August was ideal for California's High Sierra, until climate change
For backcountry hikers, August used to be a magical month, coming after the mosquitoes and before autumn storms. Now, there's risk of fires and smoke.
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For backcountry hikers, August used to be a magical month, coming after the mosquitoes and before autumn storms. Now, there's risk of fires and smoke.
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From prison nearly a decade ago you're watching bbc news. the government has declared a national emergency and the met office has issued a raft of serious warnings as it predicts that in parts of england next week temperatures could hit an unprecedented a0 degrees. it has put out a red weather warning for extreme heat for the first time ever, saying that next monday and tuesday there is a risk to life even for healthy people in this area covering london and the midlands and also as far north as manchester and leeds. our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. the earth is scorched bear after a ...
Most detailed view of the universe to date, containing light from galaxies that's taken billions of years to reach us. the week ahead will bring very high temperatures in parts of the uk and the met office has issued an extreme weather warning for next weekend. yesterday temperatures reached 32 degrees in some parts with southern england the worst affected region. health heat alerts were issued across the south, the midlands and eastern parts of england. people have been advised to stay indoors where possible and drink plenty of water. as our climate editor justin rowlatt reports, this type of...