to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 celsius this century, saying it is now or never to limit warming, and there must be rapid, deep and immediate cuts in carbon dioxide emissions. some government and business leaders are saying one thing but doing another. simply put, they are lying. and the results will be catastrophic. the most powerful storms on earth produce lightning, with over three million flashes around the globe every day. in february, the world meteorological 0rganisation announced it had verified two new world records for lightning mega flashes the longest duration for a single flash, just over 17 seconds in a thunderstorm in south america, and the longest distance for a single flash covering over 750 kilometres in the southern usa. these flashes were observed by new satellite technology, geostationary lightning mappers.
in april, united nations scientists set out plans to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 celsius this century, saying it is now or never to limit warming, and there must be rapid, deep and immediate cuts in carbon dioxide emissions. some government and business leaders are saying one thing but doing another. simply put, they are lying. and the results will be catastrophic. the most powerful storms on earth produce lightning, with over three million flashes around the globe every day. in february, the world meteorologicalorganisation announced it had verified two new world records for lightning mega flashes the longest duration for a single flash, just over 17 seconds in a thunderstorm in south america, and the longest distance for a single flash covering over 750 kilometres in the southern usa. these flashes were observed by new satellite technology,
rise to 1.5 celsius this century, saying it is now or never to limit warming, and there must be rapid, deep and immediate cuts in carbon dioxide emissions. some government and business leaders are saying one thing but doing another. simply put, they are lying. and the results will be catastrophic. the most powerful storms on earth produce lightning, with over three million flashes around the globe every day. in february, the world meteorological 0rganisation announced it had verified two new world records for lightning mega flashes the longest duration for a single flash, just over 17 seconds in a thunderstorm in south america, and the longest distance for a single flash covering over 750 kilometres in the southern usa. these flashes were observed by new satellite technology, geostationary lightning mappers. daile zhang, who helped
some government and business leaders are saying one thing but doing another. simply put, they are lying. and the results will be catastrophic. the most powerful storms on earth produce lightning, with over three million flashes around the globe every day. in february, the world meteorological 0rganisation announced it had verified two new world records for lightning mega flashes the longest duration for a single flash, just over 17 seconds in a thunderstorm in south america, and the longest distance for a single flash covering over 750 kilometres in the southern usa. these flashes were observed by new satellite technology, geostationary lightning mappers. daile zhang, who helped to verify these records says the mappers reveal more about the scale of lightning than traditional ground based detectors. there are optical sensors so you can think of it as, you know,
celsius above average, and the arctic is warming two to four times faster than the rest of the planet. in april, united nations scientists set out plans to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 celsius this century, saying it is now or never to limit warming, and there must be rapid, deep and immediate cuts in carbon dioxide emissions. some government and business leaders are saying one thing but doing another. simply put, they are lying. and the results will be catastrophic. the most powerful storms on earth produce lightning, with over three million flashes around the globe every day. in february, the world meteorologicalorganisation announced it had verified two new world records for lightning mega flashes the longest duration for a single flash, just over 17 seconds in a thunderstorm in south america, and the longest distance for a single flash covering over 750 kilometres