by pennyurquhart | Mar 11, 2026 | Africa, climate change, extreme events, Uncategorized
It feels like I am sitting in a marble cake of swirling temperatures. As the wind swings from landward to seaward and back again, I have the curious experience of having a front that is cooled while my back warms up – like a lizard swaying through moist grass on a...
by pennyurquhart | Feb 21, 2024 | extreme events, Uncategorized
High summer is fire season in South Africa’s Western Cape province. Nothing strange about that – the vegetation is dry, the winter rains long gone, and, well, that’s the way the spectacular fynbos likes it. Mountain fynbos on the Cape Peninsula. Source: By S...
by pennyurquhart | Aug 11, 2021 | climate change, extreme events, Uncategorized
It was a week like no other – so far – for the rich world. Astonishing scenes played out on 14th and 15th of July 2021 in western Europe, where raging waters inundated vast swathes of land as river after river in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and...
by pennyurquhart | May 4, 2020 | climate change, extreme events, Uncategorized
One month away from the official start of the Atlantic 2020 hurricane season, experts at Colorado State University predict a bumper harvest of eight hurricanes between June and November. Four of these will become major Category 3 to 5 storms. Predictions are...
