work in this context though.

 

[spaminator]

Europe heatwave closes schools, threatens health
France reports that 40 people drowned in the past five days as citizens bathed to cool off

Author of the article:AFP
AFP
by AFP's European bureaus
Published Jun 23, 2026 • 3 minute read

Scientists have shown that recurring heatwaves are a clear marker of global warming.
Scientists have shown that recurring heatwaves are a clear marker of global warming. Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT /AFP
PARIS — Workers stewed at their posts and children stayed home from school on Tuesday as a choking early-summer heatwave smothered much of western Europe.


Schools closed and railways advised against travel as Britain, France, Italy and Spain issued red alerts and health warnings for much of their territory in the record-breaking heat.


France sweated through its hottest night ever recorded and reported that 40 people had drowned in the past five days as citizens bathed to cool off.

Scientists have shown that recurring heatwaves are a clear marker of global warming, and warn they are set to become more frequent, longer and more intense, driven by humans’ burning of fossil fuels.

Authorities warned of the deadly health risks.

In Barcelona, 76-year-old Jose Farre said it made it harder for him to sleep and even breathe.

“I have a heart condition, I’m diabetic and I feel it a lot,” he said, after coming out in the cooler early hours to do his shopping.

“We’ve gained several degrees between my youth and today… But what bothers you the most is the humidity.”

– Heat health danger –
Nearly all of Spain was under a heat alert, with parts of the south and north of the country on the highest warning level.


National weather agency AEMET issued red alerts for “extraordinary danger” in areas around the southern city of Cordoba, the northern city of Bilbao and parts of the northern region of Cantabria.

Authorities urged people to take extra care of vulnerable people, drink water and avoid exertion at the hottest hours — if possible.

A worker cools off at a road works in Madrid on June 22. (OSCAR DEL POZO/AFP)
A worker cools off at a road works in Madrid on June 22. (OSCAR DEL POZO/AFP) Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO /AFP
But Reinaldo Garcia, 35, had to go every day to the small air-conditioned kiosk where he sells lottery tickets in Madrid.

“In the afternoon, when the sun hits full-strength on the kiosk, it’s like there’s no air-conditioning at all,” he said. “But I have to work all the same.”

Italy’s health ministry declared a red heatwave alert in 15 cities including Milan and Rome.

During a red alert the ministry advises people to eat light, stay indoors in the hottest parts of the day and sprinkle themselves with cool water.

– UK schools close –
Dozens of schools in England said they would close early on Tuesday and remain shut for two more days.


“Most of our buildings cannot be cooled adequately and there is little shade outside,” one school in southeastern Buckinghamshire said.

The UK’s meteorological office issued a rare red heat warning — for only the second time — for parts of central and south England on Wednesday and Thursday.

A pedestrian sheltered from the sun in London’s Hyde Park. (Brook Mitchell/AFP)
A pedestrian sheltered from the sun in London’s Hyde Park. (Brook Mitchell/AFP) Photo by Brook Mitchell /AFP
The alert indicates a risk to life and the possibility of major infrastructure being closed.

Temperatures could soar to 40C, unprecedented for the time of the year.

“To see temperatures like this in the UK in June is sobering,” said Met Office chief scientist Stephen Belcher.

“Human induced climate change has made events like this more likely and more intense.”

The railway line connecting the northeast to London issued a “do not travel” advisory.

Met Office deputy chief forecaster Mark Sidaway warned of “severe and significant impacts” and health risks “even beyond those who are normally more vulnerable to the heat”.

– ‘Tragic’ drownings in France –
France from Monday to Tuesday had its hottest night since records began in 1947, the national weather agency Meteo France said.


The country closed over 1,350 schools on Monday.

Speaking at a crisis meeting, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu warned of “a tragic scourge of drownings”, saying 40 mostly young people had drowned since June 18.

In Germany in Monday police said five people had died in fatal swimming accidents over the weekend.

A man sits on a camp bed at an emergency heatwave relief centre opened by the French city of Bordeaux. (Philippe LOPEZ/AFP)
A man sits on a camp bed at an emergency heatwave relief centre opened by the French city of Bordeaux. (Philippe LOPEZ/AFP) Photo by Philippe LOPEZ /AFP
On Monday, two children aged two and four were found dead in a car, believed to be casualties of the heatwave, according to a local prosecutor in the southern town of Carpentras.

Lecornu asked the government to ensure “an endurance plan for hospitals” in the heat.

Economy Minister Roland Lescure at a conference ordered plans to “adapt schools to this new challenge”.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the world to act with “far greater urgency” to limit global warming, warning that fossil fuels were driving twin climate and energy crises.

Europe heatwave closes schools, threatens health

France sweated through its hottest night ever recorded and reported that 40 people had drowned in five days as citizens bathed to cool off.

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[Ron in Regina]

The Irish are starting to wear sunscreen, so it’s getting serious.

