ARGENTINA: CLIMATE CHANGE

CLIMATE CHANGE: ALSO IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Infernal heat, blockouts, droughts, fearsome electric storms, hit both Australia and Argentina. While in the Northern Hemisphere the globe is freezing with unusual low temperatures and ice storms, the Southern Hemisphere is scorching with prolonged heat waves. Can it be possible that science has been right predicting these situations all along due to climate change? Instead, others claim that it is just a matter of natural cycles. ARGENTINA. DEVILISH WEEKEND: THERMAL SENSATION CLIMBED TO 42ºC. (La Nación, Jan. 19, 2014) Image: www.losandes.com.ar Thermal sensation reached 42.3ºC; Today there will possibly come some slight relief. Thunderstorms are forecasted and the maxmum teperature would reach 32ºC; orange alert is maintained. As it was forecasted, yesterday the city was a furnace. With completely clear skies “porteños” supported a temperature of 38.4ºC and a thermal sensation of 42.3ºC at 1 pm in what it was the t...