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UK weather: Easter Monday washout sees rain return in gloomy end to sunny long weekend

The UK has been battered with freezing conditions and a deluge of rain so far this year and more April showers are predicted to make its way over from the Atlantic on Easter Monday

Daily Mirror · Apr 7, 2023

Arctic’s peak ice cover has shrunk by an area larger than Egypt

Sea ice covered 5.64 million square miles of the Arctic Ocean at the ice’s peak extent this year in early March. That’s almost 400,000 square miles less than the median coverage level at other March peaks between 1981 and 2010, according to the National Snow & Ice Data Center at…

Tribune News Service · Apr 7, 2023

Highs of 17C expected on Good Friday in boost for Britons on Easter weekend

Parts of the UK could enjoy highs of 17C on Good Friday and Easter Sunday could be the warmest day of 2023 so far – but rain is expected on Monday.

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023

Epic California rains expected to take one more bite: Masses of mosquitoes

LOS ANGELES — After a parade of storms battered the state, Californians are enjoying an extended stretch of sunshine and warmer temperatures.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 6, 2023

Dublin weather: Experts warn 'first storm of season' could be on the way after Easter

This bank holiday weekend is set to be a washout - and there’s going to be a serious change that could see our first named storm of the year

Dublin Live · Apr 6, 2023

Greenhouse gas emissions rose at ‘alarming’ rate last year, US data shows

Noaa report shows rapid increase in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide

The Guardian - US · Apr 6, 2023

New research shows how rapidly ice sheets can retreat -- and what it could mean for Antarctic melting

The Antarctic Ice Sheet, which covers an area greater than the US and Mexico combined, holds enough water to raise global sea level by more than 57 metres if melted completely. This would flood hundreds of cities worldwide. And evidence suggests it is melting fast. Satellite observations have revealed that…

The Conversation · Apr 6, 2023

Dramatic photos show how storms filled California reservoirs

An unprecedented series of powerful storms has replenished most of California’s reservoirs, dumping record amounts of rain and snow and busting a severe three-year drought

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023

Easter Sunday set to be the hottest day of the year with UK weather warmer than Monaco

The UK is set to see temperatures rise to 18C over the Bank Holiday weekend making it the hottest day of the year so far and warmer than Monaco in the south of France

Daily Mirror · Apr 6, 2023

Severe storms, cold temperatures ahead for Easter break

Australia's eastern coast is set for severe storms over Good Friday followed by plunging temperatures, as a possible cyclone develops in the north.

AAP · Apr 6, 2023