 

[petros]

Who declared a climate crisis? Media?

 

[Ron in Regina]

Who declared a climate crisis? Media?

Follow the money I guess. Declaration of a climate crisis serves as a market catalyst, allowing governments and private institutions to officially quantify risks, issue debt, and allocate billions in funding. Multiple entities are positioned to attach dollar figures to this crisis and profit from it. This doesn’t answer your question but it sure opens up a rabbit hole.

 

[petros]

Follow the money I guess. Declaration of a climate crisis serves as a market catalyst, allowing governments and private institutions to officially quantify risks, issue debt, and allocate billions in funding. Multiple entities are positioned to attach dollar figures to this crisis and profit from it. This doesn’t answer your question but it sure opens up a rabbit hole.

It was never declared. It's a media thing. Hasbara but not Israel hasbara.

 

[pgs]

It was never declared. It's a media thing. Hasbara but not Israel hasbara.

Where is the canola ? Just drove across to the lake head ,and no bright yellow fields , I go at this time every year .

 

[spaminator]

U.K. heatwave breaks 50-year June temperature record with 38C forecast
A heat dome currently over western Europe is bringing extreme conditions across the continent

Author of the article:Eddie Chau
Published Jun 25, 2026 • Last updated 14 hours ago • 2 minute read

A person shields their face from the heat of the sun with a fan, in central London on June 25, 2026, during a heatwave. Photo by BROOK MITCHELL /AFP via Getty Images

Thursday’s forecasted high of 38C in Britain could set another record as the hottest day in June, shattering a record of 35.6C from 1976.


According to the Met Office, the United Kingdom’s national weather and climate service, the temperature was broken four times on Wednesday, with the highest temperature at 36.1C in Gosport, Hampshire. This came after 36C was recorded in Gosport and also in Wisley, Surrey, 35.8C in Wiggonholt, West Sussex, and 35.7C in Charlwood, Surrey, per The Independent.

The record-breaking temperatures hit as much of the U.K. is experiencing scorching hot and humid conditions, which spawned a rare red warning from the Met Office for extreme heat.

‘Heat dome’ over western Europe
The heatwave has already caused health warnings, school closures and disruption to transportation. It’s caused by a “heat dome” that’s currently over western Europe, which brings extreme conditions across the continent, The Independent reported.


The Met Office’s extreme heat warnings will remain in place as heat-related illnesses are set to continue.

The BBC reported the heat is expected to start easing from Friday on as wind direction changes and temperatures return closer to average for next week.

On Thursday, temperatures could be as high as 37C or 38C in central southern England. Things will be slightly cooler in Scotland and Northern Ireland with temperatures up to 25C to 30C.

Northern Scotland will be cooler, with highs around 15-20C.

Amber extreme warnings, the Met Office’s second-highest level, will still be in place for parts of England through Saturday.

Heavy showers and thunderstorms could develop in southwest England on Thursday, with the possibility of gusty winds, intense rainfall and some localized flash flooding, the BBC noted.

People swim and paddle in the sea, on the beach in Brighton, on the south coast of England on June 25, 2026, during a heatwave. Photo by CARLOS JASSO /AFP via Getty Images
Stark illustration of climate change
The Independent reported experts warned that the breaking of a 50-year-old temperature record is a stark illustration of climate change that’s fueled by fossil fuel burning, which leads to more frequent and intense heatwaves.


The temperature figures are provisional, and the Met Office will verify them at the end of the heatwave to see whether they officially set a new record.

“If confirmed, a new June daily temperature record would be significant, especially following on the heels of the recent records set in May,” Met Office science manager Amy Doherty told The Independent.

“The new record provides further evidence that temperatures previously considered extreme are becoming increasingly common as a result of human-induced climate change.”

To beat the heat, some schools were closed or partially closed, while transportation services have been disrupted, and people were urged to stay inside, close windows and curtains, and stay hydrated.

The heatwave has people calling on the government to take more action to protect the U.K. from extreme heat, including measures to cool hospitals, schools and care homes.

According to The Met Office, the frequency and intensity of heatwaves have increased globally.

“Human-induced climate change has made events like this more likely and more intense,” said Met Office chief scientist Stephen Belcher, per The Independent.

“To see temperatures like this in the U.K. in June is sobering. Events like this bring home the implications of climate change, with very high temperatures and humidity bringing significant health implications from heat stress, as well as impacts to a range of sectors such as transport, energy and water supply.”

UK weather: June's temperature record set to be broken again as 38C forecast

Thursday is expected to be a hotter day for parts of England and Wales with June's record temperature set to be broken for a second day in a row as Simon King explains.

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A high of 40C is forecast in the southeast of England on Friday

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U.K. heatwave breaks 50-year June temperature record with 38C forecast

A heat dome currently over western Europe is bringing extreme conditions across the continent. Read on.

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